Russian communications satellite crash caused by engine failure: space agency
SINA Monday 6th February, 2012
MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The crash of Russia's communications satellite "Meridian" was caused by the malfunction of one of the satellite carrier rocket's engines, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said Tuesday. The dual-purpose satellite was launched by a Russian Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Russia's Plesetsk space center on Dec. 23 and crashed...





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