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As a result of the July 2013, Proton-M launch failure, a major reorganization of the Russian space industry was undertaken. The United Rocket and Space Corporation was formed as a joint-stock corporation by the government in August 2013 to consolidate the Russian space sector.
As of September 2015, 3 Proton-M/Blok DM-03 have been launched, of which 2 have failed. In the 2010 failure, the rocket was too heavy to reach orbit and reentered the atmosphere during a coast phase between the end of third stage flight and the beginning of the Blok DM-03's first burn, whilst the 2013 flight failed after the rocket went out of ...
On 2 July 2013, a Proton-M launching three GLONASS navigation satellites experienced a failure reminiscent of the 1960s disasters shortly after liftoff when the booster crashed near LC-39 at Baikonour, ending a 30-year unbroken stretch without a first stage failure; all future Proton flights were suspended pending investigation. [25]
CORRECTING and REPLACING ILS Proton Successfully Launches Satmex 8 Satellite for Satmex BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In the boilerplate for Satmex, please note removal of the ...
26 March 2013 19:06:48 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 Site 200/39 Satmex 8: Geosynchronous transfer Success [30] Communications, Commercial launch conducted by International Launch Services 935-37 15 April 2013 18:36:00 Proton-M/Briz-M 8K82KM/11S43 Site 200/39 Anik G1: Geosynchronous transfer Success [31]
[2] The name for the organization had first been provisionally floated in July 2013 when—three days following the failure of a Proton M launch—the Russian government announced that "extremely harsh measures" would be taken "and spell the end of the [Russian] space industry as we know it."
Briz-M stage failure 67 26 March 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success Satmex 8 communications satellite Satellite placed into Geostationary transfer orbit [24] 68 15 April 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success Anik-G1 satellite [25] 69 14 May 2013 Proton-M/Briz-M Baikonur, Kazakhstan Success Eutelsat-3D satellite [26] 70
As a result of a series of reliability problems, and proximate to the failure of a July 2013 Proton M launch, a major reorganization of the Russian space industry was undertaken. The United Rocket and Space Corporation was formed as a joint-stock corporation by the government in August 2013 to consolidate the Russian space sector.