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- Russia loses $200 million satellites as launch ends in flames
By Dmitry Solovyov ALMATY, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around $200 million crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after its engines suddenly switched off. The accident led to a large spill of heptyl, a highly toxic rocket propellant, but there were no reports of casualties or ...
July 2, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News - Rocket carrying satellites worth $200M in spectacular crash in Kazakhstan
AP A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites worth around $200 million crashed shortly after lift-off from the Russian-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan on Tuesday after its engines suddenly switched off. The accident led to a large spill of heptyl, a highly toxic rocket propellant, but there were no...
July 2, 2013 - New York Post - Russian Rocket Crashes and Explodes, Spilling Fuel
Watch Video A Russian Proton-M rocket crashes seconds after launch on Tuesday. Video by Rossiya 24. A Russian rocket carrying three navigation satellites careened off its flight path, burst into flames and crashed just seconds after liftoff from a launch pad in Kazakhstan late Monday, spilling a highly toxic rocket propellant. The crash occurred 17 seconds into the flight. Some news reports ...
July 2, 2013 - The Online NewsHour