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Originally Posted by Engadget
A unmanned Russian Proton-M rocket exploded moments after leaving the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan today, destroying its payload of three satellites intended for Russia's Glonass GPS system. Fortunately no-one was injured, but local news service Interfax is reporting that nearly 500 tons of fuel from the craft has contaminated the crash site. There's no word on what caused the disaster, but this model's recent history is fraught with equipment failures -- so if you'd like to see the latest disaster (spoiler: explosions) the video resides after the jump.
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Amazingly no one on the ground was hurt, and only lost 3 satellites in the payload....I'd imagine they had activated some form of self-destruct signal after it flipped and turned into the worlds biggest cruise missle.