Proton failure destroys Japan's JCSAT-11 spacecraft

The failure of a 1.5 million-pound Russian Proton booster carrying a 4.5-ton Japanese communications satellite has International Launch Services (ILS) concerned about holding onto its $1 billion customer backlog, while JSAT Corp. in Tokyo is assessing the impact of the $275 million accident on its...

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