Foreign Object Debris Seen Like Cause of Breeze M Failure

Russian investigators have concluded that foreign object debris (FOD) in the oxidizer supply system was the most likely cause of the Breeze M upper stage failure that left Arabsat 4A stranded in a useless orbit after its Mar. 1 Proton M launch. It was the second time in three years that FOD was...

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