The quality of the technical control of production of carrier rockets “Proton-M” is insufficient. – The radio station Echo of Moscow

The quality of the technical control of the production of carrier rockets “Proton-M” is insufficient. This may be one of the factors of the accident yesterday rocket with Mexican satellite communications “MeksSat-1″, Tass said a senior source in the space industry. He confirmed that the preliminary cause of abnormal start – failure of the third-stage rocket engines, and noted that these engines were produced as early as 2013. They, of course, checked before the start. But to figure out how they two years ago has been made, the spokesman said. He stressed that “reform is now running the space industry and started to to solve the outstanding issues “.