“Progress” with the Banner of Victory falls to Earth – BFM.Ru

«Progress” made three turns around the Earth, and during that time it was not possible to fully re-establish contact. The ship is still not transmitting telemetry information

According to Tass, citing a source in the Mission Control Center (MCC), the deviation of the space truck “Progress M-27M” from the nominal orbit is not as critical, but it is without correction It may be lost. Its orbit at a low point of about 120-130 km. Thus, the ship “catchy” atmosphere.

According to the data of the Joint Command North American Aerospace Defense (NORAD), «Progress” was launched into orbit at a perigee of 123 kilometers and an apogee of 306 kilometers. It’s called short-lived in the absence of correct ship can See also: The flight without progress. With delivery of the Victory Banner to the ISS had problems to fall, writes dni.ru.

«Progress” made three turns around the Earth, and during that time it was not possible to fully re-establish contact. Ship still not transmit telemetry information. Earlier it was reported that the telemetry received, but this information is not confirmed. The Mission Control Center reported that on April 28 there were only two attempts to restore full ties. “On the fifth turn of the ship will come from the Russian zone of communication and it will be tomorrow,” – said a spokesman for the Mission Control Center.

Meanwhile, it became known that docked launched space truck “Progress M-27M” with ISS moved from April 30 for an indefinite period. “Currently the ship very quickly and uncontrollably rotate around its axis, one revolution – just a few seconds. Teams from the Mission Control Center aboard the ship are not, telemetry is also intermittent, “- says the representative of the MCC.

The cause of abnormality in the launching of a space truck” Progress “is likely to become not perform as one of the steps carrier rocket “Soyuz”. As the experts assure, the ship lost contact because the rocket led him into an unplanned orbit. This situation is not due to the fact that he had not revealed two of the five docking antenna systems “course».