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Third state engine breach was cause of Soyuz/Meridian 5 launch failure
Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos has confirmed that the Soyuz 2-1B Fregat launch failure which, in turn, caused the loss of the Meridian 5 military communications satellite on 23 December 2011, was caused by a breach in the third stage engine
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