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The Russian rocket of Proton-M carrying Mexican MexSat-1 telecommunications satellite fell east of Siberia shortly after leaving the launch pad a few minutes.

Russia's Soyuz-2.1B rocket carrying Glonass maritime satellite was launched into orbit this morning (3.10), AFP quoted Russian Defense Ministry sources as saying.

On September 21, Russia successfully launched a military satellite into orbit after three weeks delayed due to successive failures of previous missile launches, AFP quoted

The Russian Federal Space Agency lost contact with a telecommunications satellite as soon as it was launched yesterday.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on December 29 fired two officials from the space agency after the failed rocket launcher lost three satellites.

Russia's Proton-M rocket has successfully launched a military satellite into orbit from the Baikonur space station yesterday.

Russia's Proton-M missile left the launch platform yesterday and brought Europe's Eutelsat W7 communications satellite into orbit.

Russia yesterday launched a rocket from the space center in Kazakhstan, bringing the US telecommunications satellite into orbit.