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25Jan19
Cargo spacecraft Progress MS-09 detaches from ISS
The cargo spacecraft Progress MS-09 on Friday was detached from the International Space Station, the central research institute of machine-building TsNIIMash (the main research center of the corporation Roscosmos) told TASS.
"The command was issued at 15:53 Moscow time. The separation of Progress from the ISS took place at 15:55," the research center said.
At 19:08 the engines will be burned to slow the spacecraft down and at 19:41 Moscow time Progress will enter the atmosphere. At 19:50 its debris will splash down in a remote area of the Pacific away from the shipping routes.
Progress MS-09 has been attached to the ISS since July 10. It had been launched from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan, earlier that day. It was the first time a cargo spacecraft had made just two orbits around the earth before docking, after staying in flight for just 220 minutes. On all previous occasions the Progress cargo vehicles followed a two-day flight pattern (34 orbits around the Earth) or six-hour pattern (four orbits).
No date for the launch of the next cargo spacecraft, Progress MS-11 has been set yet. Roscosmos has not yet finalized a timetable for cargo and manned flights to the ISS for this year.
[Source: Itar Tass, Moscow, 25Jan19]
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