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Insufficient thrust may have doomed Proton-M

Submit on Thursday, July 4th, 2013 22:59

It looks increasingly likely that the crash of a Proton-M carrying three GLONASS satellites on 2 June was caused by a lack of thrust, although different reports emphasise different aspects. Meanwhile, the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case over the incident.

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