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December 01, 2016

Space freighter burns up after launch to to ISS: Russia
Moscow (AFP) Dec 1, 2016
An unmanned cargo ship travelling to the International Space Station burned up in the atmosphere shortly after launch on Thursday, Russia's space agency said. "According to preliminary information, as a result of an abnormal situation, the cargo ship's loss occurred some 190 kilometres (110 miles) above the remote, unpopulated mountainous territory of (Russia's) Tuva region, and most fragments burned up in dense layers of the atmosphere," Roscosmos said in a statement. Roscosmos said earlier Thu ... read more

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