Umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Progress MS-11 wempahla uthululwe ku-International Space Station (ISS), njengoba kubikwe incwadi eku-inthanethi i-RIA Novosti mayelana nolwazi olutholwe ku-Central Research Institute of Mechanical Engineering (FSUE TsNIIMash) yenhlangano yezwe i-Roscosmos.
Idivayisi ethi "Progress MS-11", siyakukhumbuza, ku-orbit ngo-Ephreli kulo nyaka. “Iloli” lilethe amathani angaphezu kuka-2,5 wempahla ehlukahlukene ku-ISS, okuhlanganisa amathuluzi okuhlolwa kwesayensi.
Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi umkhumbi-mkhathi we-Progress MS-11 wethulwa kusetshenziswa uhlelo olufushane kakhulu lwemizila emibili: indiza yathatha isikhathi esingaphansi kwamahora amathathu nesigamu.
Njengoba manje kubikwa, idivayisi isuke endaweni ye-Pirs docking. Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, umkhumbi uzosuswa emzileni ophansi we-Earth. Izakhi eziyinhloko zizosha emkhathini womhlaba, futhi izingxenye ezisele ziyogcwala izikhukhula oLwandlekazini oluseNingizimu yePacific, indawo evalwe ukundiza nokuhamba.
Khonamanjalo, lapho kwethulwa khona indawo engunombolo 31 ye-Baikonur Cosmodrome, kwafakwa imoto yokwethulwa kweSoyuz-2.1a enomkhumbi wezimpahla i-Progress MS-12. Ukwethulwa kuhlelelwe uJulayi 31, 2019 ngo-15:10 ngesikhathi sase-Moscow. Idivayisi izoletha kuphethiloli we-ISS, amanzi kanye nempahla edingekayo ukuze kuqhutshekwe nokusebenza kwesiteshi ngemodi ephethwe abantu.
Source: 3dnews.ru