Sep 9 1998

From The Space Library

Revision as of 04:10, 11 March 2010 by RobertG (Talk | contribs)
(diff) ←Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revision→ (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

A Zenit rocket, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, failed when a computer error caused a premature engine shutdown during the second-stage burn. The rocket fell, crashing in Siberia. The rocket's failure destroyed 12 of Globalstar Inc.'s communications satellites.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Retrieved from "http://www.thespacelibrary.com/mediawiki/index.php/Sep_9_1998"