On the spaceship “Progress” has problems with the transfer of telemetry – TASS

MOSCOW, 1 Dec. /TASS/. On the spaceship “Progress” has any problems with the transmission of telemetry data, reported in Roskosmos.

“we Inform you that today after the launch of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-U” with transport cargo vehicle “Progress MC-04″ 383 seconds lost telemetry. Currently, the experts of Roscosmos identified the situation”, – stated in the message.

a source in the rocket and space industry told TASS that the ship most likely went into an unplanned orbit and will not be able to fly to the International space station. “Given that the engines of the third stage of the launch vehicle worked for a short period of time, the ship is likely to have fallen on the region of China or in the Pacific,” – said the Agency interlocutor. According to him, an emergency situation arose before there was a separation of the spacecraft from the rocket. “If for 150 seconds, until the separation happens, it is difficult to expect something else. Most likely, he lost,” the source said.

“Maybe the ship and separated… but in the end began to fall and burned in the atmosphere,” he added. The interviewee said that an emergency situation occurred at the stage of operation of the engine of the third stage RD-0110 production Voronezh KB Khimavtomatika (kbkha). “Telemetry lost 383 seconds, this phase of the work engine of the third stage RD-0110,” said the source.

According to him, the rocket “Soyuz-U” to run the following “Progress” in February can be replaced by other media.

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“Progress” was to deliver to the ISS about 2.5 tons of various cargoes, including propellant for refueling the ISS, food, water and air, scientific equipment and accessories, clothing, medicines and means of personal hygiene for crew members.

Also among the goods greenhouse “Lada-2″ space suit of the new generation to work in outer space “Orlan-ISS”, the system for water recovery from urine and scientific equipment for the production of “yogurt” in weightlessness.

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the Ship “Progress of MS” has three compartments: cargo (to accommodate dry goods and water), the instrument-aggregate compartment components refueling (fuel station). Length – 7,2 m, the maximum diameter of 2.72 meters, a launch weight of about 7.3 tons Can take a payload of about 2.6 t

the Docking station is in automatic mode, in the case of emergency, a manual docking with the teleoperation control mode. After the mission ship comes down from orbit and ceased to exist in the Pacific ocean is unnavigable South Pacific, near Christmas island. Launches conducted from the Baikonur cosmodrome with the help of carrier rockets of type “the Union”. Still, we held three launch – all successful.

the First “Progress MS” was launched into orbit on 21 December 2015 rocket “Soyuz-2.1 a”. He delivered to the ISS more than 2.4 tons of cargo. Rendezvous with the station took place in a two-day flight profile. It is connected with necessity of development of Autonomous flight in complex new and upgraded on-Board systems of the ship.

23 Dec “Progress MS-01″ docked with the ISS in automatic mode. July 1, 2016, the ship was undocked from the station and taken at a distance of about 200 m, then re-docked, but not automatically, and by means of the improved system for remote manual control for testing. 3 July 2016 after undocking from the ISS, the ship was de-orbited and sunk in the Pacific ocean.

on 31 March 2016 and with the help of “Soyuz-2.1 a” started “Progress MS-02″ with 2.5 tons of various cargoes for the ISS. The warship flew to the station in a two-day flight profile. Was part of the ISS since April 2, October 14, 2016, was undocked from the station de-orbited and submerged.

the Third ship “Progress MS-03″ was launched on 17 July 2016 rocket “Soyuz-U”. Two days later, on July 19, he was docked to the ISS. Delivered to the station more than 2.4 tons of cargoes: fuel, oxygen, equipment, food and parcels for crew members.