MOSCOW, November 30. Cargo spacecraft “Progress M-21M” on Saturday night docked with the International Space Station (ISS). According to the Mission Control Center (MCC), the truck landed on a modular bay of the service module “Zvezda”.
Docking was carried out at the scheduled time in manual mode under the guidance of station commander Oleg Kotov without the use of new equipment “Course-by.” Decision to abandon the use of this equipment was made by the flight at the last stage of convergence of the ship with the ISS passes.
Flight Director of the Russian segment of the ISS Vladimir Solovyov said the commission may call reason for the transition to manual mode with the docking of “Progress M-21M” from the ISS have until Tuesday, said RIA “Novosti”.
According to the agency, almost all of maneuver for docking with the ISS was performed automatically by the system “Course-by,” but at the last stage for some unknown reason it was decided to switch to manual mode with the docking station.
Several media reportsthat docking occurred in manual mode due to the failure of the new system convergence “Course-by” at a distance of about 60 meters to the ISS.
failure when using the system “Course-by” does not happen the first time. In 2012 ended unsuccessfully checking new equipment. The investigation established that the cause of failure was the glue caught in the opening mechanism.
Meanwhile, a recent test, which took place on November 28 ended successfully. Then “Progress M-21M” before docking with the ISS safely held rapprochement with the test station using a “Course-by”.
Until now, the “progress” used a system of “course”, but on the modernized system “Course-by” installed a new element base.
After testing
“Course-by” on “Progress M-21M” on all subsequent Russian cargo ships of this type to be used is a new system.
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