First Proton Failure Report Near

Overfilled upper-stage liquid-oxygen tanks caused by a ground-equipment malfunction are prime suspects in the Proton M Block DM rocket failure that sent three Glonass satellites crashing into the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 5, according to Russian sources. Russian space agency Roscosmos ordered an...

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