16.05.2014 - 02:57 [ RT ]

Russian Proton rocket carrying advanced satellite crashes

Both the rocket and the satellite on board also burnt up in thick layers of the atmosphere during the fall, but debris from the objects could have fallen on the ground, Itar-Tass reported, citing Roscosmos. “Individual small fragments of the rocket could have fallen…the impacted area is being specified,” a source from Roscosmos said.