Russian cargo spacecraft exploded as soon as it left the launch pad

A Russian unmanned aerial cargo ship exploded in Siberia airspace on December 1 just minutes after being launched from a launch site in Kazakhstan.

The Russian space agency (Roscosmos) said: "According to the initial information, the ship burst at a height of about 190km above the remote mountain area of ​​the Russian region of Tuva, Siberia, most of the debris had burning in the atmosphere, the rest falls into a remote area of ​​Siberia near the Mongolian border " . However, there have been no reports of casualties or damage, while investigators have been actively investigating the cause of the incident.

Progress ship MS-04 before now launched.(Photo: Telegraph).

Roscosmos earlier said it had lost contact with the Progress MS-04 after a few minutes after launching from Baikonur launch yard in Kazakhstan. However, Roscosmos claims this incident "will not affect the normal operation of the International Space Station (ISS) system".

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who flew into ISS in November with a six-month mission, also confirmed that the group of astronauts at ISS still have all their necessities."We can stay here for months without resupply because we try to recycle as much as we can and also have plenty of backups," Pesquet said.

Reportedly, the ship crashed while transporting about 2.4 tons of food, water, fuel, and other supplies to ISS and plans to approach ISS tomorrow December 3.

This is the third incident involving Russian cargo spacecraft in the last 2 years. Russian pillars are the main source of supplies to the space station, the crew of three Russian astronauts, two American astronauts and one EU astronaut. US supply ships have been shut down since a launch in September. A Japanese cargo ship is scheduled to fly to the space station on December 9.