Docking Cygnus cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station delayed by at least 48 hours due to a communication failure, reports RIA “Novosti» .
According to the company, the ship’s designer Orbital Sciences, Cygnus tried to establish a direct link with the ISS, but received in response to the data have values ??that differ from those expected, and therefore the connection was interrupted. At present, the company’s employees have found the cause of the failure and started to correct the error in the software.
Planned Orbital Sciences, the ship would rendezvous with the ISS on Sunday, but now the docking will be delayed. “In order to continue the process of rapprochement with the ISS takes about 48 hours, due to the peculiarities of orbital mechanics and approach trajectory,” – said the company’s employees.
Previously reported, that the booster Antares, deliver Cygnus into orbit, launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur at Wallops Island.
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