Author Topic: MISSION FAILURE: Progress M-27M launch – Soyuz-2-1A - April 28, 2015  (Read 497149 times)

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Well congrats to team Soyuz anyway.   8)  A beautiful launch. 


I certainly hope the Progress team can get their Kurs antenna issue sussed.

Edit:  I see now that there is much more going on.  I hope the vehicle does not die before the chance to correct the problem(s).
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Letting the ISS crew know that they are going to replan for the delay in docking.

Congratulations to Roscosmos for the successful launch! Fingers crossed the telemetry and Kurs issues can be successfully resolved.
« Last Edit: 04/28/2015 07:49 am by Steven Pietrobon »
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Now they are saying they didn't deploy.
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Can they dock it without KURS? Switch to TORU and dock it manually?

(Apparently, is the answer).
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Waiting to pass over ground stations in 30 mins or so to have a better assessment. Someone keep an eye on that....I've got to go to work ;)

Now they are saying they "may" have deployed.
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Hmm....this Russian report claims that the intermittent telemetry isn't due to anything wrong with the Progress, but with the Soyuz rocket - which put it 30 km too high! (presumably referring to the apogee)
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Progress should be re-entering Russian ground stations' range around this time...
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Latest information from Interfax:

http://www.interfax.ru/russia/438968

Only two of five antennas Kurs have been deployed.

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Hmm....this Russian report claims that the intermittent telemetry isn't due to anything wrong with the Progress, but with the Soyuz rocket - which put it 30 km too high! (presumably referring to the apogee)

Looks like this theory may be gaining some traction after NORAD just released orbit elements....

40619/2015-024A: 127 x 251 km x 51.57 deg.
40620/2015-024B: 123 x 306 km x 51.67 deg.

(nominal plan is 193+-2 x 238+-5 km x 51.67+-0.03 deg.)

If so........controllers must get control of the ship quick before it is too late.  :-X
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OK they are getting telemetry from the Progress. Quick, steer into manual control before it fell into the atmosphere!  :o
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Now showing the screen from Kurs so it seems its normal...  ::)
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Hmm....someone reminded me that NORAD's orbit of object B (which is much higher than that of A) seems to corresponds to what Progress should end up after making its first burn automatically at 07:52 UTC (the epoch is at 08:28 UTC). If so, maybe it has already done the 2nd one (at 08:29 UTC) as well which would probably put it to safety for now.  :-\
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Hmm....someone reminded me that NORAD's orbit of object B (which is much higher than that of A) seems to corresponds to what Progress should end up after making its first burn automatically at 07:52 UTC (the epoch is at 08:28 UTC). If so, maybe it has already done the 2nd one (at 08:29 UTC) as well which would probably put it to safety for now.  :-\
Not quite. The perigee is still low, just barely above the NASA definition of Entry Interface (400k ft, 121.920 km).
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Hmm....someone reminded me that NORAD's orbit of object B (which is much higher than that of A) seems to corresponds to what Progress should end up after making its first burn automatically at 07:52 UTC (the epoch is at 08:28 UTC). If so, maybe it has already done the 2nd one (at 08:29 UTC) as well which would probably put it to safety for now.  :-\
That's my thinking too. The question is if NORAD's orbit is before that second burn or after it (in latter case launch obviously went rather wrong).

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Hmm....someone reminded me that NORAD's orbit of object B (which is much higher than that of A) seems to corresponds to what Progress should end up after making its first burn automatically at 07:52 UTC (the epoch is at 08:28 UTC). If so, maybe it has already done the 2nd one (at 08:29 UTC) as well which would probably put it to safety for now.  :-\
Not quite. The perigee is still low, just barely above the NASA definition of Entry Interface (400k ft, 121.920 km).

What I said assumes that the planned 2nd burn was performed which would change its orbit from the reported value above - it should be at the original apogee so if nothing else the perigee should raise by a bit even if the orbit's off.
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NASA TV is still talking about issues with KURS - and mentioning the orbit only as if it was nominal.

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As for KURS issue - as far as I understand, this Progress is to use new KURS antennae (which are to be used on Progress-MS), so issues with them are not totally unexpected.

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As for KURS issue - as far as I understand, this Progress is to use new KURS antennae (which are to be used on Progress-MS), so issues with them are not totally unexpected.
The antennas themselves might be new but what about their deployment mechanisms? Are those new or are they the same as old Kurs antennas?
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I don't like AoP values for A and B orbit at all. To have perigee near ascending node, you'd have a significant pitch angle at insertion. Well, and the B orbit 123x305 km is distorted against the planned 193x238 km.
Don't know if the very first perigee in this orbit is survivable (not in the sense of immediate reentry -- but going to safe mode in this situatuion means essentially the same).
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