All systems of the spacecraft “Lomonosov”, running from the East, are working normally, said Roscosmos after the start of testing airborne services.
«At present the check of onboard service systems according to the program of flight tests. Testing of the scientific equipment is scheduled to begin after testing of the service equipment. As of May 6, all the spacecraft systems are working in normal mode, “- said in a statement the Russian Space Agency on the social network” VKontakte “.
On the eve of hams began to be sent to the Samara State Aerospace University (Gray), which developed a nano-satellite was launched from the East SamSat-218, entry signals that can come from the device.Prior to that, a possible cause of the problems with the satellite SamSat was named. His intense rotation and, as a consequence, potential problems with the antenna and data transmission may be related to its exit from a freelance pilot of the container, said a source involved in the elucidation of the causes of the problem.
On Wednesday it was announced that the spacecraft nanoklassa SamSat-218, launched into orbit in the first start-up with Russia’s new Vostochny cosmodrome, not get in touch.
Later, it was reported that the signals received fragmentary.
The spacecraft was launched on April 28 during the first launch from the Baikonur East, with satellites “Aist-2D” were sent with him into orbit and “Mikhail Lomonosov”.
Launch vehicle “Soyuz-2.1a” was launched successfully, and after 8 minutes 44 seconds removal unit “Volga” has started formation of the transition and the target orbit for spacecraft output. Running from the Eastern satellites successfully entered into orbit.
On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin reprimanded the space industry supervising Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, and severely reprimanded the head of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov. Putin also announced the decision service incompetence CEO NPO Automation Leonid Shalimov.
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