Russian navigation satellites crash into Pacific

Three Russian navigation satellites crashed into the Pacific off the US state of Hawaii Sunday after the rocket carrying them failed to reach orbit, a Russian space official quoted by the Ria-Novosti agency said. The official said the crash, which...

Three Russian navigation satellites crashed into the Pacific off the US state of Hawaii Sunday after the rocket carrying them failed to reach orbit, a Russian space official quoted by the Ria-Novosti agency said.

The official said the crash, which occurred 1,500 kilometers (900 miles) off Honolulu, caused neither casualties nor damage.

"Following a failure of the Proton rocket and the rocket booster, three Glonass-M satellites crashed into an area of the Pacific Ocean well off sea lanes about 1500 kilometers northwest of Honolulu," the source added.

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