OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2010. Following the report presented to the President by Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a decision was made to remove from the office Vice-President and First Deputy General Designer of the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia Vyacheslav Filin and Deputy Head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) Viktor Remishevsky for the errors made in the calculations for refuelling the vehicle’s Block DM-3 upper stage. Head of the Russian Federal Space Agency Anatoly Perminov was reprimanded.

In accordance with Dmitry Medvedev’s instructions, Roscosmos will take additional measures to reinforce disciplinary measures.