Latest (13:29):http://ria.ru/space/20150428/1061371243.htmlProgress went into zone of visibility. No telemetry.
Quote from: Svetoslav on 04/28/2015 10:37 amLatest (13:29):http://ria.ru/space/20150428/1061371243.htmlProgress went into zone of visibility. No telemetry. I wonder if this lack of telemetry is an indication of a dead spacecraft?
...Russian flight controllers initially could not confirm the health of the spacecrafts systems and deployment of Kurs rendezvous and other navigational antennas. They selected the backup rendezvous plan with a targeted arrival Thursday for the cargo ship and its supplies for the space station crew. The Progress spacecraft is in a safe preliminary orbit.
Latest, 13:59:http://ria.ru/space/20150428/1061380357.htmlRussian Progress spacecraft completes third turn around the Earth. There is no telemetry. There is going to be a meeting about what to do next.
Looks like the Russians just got video from the Progress spacecraft - it seems to be rapidly rotating on the long axis....
Quote from: Galactic Penguin SST on 04/28/2015 11:51 amLooks like the Russians just got video from the Progress spacecraft - it seems to be rapidly rotating on the long axis.... My rudimentary count shows that it is tumbling with an angular speed of 60 degrees per second (6 seconds per revolution).
Is that video available anywhere?
Ground track map as shown on NASA TV shows it late with respect to the 123 to 127km perigee orbits published by space-track, suggesting it did boost its orbit.