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A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation
satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur
cosmodrome.Immediately after takeoff, the rocket swerved to one side, tried to correct itself, but instead veered in the opposite direction. It then flew horizontally and started to come apart with its engines in full thrust.
Making a huge arch in the air, the rocket plummeted back to earth and exploded on impact close to another launch pad used for Proton commercial launches
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The crash was broadcast live across the country and fears of a possible toxic fuel leak immediately surfaced following the incident. While no such leak has been confirmed, the rocket was initially carrying over 600 tons of toxic propellants.
There have reportedly been no casualties to surroundings structures and the town of Baikonur was not affected.
An accident board headed by Aleksandr Lopatin, deputy head of Russia’s space agency Roskosmos, has been created to investigate the crash.
http://rt.com
2/7/13
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****Se estrella el cohete ruso Proton-M segundos después de su lanzamiento
El cohete portador ruso de clase pesada Proton, que llevaba tres satélites del sistema de navegación GLONASS, se estrelló menos de un minuto después de su lanzamiento desde el Cosmódromo de Baikonur (VIDEO YouTube)
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Πύραυλος Proton-M έπεσε αμέσως μετά την εκτόξευση....
ReplyDeleteΔιαστημικός πύραυλος-φορέας Proton-M αμέσως μετά την εκτόξευση ξαφνικά άλλαξε κατεύθυνση πτήση, άρχισε να πέφτει και εξερράγη στο χώρο του κοσμοδρομίου του Μπαϊκονούρ στο Καζακστάν. Σύμφωνα με προκαταρκτικές πληροφορίες, κανείς δεν τραυματίστηκε.
Ο πύραυλος Proton-M έπρεπε να μεταφέρει σε τροχιά τρεις ρωσικούς πλοηγικούς δορυφόρους Glonass-Μ.
Στο μέρος της πτώσης του πυραύλου στην επιφάνεια της γης μπορούσαν να διαρρεύσουν περίπου 500 τόνοι τοξικών συστατικών του πυραυλικού καυσίμου.
Πηγή στο διαστημικό κλάδο υπολογίζει τις απώλειες από τη πτώση του πυραύλου και των τριών διαστημικών συσκευών Glonass-Μ σε περίπου 200 εκατ. δολάρια. Τα αίτια του ατυχήματος διερευνούνται.
http://greek.ruvr.ru/2013_07_02/117046252/
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Russian booster rocket crashes after launch in Kazakhstan....
ReplyDeleteMOSCOW – A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashed at a Russia-leased cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday shortly after the launch.
The Proton-M booster unexpectedly shut down the engine 17 seconds into the flight and crashed some over a mile away from the Baikonur launch pad, the Russian Space Agency said in a statement.
Russian officials said there were no casualties or damage immediately reported. Meanwhile, the Interfax news agency quoted Kazakh Emergency Situations Minister Vladimir Bozhkov as saying that the burning rocket fuel has blanketed the launch pad with a toxic cloud. But he said authorities have yet to determine its potential danger to the environment.
Another Proton-M booster crashed in Baikonur in August 2012 when it failed to place two satellites into orbit. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chided officials after that incident, saying that Russia had lost ten satellites in seven failed launches in just over a year.
Russian space officials have blamed the failures on manufacturing flaws and engineering mistakes. But observers say that the problem is rooted in a post-Soviet industrial meltdown that has stalled the modernization of the space industry.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/07/02/russian-booster-rocket-crashes-in-kazakhstan/#ixzz2Xs6KaL2p
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