Another Soyuz rocket launch fails, BBC
“Russia’s recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure. This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after lifting away from the country’s Plesetsk spaceport. Debris is said to have re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere near the western Siberian town of Tobolsk.”
Marc’s note: Based on the records I’ve found this appears to be the first failure of the Soyuz-2.1b which had previously launched successfully six times. It appears the third stage failed at the 421 second mark. The Soyuz rocket was launching a Meridian military communications satellite for the Russian armed forces.
Russian Soyuz-2.1b Launch Failure
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Supposedly it hit some guy’s house.
These are the guys Obama has pegged his hopes of USA
maintaining a presence in space on. Its what happens when a government put the
$ ahead of human lives. USA may as well admit defeat and wrap up NASA all
together.
Correction – George W Bush. Not Obama. Bush killed X-38 to pay for more Soyuz’s. Because they were cheap.