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Russian rocket Proton-M crashes

Kersh · 2013-07-02 12:29:08

Russian unmanned rocket Proton-M, carrying 3 satellites crashed just after launch. Cameraman isnt the best, but then he was probably expecting it to go up! No reported casualties.

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02-07-2013 1:29pm

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Kersh

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Russian unmanned rocket Proton-M, carrying 3 satellites crashed just after launch.

Cameraman isnt the best, but then he was probably expecting it to go up!

No reported casualties.

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#2 02-07-2013 2:43pm
Rubecula

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The force of the blast reminds us just how dangerous these things are when they go wrong.

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#3 02-07-2013 6:22pm
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"unmaned" - just as well!

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#4 02-07-2013 6:48pm
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It all goes wrong very quickly!

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#5 02-07-2013 11:21pm
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A better camera man here 1080p available and complete with shockwave :cool:.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl12dXYcUTo

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#6 03-07-2013 8:23pm
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What goes up.................... sometimes comes down unexpectedly.........

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#7 06-07-2013 9:29pm
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and that my friends is why its a very bad idea to use toxic fuel for your first stage

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#8 10-07-2013 1:22pm
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Parts installed “upside down” caused Russian rocket to explode last week.

Story here:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/07/parts-installed-upside-down-caused-last-weeks-russian-rocket-to-explode/

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