Russian board blames excess fuel for Nov. 26 Proton failure
A Russian failure investigation board is citing excess fuel in the upper stage as the culprit behind a recent Proton rocket failure, according to International Launch Services (ILS). The Nov. 26, 2002 failure of the Proton's Block DM upper stage left the Astra 1K satellite stranded in the wrong...
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