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Russia used to be a byword in reliability for space technology, but its reputation has taken a hammering recently. Proton rockets now fail with alarming regularity.
Possible coordination between Mars-NET and European ExoMars project.
Prior to the July 2 launch failure, the Proton rocket had been rebounding from a series of launch anomalies that already had forced up commercial Proton insurance rates and caused anxiety in a global market that, for now, relies on Proton and Europe's Ariane 5 heavy-lift vehicle for the majority of commercial launch services.
Possible coordination between Mars-NET and European ExoMars project.
Russia used to be a byword in reliability for space technology, but its reputation has taken a hammering recently. Proton rockets now fail with alarming regularity.