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Russian rocket carrying 18 satellites crashes on take-off
A RUSSIAN rocket aiming to put 18 satellites into orbit failed and crashed to the ground shortly after lift-off.
The Dnepr rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmo-drome in Kazakhstan yesterday, carrying a Russian satellite and 17 foreign satellites, including one from Belarus and others from countries including the US and Italy, Russian news agencies reported.
The rocket fell to earth about 15 miles south of the launch site, Russian space agency deputy chief Yuri Nosenko said. He said there was no damage or injuries on the ground.
Citing an unidentified mission control official, a news agency said that preliminary information indicated a problem occurred when the rocket's third stage detached. Other agencies, also citing unnamed officials, said the engine shut off 86 seconds into the flight.
Russia's space programme has suffered several embarrassing failures over the past year or so, jeopardising its hopes of earning more revenue from commercial launches of satellites from foreign customers.
The launch of a rocket carrying a European weather satellite was postponed indefinitely last week because of a problem discovered minutes before lift-off.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1090912006
Russian carrier rocket crashes after Baikonur launch
09:12 | 27/ 07/ 2006
MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian carrier rocket with 18 mini-satellites on board has crashed in a remote area of Kazakhstan shortly after a lift off from the Baikonur space center, a Mission Control Center said Thursday.
The Dnepr carrier rocket, a civilian version of the heavy R-36M2 Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missile, was launched around midnight (8 p.m. GMT Wednesday) but experienced a second stage breakdown 86 seconds into the flight.
"In the 86th second of the flight, an emergency engine shutdown has occurred on board the Dnepr carrier rocket," a spokesman said.
No casualties or environmental damage have been reported and a special investigation commission has launched a probe into the accident, the source said.
Russia has been using converted ballistic missiles to launch satellites into orbit since 1999. The Dnepr, which was seen as a highly reliable carrier rocket, has a lift-off weight of about 250 metric tons and can carry a satellite payload of up to 3.7 tons to orbits at an altitude of 300-900 kilometers (185-560 miles).
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51898354.html
A RUSSIAN rocket aiming to put 18 satellites into orbit failed and crashed to the ground shortly after lift-off.
The Dnepr rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmo-drome in Kazakhstan yesterday, carrying a Russian satellite and 17 foreign satellites, including one from Belarus and others from countries including the US and Italy, Russian news agencies reported.
The rocket fell to earth about 15 miles south of the launch site, Russian space agency deputy chief Yuri Nosenko said. He said there was no damage or injuries on the ground.
Citing an unidentified mission control official, a news agency said that preliminary information indicated a problem occurred when the rocket's third stage detached. Other agencies, also citing unnamed officials, said the engine shut off 86 seconds into the flight.
Russia's space programme has suffered several embarrassing failures over the past year or so, jeopardising its hopes of earning more revenue from commercial launches of satellites from foreign customers.
The launch of a rocket carrying a European weather satellite was postponed indefinitely last week because of a problem discovered minutes before lift-off.
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1090912006
Russian carrier rocket crashes after Baikonur launch
09:12 | 27/ 07/ 2006
MOSCOW, July 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian carrier rocket with 18 mini-satellites on board has crashed in a remote area of Kazakhstan shortly after a lift off from the Baikonur space center, a Mission Control Center said Thursday.
The Dnepr carrier rocket, a civilian version of the heavy R-36M2 Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missile, was launched around midnight (8 p.m. GMT Wednesday) but experienced a second stage breakdown 86 seconds into the flight.
"In the 86th second of the flight, an emergency engine shutdown has occurred on board the Dnepr carrier rocket," a spokesman said.
No casualties or environmental damage have been reported and a special investigation commission has launched a probe into the accident, the source said.
Russia has been using converted ballistic missiles to launch satellites into orbit since 1999. The Dnepr, which was seen as a highly reliable carrier rocket, has a lift-off weight of about 250 metric tons and can carry a satellite payload of up to 3.7 tons to orbits at an altitude of 300-900 kilometers (185-560 miles).
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51898354.html
