September 5, 2007

ILS Proton Fails

Proton Fails Just After Liftoff, Spaceflightnow.com

"Two minutes after launching from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan tonight, a Russian heavy-lifting Proton rocket suffered a malfunction of its second stage, leading to apparent destruction of a Japanese satellite payload riding aboard the booster."


Posted by kcowing at September 5, 2007 8:54 PM