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04/19/2012
In accordance with the schedule of the flight the International Space Station today at 15:04 GMT Department made cargo vehicle (THC), "Progress M-14M" from the docking module "Pirs".
After separation from the ISS during free flight in orbit working on a ship scheduled for six series of experiment, "Radar-Progress", which consists in the study of ground-based observations of the reflective characteristics of plasma irregularities in the ionosphere generated by the onboard engine THC "Progress".
Progress-M undocking from ISS
The purpose of the experiment is to determine the spatial and temporal dependence of the density, temperature, ionic composition of local inhomogeneities of the ionosphere, occurring as a result of on-board liquid-propellant rocket engines.
In the experiment, "Radar-Progress" is involved full-time equipment: propulsion THC "Progress" and VHF radio (Torah), as well as a set of ground-based radio observations.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=18977
Image, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / NASA / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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