Russian rocket fails [VIDEO], The Breeze-M upper stage of Russia’s Proton heavy-lift rocket on Dec.
9 failed for the third time in 16 months, placing Gazprom Space
Systems’ Yamal 402 telecommunications satellite into a too-low orbit,
launch-service provider International Launch Services (ILS) and Russia’s
Roscosmos space agency said.
The launch is all but
certain to raise fresh issues over whether Proton Breeze-M manufacturing
team has workmanship quality issues. Go here to read more and see the video.
