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Russian Progress MS-04 cargo spacecraft lost in launch to space station [i]A Russian cargo spacecraft was lost Thursday (Dec. 1) during its launch to deliver food, fuel, air and supplies to the International Space Station. Roscosmos, Russia's federal space corporation, stated on its website that "data reception ended" 382 seconds after its Progress MS-04 uncrewed spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. "The telemetry with the cargo vehicle Progress MS-04 has been lost after the Soyuz-U launch vehicle liftoff," reported agency officials. "According to preliminary information, the contingency [leading to the loss of the vehicle] took place at an altitude of 190 kilometers [120 miles] over a remote and unpopulated mountainous area of the Tyva Republic."[/i]
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