Russian Briz-M booster falls apart in orbit

Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 29, 2012
Russia's Space Defense Forces have confirmed that the Briz-M propellant upper stage fell apart in the near-Earth orbit on October 16. Space Forces spokesman Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin said Monday the command was closely monitoring whereabouts of the 12 fragments that the rocket split into. Astronomers reported earlier they had detected several dozen chunks of debris in the orbit scattered a

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