Russian rocket fails [VIDEO], The Breeze-M upper stage of Russia’s Proton heavy-lift rocket on Dec. 9 failed for the third time in 16 months, placing Gazprom Space Systems’ Yamal 402 telecommunications satellite into a too-low orbit, launch-service provider International Launch Services (ILS) and Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said.
The launch is all but certain to raise fresh issues over whether Proton Breeze-M manufacturing team has workmanship quality issues. Go here to read more and see the video.
