ORMOUS 🌒 on Instagram: "On July 2, 2013, a Proton-M rocket carrying three GLONASS‑M navigation satellites lifted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome under a clear morning sky. But within seconds, something was wrong: the rocket began to pitch and yaw sideways, then veered off its intended path as onboard systems attempted to correct the trajectory. An investigation concluded that three of the first-stage yaw angular-rate (gyroscope) sensors had been installed upside-down — rotated 180° from their corr

TECHNOLOGY on Instagram: "The 2013 Proton-M launch catastrophe became one of Russia’s most dramatic rocket failures ever caught on camera. Just moments after liftoff, the heavy-lift rocket veered off its trajectory, began to tumble uncontrollably, and broke apart before crashing in a massive explosion. The entire disaster unfolded in a matter of seconds. Investigators later determined that several critical sensors had been installed upside down, sending faulty data to the guidance system and cau