The telecasting above is show a Proton - M skyrocket crashing into the ground at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Monday night . This was the 6th Proton - M failure since 2011 .
The rocket was supposed to carry three Russian navigation satellite into Earth ’s orbit , but immediately after launch some unusual non-white smoke leaked from one of its boosters , and then the rocket start to circumvolve and swerve from its regular flight route , finally terminate in a enermous fireball on the Kazakh steppe . The payload was jettison , but there are no written report about the possible release so far .
Also there are no immediate newsworthiness reports of injury , but a toxic cloud of Eruca sativa fuel drifted toward the city of Baikonur . resident were told to stay indoors and close all windows .
Spaceflight Now account :
It was 388th Proton rocket to set in motion since 1965 and the fifth this year , following a serial of commercial-grade mission . The program has have five nonstarter in the past two - and - a - half years , mostly due to upper stage issuing . Three other GLONASS orbiter were lost in a botched launch in late 2010 due to a fuel miscalculation that prevented the fomite from reach orbit . The next launch , presumptively grounded for the investigation , was slate for July 21 carrying the commercial ASTRA 2E broadcast orbiter for Europe .
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