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ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch. 14/08/2015

Progress-M space cargo undocking ISS. Image Credit: NASA TV

In accordance with the flight of the International Space Station on August 14, 2015 in 13 hours 18 minutes Moscow time, the command was given to undock cargo spacecraft Progress M-26M from the service module of the Russian segment of the ISS (13:19 - undocking). After removal of the ship to a safe distance from the station, Mission Control Center specialists have started FSUE TsNIIMash controlled reduction of the spacecraft from orbit. The Progress M-26M was docked on ISS on February 17, 2015. After completing the main task of delivering needed to maintain the functioning of the station life systems for the crew (new filters and parts, food, water), was used for 12 orbit correction at providing ballistic flight station.

Russian Space Station Supply Ship Departs ISS

ILS - Proton-M / Mexsat-1 Centenario launch poster. May 16, 2015

Image above: The damage would have occurred shortly after takeoff of the rocket. The Russian space agency said it had "lost" a Mexican satellite Saturday after the failed launch of the carrier rocket. This is a new blow for the Russian space program. "The launch of the Proton-M rocket with a MEXSAT-1 satellite has caused an emergency. The causes are being identified, "said the Roskosmos space agency in a statement. The launch took place at 8:47 Moscow time (05:47 UTC) from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

Launch of MexSat-1 on Russian Proton-M Rocket

A source at the space agency said on Saturday the government news agency Ria Novosti that communications with the Proton rocket had been lost about a minute before the time that the Mexican satellite should have separated the third floor of the rocket. The satellite could not be detached from the launcher and will not work, the source said.

Mexsat-1 Centenario, lost today

The accident took place just hours after Roscosmos announced that the engines of spacecraft Progress M-26M docked to the International Space Station (ISS) failed to start on time (4:00 Moscow time, 3:00 in Switzerland) to correct its orbit. Meeting Fragments of the rocket, containing several tons of toxic fuel, fell back on the Chita region of Siberia, but most pieces have disintegrated in the atmosphere, explained the sources of the space industry. The Proton-M rocket is the primary tool used by Russia to launch commercial satellites, but has experienced many problems. The launcher is used since Soviet times with some adjustments that have expanded its functions. The head of Roscosmos, Igor Komarov, organized a meeting to review detailed reports on both accidents Saturday Tass reported. Second test A source from the space agency Ria Novosti said in a second test to start the Progress engines should be done on Monday unless the checks reveal no "serious problems."

Russian Progress-M docked at the station

ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch. April 29, 2015 A Russian cargo ship adrift in space

Progress M cargo spacecraft

Russia has lost control of the unmanned Russian space freighter was to supply the ISS (International Space Station) and the machine that initiated his fall to Earth. "He started his fall," said on condition of anonymity responsible in the Russian space complex, adding that "totally uncontrollable reactions had begun." Until then, the Russian control center had spoken only transmission problems for Progress. "The ship reached orbit, but the telemetry data is not transmitted in full," he had said Tuesday a spokesman for the Russian control center. NASA had also communicated his side on Twitter about the problem encountered by the ship.

NASA Tweet screen capture

The spacecraft was not carrying any supplies critical for the United States Operating Segment (USOS) of the station. Both the Russian and USOS segments of the station continue to operate normally and are adequately supplied well beyond the next planned resupply flight. The next mission scheduled to deliver cargo to the station is the seventh SpaceX commercial resupply services mission targeted for launch no earlier than June 19. It will carry about 5,000 pounds of science investigations and supplies. The cargo of Progress 59 includes more than three tons of food, fuel, and supplies for the space station crew, including 1,940 pounds of propellant, 110 pounds of oxygen, 926 pounds of water, and 3,128 pounds of spare parts, supplies and scientific experiment hardware. Among the U.S. supplies on board are spare parts for the station’s environmental control and life support system, backup spacewalk hardware, and crew clothing, all of which are replaceable and his potential loss would not create a problem for the six crew members of the ISS that have several months of reserves.

 Progress M-27M Visibly Spinning Out of Control

A failure of the launcher? NASA confirmed "carries no vital lifeline for the operation of the American part of the ISS" and confirmed that the vessel did not meet this deadline, and for docking was due to "repair appointment system -you "with the ISS. According to the Russian news agency Tass, citing a source in the aerospace industry, the freighter Progress M-27M was launched Tuesday morning by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, had not managed to position itself on desired orbit "because of a failure of the launcher."

  Russian Space Station Freighter Launches

ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch. April 28, 2015

Image above: The ISS Progress 59 cargo ship is seen here on the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. It will launch at 3:09 a.m. EDT on Apr. 28 to carry more than three tons of supplies to the ISS. Credit: RSC Energia. Carrying more than 6,000 pounds of food, fuel, and supplies for the International Space Station crew, the unpiloted ISS Progress 59 cargo craft launched at 3:09 a.m. EDT (1:09 p.m. local time in Baikonur) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

 Soyuz-2.1A and Progress M-27M launch

However, Russian flight controllers initially could not confirm the health of the spacecraft’s systems and deployment of Kurs rendezvous and other navigational antennas. They selected the backup rendezvous plan with a targeted arrival Thursday for the cargo ship and its supplies for the  space station crew. The Progress spacecraft is in a safe preliminary orbit. At the time of launch, the International Space Station was flying about 257 miles over northeast Kazakhstan near the Russian border, having flown over the launch site two and a half minutes before lift off. As Progress passed over Russian ground stations, the Russian flight control team issued commands through the telemetry system onboard the spacecraft in an attempt to receive confirmation that navigation and rendezvous systems had deployed. But, due to sporadic telemetry  from Progress 59, inconclusive data, and trouble uplinking commands to the spacecraft, controllers were unable to confirm the status of the systems.

Image above: ISS Progress 47 is shown docked at the International Space Station’s Pirs docking compartment prior to its departure Saturday, April 25. Progress 59 will rendezvous and dock with the same Pirs berthing location on Thursday, April 28, 2015. Image Credit: NASA. Flight controllers will continue to look at the telemetry system to determine the overall health of the spacecraft’s systems. Instead of a four-orbit, six-hour docking later this morning as originally planned, Progress now will make a two-day, 34-orbit rendezvous with the station. With the two-day rendezvous, the Russian cargo craft is scheduled to arrive at the space station at 5:03 a.m. Thursday. Russian flight controllers are continuing to work to establish a good link with the Progress as it approaches the space station. Expedition 43 Commander Terry Virts and his five crew mates continue to conduct a variety of microgravity experiments on board the space station as they await the arrival of Progress 59.

Progress M space cargo (M-07M). Image Credit: NASA

ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicle patch. 17.02.2015 Feb 17 at 07:57 p.m. Moscow time the cargo spacecraft Progress M-26M has successfully docked with the ISS through the Functional Cargo Block Zarya. The docking operation was produced in the automatic mode under control of the Russian crew members of ISS and specialist from the Mission Control Center.

Progress-M space cargo

ROSCOSMOS -Russian Vehicles patch. 11.20.2014 November 20, 2014 at 2:46 Moscow time in a predetermined area of the Pacific Ocean made of non-combustible residues flooding cargo vehicle (THC) Progress M-24M. In accordance with the program laid down in the ship's onboard computer experts Mission Control Center (MCC) FSUE TsNIIMash, at 2:00 MSK on "space truck" was included on the inhibition of the propulsion system, and then began a controlled reduction of THC from orbit.

Image above: Progress Spacecraft 42P reentry plasma trail viewed from the International Space Station. Image Credit: NASA. Carrier rocket Soyuz-U with TGC Progress M-24M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome July 24, 2014 at 01:44 Moscow time. July 24, 2014 at 07:31 MSK was carried out docking cargo spacecraft Progress M-24M with the International Space Station. Docked to the docking bay Pierce (CO1) of the Russian segment of the ISS was carried out in an automatic mode. Cargo spacecraft delivered to ISS about 2.3 tons of cargo, including fuel, oxygen, food, equipment for scientific experiments and parcels for the crew.

ROSCOSMOS - Russian Vehicles patch. 27/10/2014 Today, October 27, 2014, at 8 o'clock 38 minutes Moscow time transport cargo ship Progress M-24M undocked from the docking module Pirs of the Russian segment of the International Space Station.

Progress-M space cargo undocking ISS

In accordance with the scheduled program at the stage of autonomous flight TGC Progress M-24M from 2 to 19 November 2014 will be held the space experiment "Reflection", during which experts will examine the possibility of passage of optical signals to study modifications of the earth's atmosphere.

Russian Cargo Ship Departs the International Space Station