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Telemetry shows pressure drop in failed Proton rocket’s third stage

Submit on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 22:59

Shortly before the failure of a Proton-M last week, a sharp pressure drop was recorded in the piping of its third stage control engine, Roskosmos said. In related news, a replacement for the lost Ekspress AM4R satellite is likely to be built by a Russian company.

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