俄罗斯航天工业近年来的发展可谓步履维艰,近期又接连出现发射故障。2012年12月9日,从拜科努尔发射场发射的一颗“质子”-M运载火箭由于发射后火箭上面级发动机出现故障,未能将搭载的Yamal-402卫星送入预定轨道。这已是“质子”-M运载火箭4个月来第二次出现未能将卫星送入预定轨道的事故。上一次是在8月7日,“质 The development of Russia’s aerospace industry can be described as having struggled in recent years and the successive launch of transmission failures. On 9 December 2012, a ”Proton“ -M carrier rocket fired from the Baikonur launch site failed to deliver the loaded Yamal-402 satellite into a scheduled orbit due to a failure of the rocket’s upper-stage engine after launching . This is the second time in 4 months that the ”Proton“ -M carrier rocket has failed to send satellites to a scheduled orbit. The last time was on August 7, ”quality