The MV Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics (IPM) of the Russian Academy of Sciences has determined the time and location of the fall of the Luna-25 automatic interplanetary station. It has been reported telegraph channel institute.
“Mathematical modeling of the trajectory of the Luna-25 spacecraft, conducted by experts of the IPM Ballistic Center named after AI, made it possible to determine the time and place of its meeting with the Moon, MV Keldysh of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ”says the message.
According to IPM, the station crashed in the 42-kilometer-long Pontecoulant G crater in the Moon’s southern hemisphere at 14:58 Moscow time on August 19.
Before that, Yuri Borisov, Director General of Roskosmos declarationIt was reported that the accident at the Luna-25 station occurred due to engine failure.
The day before, Roskosmos reported that the Luna-25 station was “not available” as a result of a collision with the lunar surface. Communication with it was lost on August 19 when an impulse was given to create a pre-landing elliptical orbit. After Russia’s first mission to the moon in 47 years failed – Material “socialbites.ca”.
Luna-25 became the first domestic station to be sent to a natural satellite of the Earth in almost 50 years. Prior to that, the Luna-24 was launched in 1976.
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