Russia’s rocket launch from Baikonur fails: new problems in the space industry

The launch of the Proton-M carrier rocket, scheduled for December 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, was aborted in Russia. This was another signal of a systemic crisis in the Russian space industry.

This was reported by the Center for Countering Disinformation.

Official Russian reports have attributed the failure to a “local mismatch” in the booster. The Proton-M rocket, which Russia has been using since Soviet times and has long been considered one of the most reliable in its program, is at issue.

Experts note that such technical problems are increasingly occurring not with experimental developments, but with proven technology. This fits into the overall picture of the degradation of Russia’s space infrastructure.

Earlier, an accident during the launch of a Soyuz spacecraft led to damage to the launch pad at Baikonur, calling into question the technical condition of one of Russia’s key cosmodromes.

The Center for Countering Disinformation notes that Russian propaganda is trying to present the incidents as isolated malfunctions. In fact, the war against Ukraine, sanctions, and the reorientation of resources to military needs are gradually destroying the Russian space industry and depriving it of the status of a “space state.”

It was previously reported that the European Union plans to introduce a new package of sanctions against Russia to force it to sit at the negotiating table.

As a reminder, Kazakhstan has sharply tightened export controls and has actually blocked some of Russia’s channels for receiving goods that have fallen under Western sanctions.

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