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An Indian rocket scientist has come up with a different explanation for the failure of the GSLV-F06 mission on 25 December. Speaking to IANS news agency under the condition of anonymity, he said the rocket may have been too heavy. In related news, neither the rocket nor its payload were insured.
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The launch of the Indian communications satellite GSAT-5P (INSAT 4D) ended in failure when its GSLV-Fo6 carrier rocket veered off course and started disintegrating shortly after lift-off.
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On Friday, 17 December, Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 [a.k.a. ZombieSat] temporarily lost Earth lock, and within a few hours, lost enough power to cause its C- and L-band payload to shut down.

The three GLONASS satellites launched aboard a Proton M/Block DM-03 on 5 December were lost owing to a combination of systemic and human factors, President and Chief Designer of the Rocket-Space Corporation (RSC) Energia Vitaly Lopota was quoted as saying.

The state commission investigating the recent Proton launch failure has ruled out that the rocket’s three lower stages had anything to do with the incident. This clears the way for the launch of Eutelsat’s KA-SAT, which will nonetheless be slightly delayed. Meanwhile, Russia hopes to compensate for the loss of three GLONASS satellites by March 2011.
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The ongoing investigation into the failed Venus Orbit Insertion of Japan’s Akatsuki has revealed that something happened 2 minutes and 32 seconds into the manoeuvre, but the picture is still rather sketchy.
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The orbit insertion manoeuvre of JAXA’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was not successful, the agency said.
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The failed launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket with three GLONASS-M satellites was caused by over-fuelling of the upper stage, Interfax news agency reported.
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