*Breaking: Rocket crashes carrying radioactive satellites*

“There was an accident during the Proton-M launch. The rocket fell and exploded on the territory of the launch site,” a spokesman for Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said.

“An investigation commission headed by Roscosmos deputy head Alexander Lopatin has been set up,” the spokesman said.

A source in the Russian space industry earlier told RIA Novosti that preliminary conclusions about the possible causes of the failed launch could be ready in two-three days, but speculated that it was most likely a technical problem with the ill-fated DM-3 booster.

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