Experts can't precisely predict type of Progress debris to fall to Earth - source
MOSCOW. May 6 (Interfax-AVN) - The situation of the deorbit of the Progress M-27M re-supply spacecraft, which is projected for May 8, remains very tense because there is no precise information on what type of debris from the spacecraft may reach the Earth, the Russian aerospace industry told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.
"In the regular sinking of Progress spacecraft, the place where their ballistic existence ends is located over the pacific Ocean several thousand kilometers east of New Zealand, where navigation is virtually non-existent. For this reason, no one can say what kind of re-supply spacecraft debris will reach Earth," the source said.
The Roscosmos press service reported earlier that the Progress M-27M cargo spacecraft will cease to exist on May 8.
"The spacecraft will cease to exist approximately between 1:23 a.m. and 9:55 p.m. on May 8," the report said.
The report says that "the spacecraft will fully burn in the solid layers of the Earth atmosphere and only some small debris may reach the surface of the planet. Their characteristics and size are similar to situations of regular de-orbiting of Progress M spacecraft."
