Proton failure caused by effort to lighten vehicle, sources say
PROTON FAILURE: Industry sources say a pyrotechnic cable rupture that led a Proton M Breeze M to fail on Sept. 6, destroying a Japanese telecom satellite, stemmed from an effort by Proton manufacturer Khrunichev to lighten the vehicle and increase payload. Sources said the mishap was caused by...
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