Roscosmos called the date of the expected fall of fragments of “progress” – RBC

cargo spacecraft “Progress M-27M” will descend from orbit on May 8, the Russian Space Agency said in a statement.

According to specialists space agency, “Progress” will cease to exist from approximately 1:23 to 21:55 MSK May 8th. One day before the estimated time the Roskosmos promised to provide more accurate information about the time and the possible fall of the habitat of a ship.

In the Russian Space Agency said that “Progress» full burn in the dense layers of the Earth’s atmosphere and reach the surface of the planet may be only a few small pieces of the structure. As explained in the Federal Space Agency, the nature and size of the debris, “similar to the case of regular de-orbiting TGK” Progress M ».

Earlier Roskosmos voiced forecast that the gathering of” progress “with shaved had to occur between 5 and 7 May.

Launch of “progress” was held April 28, 2015. After separation of the third stage of the ship ceased to act telemetry. After the “Progress” was translated from a six-hour on a two-day circuit docking with the ISS. As explained in the MCC, the cause of the launch failure was the withdrawal of the ship at 30 km above the desired orbit. All attempts to regain control over the emergency vehicle fails.

Earlier, as reported in the command of the aerospace defense of North America (NORAD), the space cargo ship “Progress M-27M” will descend from orbit May 9th. On the eve of the Joint Space Operations Centre US Strategic Command said that the gathering of “progress” from orbit will take place on May 8.