Kazakhstan sets up commission to study environmental impact at Proton-M crash site
Astana. July 3. Kazakhstan Today - Today, Kazakh Prime Minister Serik Akhmetov has instructed to set up a government commission headed by Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Kapparov to study environmental impact of the crash of "Proton-M" rocket in the area adjacent to the territory of the cosmodrome "Baikonur".
According to the Prime Minister's official website, Minister of Emergency Situations Bozhko and Chairman of the National Space Agency Mussabayev delivered their reports at an urgent meeting.
"A Russian Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites blasted off from Kazakhstan's Baikonur cosmodrome at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The vehicle crashed ten seconds after take off about 2 kilometers away from the launch site. According to preliminary data, the accident occurred because of the first stage engine failure," Bozhko said.
"Three Russian chemical protection stations have been deployed on the premises of Baikonur. They take measures to strengthen control over the environmental situation," he added.
"A simultaneous explosion of tanks with rocket fuel and oxygen took place as a result of the accident. According to experts, a simultaneous explosion of oxygen, heptyl and amyl provides their almost complete combustion and transformation into nitric oxide, which does not represent so big threat to the life of the population as heptyl and amyl. Services of Kazcosmos are constantly monitoring the environmental situation, conduct air, soil sampling," Talgat Mussabayev said.
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