In this edition of the program:
“Course” of survival. Even without an antenna “Progress” came to the ISS.
“Era of Mercy”. GLONASS increase safety on the roads.
back – a bad omen. This “Progress M-19M”, unlike several of his predecessors, the exhaust for a short flight of 6 hours and returned to a two-night pattern of movement. The problem has occurred on departure. In Roskosmos said immediately contact will still be. One undisclosed antenna – it’s not an emergency. As on the cosmic “freight train” them a few.
And yet 35 years of operation, more than 130 sorties, only one problem and that – because of the booster. And then – went into orbit, but lost his “Course” (so called antenna system providing orbital mooring). It is not that the situation is very much a contingency, but for the years of service of “Progress” used to his perfection. However, it is at this time, perhaps, stumbled, but did not spoil the furrow. Not the case, says the deputy supervisor of the Space Policy Institute Ivan Moiseev:
“This is an emergency situation, but the failure to disclose the antenna does not make the situation too dangerous. Try to dock in a different mode. Marriage to manufacture. Something stuck, something too much hit the disclosure mechanisms, either by branch circuits something did not work. Previously, these items were often now – very rarely “.
rare, but to the point. Heavyweight with whimsical antenna landed right in not a good statistic. Too often in the past, our cell phones are a problem in the clear sky. Although from the “Progress”, which has become synonymous with reliability, such a surprise exactly no one expected.
However, something similar has happened to him. October 27, 2006 after joining the truck could not fastened firmly to the ISS. Then the antenna did not want to add up, due to leaving a gap. Experts of the Mission Control Center (MCC) decided to take the “Progress” from the ISS on a mooring boom length of 40 centimeters. After that, it re-moored.
unscheduled spacewalk crew was required. And now there were no extreme. However, the fact that this “truck” failed to fully open space Academician Ivan Moses saw the trend:
“This is the thing that gets in our series of accidents, which is likely related to the loss of our technologies. All occur in different places at different sites and with already alarming regularity. And it speaks of a systemic crisis “.
not all that bad, parry cosmic optimists. One failure is not for slaughter. Moreover, in this case the main thing – the maneuvers. And the lack of a single antenna to them in the long run is not affected. As for docking, ie standby rendezvous and docking, which does not participate Conjuring device. She, again, can be controlled. In addition to automation, there is a manual control system. An extreme case, but it is also the inhabitants of the ISS is always ready, I’m sure cosmonaut, an employee of RSC “Energia” Yuri Gidzenko:
“Typically, these connections automatically occur if something is a little nonstandard, the crew is ready to pick up and manually dock the ship to the station. There is a teleoperator control mode when the station astronauts are watching the picture which is transferred from a cargo ship, using two knobs control the orientation, dock to a ship. Nothing extraordinary in this regard is not. All that is needed, that should bring the ship, and will be flying more “.
That “Progress” because of this misunderstanding can get lost in the universe, we do not go. However, even in this case from the experts was a sedative. Although it was carrying “workaholic” to the ISS next two and a half tons of payload for the station activities and the crew, own stock in orbit so that the astronauts would have lasted until the next transmission with no problems. Well, maybe with fresh emotions would have to wait a little, because traditionally the space postman delivers the goodies, gifts, greetings from relatives and friends.
“Progress” for the day – it’s not only our all, given the international composition of the crew. Even Supernova “Dragon” is not yet able to compete with him. In addition, the vaunted American cargo hook and found himself nebezgreshnym, which does not interfere with NASA’s hope they have yet to conquer and Mars.
And on the “progress” even undisclosed antenna capable of transmitting information. On the problem. Now the experts to decide what to do from it conclusions. After all, hypothetically, what happened to one, it could happen to everyone. And maybe not such a bad sign – back when the time to look in the mirror, so you do not have to blame it on.
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The regiment arrived GLONASS satellites. Starting this week, they have 29. From the cosmodrome “Plesetsk” on Friday left another machine with the letter “M”.
The Global Positioning System was adopted in our operation as early as 1993. 20 years later, the deputy head of the Federal Space Agency Vitaly Davydov said about it as an accomplished project:
“orbital constellation of spacecraft was deployed at full strength. was provided access to the global system, the accuracy of GLONASS navigation with improved considerably. began testing a new spacecraft” Glonass- Go to. “Russian President praised the results, evaluating the system as the world’s second global navigation satellite system with parameters comparable to GPS”.
Today GLONASS – this is about us, and about you. The system covers the entire globe. In Russia 19 stations for the collection of measurements. Transportation, construction, agriculture – satellite navigator cares about most. The economic impact of their participation is estimated at about 160 billion rubles a year. And since the money to the money, the federal target program until 2020 allocates twice as much on the development of regional navigation and information centers. These are centers of cosmic force, speaks of them the head of the non-commercial partnership GLONASS Alexander Gurko:
“These centers serve virtually all the traffic, which is in the region in terms of monitoring of transport: passenger transport, dangerous goods, utility equipment, first aid, reaction forces. Also within the framework of regional programs are high-precision positioning systems for the benefit of inventory, surveying, precision farming in areas where the greatest economic activity in these areas “.
By the way, about 70 percent of the public car park is equipped with Russian GLONASS system. With the help navigators adjust headways and passenger transport routes, control the number of passengers at each stop. Experts believe Roscosmos, the orbital escort saves fuel and reduces the number of accidents.
But this is not the “ERA-GLONASS”. It just comes. “ERA” – this is an emergency response in case of accidents. This reduction not only of words, but a precious, often vital, time, decode abbreviation director of the “ERA-GLONASS” Company “Navigation Information Systems” Dmitry Markov:
“Every year in Russia in a traffic accident killed about 30,000 people. Moreover, there is an indicator that crashes kill every 10th victim. program is to speed up the delivery time a signal about the accident. Moreover, the place of the accident will be determined with certainty.
Do doctors have a concept of the “golden hour”, which suggests that the human body has a certain ability to resist a pretty serious injury and injury. If the aid will come in this period, rather than later, then the probability that human life will be saved, much higher “.
“ERA-GLONASS” – a state system of salvation on the roads. Since January 2017 all new domestic cars will be equipped with “panic buttons.” Machines rise by 3,000 rubles, is the price of the basic kit. In this case, the emergency call will be free and automatic. The system will be able to send to the disaster medical and police clash and lock, without waiting for the traffic police inspector. Data from the navigators will replace the FAQ for insurers. De facto, the system will be introduced in the next year, his plans Dmitry Markov:
“From 2015 terminals” ERA-GLONASS “will be installed on all new car models that will be released into circulation on the territory of Russia. So if any of the Companies change the model, it is bound into a vehicle to have this terminal.
From 2017 according to the technical regulations “On the safety of wheeled vehicles” capacity for the terminal to all vehicles that will be released into the circulation in the Russian Federation “.
Russia is preparing a “ERA” not only for themselves but also for their partners in the Customs Union. Kazakhstan and Belarus will take her almost in parallel with us. But they are not confined to the boundaries of options. The European eCall behind us for about a year. So both the Old World will be someone to be, says Dmitry Markov:
“eCall system and the” ERA-GLONASS “will be completely unified. That is, when a car with installed terminal eCall will cross the Russian border, and if he does not give God gets into an accident, the system will work in the same way as it would be in Europe. Same is typical for vehicles that will travel from Russia to Europe “.
Experts predict that innovation will reduce by 30 percent the number of deaths in road accidents and reduce the number of traffic jams due to minor accidents. So in a sense, this “ERA” and even “ERA” charity, and increased sensitivity. As promised in the CSW, in the near future GLONASS reach decimeter accuracy.
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