Moscow Rusia.- Russian freighter Progress-M-27M, released Tuesday at the International Space Station (ISS), today began drop to Earth uncontrolled from orbit where it was placed way, reported a source in the Russian aerospace industry.
“As have failed to ignite the thrusters or make a correction maneuver, the cargo is gradually descending from its orbit, “the source said, quoted by the Russian Sputnik computer site.
He said that the speed of the decline will depend on the state of the atmosphere and the solar wind, but stressed that” in the last 24 hours ship lost tens of meters high “.
He indicated that predict the exact date and venue will fall fragments of Progress that will not disintegrate in the dense layers of the atmosphere is only possible a few hours before happen.
The Control Center Space Flight (CCVE) of Russia lost control of the spacecraft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, after it was placed in the wrong orbit stop sending data to the Earth .
After several failed attempts to regain control of the Progress, technical Russian found that the freighter tour at high speed around its own axis, preventing any attempt to maneuver to approach and dock with the ISS.
The Progress, carrying nearly 2.5 tons of supplies to the ISS, had been attached to the orbital outpost six hours after launch, but was placed in a higher than expected orbit, after being badly placed there by the carrier rocket Soyuz.2.1A.
Earlier, an expert explained that the freighter had to least seven times around the planet and each one of them, the chances of recovering its control were reduced.
“If you are not able to save the ship, its output will occur orbit. In that case, the remains they do not burn as it passes through the atmosphere fall anywhere between latitude 52 north and latitude 52 south, “said the expert.
After his loss, the cost of which estimated at $ 90 million, the next freighter could be launched to the ISS before 8 August, as planned initially in the agenda of flights of Russian space agency.
For now, the current crew Three of the Russian ISS astronauts, two Americans and one italiana- onboard account with sufficient supplies, including fuel, water, food and oxygen to continue with normal life in space.
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