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Russian space agency Roscosmos has confirmed that Progress cargo spacecraft burned up it the atmosphere and its debris fell in south Siberia's Tuva Republic.
"As a result of an abnormal situation, the loss of the Progress cargo ship took place at an altitude of 190 kilometers [some 118 miles] above an unpopulated mountainous area in Tuva; most of the fragments burned up in the [Earth's] atmosphere, according to preliminary data," Roscosmos press service said.
Earlier in the day, a source told RIA Novosti that the debris of the Progress cargo spacecraft supposedly fell in Russia's Republic of Tuva in south Siberia.
Roscosmos previously reported that Progress lost telemetry six minutes after launch on its mission to deliver several tons of consumables to the crew on the ISS. They stress that the accident "will not affect the routine operations of the ISS".
Sorry, guys, looks like it's borscht again tonight.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Snotnose on Saturday December 03 2016, @12:26AM
They used to be pretty reliable, strategy being cheap brute force over expensive tech. Over the last couple years seems their reliability has taken a serious hit. Anyone know why?
CSB
In the mid 90's I worked for Globalstar (satellite cell phones, no local cell tower needed). We were launching the first 4 satellites from a Russian rocket. Rocket failed, satellite schedule was set back by at least a year. My group? We were actually kinda happy. We were doing the ground station and were a good year behind schedule. Had the satellites made it to orbit we'd have looked bad. As it was, the Russki's looked bad and we carried on business as usual.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @04:37AM
Musky fired an e-beam at the Progress.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 03 2016, @09:32AM
Corruption. More than usual, I mean.