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Incredible moment lightning hits rocket seconds after launch

Incredible moment lightning hits rocket seconds after launch
A Russian space rocket has been hit by lightning 10 seconds after its launch. The Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle was carrying a Glonass-M navigation satellite into orbit. The launch was in bad weather and low cloud at Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.
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