abnormal situation occurred on Tuesday in the Russian space industry: truck “Progress-M27M” after the start of “Baikonur” for unclear reasons, went into orbit is much higher than estimated.
space truck “Progress-M27M” still can not dock with the ISS telemetry was lost.
“The decision not to ship docked to the ISS in 16.07 MSK on Tuesday and go on a two-day flight pattern in order to understand situation, “- said the representative of the Mission Control Center (MCC).
On the space station” Progress “carries more than 2.5 tonnes of payloads for different purposes: fuel, oxygen, food, equipment for scientific experiments, for parcels cosmonauts and astronauts. In addition, on board the truck went into orbit copy of the Banner of Victory and St. George ribbon by May 9.
Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” with space truck “Progress-M27M” kicked off on Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Space truck was put into orbit, but then disappeared from the zone of the Russian ground tracking funds.
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