Ship “Progress” can not dock with the ISS – BBC Russian

• 28 April 2015

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Roscosmos promise that the “Progress” dock with the ISS later

Russian spacecraft “Progress-M27M” after the start of “Baikonur” for unclear reasons, went into orbit is significantly higher than estimated and can not dock with the International Space Station.

Mission Control Center can not yet get all the necessary telemetry information from the ship.

abnormal situation can lead to the loss of “progress”, if in the near future will not be able to raise its orbit to the settlement, experts say.

On board the “Progress” – more than 2.5 tons of cargo, including which fuel, oxygen, food, equipment for scientific experiments, for sending astronauts, as well as a copy of the Banner of Victory and St. George ribbon by May 9.

Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1A” with a cargo spaceship ” Progress-M27M “was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 28 at 10:10 Moscow time. Nine minutes later the ship undocked from the third stage of the “Union”.

Docking with the ISS was scheduled for 16:07 Moscow time, however, the ship could not establish a connection.

Established situation?

In the Mission Control Center immediately declared that major problems, this situation does not pose, and that the ship can be put into orbit ISS longer way – for two days.

Federal Space Agency also issued a formal statement, which states that “output options” Soyuz-2.1A “with a space truck” Progress M-27M “regular”.

“There is a radio command. In fact, there are some problems with the telemetry data – they are now eliminated specialists Roscosmos – instead chetyrehvitkovoy system we switched to a two-day “- said in a press release.

Meanwhile, RIA Novosti reported, citing an anonymous source in space industry, ship, carrying five turns around the Earth, leave the “field of view” of Russian ground tracking stations.

Contact “progress” must have time to 17:00 Moscow time, he said.

Interfax news agency reports the words of another unnamed expert, who believes that, since the spacecraft orbit perigee of 120-130 kilometers, it “catches” the upper atmosphere and he drops the speed and warmed up, that may soon lead to its loss.