The satellite "Mayak", for the production of which funds were collected with the help of crowdfinding and which was to become one of the brightest heavenly objects, did not open. The satellite can not be detected by astronomers, which means that its mechanisms did not work, reports L "!" Fe.

According to the creators of the project, most likely, "Mayak" has not revealed itself, and what many amateur astronomers and a few professionals observe are other cobsates equipped with sunlight shining on the sun.

Although the satellite will stay in orbit for only about a month, and then burn in dense layers of the atmosphere, it can be said that the first Russian people's satellite completed its career with a failure. "Lighthouse" is a microsatellite of the standard 3U CubeSat. In the transport state its size is 10x10x30 cm. In the working - it's a pyramid with a rib length of three meters. After launching, thin ribs should be pulled out from the satellite and the thinest reflective film stretched between them should be straightened. However, something went wrong. Taking into account the fact that there was no telemetry on the satellite, it is not possible to understand what the reason for the failure is,.

In the open form, according to the calculations of the creators, the satellite was to become the second brightest object of the night sky after the moon. However, there were other calculations made by specialists, showing that the satellite would become a less bright object, at least in comparison with Venus.