Proton-M rocket with 3 Glonass (GPS) satellites on board crashes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyuiShSePS4

by tankenmate • 13 years ago

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tankenmate• 13 years ago

Although the commentators say that there is radioactive material aboard, that doesn't seem likely as it isn't used in the latest versions of Glonass-M satellites.

dfc• 13 years ago

What do the clocks use for a frequency standard? I think the caesium standards are not radioactive but the rubidium standards are slightly radioactive.

sounds• 13 years ago

And additionally, RTGs are commonly used as power sources, though the GLONASS design does use solar panels.

atdepth• 13 years ago

Rubidium or cesium possibly?

I'm wondering if the U.S. had any hand in sabotaging this launch.

cookingrobot• 13 years ago

Tv news really is terrible. Why is it radioactive, and how radioactive. Populated area? How populated and how close and why do they launch there? What is the economic loss? What "firings and shakeups" happened at the space agency? They list so many unsubstantiated and surprising claims so quickly and don't sound like they know what they're saying.

Proton-M rocket with 3 Glonass (GPS) satellites on board crashes

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