Double fail:

"Per Mayak’s simple design, the project engineers did not include a radio as the satellite could be programmed on the ground to autonomously execute its critical tasks in orbit to complete the deployment of the solar reflector. Later in the design stages it was realized that a radio would be beneficial, however, no radio channel could be allocated to the satellite this close to launch. A backup plan of using a series of LEDs on the satellite to deliver basic telemetry in the form of a visual Morse Code never came to fruition, leaving Mayak without any means of communicating its status to the ground."

Also, LEDs? I guess there are telescopes that could see it and track it.

http://spaceflight101.com/soyuz-kanopus-v-ik/mayak-lighthouse-in-the-sky-fai...