Looks like no causalities.... but the rocket apparently fell near area 200 (the other Proton launch pad usually used for ILS launches)!Source: http://www.astronomy.ru/forum/index.php/topic,18118.msg2476731.html#msg2476731
Don't have proper word in English to comment.A bad failure in the highly politically sensitive program in the days of political crisis.Pretty bad even if without casualities.
Quote from: eeergo on 07/02/2013 03:03 amBased on the huts visible in the last frames of the webcast, can anyone hazard a guess as to where it might have fallen?I'm checking Anik's reference for pad 81/24 but I'm not getting oriented yet: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=46%C2%B0+4%2715.38%22N,+62%C2%B059%275.11%22E&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=46.070939,62.984753&spn=0.003528,0.01075&t=k&om=0I think the camera was looking almost straight north at launch.
Based on the huts visible in the last frames of the webcast, can anyone hazard a guess as to where it might have fallen?I'm checking Anik's reference for pad 81/24 but I'm not getting oriented yet: https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=46%C2%B0+4%2715.38%22N,+62%C2%B059%275.11%22E&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=46.070939,62.984753&spn=0.003528,0.01075&t=k&om=0
Best wishes to all in the Russian space industry - terrible news.I saw on NK forum someone quoted that there were casualties, in contrast to the other report - didn't seem reliable, but suspect it's too early to be sure - keep us posted on what is known on that front
Quote from: Chris Bergin on 07/02/2013 03:18 amQuote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 07/02/2013 03:16 amThis is a better version....showing live by one of the largest Russian TV news channel!I smell something stirring up at the Kremlin..... Anyone want to have a go at translating?Really doesn't seem to be far from the pad.Didn't realise she was spinning too.Translation may have some mistakes due to translating from russian to estonian to english0:40 something has gone wrong0:45 something is wrong0:47 it seems like this is a disaster0:50 rocket is heading towards the earth and explodes in air0:56 explosionand explosion*1:01 And on air we have just seen a failed launch of proton-m rocket with the 3 glonass statellites1:13 black smoke is now rising into the sky
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 07/02/2013 03:16 amThis is a better version....showing live by one of the largest Russian TV news channel!I smell something stirring up at the Kremlin..... Anyone want to have a go at translating?Really doesn't seem to be far from the pad.Didn't realise she was spinning too.
This is a better version....showing live by one of the largest Russian TV news channel!I smell something stirring up at the Kremlin.....
Based on the huts visible in the last frames of the webcast, can anyone hazard a guess as to where it might have fallen?
Quote from: Liss on 07/02/2013 03:30 amDon't have proper word in English to comment.A bad failure in the highly politically sensitive program in the days of political crisis.Pretty bad even if without casualities.Best wishes to all in the Russian space industry - terrible news.I saw on NK forum someone quoted that there were casualties, in contrast to the other report - didn't seem reliable, but suspect it's too early to be sure - keep us posted on what is known on that front
Quote from: jcm on 07/02/2013 03:32 amBest wishes to all in the Russian space industry - terrible news.I saw on NK forum someone quoted that there were casualties, in contrast to the other report - didn't seem reliable, but suspect it's too early to be sure - keep us posted on what is known on that frontI swear that I spot "nyet" untranslated - so I think it is saying that there actually are NO casualties.
Quote from: Liss on 07/02/2013 03:30 amDon't have proper word in English to comment.A bad failure in the highly politically sensitive program in the days of political crisis.Pretty bad even if without casualities.I know little of the politics of this. What do you think the consequences could be politically?Also, is there a discussion thread for this? I don't want to clog up the update thread, but I don't know where else to post it.
Yeah, I kept waiting for for the destruct command, but it just kept going further and further down and then I realized it was going to hit big time.
There was conjecture on the last Sea Launch failure that there is logic for the vehicle to fly itself away from the pad before thrust termination. Is that true? It looked a bit like that's what was happening here, at least before the flight path angle went negative.
Quote from: Prober on 07/02/2013 03:25 amalso could be 3 engines die?Once it was upside down a few frames showed a clean looking hexagonal pattern of six glowing exhaust nozzles.
also could be 3 engines die?
despite a few thousand people on the forum right this second.