2 Jul 2013 14:11

No casualties reported as yet in Proton-M rocket crash in Baikonur

MOSCOW. July 2 (Interfax) - No casualties have been reported as yet in the Proton-M rocket crash and explosion at the Baikonur space center, a space center source told Interfax.

"According to the preliminary reports, there are no casualties or damage caused by the rocket crash," he said.

In his words, the rocket abruptly changed its trajectory and fell down at the fifth second of the flight.

The Proton-M was supposed to put into orbit three Glonass-M satellites to enlarge the navigation satellite cluster for the first time since 2011.