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20/08/2012
August 20 at 20.12 Moscow time on a predetermined area of the South Pacific was flooding incombustible residue cargo vehicle (THC) Progress M-15M. At 19.22 Moscow time, in accordance with the program laid down in the ship's on-board computer specialists Mission Control Center (MCC) FSUE TsNIImash, to "space truck" was added to the main engine braking, followed by the controlled reduction of the THC from orbit.
Progress-M undocking
THC Progress M-15M was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on April 20 and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) two days later, bringing the cargo of food, fuel, water and equipment. Joint mission to the station lasted until July 23.
After its completion, and disconnection of operational management specialists MCC conducted operations re docking with the ISS in order to develop an advanced approach "Course-ON." July 29 "space truck" in automatic mode again docked to the docking bay module "Pirs" (S-1).
Final undocking THC to the ISS on July 31. After the THC for 20 days in the free flight, during which the board conducted an experiment "Radar-Progress". The purpose of this experiment was to determine the spatial and temporal dependence of density, temperature, ionic composition of local inhomogeneities of the ionosphere resulting from on-board liquid rocket engines. The experiment has been involved full-time equipment: propulsion, radio VHF (TORU), and a set of ground-based radio observations.
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=19432
Image, Text, Credits: Press Service of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos PAO) / NASA TV / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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