The next launch of the transportation ship “Progress” is scheduled by Roskosmos for the third quarter of 2015. This was reported in the press release of the agency received by “Lenta.Ru”.
The truck “Progress M-28M” is already on the territory of the Baikonur cosmodrome. Earlier the Federal Space Agency reported that the third and fourth launches of these ships in 2015 are scheduled for 6 August and 22 October, respectively. The previous launch performed on April 28 with the help of the rocket “Soyuz-2.1a” led to the uncontrollable movement of the truck on the orbit. A special commission was created in order to clarify the causes of the incident, the results of its investigation should be announced until May 13.
Sources: http://lenta.ru
Author: Anna Dorozhkina