Russian Rocket goes down in flames

[whatchel1]

Well the E* may be delayed in their putting up new birds. This Russian rocket explosion of navigation sat rocket literally went down in flames. http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/02/uk-russia-space-rocket-idUKBRE96103Y20130702

 

[boba]

Yes I think all 4 of the Networks ran video of this. Now all we have to do is wait for the fallout.

 

[RVD420]

Yet another Briz-M failure. What is atypical is that it was a lower stage failure, and not the typical upper stage failure that the Briz-M is known for.

 

[navychop]

So it's not a Briz failure. Didn't get that far. Briz is only an upper stage, and not the only upper stage they have to choose from. It's purely a Proton failure, rather uncommon.

 

[Hall]

What is the Russian' s success vs failure rate ?

And how does it delay future launches ? Do they stop launches while they "investigate" the cause(s)?

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[gadgtfreek]

I think Proton as a whole is 388 that made it, 47 that didnt. Im sure the 500 tons of fuel all over the area wont help the time frame either.

 

[navychop]

Or political relations with Kazakistan.

Yes, they most certainly will stop launches of that particular rocket (Proton) until they think they have a fix and have implemented it. Probably be blamed on a manufacturing error. And probably was.