"Roskosmos" called the cause of the accident "Union" with the crew, which occurred earlier in October. It was the first in the history of modern Russia a similar accident in a manned cosmonautics, local media say.
The crash of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft on October 11 was due to the sensor’s abnormal operation, which signals the first and second stages of divergence, said Roskosmos executive director for manned programs Sergey Krikalev.
According to him, this led to the fact that one of the side blocks of the first stage did not move to the desired distance and hit the fuel tank of the second stage. Buck burst.
"The reason for the fact that the commission found out was the abnormal operation of the sensor, which signals the divergence of the first and second stages," he explained.
Krikalev added that the launch of the next crew to the ISS is scheduled for December 3.