Proton M Rocket

In a midst of a hectic launch schedule, a Proton M rocket failed during a mission to deliver a trio of GLONASS satellites. The launch vehicle lifted off from Pad 24 at Site 81 in Baikonur Cosmodrome at 13:25:18 Moscow Decree Time. According to the initial statement of the Russian space agency, a payload section (which included Block DM-03 upper stage and three GLONASS satellites) separated what was supposed to be the initial parking orbit 10 minutes after the liftoff. However, according to the follow-up official report, the mission's payload was delivered into a wrong orbit. According to unofficial reports, at 14:01 Moscow Time or 26 minutes after reaching its initial orbit, the upper stage was scheduled to fire for six minutes, however before it could happen, the vehicle entered a suborbital trajectory, apparently resulting in the reentry into the Earth atmosphere. Semi-official RIA Novosti news agency quoted industry sources as saying that before the separation of the Block DM-03 upper stage, the launch vehicle had already deviated around eight degrees from its nominal pitch trajectory, resulting in the reentry and loss of satellites over the Pacific Ocean. The remnants of the vehicle reportedly splashed down 1,500 kilometers northwest of Honolulu.

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Science & Technology

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• rocket
• proton
• Russian
• satellite
• Glonass-M
• Baikonur

[MrTaii01]

really good russian rocket project, this rocket was made to killed US dammed

[blablubb12345]

@sroelofs96

No, unlike russian rockets, most american launchers are using solid rocket strap on boosters which produce a huge smoke trail. The water you mentioned is there to protect the rocket and it's payload itself from the soundwaves, not the windows at the cape ;-)

[sroelofs96]

@MrSrgj What you see at US rocket launches is water being sprayed around. It keeps the forces produced by the rocket at the launch space. Without it, they would destroy the windows of all the houses near Cape Canaveral. Sorry for my bad English, I'm Dutch.

[Arsen9561]

Russian :D

[redpower1945]

jajaja fijense en el humo ke echa un cohete de la nasa y un cohete de rusia no echa ni humo,es 100 veces mejor la propulsion rusa que la de usa

[aqif2015]

Wths proton from?

[MrSrgj]

Launching Russian rockets looks nice, because unlike the American, Russian rockets don't emit smoke.

[EwaltFpv]

I have one of these in my basement

[harris3693]

@bestamerica it is heading to your bedroom 0_o!!!!!

[bestamerica]

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where this missile going to where