Commission determines cause of AMC14 Breeze M Failure

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RUSSIAN COMMISSION DETERMINES CAUSE of AMC-14 BREEZE M FAILURE

MOSCOW, April 21, 2008 - The Russian State Commission investigating the AMC-14 failure of a Proton Breeze M launch has traced the cause to the rupture of the gas duct between the gas generator and the propellant pump turbine in the Breeze M main engine.

 

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OK, good, now they have determined the cause. Lets get the next sat up there.

 

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Not soon. Sounds like a re-design to me.

 

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lakebum431 said:

OK, good, now they have determined the cause. Lets get the next sat up there.

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Agree and lets get the next sat up there pronto

 

daboogas94e

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ok Russia, give Echostar its money back......

 

jerryez

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Rusia is not launching the next Dish sat anyway. It is a sea launch.

 

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jerryez said:

Rusia is not launching the next Dish sat anyway. It is a sea launch.

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lets hope sea launch has no problems like they did with direct tv launch

 

DallasBill

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daboogas94e said:

ok Russia, give Echostar its money back......

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No kidding it's refund time:up

 

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DallasBill said:

No kidding it's refund time:up

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Agree refund time for Echostar:up

 

TheKrell

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You mean refund time for SES, not Echostar.

 

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I think it was sabotaged by the patent holder of some obscure satellite patent that dish was in violation of...