Russia's RSC Energia Gets Telemetry Data, Dashcam Of Soyuz-FG To Probe Crash - Roscosmos

Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) has received telemetry data as well as materials from the video recorder from the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday in a statement.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 13th October, 2018) Russia's Energia Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC Energia) has received telemetry data as well as materials from the video recorder from the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle, Russia's space agency Roscosmos said Thursday in a statement.

On Thursday, an accident occurred minutes after the liftoff of a Soyuz-FG launch vehicle carrying the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft with two new members of the International Space Station (ISS) crew on board.

An emergency escape capsule allowed the crew to return to Earth safely.

"The video recorder and telemetry data of Soyuz-FG, which had an accident during the launch on October 11, were delivered to RSC Energia for examination and in order to draw conclusions. The results of the analysis will be sent to the commission established to investigate the incident. Roscosmos is in constant contact with NASA on the issue of sending a US cargo ship to the ISS if needed," the statement reads.