Production marriage has become one of the versions the loss of “progress” – RBC

Launch vehicle “Soyuz” with cargo spacecraft “Progress” before launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Archival photo

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to a final conclusion, the Commission has not come yet, Tass reported. However, a preliminary study of the possible causes of the incident shows that the third stage of depressurization of the tanks could be due to violations of technology in their production.

The second possible cause of the incident – the increased load on the third stage. To check it, experts are now conducting experiments that mimic the abnormality, the agency reports referring to one of the committee members are not calling him by name.

The launch vehicle “Soyuz 2.1a” with the cargo ship “Progress” It was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 28. After separation of the third stage of the ship ceased to flow telemetry. All attempts to regain control over the machine failed, and after a week and a half “Progress” was burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean.

Last week, the Federal Space Agency said that the loss of “progress” has been associated with depressurization Bachelor oxidizer and the fuel tank of the third stage.

Poor assembly, which led to the failure of the third stage steering engine, called the possible cause of the accident and the rocket “Proton-M”, which on May 16 was not able to put into orbit the Mexican satellite and also burned in the dense layers of the atmosphere. The interlocutor of agency RIA Novosti in the space industry suggested that could lead to marriage, “the general instability in the sector and the low wages of employees».

Commenting on the state of emergency with “Proton”, Vice-Premier of the Russian Government Dmitry Rogozin admitted that Roscosmos has not yet released the systemic crisis. He advised “not to spread rot specialists”, and to be patient.