Uncontrolled Russian spacecraft can collide with the Earth

Two days after leaving the launch pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Russia's April 29 M-27M (Progress M-27M) transport spacecraft still did not issue a reply to the Flight Management Center. . Do not exclude the possibility that the ship will fall from orbit back to Earth on 3-4 / 4.

Russian spacecraft can collide with the earth

According to TASS news agency from Baiconur airport, all six contact with M-27M Progress on April 29 were unsuccessful.

The ship is still flying uncontrollably around the Earth at orbit below the outlined trajectory. With an amount of 15-16 a day like the current, if the orbit is not adjusted, the ship will hit the Earth.

Model of a progressive Russian ship.(Source: NASA)

The Progress ship M-27M was launched at 10:09 pm - Moscow time (14:09 - Hanoi time) on April 28 and is expected to connect with the International Space Station (ISS) after 6 hours of flight.

However, soon after the separation from the rocket, it was reported that two of the ship's six connected antennas could not open, so the Flight Management Center had to transfer the ship to the connection mode for 48 hours to help experts have time to handle the problem. But on April 29, the source said, the connection was postponed indefinitely.

The source also said that at Baikonur, a working group was set up to clarify the cause of the problem, and if the error was only due to the antenna, the "TORU" reserve connection system could be used .

Ship Progress M-27M is responsible for resupply for ISS, carrying nearly 2.5 tons of cargo including fuel, water, air and oxygen tanks, food, fruits, vegetables and canned fish.

At the moment, the Russian Space Agency has not made an official announcement, but the space industry has confirmed that, even if the M-27M Progress does not reach ISS, the international fleet on the Station still has enough food and water reserves. as well as fuel.

Due to technical malfunction with the M-27M Progress ship, the schedule for the launch of the ship as well as the crew to ISS will change, in particular, the next supply train scheduled for August 6 may released sooner. The next astronaut crew scheduled to fly to ISS on May 26 will have to be postponed.

Currently working on ISS as an international crew including 3 Russian pilots, 2 American pilots and 1 Italian pilot of the European Space Agency (ESA).