Experts are studying the causes of the disaster space truck with supplies for the ISS.
Representatives of the space agency NASA rocket explosion commented Antares carrying the space truck.
The company Orbital Sciences Corporation, which built and manages the cargo ships and missiles, the Federal Aviation Administration, and NASA began to investigate.
Specialists visited the crash site and there are all the debris will be marked, collected and sent for further analysis. In addition, inspectors are already working on the analysis of telemetry and video from the scene of the accident.
According to preliminary estimates, the inquiry may take a few weeks, reports hi-news.ru.
At a special press conference, experts said that shortly before the disaster management center said “catastrophic anomalies” from 10 to 12 seconds after the start, because of what the security officer to remotely activate the self-destruction of the rocket. But what caused these “anomalies” are not yet known.
They also found that the damage from the explosion was at least $ 200 million. Destroyed expensive rocket, two tons of valuable cargo, damaged surface structure cosmodrome, suffered a launch pad. Destroyed satellite Planetary Resources, planned for the future extraction of minerals on asteroids and compact kubosat Arkyd 3.
In NASA calmed – irreparable had happened and the ISS is able to operate without resupply from 4 to 6 months. New Russian missile supplies delivered, and on December 9 this year is planned next flight Dragon truck company SpaceX.
Recall that heading to the International Space Station (ISS) with two tons of cargo space truck Cygnus exploded with booster Antares at the start at the Baikonur Vallops the night of October 29, on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
If this is the vice-president and CEO of the manufacturer Antares Orbital Sciences Corporation Frank Culbertson said Antares rocket engines have passed all the testing stage and the problems have been identified.
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