Posted on 12/01/2016 2:54:30 PM PST by BenLurkin
Russia's Roscosmos space corporation reported earlier on Thursday it had lost telemetry exchange with the Progress MS-04 space freighter some six minutes after the launch on board a Soyuz carrier rocket.
The Roscosmos press service stressed that the loss of the cargo ship will not affect the routine operations of the ISS and the crew. A state commission currently analyzes the incident.
(Excerpt) Read more at sputniknews.com ...
Second one they’ve lost in a year, I think.
Progress was carrying 2,450 kg (5,401 lbs) of cargo. Among these items were several consumables that would have increased the ISS’s overall stockpile.
In all, Progress 65 would have delivered enough food to increase the Station’s supply under standard operating conditions out to May 2017 (from early-April without 65P’s food delivery).
For water, which is the current limiting consumable on ISS, Progress MS-04 was to deliver 420 kg (926 lb) of water, increasing the Station’s supply out to the beginning of May 2017 from the current supply which only takes the Station to early March.
Despite the loss of Progress 65, the ISS remains in good posture to support its crew well into 2017.
Moreover, JAXA’s HTV-6 resupply craft is set to launch on 9 December 2016, followed in mid- to late-January 2017 by the tenth SpaceX resupply mission.
Also early next year, Progress 66 is scheduled to launch in early February, followed in March by Orbital ATK’s Cygnus OA-7 mission.
Nonetheless, Progress 65 was also set to deliver five new KTOs (Russian Solid Waste Containers), three new filter inserts and 10 packages of ACY filters for the Russian Waste Management System in the Zvezda Service Module, six EDVs for the EDV + TUBSS (Temporary Urine and Brine Storage System) for the Urine Processing Assembly, and two tanks of pretreat.
Progress MS-04 was also carrying 705 kg (1,554 lbs) of propellant for Station orbit raising maneuvers and 50 kg (110 lbs) of oxygen for ISS.
All of those supplies have now been lost, with a State Commission arranged to discuss the problems that caused its demise.
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/12/roscosmos-progress-ms-0465p-to-station/
Did it really have anything on board ? Could be an insurance scam ?
“She burned up real good”
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