Russian rocket failure: Proton M rocket explodes after takeoff. "Early this morning local time, at 02:38 UTC on July 2, 2013, an uncrewed Russian Proton M rocket crashed and exploded just seconds after takeoff from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport in Kazakhstan."
"The rocket was carrying three navigation satellites called GLONASS, similar to GPS satellites. These were upgrades to the currently operating fleet of satellites that have been in place for a few years now."
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That's unfortunate. I felt bad for the camera crew when the explosion sound reached them they sounded scared. You could here a man weeping in Russian in the background.
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