Tag: Mexsat 1
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Roscosmos: Design flaw brought down Proton rocket
File photo of a Proton rocket’s third stage (left) being integrated with the second stage (right). Credit: Khrunichev Russia has blamed a design flaw in the Proton rocket’s third stage that went undetected for decades as the cause of a May 16 launch failure. The Russian space agency released the results of an investigation into…
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Live coverage: Proton launch runs into trouble
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of the Mexsat 1 communications satellite aboard an International Launch Services Proton rocket. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.