ABOUT $200 million of satellite technology was destroyed in seconds this morning after a Russian Proton-M rocket crashed shortly after blasting-off in Kazakhstan.
The rocket was unmanned and no-one on the ground was reported injured after the rocket began twisting, then flying horizontally before breaking up and exploding in a fireball as it struck the ground. The three navigation satellites onboard were valued at about $200 million, The Guardian reports.
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