Centenario – Spaceflight Now

Roscosmos: Design flaw brought down Proton rocket

June 1, 2015

Russia has blamed a design flaw in the Proton rocket’s third stage that went undetected for decades as the cause of a May 16 launch failure.

Mexico plots way forward after loss of satellite

May 18, 2015

The Mexican government says it will collect a $390 million insurance payout after losing an advanced communications satellite Saturday aboard a failed launch of a Russian Proton rocket.

Proton crash deals another blow to Russian space sector

May 16, 2015

Failure struck Russia’s troubled space program for the second time in three weeks Saturday, when a Proton rocket carrying a high-tech satellite for Mexico’s new $1.6 billion space-based communications network crashed shortly after liftoff.

Proton rocket ready to loft Mexican telecom satellite

May 15, 2015

A Boeing-built communications satellite for the Mexican government is set for liftoff Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Proton rocket.

Mexican satellite launch grounded for engineering review

April 28, 2015

The launch of a Boeing-built Mexican communications satellite on a Proton rocket has been postponed after engineers discovered an anomaly on a similar spacecraft.