Zenit rocket fails; classified Russian satellite is lost
A Russian Zenit 2 booster carrying a Cosmos satellite crashed shortly after launch Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, according to the Itar-Tass news agency. It said that the engines in the first stage of the liquid fuel rocket switched off in the 48th second of the flight, and that...
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