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Dylan16807
Since the article neglected to say how it failed, or how it affected the other satellites, it looks like the rocket never quite reached orbit.
coolspot
The rocket carrying the satellites had been programmed with the wrong coordinates, he said, saying it had been given bearings for take-off from a different cosmodrome - Baikonur - which Moscow leases from Kazakhstan.
Dylan16807
That's the cause, not the effect.

Such a mistake could have ended with the rocket in the wrong orbit.

The article is ambiguous.

ibogunov
You should read it as: "some programmer was fired instead of management", just a message to cover their asses.
pmontra
> The rocket carrying the satellites had been programmed with the wrong coordinates, he said, saying it had been given bearings for take-off from a different cosmodrome

More a failure in communication than a programming error. Also a failure in testing and reviewing procedures.

realworldview
Yes. Unfortunately, the distinction eludes many, and most critically the Journalists reporting such information.