Too Early To Ban Proton M Launches Roscosmos

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Proton M rolls out at Baikonur.

by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (RIAN) Mar 03, 2006
Russia's space agency said Thursday there is no need to ban launches of Proton-M rockets following the recent failure of the Arabsat 4A communications satellite.

A Proton rocket blasted off from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan Tuesday evening carrying the satellite, but the craft was not put into the proper orbit due to a malfunction on the Briz-M booster and subsequently lost.

The agency said a special commission had been set up to investigate the causes of the failure.

"In this connection and given that the next launch of a Proton-M rocket is scheduled for the second half of May 2006, it is currently unnecessary to ban launches of these carrier rockets," the agency said.

Source: RIA Novosti

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Hitch As Russian Rocket Launches Arab Telecoms Satellite

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