Transfer from the carrier

The accident, when the spacecraft “Progress MS-04” could provoke technical problems on board the ship, and not the launch vehicle. This was reported by Interfax with reference to a source at the cosmodrome.

“According to the updated data, an emergency could occur directly on board the space truck, as a result of which there was a premature division with the third step, and the ship did not enter orbit,” the source said. “The antennas came out, but the solar panels did not open. There is information that the ship was in uncontrolled rotation and received external damage.”

All systems of the launch vehicle before the loss of telemetry worked standardly. "The decryption of telemetry received until the 383rd seconds speaks of the full-time work of the launch vehicle, which, among other things, allows us to conclude about an emergency on board the ship," the source noted.

Meanwhile, in Tylyu, 15 km from the village of Eilig-Hem, a fragment of a ship with a diameter of 90 cm was found . Before the arrival of Roscosmos specialists, the object guarded the police. The head of Tuva, Sholban Kara-ool, called on hunters and shepherds not to touch metal objects and report all the finds. “According to scientists and practitioners, such accidents and nature have no danger to people, since these are fragments of the ship, not rockets,” said Kara -ool.

The day before, a source in the space industry said that the reason for the fall of the space truck could be negligence in the production of the RD-0110 engine of the third stage of the Soyuz-U launch vehicle. “Most likely, according to the results of the investigation, the State Commission will once again be forced to state the identified fact of a poor -quality assembly of the RD -0110 engine, and the bench modeling that will be carried out after the analysis of the existing telemetry will show which component of the motor installation was made with violations,” the source said. “Probably, some personnel decisions will follow, and all ready -made engines, and in the finished engines, in including, already installed on Soyuz launch vehicles, it will be necessary to remove, deliver to the enterprise, re -test, eliminate possible shortcomings during assembly, which will lead to the next transfer of the planned launches to the right, ”he added.

At the same time, the source emphasized that before the work of the emergency commission, any final conclusions draw prematurely.

On Thursday, "Progress MS-04" started from the Baikonur cosmodrome. At an altitude of 190 kilometers above the territory of Tuva, the cosmic truck was destroyed . The scoop was supposed to deliver more than two tons of various cargoes to the ISS: fuel for the combined motor installation and refueling systems, water and compressed gases, scientific equipment and components for the life support system, as well as food products, clothing items, medicines and means of personal hygiene for a member crew. In addition, the ship had New Year's gifts for astronauts.