So this was a Russian Proton-M rocket the other day. The Proton-M has been in use since '01 and has had a number of failures--particularly in the past few years--a number of which have been spectacular disasters such as this one.
On board this rocket were three Russian GPS satellites as part of the program Russia is trying to develop to compete against the US constructed standard. Later this year a Russian addition to the ISS is supposed to go up on one of these things...I wouldn't bet on it reaching there...
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