 Construction of the original spacecraft was completed in August 2004 . Following testing the spacecraft was shipped to the <unk> Cosmodrome in August 2005 , and arrived on 1 September . The launch occurred from Site 133 / 3 on 8 October , however due to a missing command in the rocket 's flight control system , the second stage engine did not shut down at the end of its planned burn , and instead the stage burned to depletion . This prevented the second stage and Briz @-@ KM from separating , and as a result the rocket failed to achieve orbit . The spacecraft was lost when it reentered over the Arctic Ocean , North of Greenland . 
