Thursday, May 7, 2015

The Pentagon has said time and place of the fall of “progress” – RBC

The wreckage of the Russian spacecraft “Progress” can enter the atmosphere over Mongolia, more precisely, on its western part. With such a forecast made by experts of the Strategic Command of the US Armed Forces, reports N2YO.com. It is assumed that the entry into the atmosphere occur in 4:36.

Earlier, experts from the US space surveillance Systems (SKKP) stated that the device fragments can enter the atmosphere in the area of ​​junction of the borders of China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Russia. Roscosmos said that “Progress” will descend from orbit on May 8 in the period from 00:45 to 6:36 MSK.

«Progress” was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 28 by a carrier rocket “Soyuz” but after the separation of the third stage of the ship ceased to flow telemetry. The device turned out to be a few tens of kilometers below the required and began to spin uncontrollably. Contact him failed. Roscosmos admitted the loss of the ship.

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