VIDEO — Russia Proton-M rocket erupts in fireball, rams into ground

RT
July 2, 2013

A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites crashed soon after takeoff from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome. Immediately after takeoff, the rocket swerved to one side, tried to correct itself, but instead veered in the opposite direction. It then flew horizontally and started to come apart with its engines in full thrust. READ MORE: http://on.rt.com/w7bx34

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