Moscow, Russian freighter Rusia.- Progress -M-27M, released Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome was placed in a orbit wrong for reasons that still investigated, so its coupling to the International Space Station (ISS) was postponed for Thursday.
ship unmanned, that takes supplies to the ISS, should have docked to the space station about six hours after launch from Baikonur, but was placed in a higher than expected orbit, after being badly placed there by the carrier rocket Soyuz.2.1A.
Failure when placed in its orbit was forced to opt for the long flight cycle, established in two days, according to the Russian space agency Roscosmos.
“There are some problems with the telemetry data ship space. They are being worked by specialists Roscosmos, “the agency said in a statement without elaborating.
Specialists working on the problem and will try to contact the freighter on its next turn around the Earth, since by the time you are out of the area radiovisibilidad.
However, some experts doubt that can be attached by the deadline of 48 hours of departure.
communication with the space freighter was lost shortly after launch and the carrier rocket in his being 38 kilometers higher orbit than projected in its heyday, after being badly placed there by the carrier rocket.
The Progress M-27M transports nearly 2.5 tons of supplies to the ISS, including fuel, oxygen, food and scientific equipment, also carries a replica of the flag that Soviet soldiers hoisted over the Reichstag in May 1945 when they captured Berlin.
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