Russia’s transport ship Progress M-55 sank in the Pacific on Monday.

“At about 21:53 Moscow time, fragments of the transport ship Progress M-55 with the remains of waste from the ISS sank at a depth of four kilometres in a specially designated area of the Pacific, 5,700 kilometres east of New Zealand,” the Mission Control Centre told Itar-Tass.

“There is no navigation in this areas,” it added.

The operation to dispose of the transport ship started several hours earlier.

“At 18:04 Moscow time a command was issued to undock Progress M-55 from the International Space Station. Three minutes later the ship should separate from the station and head for Earth,” Mission Control Centre spokesman Valery Lyndin told Itar-Tass.

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