Russian satellite launch goes down in flames....
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kittyman     Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 
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Major fail....I have not read of any casualties on the ground. Launch rocket and 3 satellites aboard blows up shortly after lift off. Video of the failure... "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster 
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 Bill Walker  Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0 
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 rough translation: "Olympic torch Sochi 2014"  
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David S  Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12
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LOL. But seriously, is that the same kind of rocket they use for Soyuz capsules? David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. ID: 1386994 · |
James Sotherden  Send message Joined: 16 May 99 Posts: 10436 Credit: 110,373,059 RAC: 54
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Looks like a failure in one of the nozzels.  [/quote]Old James ID: 1387008 · |
Carlos  Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29819 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157
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They should have waited until the 4th. Vandenburg is launching something on the 5th. ID: 1387015 · |
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rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22190 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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Certainly looked as if one engine failed quite early on - if you watch the very first few seconds one of the engines may not have properly started, or suffered a surge, right at the moment of launch. The rest, as they say, is history, with the inevitable instability and finally someone hitting the payload self destruct button and the collapse of the remaining engines and fuel systems. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1387044 · |
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Bill Walker Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0
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"Soyuz" refers to the complete vehicle, launcher and capsule. It is a completely different rocket (designed by the same people and built in the same factory) so there is nothing to worry about.....
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celttooth  Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0
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I thought as in the name of the old Soviet Union it meant just that, union. Like in CCCP “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.†ID: 1387157 · |
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