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The third member carrier rocket with the satellite MexSat-1 began to have problems about 500 seconds after launch – agency officials said, quoted by Russian media.
The causes of failure and the destruction of missiles They are not yet known.
Roskosmos suspended takeoffs
The agency RIA-Novosti writes citing a representative Roskosmosu that all loss missiles of this type are henceforth suspended.
Russia cut flights Proton space launch vehicles in July 2013, when the rocket with three Russian navigation satellites crashed after just 17 seconds into the flight, following an emergency engine shut down. The collapse and explosion of rockets did not cause any casualties or damage to installations Baikonur cosmodrome.
Built in the 60s Proton is the largest mass-produced Russian carrier rocket.
will replace Proton rocket Angara
The protons are to be replaced by Angara rockets, that is modular next-generation launchers. Modular design, based on similar solutions US, is allowed to freely adjust the power of the rocket to the specific needs, which will reduce the costs of its operation. The first of the families of those missiles – monomodular Angara-1.2PP – successfully launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region in northern Russia on July 9 last year. R.
Angara rockets are a key element strongly supported by President Vladimir Putin of the Russian development program space industry. By 2020, the Russian government intends to allocate for these purposes 70 billion dollars.
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