dimanche 20 décembre 2015

Progress M-28M mission completed from orbit and sunk in Pacific











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December 20, 2015

December 19, 2015, in accordance with the program of the ISS logistics vehicle (THC) Progress M-28M, performing their mission, at 10:35 MSK (Moscow Time) undocked from the International Space Station.

According to the calculations of experts Service ballistics navigation support MCC at 13:42 MSK the boosters of Progress M-28M was included on the brake, then the ship came down from orbit.

(Illustration) Progress-M space cargo

Fall of unburnt structural elements of the cargo ship occurred at 14:28 MSK in unnavigable area of Pacific Ocean.

Progress M-28M was part of the space station to the July 5, 2015. After completing the main task of the delivery of goods necessary for the functioning of the ISS for the flight of the transport ship to the ISS with the help of its engines it was carried out 3 and 1 orbit correction maneuver evasion debris.

ROSCOSMOS Press Release: http://www.federalspace.ru/21908/

Image, Text, Credits: ROSCOSMOS/NASA/Translation: Orbiter.ch Aerospace/Roland Berga.

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