Russian Rocket Exploded

World | October 16, 2002, Wednesday // 00:00

An unmanned Russian space rocket carrying a satellite into orbit has exploded shortly after blast-off, killing one person and injuring eight others. The Soyuz-U rocket blew up 29 seconds after take-off, Russia's emergencies ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. The explosion sent burning debris from the rocket on to the launch pad and surrounding forest at the Plesetsk space centre, about 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) north of Moscow. The rocket was carrying a Photon-M satellite, which had been due to make a 15-day voyage around the Earth carrying out scientific experiments for European Space Agency member states and other countries.

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