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Ekspress AM4, which was stranded in a wrong orbit after launch, might pose a threat to other satellites, Interfax news agency reported.
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Russia will carry out two unmanned test launches of Soyuz carrier rockets, a source in the Russian space industry was quoted as saying by Novosti news agency.
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Russia has grounded its Soyuz rockets after the Progress M-12M launch failure. Roskosmos said it will set up a commission for quality control in the space industry after the loss of the Progress spacecraft.
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The launch of a Progress cargo vessel to the International Space Station has become the latest failure in a string of recent Russian rocket mishaps. The unmanned cargo vessel crashed down in Siberia after an emergency shutdown of the Soyuz-U launcher’s upper stage. No casualties have been reported so far.
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Roskosmos today issued a statement regarding Ekspress AM4 which indicates that the case may be more complicated than possibly expected. In related news, Russia has put Proton M/Briz M launches on hold.
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There’s still no official word on the fate of Russia’s Ekspress AM4 satellite, which was stranded in a bad orbit after an apparent malfunction of the Proton M launcher’s Briz M upper stage.
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The fate of Russia’s Ekspress AM4 satellite is still unclear after a Briz M upper stage failed to deploy it into geostationary transfer orbit. According to latest tracking data, the satellite has indeed separated from the upper stage, albeit in a lower than planned orbit.