Unmanned Russian rocket crashes in Kazakhstan
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Source: BBC
An unmanned Russian Proton-M rocket has crashed just seconds after its launch from the Russian Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan.
Dramatic video footage broadcast by Russian TV shows the rocket break up before exploding into a fireball over the Baikonur cosmodrome.
Russia's Interfax news agency reported that up to 500 tonnes of poisonous rocket fuel may have been released and contaminated the crash site.
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The rocket was carrying three satellites for Russia's Glonass (global) navigation satellite system.
Read more: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23140665
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Suuuure it was. I would say that too....there is no way the insurance adjuster would know it was really only carrying 15 CDs from the 90s, (Hansen and Spicegirls, of course), a couple old French-fries, and a roach in the ashtray.
happyslug
(14,779 posts)And since what was going up was three Russian Satellites, I doubt there is any insurance. The Russians will have to eat this loss.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)IBEWVET
(217 posts)rocket our astronauts use to reach the space station?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)an R-7 series rocket. They don't use Proton's for people. Just bombs and inert cargo, like communications satellites.
uppityperson
(115,681 posts)I have no clue how true this is, but wanted to share and see if anyone knows.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-M