Pocket GPS World - SatNavs | GPS | Speed Cameras - Russia suffers another launch failure as rocket explodes

Reviews
Review Categories

Reviews by Company

Hardware Reviews

Software Reviews

Accessory Reviews

Speed Camera Reviews

OTHER ARTICLES

How GPS Works

GPS Event Blogs

Forums
Log In to Post
FORUM FILTERS

Forum Index
Recent Posts

Unanswered Posts

FORUM QUICK LINKS

SpeedCamera Database

CamerAlert Discussion

CONTROL PANEL
Private Messages
Your Account

Free Downloads

Speed Cameras (Subscribe Now!)

Subscribers Area
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Subscribe Now

Subscribers Forum Index

Subscribers Discounts

Your Subscription

Support
Submit A Support Request

Contact
Contact Us

About Us

Corporate Enquiries

Our Partner List

Report Piracy

News: Russia suffers another launch failure as rocket explodes

Bad news for Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation network after a launch at Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome failed shortly lift-off on Sunday. The Proton-M rocket booster began to tip over and break up before exploding resulting in a total loss of the three GLONASS satellites that were being carried into orbit.

Live video from the launch shows the launch vehicle begin to deviate from its planned flight path and, shortly afterwards, with the rocket boosters at full power, the upper stage begins to break up.

It is reported that more than 600 tons of toxic propellant may have fallen on the launch site after the break-up and a full evacuation took place. This is a huge loss to the GLONASS program and follows a similar failure of the same rocket design and the loss of another three GLONASS satellites in 2010.

Source: rt.com

Click here to read more...

Click here to discuss...

Posted on Tuesday, July 02 @ 04:31:56 UTC by Darren Griffin


	Related Links · More about · News by Darren Griffin Most read story about : TomTom Announce Navigator for Smartphone, Symbian and Sony P900


	Article Rating Average Score: 0 Votes: 0 Please take a second and vote for this article:


	Options Printer Friendly Send to a Friend

Sorry, Comments are not available for this article.


	Make a Donation


	CamerAlert Database Download Speed Camera Database 22.044 (24 Apr 24) WORLDWIDE SPEED CAMERA SPOTTERS WANTED! 12mth Subscriber memberships awarded every week for verified new camera reports! Submit Speed Camera Locations Now


	CamerAlert Apps iOS QR Code Android QR Code © Terms & Privacy


	GPS Shopping Hi! We see you’re using an ad-blocker. We’re fine with that and won’t stop you visiting the site. But as we’re losing ad-revenue from this then why not make a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!


	Hi! We see you’re using an ad-blocker. We’re fine with that and won’t stop you visiting the site. But as we’re losing ad-revenue from this then why not make a donation towards website running costs?. Or you could disable your ad-blocker for this site. We think you’ll find our adverts are not overbearing!

	PocketGPS
	Web