Re:ExoMars launch scheduled for 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET)
by thatsthree on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:15AM
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Half is 1, I presume?
Re:ExoMars launch scheduled for 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET)
by creshal on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:27AM
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• 2015, 935-54: Third stage failure
• 2014, 935-45: Third stage failure
• 2013, 935-43: First stage failure
• 2012, 935-34: Briz-M failure
• 2012, 935-31: Briz-M failure
• 2011, 935-21: Briz-M failure
• 2010, 535-37: Blok-D failure
3/6 in the Proton-M+Briz-M configuration, 3/7 total, for this decade. There were also two failed Rokot launches involving a different Briz configuration (Briz-KM).
Re:ExoMars launch scheduled for 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET)
by rodionos on Monday March 14, 2016 @12:24PM
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Here's the full list of 97 launches for Proton M series. Failures, 9 in total, denoted with red border or green background: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE...
Re:ExoMars launch scheduled for 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET)
by InclinedPlane on Monday March 14, 2016 @08:24AM
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It's actually more like 5 out of the last nine failures, going back 10 years.
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/ExoMars/ExoM...
Half of the recent Proton losses have been from third stage failures (worked here), the other half of the Briz-M upper stage (still needs to do a few more burns).