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Author	Topic: Foton M1 'never happened' special postmark
fimych Member Posts: 228 From: Boston MA, USA Registered: Jun 2015	posted 07-09-2017 04:57 PM Recently, I've got this interesting cover with Foton M1 special postmark officially prepared by ITC Marka to be applied at Plesetsk launch site but... this never happened due to the launch failure of Soyuz launch vehicle exploded on the 29th second. Very few covers got postmarked (using personal connections) before the device was returned to Moscow for storage. Additional Lollini cover "commemorating" the failure:
Russian Member Posts: 361 From: France Registered: Nov 2012	posted 08-21-2017 10:32 AM Efim, Soyuz launcher lost its booster 3 seconds after the lift off. Guidance system let the launcher to go far enough so as not to have it fall on the launch pad -— 20 seconds and stopped engine propulsion. The explosion was at the ground when crushing.

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