Russia takes a 'time-out' to fix Proton engine problems

Russia is standing down its Proton flight operations to upgrade engines in the big rocket's second stage, blamed for the past two Proton launch failures, and won't have upgraded engines ready until March 2000. The impact of that decision on the upcoming Proton launch of the critical Zvezda Service...

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