Roscosmos: “Progress” can not be docked to the ISS – Kommersant

                             
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Head of the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Igor Komarov said that the docking of the cargo ship “Progress M-27M” with ISS impossible for several reasons. A statement he made at a special briefing. “Installed failures of individual components and assemblies freight cargo ship and found no leakage of trunk-block propulsion. In this regard, a further flight of the ship and its docking with the ISS are not possible “, – quotes” Interfax “the words of Mr. Komarov.

According to him, currently being monitored transport systems freighter, worked further options flooding the ship.

Rocket ” Union “with the spacecraft” Progress M-27M “launched from Baikonur at 10:09 Moscow time. After undocking from the rocket ship in the MCC said that the land does not enter the telemetry. Source Agency in the space industry said that the “progress” is not revealed two antennas docking system “Kurs”, the ship did not come into the proper orbit due to a malfunction in one of the stages of the carrier rocket “Soyuz-2.1a».

For more information about the uncontrolled gathering ship “Progress M-27M” from orbit, read the material “b” “” Progress “lost to Russia».