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       The freighter unmanned Progress M-27M , which had raised expectations by falling out of control on Earth, left the orbit of the planet, disintegrated upon entering the atmosphere and fell into the ocean Pacific, confirmed the Russian space agency Roscosmos.

The ship had suffered technical problems after its launch last April 28 and date of fall had generated the attraction of the world.

“The ship Progress M-27M ceased to exist at the Moscow 05H04 (02H04 GMT) on 8 May 2015. Its entry into the atmosphere was conducted over the central part of the Pacific Ocean “said Roscosmos in a statement.

Roscomos announced that the freighter desintregró on the Central Pacific . “According to calculations, the ship has already disintegrated. At least, not our means of control or Americans see it,” said a source in the space industry to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti.

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So the Progress spacecraft blasted off on April 28

“The ship is completely disintegrate when crossing the layers of the atmosphere and only some small fragments will reach the Earth, “Roscomos had anticipated earlier.

On April 28, a few hours after it took off, the Progress, which should have arrived six hours after the ISS supply it, stopped responding to Russian engineers and started having uncontrollable reactions .

has been entrusted to a commission of inquiry to establish the circumstances of the incident, which appears to have occurred in the time of separation between the ship and the rocket, considered the vice president of Roskosmos, Alexander Ivanov.

“His entry into the atmosphere was conducted over the central Pacific Ocean, “he confirmed the Russian space agency

The loss of this cargo will cost about 600 million dollars but does not endanger the crew of the International Space Station (ISS), which has reserves for several months.

A supply ship Dragon, SpaceX American society, should reach the ISS since June 19.

Meanwhile, a commission of inquiry to clarify the circumstances of the incident, which seems to have occurred at the time separation between the spacecraft and the rocket , had estimated VP Roscosmos, Alexander Ivanov.

The research results will be announced before May 13, according to the space agency coaster.

The Russian news agencies, based on sources in the Russian aerospace industry, announced that the next space mission scheduled on May 26 could be delayed two weeks because of the problems encountered by ship Progress .

Roscosmos not confirmed this information, but the press conference scheduled on Friday with the three crew members of the US-an expedition, a Russian and Japanese- has been canceled.

     

     

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