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July 06, 2013

Premature launch said likely cause of Russian rocket failure
Moscow (UPI) Jul 5, 2013
A premature launch may have caused the recent failure of a Proton-M rocket and the loss of three satellites, a Russian space industry source told RIA Novosti. The source, requesting anonymity, said a special commission was investigating why the rocket carrying three Glonass navigation satellites veered off course and exploded shortly after launch Tuesday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. Several possible scenarios are being investigated, the source said. "One of them i ... read more

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