 In 2001, after long negotiation with the Russian Federal Space Agency (RKA), the "Badr-B" took its first successful flight with "Meteor-3M", from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, with Ukrainian Zenit-2 rocket as its boost launcher.Although the satellite was operated successfully, SUPARCO could not sustain the control of the satellite.The SUPARCO suffered a major setback and failure in its satellite programme when the satellite, two years after its launch, was lost in deep space and failed to reassure its orbital slots and reentry.