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| Russia’s Soyuz rocket HIT BY LIGHTNING during launch (VIDEO) | Russia’s Soyuz rocket HIT BY LIGHTNING during launch (VIDEO) |
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| Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was struck by lightning just 10 seconds after take-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome… but it still weathered the tough hit. | Russia’s Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket was struck by lightning just 10 seconds after take-off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome… but it still weathered the tough hit. |
| The thunderstorm began shortly before launch of the device which is carrying the Glonass-M navigation satellite. Yet, the strike was no obstacle for the cosmodrome team, and the space journey continued as planned. | |
| The stunning video was later published by chief of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. | The stunning video was later published by chief of the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin. |
| “The weather is not a hindrance, we are an all-weather troop,” General Major Nikolai Nesterchuk proudly said. For the Soyuz-2.1b, this is the first flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome this year and 37th since the first test launch in 2004. | “The weather is not a hindrance, we are an all-weather troop,” General Major Nikolai Nesterchuk proudly said. For the Soyuz-2.1b, this is the first flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome this year and 37th since the first test launch in 2004. |
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