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News from The Associated Press
A Russian booster rocket carrying three satellites crashed shortly after launch at a Russian-leased cosmodrome in Kazakhstan Tuesday.
The Proton-M booster unexpectedly shut down the engine 17 seconds into the flight and crashed some 2 kilometers (over a mile) away from the Baikonur launch pad, the Russian Space Agency said in a statement.
News channel Rossiya-24 broadcast the launch live on Tuesday morning. The footage showed the rocket tilt to one side shortly after the launch, curve downward, catch fire and crash.
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