MOSCOW, July 3. / TASS /. Transport cargo ship new series “Progress MS” loaded Skopje on the International Space Station (ISS) waste, undocked from the module “Pirs” and after a few hours stop their flight into the Pacific Ocean.
“Mechanical ship division of the station happened at 6:48 MSK, “- told Tass on Sunday at the Mission control Center
The autonomous flight vehicle will be up to 10:03 MSK.. At this time, the propulsion system will give the brake pulse and “Progress MS” will start to go from Earth orbit.
The ship is almost completely burned at lower through the dense layers of the atmosphere. Water areas non-navigational area of the Pacific Ocean reached only refractory elements of ship construction.
“MS Progress” was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome December 21, 2015, and docked with the ISS two days later. July 1 ship undocked from the International Space Station as part of the verification regime of manual control, and within half an hour back into the station.
Series ships “Progress MS” have additional protection from space debris and micrometeorites, redundant electric motors as part of the docking mechanism, a new unified command and telemetry system, rendezvous and docking system “Kurs-NA”. On the new “Progressive MS” installed special launch canisters, which will be up to eight microsatellites.
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