Proton Upper Stage

Photograph: Photograph: A technician inspects AsiaSat 3 at Hughes' satellite plant in Los Angeles. A faulty launch left the telecommunications spacecraft in a useless orbit. The fourth stage of Russia's Proton booster failed for the third time since 1996, stranding a high-power telecommunications...

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