Make Sure to Subscribe to the New J.KNIGHT Channel: <br />https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnLr... <br /> <br />A Proton-M carrier rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctioned and burned up over Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, the latest in a series of mishaps for Russia's space industry. <br />The third stage of the rocket carrying the MexSat-1 communications satellite suffered a problem about 500 seconds after launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian media quoted Russian space officials as saying. <br />Russia's space agency Roscosmos subsequently said in a statement that the satellite, booster and third stage burned up almost entirely in the atmosphere with no evidence of anything falling to earth. <br />The agency also said that the accident happened at a height of 161 kilometers (100.04 miles) and that the satellite had been insured by the customer. <br /> <br />https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russian-roc...
