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Another Russian Rocket Failure Causes Satellite Crash in Siberia

Russian military communications satellite crashed in Siberia on Friday shortly after launch, the Interfax news agency reported.
The Meridian-series communication satellite was launched aboard a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket earlier Friday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome based at Arkhangelsk in northern Russia.
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A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle carrying the Meridian satellite, which blasted off Plesetsk at 4:08 p.m. Moscow time on Friday, failed to bring the satellite to the designated orbit.
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Defence: "Meridian" has failed due to abnormal operation of the stage 3 engine

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Soyuz rocket launch fails

Russia's recent poor launch record has continued with yet another Soyuz rocket failure.
This time, a Soyuz-2 vehicle failed to put a communications satellite into orbit after lifting away from the country's Plesetsk spaceport.
Debris is said to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere near the western Siberian town of Tobolsk.
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A Soyuz 2-1B-Fregat with the Russian Meridian 5 satellite is scheduled to launch from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 12:08 GMT (16:08 MSKS), 23rd December, 2011.
The satellite will be placed into a Molniya-type orbit (1000 km perigee x 39700 km apogee, 63° inclination) and provide communications for military and civilian use. The satellite is believed to have a 7 year orbital lifespan.



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