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Russian cargo spacecraft hit

Published: 28 Apr 2015 - 11:49 am | Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022 - 09:07 pm

 


Moscow---Russian officials said Tuesday an unmanned Progress spacecraft carrying supplies to the International Space Station had suffered a glitch, after a successful launch earlier in the day.
"The ship reached orbit but the full volume of telemetry (data transmissions) is not being received," a spokesman for the mission control told AFP.
As a result, the controllers had opted to change the flight plan and extend the vessel's journey to two days instead of six hours, he added.
A Soyuz rocket carrying the Progress M-27M supply craft launched successfully from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier Tuesday.

AFP