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On the 2nd of July 2013, a Russian Proton-M rocket crashed seconds after launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Carrying three GLONASS navigation satellites, the rocket veered off course due to upside-down installed angular velocity sensors. It exploded in a massive fireball, scattering debris over a 500-meter radius. The failure, caused by manufacturing errors, cost $200 million and halted Proton launches for months. No casualties were reported, but toxic hydrazine fuel prompted evacuat