Lost in Space “Progress” was carrying cargo to the ISS US – RBC

The space truck” Progress »

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«There have been American equipment in the interest of NASA. Approximately 300 kilograms, “- said the agency Interfax quoted a source at the cosmodrome Baikonur. According to him, “Progress” also carried medical equipment, 420 liters of water, oxygen, and photographic equipment and cargo needed for life support module “Zvezda».

The launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” the truck ” Progress M-27M “launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the morning on April 28. After a while there was an emergency situation, with “progress” has ceased to act telemetry information. The truck has exceeded a predetermined height, did not come into the proper orbit and began to rotate around its axis. Earlier, the attempts to take control of an emergency “Progress” have been unsuccessful.

Causes of abnormal situation Roscosmos has not yet named. To clarify the causes of the incident created a special commission, the deputy head of department Alexander Ivanov. He said that the telemetry of “progress” is missing in 1.5 seconds before its separation from the launch vehicle. An emergency situation could be related to the division of the launch vehicle and the spacecraft, he said. “Who and how to blame, you can not say now,” – said Ivanov.

According to the head of Roskosmos Igor Komarov, the costs of start-up “progress” amounted to 2.6 billion rubles. Of these, about 2 billion rubles. – A material part of the rest – transportation services, commissioning. The head of the Russian Space Agency said that material costs will be fully reimbursed by the insurance contract.