Rokot Investigation Delays Earth-Observation Launch

PARIS — The launch of Europe’s Swarm Earth explorer mission atop a Russian Rokot is on hold as Moscow looks into the cause of a January launch mishap involving the vehicle’s Briz KM upper stage. The three-stage liquid-fueled Rokot delivered, without incident, three Russian military telecom...

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