Progress 44 fails to reach orbit
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 07:00
in Astronomy & Space
Bound for the International Space Station, Progress 44 was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 15:00 CEST yesterday but failed to reach its target orbit and crashed in Siberia, Russia. Five minutes and 50 seconds after launch, an “off-nominal situation” was reported, with a loss of telemetry.
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