Dmitry Rogozin, called the accident “Proton” consequence of the crisis in the space industry – Kommersant

                             
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Vice Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the accident involving the carrier rocket “Proton” are the result of a systemic crisis in the space sector, of which the Federal Space Agency has not yet emerged. The politician has promised to carry out the necessary reforms. “Accidents – is a consequence of a systemic crisis in the industry, of which the Federal Space Agency has not yet emerged. Reforms have been firmly and consistently, “- Mr. Rogozin wrote in his blog on TwitLonger on Sunday.

Earlier” Kommersant “reported that the Federal Space Agency approved the interdepartmental commission investigating the crash launch of 16 May the carrier rocket “Proton-M».

Launcher “Proton-M” with the Mexican communication satellite MexSat-1 crashed at startup from the Baikonur cosmodrome at an altitude of 161 km . The cause of the accident was the failure of the third stage steering engine. According to the press service of the Russian Federal Space Agency, all the elements of the spacecraft burned up in the atmosphere.

Details of the accident with the “Proton-M”, read the article “b”, “Fragments” Proton-M “were burned in the atmosphere».