Russian Rocket Carrying 18 Satellites Crashes After Launch
A Reuters newswire article, via ABC News, reports that:
A Russian Dnepr rocket carrying satellites crashed shortly after take-off late on Wednesday from the Kazakh launch pad of Baikonur, Russian media reported.More here.
RIA Novosti said the first and second stages of the rocket failed to separate correctly after 86 seconds of flight, causing the Dnepr — a converted intercontinental missile — to crash.
The agencies said the rocket was carrying the Belka, a monitoring satellite that would have been the ex-Soviet republic of Belarus' first man-made object in space, along with 17 other satellites.
posted by Fergie @ 7/26/2006 04:04:00 PM
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