| Title | Russian Space Agency Confirms Progress Cargo Spacecraft Burns up in Atmosphere | |
| Date | Friday December 02 2016, @11:42PM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the is-it-a-bird?-is-it-a-plane? dept. | ||
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.
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