An unmanned Russian rocket which was launched from Kazakhstan with a satellite on board has crashed nine minutes after lift-off. <br /><br />The Proton-M rocket was carrying an Express-AM4R satellite which would have been Russia’s most advanced and powerful. It was supposed to provide internet access to the country’s remote regions.<br /><br />It’s believed there was a fault with one of the steering engines.Launches of similar rockets are being put on hold at the Baikonur space centre until the exact cause of the crash is known.<br /><br />Fragments of the rocket are understood to have burnt in the atmosphere so they won’t cause any damage on the ground.
