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| 225.1 | will it be lauch from MIR? | PIPA::BIRO | | Fri Oct 24 1986 11:32 | 234 |
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The information reproduced hereunder has
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INFORMATION SUPPLIED FOR ADVANCE
PUBLICATION FOR THE
RADIO-M SATELLITE NETWORK
General Information
In the U.S.S.R., work is in progress for the development of
amateur-satellite service systems (ASSS). In particular, it is planned to
launch one or two amateur satellites, designed for use by radio amateurs
throughout the world and also for educational and scientific experiments.
Section B General Characteristics
Item 1 Identity of the satellite network
RADIO-M
Item 2 Date of bringing into use
31 December 1986
Period of validity of frequency assignments to the space station
(Resolution 4, World Administrative Radio Conference, Geneva, 1979)
10 years
Item 3 Administration or group of administrations submitting the
advance information
U.S.S.R.
Ministere des postes et telecommunications
7, rue Gorki
MOSKVA
MINSVIAZ, MOSKVA
Item 4 Orbital information relating to the space station
Inclination of the orbit: 83 degrees
Period: 105 minutes
Altitude of the apogee: 1 000 km
Altitude of the perigee: 1 000 km
Number of satellites: 1 or 2
Section C Characteristics of the Satellite Network in the
Earth-to-Space Direction
Item 1 Earth-to-Space service area
The whole Earth, depending on the position of the satellite
in orbit and the position of the satellite's orbit in
relation to the Earth.
Item 2 Class of stations and nature of service
AT, CR
Item 3 Frequency range
Modes of operation I, II, IV:
21.120 and 21.415 MHz
transponder bandwidth - 40 kHz in one section of the range:
1. 21.260 - 21.300 MHz
2. 21.210 - 21.250 MHz
3. 21.160 - 21.200 MHz
Mode of operation III:
145.787 - 146.000 MHz
transponder bandwidth - 40 kHz in one section of the range:
1. 145.960 - 146.000 MHz
2. 145.910 - 145.950 MHz
3. 145.860 - 145.900 MHz
Item 4 Power characteristic of the transmitted wave
These depend upon the design of the station available to the
amateur. For good quality relay, an equivalent isotropically
radiated power (e.i.r.p.) of not more than 100 W will suffice.
Item 5 Characteristics of the space station receiving antenna
For all modes - a half-wave dipole, gain G = 2 dB, width of
radiation pattern: 80 degrees.
Item 6 Noise temperature of the receiving space station
2 000 K
Section D Characteristics of the satellite Network in the Space-to-Earth
Direction
Item 1 Space-to-Earth service area
The whole Earth, depending on the position of the satellite in
orbit and the position of the satellite's orbit in relation to
the Earth.
Item 2 Class of stations and nature of service
EA,CR
Item 3 Frequency range
Modes of operation I and III:
29.360 - 29.500 MHz
transponder bandwidth - 40 kHz in one section of the range:
1. 29.460 - 29.500 MHz
2. 29.410 - 29.450 MHz
3. 29.360 - 29.400 MHz
Mode of operation II:
145.857 - 146.000
transponder bandwidth - 40 kHz in one section of the range:
1. 145.960 - 146.000 MHz
2. 145.910 - 145.950 MHz
3. 145.860 - 145.900 MHz
Mode of operation IV:
Simultaneous transmission on the bands 29.360 - 29.500 MHz
and 145.857 - 146.000 MHz
On each transponder section two beacons operate in the
following centre frequencies:
Modes I, III and IV:
1. 29.457 and 29.500 MHz
2. 29.407 and 29.453 MHz
3. 29.360 and 29.403 MHz
Modes II and IV:
1. 145.957 and 145.997 MHz
2. 145.907 and 145.953 MHz
3. 145.857 and 145.903 MHz
Item 4 Power characteristics of the transmission
Maximum spectral power density:
29.260 - 29.500 MHz: -41 dBW/Hz
145.857 - 146.000 MHz: -39 dBW/Hz
Item 5 Characteristics of space station transmitting antenna
For all modes, antenna gain: 1 dB
Radiation pattern: omnidirectional
Polarization: linear
Item 6 Characteristics of receiving earth stations
These depend on the facilities available to amateurs. It will
suffice to have a receiving antenna with a gain of 1 to 2 dB
and a receiving system with an equivalent noise temperature
of 1 000 K to 1 5 000 K.
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noise temperature
of 1 000 K to 1 5 000 K.
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| 225.2 | | GODZLA::HUGHES | Gary Hughes | Fri Oct 24 1986 11:42 | 4 |
| This weeks issue of Aviation Sneak (Oct 20) has some good photos of Mir
and Salyut 7, fyi.
gary
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| 225.3 | RADIO_M ? | PIPA::BIRO | | Tue Oct 28 1986 10:34 | 17 |
| Radio Moscow is playing up MIR in it news, with reports of
radio com with the unmaned space spations and agreements with other
nations on reasearch they will be doing (1988)
Aviation Leak Also gave some insite to the Communications being
used they say they are using the 'LURCH' ?sp Satellite
The question I have the orignal plan , according to AMSAT, was that
HAM SAT M would be launch by MIR, but MIR is in a much lower orbit
then the proposed plan for RADIO_M. I can only think of two reasons
1) it will be launch into a typical Cosmos orbit
2) it will have a 'kick' motor to put it into a higher orbit
The previous birds launch via Salyut_7 (ISKAR) were low orbit
short lived sats, this will be interesing in watching as it would
be a new feather in the Bear's Hat
jb
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| 225.4 | Radio_M more | PIPA::BIRO | | Tue Oct 28 1986 10:36 | 6 |
| I think that Radio M will be launch 'piggyback' with a Cosmos
unit, the reason is the Inclination, MIR is at 51 degrees or so
and RADIO_M will be at 83 degrees. I can seem them boasting the
orbit up with a kick motor but to change the inclination would
be a tricker job.
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| 225.5 | Will Crew go back to MIR in 86? | PIPA::BIRO | | Mon Dec 08 1986 18:03 | 15 |
| I did a quick back of the match book calculation and if the
CCCP are indeed to send a crew back to MIR before the end of
this year there are only a few window that meet ideal conditions
(launch in daylight near eveing, and accending orbit -to keep abort
path in their country, and match with MIR eqx crossing 340 to 343
degrees or so
If I did my homework right
best date 14 th of DEC
next best 25 th of DEC
3rd best a window around the 20,21st but it is most likly to late
in the day
john
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| 225.6 | RE 225.5 | EDEN::KLAES | Looking for nuclear wessels. | Mon Dec 08 1986 19:54 | 6 |
| I cannot guarantee this, but there are several notes in this
file which state that the Soviets said there will be NO more manned
flights to the Mir space station in 1986 - but watch out next year!
Larry
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| 225.7 | Matchbook Calculations? | CLOSUS::TAVARES | John--Stay low, keep moving | Mon Dec 08 1986 20:40 | 3 |
| RE:.5 Boy I'd like to see that matchbook! Care to enter a "matchbook"
describing how you did those calculations? Something to do while
we're waiting for SOMEONE to launch...
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| 225.8 | | ENGINE::BUEHLER | Direct from the strangoid file. | Fri Jan 16 1987 15:11 | 6 |
| I'd like to know the calculation method also - but in layman's terms.
I've never heard or seen what the requisite information is in determining
a launch window and I've always wondered. It would really be nice if someone
could quickly explain the basics (if possible).
John
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| 225.9 | | CLOSUS::TAVARES | John--Stay low, keep moving | Fri Jan 16 1987 15:39 | 4 |
| Yeah! After re-reading my note asking for the matchbook calculations,
I realize that I may have sounded sarcastic. Actually, I am in awe of
anything mathematical, and am very interested in such a procedure. My
HP11 stands ready...
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| 225.10 | FROM PYRITE::ASTRONOMY - ORBITAL CALCULATIONS | EDEN::KLAES | Alchemists get the lead out. | Fri Jan 16 1987 16:06 | 88 |
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1
AMSAT Elliptical Orbit Calculator
V. 41, VAX FORTRAN adaptation by KA1IU, of W3IWI BASIC Program
Copyright 1983, 1984 by AMSAT, W3IWI, KA1IU
Reference Epoch: 1987 + 1.853952960
Starting Epoch: 1987 + 8.937500000
MON/DAY/YR= 1/ 8/87 at 22:30 UTC
Element Set 3: MIR (86-17A) (OBJ 16609 Set: 430)
Fundamental Keplerian Elements:
At Reference At Start
Mean Anomaly deg 86.045200000 61.967673888
Inclination deg 51.614500000
Eccentricity 0.002049700
Mean Motion rev/day 15.800607800 15.803083783
Arg. Perigee deg 273.823000000 301.237425544
R.A.A.N. deg 290.870300000 254.178548929
Other Parameters:
Orbit Number 4986 5098
S.M.A. km 6708.363 6707.663
Apogee Height km 343.953
Perigee Height km 316.453
Anom. Period min 91.136
Decay Rate rev/day^2 1.748E-04
Doppler Freq mhz 143.625
Argument of perigee will rotate 360 degrees
in about 0 years, 93 days.
Earth angle subtended: Apogee Perigee
36.8 35.4 deg
For observer at 42.2 deg lat, 71.3 deg long,
visibility circle at average of apogee and perigee height is:
Northern limit: 60.2 deg latitude
Center: 40.9
Southern limit: 24.1
(Values>90 are on far side of pole. Negative=South Lat.)
(Center is for circle on stereographic map projection.)
Exact time of apogee indicated by A after UTC in output.
1
E Mass Lat= 42.153 Long= 71.283 Ht= 60.m Window Limit=
0.0 deg Element Set 3: MIR (86-17A) (OBJ 16609 Set: 430)
Doppler shift calculated for 143.625 mhz
Current Arg Perigee R.A.A.N. Period S.M.A.
301.3020 254.0922 91.1214 6707.661
Eqx Time = ****:** Eqx Long = ******
U.T.C. AZ EL DOPPLER RANGE HEIGHT LAT LONG PHASE
HHMM:SS deg deg hz km km N+S- W+E- <256>
1/ 8/87 THU -----DAY # 8----ORBIT # 5098----
2254:00 307 0.6 3310 2089 342 50.9 94.3 111
2255:00 310 4.9 3280 1677 342 50.0 88.5 114
2256:00 314 11 3200 1272 343 48.9 83.0 117
2257:00 322 20 2979 889 343 47.4 77.8 120
2258:00 344 36 2247 573 343 45.8 72.8 123
2259:00 49 45 -226 487 343 43.9 68.2 126
2259:53A 87 29 -2891 679 343 42.0 64.4A 128
2300:00 90 27 -2614 718 343 41.8 63.9 128
2301:00 102 15 -3200 1079 343 39.5 59.9 131
2302:00 108 7.4 -3317 1476 343 37.1 56.2 134
2303:00 111 2.5 -3321 1886 343 34.6 52.7 137
2304:00 113 -1.4 -3325 2300 343 31.9 49.5 140
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| 225.11 | progess-27 docks with MIR | IMNAUT::BIRO | | Mon Jan 19 1987 12:00 | 34 |
| Over the weekend Radio Moscow announce the following
Progress-27 (I added 27 as it is the next one in the series)
cargo spacecraft auto dockedwith the orbiting space sation MIR.
It brough fuel and supplies for next man mission. They went on
to say that an internation crew is being traied at STAR_TOWN (I
am not sure if this is an error or a new training center as it was
called STAR_CITY before) in pre for permanent maning of MIR.
--------------
Now with both MIR/P-27 it should be a super visual site but present
passes are mostly in the daytime except for a few early AM ones
on the East Coast of the US
The next window for man launch is late feb or early march
The caluclation is quite simple , the equation was worked out
by the Boy's school in Eng ( I think ?sp Kittering Group )
launch time = (eqx time in min) + 10.8 + 4 * (347.5 - eqx long
of the space station)
However this was for a 24 hour trip from ground to the space station
and now with incress load/supplies to say fule they are doing it
in 48 hours so the eq is not right but close
things to look for in a man launch is a perfered time abt 1200 utc
an accending orbit and a crossing around 340-344 deg w of the equator
from the space station
the reson for all the above is in case of an abort the unit will
come down in CCCP territory and in the daylate but late eve
jb
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| 225.12 | unman calculations | IMNAUT::BIRO | | Mon Jan 19 1987 16:39 | 17 |
| for unmaned launch the eq crossing should be about
334 to 339
best fit for 1/16/87 would be
orbit # 5213
eqx time 05:01:00.495
eqx long 333.9 degrees W
thus if the equation is still good for 48 trips
t0 = (5*60 +1) + 10.8 + 4*(347.5-333.9)
t0 = 6 hours 6 min and 12 sec
in will be interesting to see if they publish the exact launch time
and see how close this comes
jb
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| 225.13 | | JANUS::BARKER | | Tue Jan 20 1987 09:23 | 15 |
| re: .11
The group in England is the Kettering Group. The group was started about
1960 by the physics teacher at the school who ran the group as a lunchtime
activity for many years. I think the teacher retired a few years ago.
The group observes Soviet spacecraft through the means of monitoring radio
communications. They determine orbits by measuring doppler shift. Among
their acheivements are the announcement of the use of and location of the
Plesetsk launch site (through back calculation from orbit data) when the
CIA and NSA thought only they knew and considered the information highly
classified, and the decoding of telemetry signals from various series of
scientific satellites and manned spacecraft.
Jeremy Barker - Reading, England
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| 225.14 | and the launch time was ? | IMNAUT::BIRO | | Wed Jan 28 1987 11:15 | 16 |
| ok either the formular is no good for 24 hour trips or Aviation
Week got pm and am mixed up
this week AW had the P-27 launch at 09:06 PM Moscow time
if I am right there is 3 hours diff between MOSCOW time and
UTC so that would make it 06:06 UTC (PM)
the numbers match exactly but it is pm not am so that put the
launch at 18:06 UTC,
will look over the launch opportunity at 1800 utc but it does
not look right, I think AW got PM and AM mixed
any ideas?
jb
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| 225.15 | 1st Anniversary of MIR | IMNAUT::BIRO | | Thu Jan 29 1987 16:52 | 17 |
| a very interesting launch, it turns out that there are two launch
window, one of the ascending orbit (ground track of MIR) and the
one on the desending orbit. P27 was launch on the descending ground
track of MIR, both solutions are valid but the Kettering Group formular
was base on the fact that one of the rules would be ascending launchs
only.
Now to make another educated guess on the next maning of MIR, I
think that unless they change the orbit of MIR (as AW suggest they
will do ) and with the fact that there is a MAN window opening near
the end of FEB that the Russian will try for the 1st annerversary
of MIR for the new crew Yuri Romanenko (42) and Alexander Laveikin
The 1st Anniversary will be the 20 th of FEB 87
jb
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| 225.16 | Was the tower stored in S7 | IMNAUT::BIRO | | Wed Feb 04 1987 15:25 | 11 |
| On May 28, 1986, the cosmonauts aboard Salyut 7 unfolded a 15 meter
long tower. The tower was collapsed back into the canister. The
tower deployment was then repeated during a second spacewalk on
the 31st of May. This time it was raised to 12 meters while instruments
measured its movement under stress. The tower again was retraceted
but a few joints were welded togeter. My question to anyone is
I am not sure but I think the tower was then stored inside S7 as
they closed out the old Salyut 7.
jb
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| 225.17 | TM2 to launch thur/fri | 15797::BIRO | | Wed Feb 04 1987 22:47 | 54 |
| Associated Press Wed 4-FEB-1987 14:50 Soviet-Space
4-FEB-8714:50
Soviet Space Launch Set for Friday
MOSCOW (AP) - Two cosmonauts will be launched Friday on the
first Soviet manned space flight since last summer, Tass said
Wednesday.
The Soyuz TM-2 spacecraft carrying cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and
Alexander Laveikin will be launched from the Baikonur space center
in Central Asia at 12:38 a.m. Moscow time (4:38 a.m. EST) Friday,
the official news agency reported.
The cosmonauts are expected to dock with the Mir orbiting space
station, which has been unmanned since July, when the last Soviet
manned space mission was completed.
Soviet officials have not said how long the TM-2 mission will
last, but there are signs that the two cosmonauts may stay in space
for at least six months. Earlier Soviet press reports said that
there would be one manned craft launched in early 1987 and a second
one in July, with cosmonauts from both missions spending time
together at the Mir station.
****** OK HOW TO YOU PREDICT THE LAUNCH TIME
Element Set 3: MIR (86-17A) (OBJ 16609 Set: 462)
Element Set 3: MIR (86-17A) (OBJ 16609 Set: 462)
Date Orbit Eqx Time Eqx Long Nodal Period Del Eqx Long
2/ 5/87 5536 1605:31.841 265.9 91.37640 23.23312
2/ 5/87 5537 1736:54.420 289.1 91.37632 23.23294
2/ 5/87 5538 1908:16.999 312.3 91.37632 23.23227
2/ 5/87 5539 2039:39.568 335.6 91.37614 23.23323
> 2/ 5/87 TM2 2138:00.000 PROPOSED SOYUZ TM2 LAUNCH
MIR 2/ 5/87 MIR 2138:00 IS AT -36.6 LAT AND 134.3 LONG
2/ 5/87 5540 2211:02.136 358.8 91.37613 23.23240
2/ 5/87 5541 2342:24.698 22.0 91.37604 23.23267
2/ 6/87 5542 0113:47.252 45.3 91.37590 23.23311
2/ 6/87 5543 0245:09.808 68.5 91.37593 23.23208
2/ 6/87 5544 0416:32.353 91.7 91.37576 23.23299
FORM THE EQUATION
To = (eqx time in min) + 10.8 + 4 * (347.5 -eqx long)
To = (1239.66) + 10.8 + 4 * (11.9)
To = 21 Hours 38 min and 4 sec
73's jb
ok so a night launch, this mean the TM has to stay in orbit for
3 revolutions before it can ditch in homeland
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| 225.18 | MIR VHF radios are on | 15797::BIRO | | Mon Feb 09 1987 11:13 | 13 |
| Docking happen at 23:28 utc on Sat, about 4 hours later I receive
VHF communicaiton from MIR to the Soviet Ships near SAble Island
Before docking the crew took a complet circle around MIR then docked
RM (radio Moscow) said that the Computers onboard both MIR and
Soyuz TM2 were use in a new system to min the amount of fuel required
for docking, they gave it a name and will try to get the correcting
spelling of it.. I heard no communicaitons on Sunday but they seem
to be back on normal work schedule this AM as I pick up two pass
with VHF communications. The previous MIR crew seem to work from
about 1000 utc to 1800 utc .
jb
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| 225.19 | MIR in Vienna | MTWAIN::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Wed Sep 18 1991 20:18 | 46 |
| Article 35753
From: roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Mir in Vienna?
Date: 18 Sep 91 18:07:04 GMT
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: National Institute of Standards and Technology
A friend at work went to Vienna a few weeks ago, and came back
with a photograph he took of a Mir, sitting out in the open, apparently
along a road or in a park. It has a wall around it, but apparently is on
a platform, so it can be seen above the wall. There's a walkway the length
of the station, with a gap in the wall and steps to reach the walkway.
The station structure is linear, and appears to be two big cylinders with
interconnections of smaller cylinders, and a small spherical component at
one end with lots of small rocket nozzles. In volume it appears to be
about like 3.5-4 VW Microbuses connected end to end. It might be possible
to "stand" perpendicular to the axis of the craft in one of the large
cylinders, but it's hard to tell.
On the walls around the Mir are posters with (approximately) the
following:
UNITERRA
WORLD TECH
VIENNA
KOMMUNALWIRTSCHAFT 91
23-27 Okt. 91 Messegelande
DIE CHRUNITSCHEW-WERKE [unreadable]
PRASENTIEREN DIE
WELTRAUMSTATION M/P [not sure that's a '/']
KOMM ZU MIR
and next to the walkway where it's between the two large cylinders:
AUFGANG
ZUR [?]
ORBITALSTATION
MIR
Can anyone translate/explain what's going on?
John Roberts
roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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| 225.20 | RE 225.19 | MTWAIN::KLAES | All the Universe, or nothing! | Fri Sep 20 1991 14:49 | 105 |
| Article 35808
From: davew@sputnik.mit.edu (dave warkentin)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Mir in Vienna?
Date: 19 Sep 91 22:32:29 GMT
Sender: news@athena.mit.edu (News system)
Organization: M.I.T.
In article <9109181807.AA00417@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>,
roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts) writes:
> [description of what is presumably a mock-up of a Mir deleted]
>
> On the walls around the Mir are posters with (approximately) the following:
>
> UNITERRA
> WORLD TECH
> VIENNA
> KOMMUNALWIRTSCHAFT 91
> 23-27 Okt. 91 Messegelande
It looks like the Kommunalwirtschaft '91 trade show/convention will
be held on the convention grounds (Messegelaende) near Vienna this
October 23-27. I believe Kommunalwirtschaft means something like local
or municipal economy/ business. Uniterra and World Tech may be
participants or perhaps co-sponsors. I'm not sure why Vienna is
spelled that way - in German it's Wien.
> DIE CHRUNITSCHEW-WERKE [unreadable]
> PRASENTIEREN DIE
> WELTRAUMSTATION M/P [not sure that's a '/']
> KOMM ZU MIR
The Krunichev (hard to tell the anglicized spelling from the German
version) factories present the space station Mir (they used the
cyrillic which looks like MIP). Come to me. (A pun - "me" in German
is "mir".)
> and next to the walkway where it's between the two large cylinders:
>
> AUFGANG
> ZUR [?]
> ORBITALSTATION
> MIR
Entrance (actually "the way up" more or less) to the orbital station
Mir. ("zur" is correct - it's a contraction of "zu der" or "to the".)
> Can anyone translate/explain what's going on?
>
> John Roberts
> roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
Hope this helps.
--
Dave Warkentin
davew@sputnik.mit.edu
Article 35813
From: 3001crad@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Charles Frank Radley)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Mir in Vienna?
Date: 20 Sep 91 00:21:26 GMT
Sender: root@ucsbcsl.ucsb.edu
In article <9109181807.AA00417@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov>
roberts@CMR.NCSL.NIST.GOV (John Roberts) writes:
>UNITERRA
>WORLD TECH
>VIENNA
>KOMMUNALWIRTSCHAFT 91
>23-27 Okt. 91 Messegelande
This is announcing an exhibition called "Uniterra" to be held at the
"Messegelande" = Exhibtion palace; date 23 - 27 October 91. Or else
Uniterra is the sponsoring organization. "Kommunalwirtschaft"
transliterate as "Communal Commerce"
>DIE CHRUNITSCHEW-WERKE [unreadable]
>PRASENTIEREN DIE
>WELTRAUMSTATION M/P [not sure that's a '/']
> KOMM ZU MIR
"the Chrunitschew-Factory ----- presents the Space Station M/P Come to Mir"
>and next to the walkway where it's between the two large cylinders:
>AUFGANG
>ZUR [?]
>ORBITALSTATION
>MIR
Did it really say "Aufgang" ? Ausgang = exit.
Aufgang = excursion.
It is either " Exit (or) Excursion to the Mir orbital station."
>Can anyone translate/explain what's going on?
My transliteration attempt was from memory, with no dictionary.
I hope it is fairly accurate.
>John Roberts
>roberts@cmr.ncsl.nist.gov
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| 225.21 | MIR History, February 1986 to July 1989 | VERGA::KLAES | Slaves to the Metal Hordes | Fri Jul 17 1992 15:20 | 198 |
| Article: 46116
From: tfreer@metz.une.edu.au (TIMOTHY FREER)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Mir diary pt.1
Date: 17 Jul 92 05:42:21 GMT
Sender: usenet@grivel.une.edu.au
MIR DIARY Pt.1 (Feb 1986 to July 1989)
-------------------------------
This is the first in a series of 'Salyut' diaries that I will be
presenting. The purpose of these is that they will provide readers
with an accurate reference, which lists all major events surrounding
Soviet/CIS space station activities since 1977.
This first diary lists major events involving the Mir space
station during it's first three years of manned operations. This
period begins with the launch of the core module in February 1986, and
ends with the four month gap in manned activities during mid 1989.
Listed are all launches to Mir, all dockings, port transfers, space
walks, undockings, and re-enries, that occured during this period. All
dates are in GMT , and are reasonably accurate. If you have any
corrections, please post them to me with your sources.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mir diary pt.1 (Feb86 to Jul89).
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1986
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19 FEB Mir launched by Proton rocket into 172 x 301km orbit at 51.6
degrees inclination.
06 MAR Mir established in its 332 x 342km operational orbit.
13 MAR Soyuz T-15 launched with Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Solovyev aboard.
15 MAR Soyuz T-15 docks with the extreme forward port.
19 MAR Progress 25 launched.
21 MAR Progress 25 docks with the rear port.
17 APR Mir's orbit adjusted to match Salyut-7's - the two laboratories
are now flying in formation at 4000km separation to avoid radio-
interference.
20 APR Progress 25 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn up.
23 APR Progress 26 launched.
25 APR Progress 26 unable to dock because of problems with Mir's radio-
communications system.
26 APR Progress 26 docks with the rear port.
04 MAY Mir's orbit is lowered, causing it to catch up with Salyut-7.
05 MAY Soyuz T-15 undocks, carrying Kizim and Solovyev across to Salyut-7.
21 MAY Soyuz TM, an updated design of the Soyuz T craft, launched on an
unmanned test mission.
23 MAY Soyuz TM docks with the extreme foward port.
29 MAY Soyuz TM undocks.
30 MAY Soyuz TM re-enters unmanned.
22 JUN Progress 26 undocks.
23 JUN Progress 26 directed into the atmospere to burn up.
25 JUN Soyuz T-15 leaves Salyut-7 with Kizim and Solovyev aboard.
26 JUN Soyuz T-15 docks for a second time with the extreme forward port.
16 JUL Soyuz T-15 undocks and re-enters with Kizim and Solovyev aboard.
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1987.
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16 JAN Progress 27 launched.
18 JAN Progress 27 docks with the rear port.
05 FEB Soyuz TM-2 launched with Yuri Romanenko and Alexsandr Laveikin
aboard.
07 FEB Soyuz TM-2 docks with the extreme forward port.
23 FEB Progress 27 undocks.
25 FEB Progress 27 directed into the atmosphere to burn up.
03 MAR Progress 28 launched.
05 MAR Progress 28 docks with the rear port.
26 MAR Progress 28 undocks.
28 MAR Progress 28 directed into the atmosphere to burn up.
31 MAR Kvant-1 module, carrying the Rontgen astrophysical observatory,
launched by Proton rocket.
06 APR Kvant-1 arrives, but a problem on its final approach to Mir causes
the docking to be postponed.
09 APR Kvant-1 links-up with the rear port, but an obstruction in its
docking unit prevents the two craft from being sealed together.
11 APR Romanenko and Laveikin make a 3 hour 40 minute spacewalk to examine
the docking units of Mir and Kvant-1 - Laveikin removes 'a twisted
piece of cloth', and ground control completes the docking by remote
control while the cosmonauts look on.
12 APR Kvant-1's 'space tug' departs, leaving a new docking unit open at
the rear of the complex.
21 APR Progress 29 launched.
23 APR Progress 29 docks with Kvant-1's rear port, creating the worlds
first four-spacecraft link-up.
11 MAY Progress 29 undocks and is directed into the atmospere to burn-up.
19 MAY Progress 30 launched.
21 MAY Progress 30 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
12 JUN Romanenko and Laveikin make a 1 hour, 53 minute spacewalk to
commence the assembly of a third panel of solar cells on the
outside of Mir.
16 JUN Romanenko and Laveikin make a 3 hour, 15 minute spacewalk to
complete assembly work on the solar panel.
?? JUL Prorgess 30 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
22 JUL Soyuz TM-3 launched with Aleksandr Viktorenko, Alexsandr
Alexsanderov and Muhammand Faris (Syria) aboard.
24 JUL Soyuz TM-3 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
29 JUL Soyuz TM-2 undocks carring Viktorenko, Faris and Laveikin,
returning because of 'an irregularity in his heart rhythm'.
30 JUL Soyuz TM-2 re-enters.
30 JUL Soyuz TM-3 is transfered from Kvant-1's rear port to Mir's
extreme forward port by Romanenko and Alexanderov.
03 AUG Progress 31 launched.
05 AUG Progress 31 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
21 SEP Progress 31 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
23 SEP Progress 32 launched.
26 SEP Progress 32 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
10 NOV Progress 32 undocks from Kvant, edocking 98 minutes later in a test
of new fuel saving software for Mir.
17 NOV Progress 32 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
20 NOV Progress 33 launched.
23 NOV Progress 33 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
19 DEC Progress 33 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
21 DEC Soyuz TM-4 launched with Vladimir Titov, Musakhi Manarov and
Alexsandr Levchenko aboard.
23 DEC Soyuz TM-4 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
29 DEC Soyuz TM-3 undocks and re-enters carring Romanenko, Alexsanderov
and Levchenko. Romanenko sets new endurance record.
30 DEC Soyuz TM-4 is transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Titov
and Manarov.
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1988.
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20 JAN Progress 34 launched.
23 JAN Progress 34 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
26 FEB Titov and Manarov make a 4 hour, 25 minute spacewalk to install an
experimental solar cell on the third solar panel outside Mir.
04 MAR Progress 34 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
23 MAR Progress 35 launched.
25 MAR Progress 35 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
05 MAY Progress 35 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
13 MAY Progress 36 launched.
15 MAY Progress 36 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
05 JUN Progress 36 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
07 JUN Soyuz TM-5 launched with Anatoly Solovyov, Viktor Savinykh and
Alexsandr Alexsanderov (Bulgaria) aboard.
09 JUN Soyuz TM-5 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
17 JUN Soyuz TM-4 undocks and re-enters carring Solovyov, Savinykh and
Alexsanderov.
18 JUN Soyuz TM-5 is transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Titov
and Manarov.
30 JUN Titov and Manarov make a 5 hour, 10 minute spacewalk to commence
repairs on the Kvant-1 module.
18 JUL Progress 37 launched.
20 JUL Progress 37 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
12 AUG Progress 37 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
29 AUG Soyuz TM-6 launched with Valery Lyakhov, Valery Poliakov and Abdol
Muhamand (Afghanistan) aboard.
31 AUG Soyuz TM-6 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
05 SEP Soyuz TM-5 undocks with Lyakhov and Muhamand aboard.
06 SEP Soyuz TM-5 re-entry delayed 24 hours by retro-rocket malfunction.
07 SEP Soyuz TM-5 lands.
08 SEP Soyuz TM-6 is transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Titov,
Manarov and Poliakov.
09 SEP Progress 38 launched.
12 SEP Progress 38 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
20 OCT Titov and Manarov make a 4 hour, 12 minute spacewalk to complete
repairs on the Kvant-1 module.
23 NOV Progress 38 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
26 NOV Soyuz TM-7 launched with Alexsandr Volkov, Sergei Krikalyov and
Jean-Loup Chretien (France) aboard.
28 NOV Soyuz TM-7 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
09 DEC Volkov and Chretien make 5 hour, 7 minute spacewalk to install
French instruments. First spacewalk by a French 'spationaut'.
21 DEC Soyuz TM-6 undocks and re-enters with Titov, Manarov and Chretien
aboard. Titov and Manarov establish a new endurance record of
365 days in orbit.
21 DEC Soyuz TM-7 transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Volkov,
Krikalyov and Poliakov.
25 DEC Progress 39 launched.
27 DEC Progress 39 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
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1989.
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07 FEB Progress 39 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
10 FEB Progress 40 launched.
12 FEB Progress 40 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
03 MAR Progress 40 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
16 MAR Progress 41 launched.
18 MAR Progress 41 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
25 APR Progress 41 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
27 APR Soyuz TM-7 undocks and re-enters with Volkov, Krikalyov and
Poliakov aboard. Mir left vacant.
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end. My next diary will be Mir pt.2, which will list major events
involving Mir from Aug89 to Jul92. In the near future I will also be
posting diaries for Salyut-7 and Salyut-6 operations.
Bye for now Tim Freer.
"[The space program] can help counter the head-on collision with the
environmental chaos we now face; spearhead technological, competitive,
and political leadership; stimulate young minds to excellence; and forge
cultural bonds between nations for the benefit of all humanity."
- Leonard David
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| 225.22 | MIR History, August 1989 to July 1992 | VERGA::KLAES | Slaves to the Metal Hordes | Fri Jul 17 1992 16:28 | 199 |
| Article: 46128
From: tfreer@metz.une.edu.au (TIMOTHY FREER)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Mir diary pt.2
Date: 17 Jul 92 14:02:11 GMT
Sender: usenet@grivel.une.edu.au
MIR DIARY Pt.2 (Aug 1989 to July 1992)
-------------------------------
This diary continues on from my first posting, listing major
events during manned operations with the Mir space station between
August 1989 and July 1992. Once again the listing includes all
launches to Mir, all dockings, port transfers, spacewalks, undockings
and re-entries, that occured during this period. All dates are in GMT,
and are reasonably accurate.
I trust that you will find this diary a usefull reference for
major Mir space station activities. If you have any corrections,
please post them to me.
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Mir diary pt.2 (Aug89 to Jul92).
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1989.
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23 AUG Progress M launched.
25 AUG Progress M docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
05 SEP Soyuz TM-8 launched with Alexsandr Viktorenko and Alexsandr
Serebrov aboard.
07 SEP Soyuz TM-8 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
26 NOV Kvant 2 launched by Proton rocket.
01 DEC Progress M undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
02 DEC Kvant-2 aborts attempted docking with Mir.
06 DEC Kvant-2 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
08 DEC Kvant-2's 'Ljappa' manipulator is used to transfer Kvant-2 to the
upper port on Mir's forward docking unit.
12 DEC Soyuz TM-8 transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Viktorenko,
and Serebrov.
20 DEC Progress M-2 launched.
22 DEC Progress M-2 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
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1990.
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09 JAN Viktorenko and Serebrov make a 2 hour, 56 minute spacewalk to
install sensors outside the Mir core module.
11 JAN Viktorenko and Serebrov make a 2 hour, 54 minute spacewalk to
retrieve French instruments and to prepare the extreme forward
docking port for the arrival of Kristall.
26 JAN Viktorenko and Serebrov install camera equipment outside Kvant-2
in a 3 hour, 2 minute spacewalk.
01 FEB Viktorenko and Serebrov make a 4 hour, 59 minute spacewalk.
Serebrov makes first test of 'Space Motorcycle'.
05 FEB Viktorenko and Serebrov make a 3 hour, 45 minute spacewalk.
Viktorenko tests 'Space Motorcycle'.
09 FEB Progress M-2 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
11 FEB Soyuz TM-9 launched with Anatoli Solovyov and Alexsandr Balandin
aboard.
13 FEB Soyuz TM-9 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
18 FEB Soyuz TM-8 undocks and re-enters with Viktorenko and Serebrov
aboard.
21 FEB Soyuz TM-9 transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Solovyov
and Balandin.
28 FEB Progress M-3 launched.
03 MAR Progress M-3 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
27 APR Progress M-3 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
05 MAY Progress 42 launched (last of original design).
07 MAY Progress 42 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
27 MAY Progress 42 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
28 MAY Soyuz TM-9 transfered to Kvant-1's rear port by Solovyov and
Balandin.
31 MAY Kristall launched by Proton rocket.
06 JUN Kristall's docking with Mir is postponed because of problems with
Kristall's orientation motors.
10 JUN Kristall docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
11 JUN Kristall's 'Ljappa' manipulator is used to transfer the module to
the lower port on Mir's forward docking unit opposite Kvant-2.
03 JUL Soyuz TM-9 transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Solovyov,
and Balandin.
17 JUL Solovyov and Balandin make a 7 hour spacewalk to repair damaged
insulation blankets on Soyuz TM-9. Problems experienced in
re-entering Kvant-2.
26 JUL Solovyov and Balandin make a 3 hour, 31 minute spacewalk to close
jammed hatch on Kvant-2, and complete repairs to Soyuz TM-9.
01 AUG Soyuz TM-10 launched with Gennadi Manakov and Gennadi Strekalov
aboard.
03 AUG Soyuz TM-10 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
09 AUG Soyuz TM-9 undocks and re-enters with Solovyov and Balandin
aboard.
15 AUG Progress M-4 launched.
17 AUG Progress M-4 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
?????? Progress M-4 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up.
27 SEP Progress M-5 launched.
29 SEP Progress M-5 docks with Mir's extreme forward facing port.
?????? Manakov and Strekalov make unsuccesfull spacewalk to repair
Kvant-2's damaged hatch.
28 NOV Progress M-5 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up. Recoverable capsule re-enters.
02 DEC Soyuz TM-11 launched with Viktor Afanaseyev, Musakhi Manarov,
and Toyohiro Akiyama (Japan) aboard.
04 DEC Soyuz TM-11 docks with Mir's extreme forward facing port.
10 DEC Soyuz TM-10 undocks and re-enters with Manakov, Strekalov, and
Akiyama aboard.
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1991.
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07 JAN Afanaseyev and Manarov repair Kvant-2's damaged hatch in
a 5 hour, 18 minute spacewalk.
14 JAN Progress M-6 launched.
16 JAN Progress M-6 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
23 JAN Afanaseyev and Manarov make spacewalk to install an extendable
boom on Kvant-2's exterior.
26 JAN Afanaseyev and Manarov complete installment of equipment in a
6 hour, 20 minute spacewalk.
15 MAR Progress M-6 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
19 MAR Progress M-7 launched.
21 MAR Progress M-7 unsuccesfull in docking attempt because of computer
error.
23 MAR Progress M-7 passes within five metres of Mir during second docking
failure caused by malfunctioning Kurs rendevous system.
26 MAR Soyuz TM-11 transfered Afanaseyev and Manarov to Kvant-1's rear
port to test Kurs system.
28 MAR Progress M-7 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
25 APR Afanaseyev and Manarov make a 3 hour, 34 minute spacewalk to
collect samples and photograph the Kurs antenna.
07 MAY Progress M-7 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to burn-up.
18 MAY Soyuz TM-12 launched with Anatoli Artsebarski, Sergei Krikalyov,
Helen Sharman (United Kingdom) aboard.
20 MAY Soyuz TM-12 docks with Mir's extreme forward facing port.
26 MAY Soyuz TM-11 undocks and re-enters with Afanaseyev, Manarov and
Sharman aboard.
28 MAY Soyuz TM-12 transfered to Kvant's rear port by Artsebarski and
Krikalyov.
30 MAY Progress M-8 launched.
01 JUN Progress M-8 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
25 JUN Artsebarski and Krikalyov make a 4 hour, 58 minute spacewalk to
repair Kurs antenna.
29 JUN Artsebarski and Krikalyov make a 4 hour, 58 minute spacewalk to
deploy a U.S cosmic ray detector.
15 JUL Artsebarski and Krikalyov make a 5 hour, 50 minute spacewalk to
begin building a space girder.
19 JUL Artsebarski and Krikalyov make fourth spacewalk.
23 JUL Artsebarski and Krikalyov make fifth spacewalk.
27 JUL Artsebarski and Krikalyov make sixth spacewalk.
16 AUG Progress M-8 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up. Experiment to deploy baloon from freighter failed.
20 AUG Progress M-9 launched.
23 AUG Progress M-9 docks with extreme forward port.
30 SEP Progress M-9 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up. Recoverable capsule re-enters.
02 OCT Soyuz TM-13 launched with Alexsandr Volkov, Tokhtar Aubakirov
(Khazakstan), and Franz Viehbock (Austria) aboard.
04 OCT Soyuz TM-13 docks with Mir's extreme forward facing port.
10 OCT Soyuz TM-12 undocks and re-enters with Artsebarski, Aubakirov
and Viehbock aboard.
15 OCT Soyuz TM-13 transfered to Kvant-1's rear port by Volkov and
Krikalyov.
17 OCT Progress M-10 launched.
19 OCT Progress M-10 aborts docking sequence.
21 OCT Progress M-10 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
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1992.
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20 JAN Progress M-10 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up. Recoverable capsule re-enters.
25 JAN Progress M-11 launched.
27 JAN Progress M-11 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
20 FEB Volkov and Krikalyov make a 4 hour, 12 minute spacewalk to
install and retrieve instruments. Objectives curtailed by Volkov's
spacesuit malfunction.
13 MAR Progress M-11 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
bur-up.
14 MAR Soyuz TM-13 transfered to Mir's extreme forward port by Volkov
and Krikalyov.
17 MAR Soyuz TM-14 launched with Alexsandr Viktorenko, Alexsandr Kaleri,
and Klause-Dietritch Flade (Germany) aboard.
19 MAR Soyuz TM-14 docks with Kvant-1's rear port.
25 MAR Soyuz TM-13 undocks and re-enters with Volkov, Krikalyov and
Flade aboard.
19 APR Progress M-12 launched.
?? APR Progress M-12 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
27 JUN Progress M-12 undocks and is directed into the atmosphere to
burn-up.
30 JUN Progress M-13 launched.
02 JUL Progress M-13 unsuccesfull in docking attempt.
04 JUL Progress M-13 docks with Mir's extreme forward port.
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N.B This diary lists all events up until 4 JUL 92. I am quite certain
that I have included all launches, dockings, spacewalks, and
re-entries. The only important events that I am not sure of are
launchings of micro-satellites (if any) that may have taken place
from Mir's airlocks. I would be grateful to anyone who can tell
me of such events.
Bye for now Tim.
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| 225.23 | MIR Mission Chronicle 9 | VERGA::KLAES | I, Robot | Wed Dec 16 1992 19:11 | 84 |
| From: DECWRL::"vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su" "Voevodin S.A." 15-DEC-1992
To: mcdowell@urania.harvard.edu
Subj: VSA034: The 9th Mir Mission Chronicle
***********************************************************
* VSA034 13.12.1992 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
***********************************************************
MISSION CHRONICLE No 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mir: the 9th Resident Mission
Soyuz TM-12 L 18.05.91 11:50:28 GMT
D 20.05.91 13:50:43 GMT
UD 23.05.91 10:10:?? GMT
RD 23.05.91 10:52:?? GMT
UD 10.10.91 00:55:08 GMT
B 10.10.91 03:16:14 GMT
LD 10.10.91 04:12:18 GMT
eject MAK-1 17.06.91 02:58:?? GMT
satellite
Duration: Artsebarsky 144d 15h 21m 50s
Aubakirov/Flade 7d 22h 12m 39s
Progress M-8 L 30.05.91 08:04:?? GMT
D 01.06.91 00:45:?? GMT
UD 15.08.91 22:17:?? GMT
B 16.08.91 ??:??:?? GMT
Progress M-9 L 20.08.91 22:54:?? GMT
D 23.08.91 00:54:?? GMT
UD 30.09.91 01:54:?? GMT
B 30.09.91 ??:??:?? GMT
LCE 30.09.91 ??:??:?? GMT
LD 30.09.91 08:18:??
Soyuz TM-13 L 02.10.91 05:59:39 GMT
D 04.10.91 07:38:42 GMT
Artsebarsky/Krikalyov EVAs:
1. 24.06.91 hatch open - 21:11:?? GMT
25.06.91 close - 02:09:?? GMT
EVA duration - 4h 58m
replace the Kurs docking system antenna
2. 28.06.91 hatch open - 19:02:?? GMT
close - 22:26:?? GMT
EVA duration - 3h 24m
install TREK equipment
3. 15.07.91 EVA duration - 5h 45m
4. 19.07.91 hatch open - 11:10:?? GMT
close - 16:38:?? GMT
EVA duration - 5h 28m
5. 23.07.91 hatch open - 09:16:?? GMT
close - 14:50:?? GMT
EVA duration - 5h 34m
6. 27.07.91 EVA duration - 6h 49m
install "Sofora" girder
Abbreviation: L - launch; D - docking; UD - undocking; RD - redocking;
B - TDU-burn; LCE - landing capsule ejection; LD - landing;
DS - destruction
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| 225.24 | MIR Mission Chronicle 10 | VERGA::KLAES | I, Robot | Wed Dec 16 1992 19:11 | 69 |
| From: DECWRL::"vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su" "MAIL-11 Daemon" 9-DEC-1992
To: sci-space-news@ames.arc.nasa.gov
CC:
Subj: VSA030: 10th Mir Resident Mission Chronicle
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* VSA030 07.12.1992 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
***********************************************************
MISSION CHRONICLE No 5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mir: the 10th Resident Mission
Soyuz TM-13 L 02.10.91 05:59:39 GMT
D 04.10.91 07:38:42 GMT
UD 15.10.91 01:01:?? GMT
RD 15.10.91 02:45:?? GMT
UD 14.03.92 11:43:?? GMT
RD 14.03.92 12:10:?? GMT
UD 25.03.92 05:26:?? GMT
B 25.03.92 07:55:?? GMT
LD 25.03.92 08:51:22 GMT
Duration: Volkov 175d 02h 52m 43s
Krikalyov 311d 20h 01m 54s
Flade 7d 21h 57m 52s
Progress M-10 L 17.10.91 00:05:?? GMT
D 19.10.91 (02:15) unsuccessful
D 21.10.91 (02:02) unsuccessful
D 21.10.91 03:40:50 GMT
UD 20.01.92 07:14:?? GMT
B 20.01.92 ??:??:?? GMT
LCE 20.01.92 ??:??:?? GMT
LD 20.01.92 12:06:?? GMT
Progress M-11 L 25.01.92 07:50:?? GMT
D 27.01.92 09:31:?? GMT
UD 13.03.92 09:43:40 GMT
B 13.03.92 ??:??:?? GMT
DS 13.03.92 16:47:46 GMT
Soyuz TM-14 L 17.03.92 10:54:30 GMT
D 19.03.92 12:32:50 GMT
Volkov/Krikalyov EVAs:
20.02.92 hatch open - 20:09:20 GMT
21.02.92 close - 00:21:?? GMT
EVA duration - 4h 12m
dismantle of "Sofora" subsidary units
install "Danko-M"
return "Sprut-5"
Abbreviation: L - launch; D - docking; UD - undocking; RD - redocking;
B - TDU-burn; LCE - landing capsule ejection; LD - landing;
DS - destruction
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| 225.25 | MIR Mission Chronicle 11 | VERGA::KLAES | I, Robot | Wed Dec 16 1992 19:12 | 56 |
| From: DECWRL::"vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su" "Voevodin S.A." 10-DEC-1992
To: Radley@nss.org
Subj: VSA031: The 11th Mir Resident Mission Chronicle
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* VSA031 09.12.1992 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin *
***********************************************************
MISSION CHRONICLE No 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mir: the 11th Resident Mission
Soyuz TM-14 L 17.03.92 10:54:30 GMT
D 19.03.92 12:32:50 GMT
UD 09.08.92 21:46:47 GMT
B 09.08.92 ??:??:?? GMT
LD 10.08.92 01:05:02 GMT
Duration: Viktorenko/Kalery 145d 14h 10m 32s
Tognini 13d 18h 56m 14s
Progress M-12 L 19.04.92 22:29:?? GMT
D 22.04.92 00:22:?? GMT
UD 27.06.92 22:35:?? GMT
B 28.06.92 ??:??:?? GMT
Progress M-13 L 30.06.92 16:43:?? GMT
D 02.07.92 (17:25) GMT unsuccessful
D 04.07.92 16:55:?? GMT
UD 24.07.92 03:14:?? GMT
B 24.07.92 ??:??:?? GMT
Soyuz TM-15 L 27.07.92 06:08:48 GMT
D 29.07.92 07:46:?? GMT
Viktorenko/Kalery EVA:
08.07.92 hatch open - 11:37:41 GMT
21.02.92 close - 13:41:?? GMT
EVA duration - 2h 03m
install an valve for vacuumation of gyrodynes
Abbreviation: L - launch; D - docking; UD - undocking; RD - redocking;
B - TDU-burn; LCE - landing capsule ejection; LD - landing;
DS - destruction
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|
| 225.26 | MIR Mission Chronicles 1-3 | VERGA::KLAES | I, Robot | Thu Dec 31 1992 14:57 | 186 |
| Article: 2732
Newsgroups: sci.space.news
From: vsa@msd.orbi.kostroma.su (Voevodin S.A.)
Subject: From VSA archives
Sender: news-service@newcom.kiae.su
Organization: AO ORBI (MS-DOS)
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 12:57:04 GMT
( Mission Chronicle No 1 )
5th Resident Expedition Chronicle
Soyuz TM-8 Launch (L) 05.09.89 20:38:03 UT
Docking (D) 07.09.89 21:25:26 UT
Undocking (U) 12.12.89 07:22:30 UT
Redocking (RD) 12.12.89 07:42:32 UT
U 19.02.90 00:06:20 UT
Landing (LD) 19.02.90 03:36:18 UT
Viktorenko & Serebrov duration 166:06:58:15
Progress M L 23.08.89 02:09:32 UT
D 25.08.89 04:19:01 UT
U 01.12.89 08:02:23 UT
TDR-Burn (T) 01.12.89 09:32:00 UT
Kvant-2 L 26.11.89 12:01:41 UT
D 06.12.89 11:21:28 UT
U 08.12.89 06:19:07 UT
RD to Top port 08.12.89 07:19:04 UT
Progress M-2 L 20.12.89 02:30:50 UT
D 22.12.89 04:41:21 UT
U 09.02.90 01:33:07 UT
T 09.02.90 06:07:00 UT
Soyuz TM-9 L 11.02.90 05:16:00 UT
D 13.02.90 05:37:47 UT
Viktorenko/Serebrov EVAs:
1. 08.01.90 open - 19:23 closed - 22:19
through Bottom Mir docking port
Installed: 2 star detectors (80 kg each)
Returned: Meduza units
2. 11.01.90 open - 17:01 closed - 19:55
through Bottom Mir docking port
Istalled: ARFA-E electrones injector
Returned: Enchallone & ERA (France)
Repaired Bottom Mir docking port for Kristall
3. 26.01.90 open - 11:09 closed - 14:11
through Special Kvant-2 Hatch (SH)
Tested: Orlan-DMA spacesuits
Installed: special EVA units for SPK docking,
TV platform,
Ferrit & Danko units,
Etalon-D & Plyonka-3 cassetes.
Returned: Kurs antennas.
4. 01.02.90 open - 07:15 closed - 12:14
through SH
Serebrov tested SPK ( 33 m distance )
5. 05.02.90 open - 05:08 closed - 08:53
through SH
Viktorenko tested SPK ( 45 m distance )
Measured radiation near Mir station using
SPIN-6000 spectrometre
<c> VSA. 1990 22.10.90
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( Mission Chronicle No 2 )
*****************************************************************
* VSA008 31.01.1991 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin. 1991 *
*****************************************************************
6th Resident Mission to Mir Chronicle
Soyuz TM-9 Launch (L) 11.02.90 05:16:00 UT
Docking (D) 13.02.90 05:37:47 UT
Undocking (U) 21.02.90 02:56:01 UT
Redocking (R) 21.02.90 03:15:23 UT
U 28.05.90 10:45:13 UT
R 28.05.90 11:11:17 UT
U 03.07.90 21:07:04 UT
R 03.07.90 21:31:12 UT
U 09.08.90 03:08:49 UT
Landing 09.08.90 06:33:57 UT
Soyuz TM-8 U 19.02.90 00:06:20 UT
Landing 19.02.90 03:36:18 UT
Progress M-3 L 28.02.90 22:10:57 UT
D 03.03.90 00:05:11 UT
U 26.04.90 19:24:23 UT
TDR-Burn (T) 26.04.90 23:00:00 UT
Progress-42 L 05.05.90 19:44:01 UT
D 07.05.90 21:45:13 UT
U 27.05.90 06:08:58 UT
T 27.05.90 10:40:00 UT
Kristall L 31.05.90 09:33:20 UT
D 10.06.90 09:47:22 UT
U 11.06.90 ??:??:?? UT
R 11.06.90 ??:??:?? UT
Soloviyov/Balandin EVAs:
17.07.90 open - 12:06 closed - 19:06
Repair of thermoisolation
26.07.90 open - 10:15 closed - 13:46
Hidding of repair units & repair of the hatch.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
( Mission Chronicle No 3 )
*****************************************************************
* VSA013 01.06.1991 (c) Sergey A. Voevodin. 1991 *
*****************************************************************
7th resident Mission on Mir Chronicle
Soyuz TM-10 Launch (L) 01.08.90 08:32:21 UT
Docking (D) 03.08.90 10:45:44 UT
Undocking (UD) 10.12.90 01:48:11 UT
Landing (LD) 10.12.90 05:08:12 UT
Manakov & Strekalov duration - 130 d 20 h 35 m 51 s
Akiyama duration - 7 d 21 h 54 m 40 s
Soyuz TM-9 U 09.08.90 03:08:49 UT
LD 09.08.90 06:33:57 UT
Progress M-4 L 15.08.90 03:00:41 UT
D 17.08.90 04:26:15 UT
UD 17.09.90 11:42:43 UT
TDR 20.09.90 10:04:27 UT
Progress M-5 L 27.09.90 09:37:42 UT
D 29.07.90 11:26:51 UT
UD 28.11.90 05:15:16 UT
TDR 28.11.90 09:24:28 UT
Landing capsule
ejection (LCE) 28.11.90 09:49:47 UT
Soyuz TM-11 L 02.12.90 07:13:32 UT
D 04.12.90 08:57:09 UT
Manakov/Strekalov EVA
29.10.90 open - 20:45 close - 23:30
repair of the hatch
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| 225.27 | The MIR lavatory | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Fri Sep 10 1993 17:04 | 52 |
| Article: 14997
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
Subject: Re: Toilet Question
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 93 01:41:45 GMT
Another followup to the previous... on a more serious note, I promise!
The toilet system aboard the russian MIR is very similar to
the new toilet system on shuttles. The facility itself LOOKs quite a
bit different: more like a regular toilet. A lock-down lever is
lifted, revealing a small, slightly saddle-shaped opening. The toilet
itself is small enough to straddle. There are some other differences:
before using the MIR toilet, something sort of like a non-woven cloth
vacuum-cleaner bag is placed in a holder which keeps it open, and that
in turn is placed in the toilet opening. Small holes around the edge
of the toilet admit air to provide an airflow into this bag and
through it as it is being used, pulling feces into the bag. Urine
passes through the bag walls and is later vented overboard.
After the toilet paper is used and is pulled into the bag, the
cosmonaut floats off the facility, and reaching toward it, pulls two
protruding rubber-band-like tabs. Rigid trap-door like covers snap
from the edges of the bag insert, closing it effectively. The vacuum
system is then turned off, and the cosmonaut removes the used bag,
inserts it into a plastic bag, and carries it out the oval door of the
bathroom facility. Just around the corner in the wardroom area, a part
of the floor has a trapdoor section about .75M x 1.0M, if I remember
correctly. Opening this, the one door of the garbage-disposal airlock
is revealed. Opening THAT, the fecal-containment bag is placed inside,
and both doors are closed.
Eventually when the garbage containment bag in that airlock is full
of human and other waste such as food-wrappers, etc., the outside
airlock is opened, and the package jettisoned in a direction
retrograde to the path of MIR. Eventually, losing altitude, it burns
up as it re-enters the atmosphere.
Just think: the next time you look up at a clear night sky and see a
brief streak of blazing light zipping across a few degrees of sky
before disappearing, it MIGHT not be a meteor. You MAY be watching
flaming....THINGS!!!! 8-)
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| 225.28 | Supplying MIR | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Wed Sep 15 1993 19:31 | 216 |
| Article: 70112
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Re: Russian Resupply
Organization: Motorola
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 15:53:27 GMT
Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News)
In article <259d6eINN1ei@lynx.unm.edu> butina@netsun.mdc.com (Tony Butina)
writes:
>I heard an interesting bit regarding Russian MIR resupply. It seems to be
>a one way trip. Build cheap hardware and when if fails throw it overboard
>and send up replacement units only. Just resupply and no return. Anyone
Return of material from Mir is the weakest link in the Mir transport
system. This is mostly the result of the program using equipment
originally designed in the 1960's to fly cosmonauts around the moon.
Returning much payload is not required for that mission. In the late
1960's as space station projects like Almaz and Salyut started in the
USSR the Soyuz was the newest manned transport spacecraft available
and it was adopted by both projects to service space stations. Funding
constraints and schedule seem to have been major factors in this
decision. Thus, todays Soyuz TM still has limited return payload mass
and volume, although new designs have been on the drawing boards for
many years. Usually only experiment results are returned such as film,
processed material, log books, biological samples, etc., about 100-150
kg. worth and only when crews are exchanged which is about every 6
months. The Progress also can carry a small return capsule and this is
sometimes used to return about the same ammount.
Chief Designer Chelomie did have a new manned transport design to use
with his Almaz military space station but it was delayed for many
years and eventually flew as space station modules (Kosmos 929, 1256,
etc..). It was was reportedly only used once to return payload from
Salyut 7. Continued use of the module for transport missions was ended
due to its use of the Proton which was more expensive than a Soyuz
booster, and the fact that it was designed and built by rival firms to
the main manned spaceflight organization, NPO Energia. The Buran of
course solves the problem of return payload capacity but
realisticially would only be needed a few times a year at most, and
its high cost makes it very uneconomical. The perfect solution would
be for a NASA shuttle to dock to Mir periodicially and make a pick-up
of any payloads needing return. So far there seems to be little need
for this service since the Russian stations have operated without it
for many years. But, there's nothing stopping anyone from hiring the
Russians to launch an experiment to Mir and hiring NASA to retreive
it. It's unclear if the Russians consider such a service useful. If
they did, it would seem to open the way to more cooperation with the
Russians launching NASA experiments to Mir and NASA retreiving Russian
materials with the shuttle. The 1995 NASA Mir mission and the
shuttle-Mir docking mission will demonstrate this. It is reportedly
hoped by some at NASA that such missions will continue in the future.
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
Article: 70165
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Russian resupply
From: charles.radley@pcohio.com (Charles Radley)
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 18:34:00 -0500
Organization: PC-OHIO PCBOARD - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320
-=> Quoting Allen W. Sherzer to All <=-
>I heard an interesting bit regarding Russian MIR resupply. It seems to be
>a one way trip. Build cheap hardware and when if fails throw it overboard
>and send up replacement units only. Just resupply and no return. Anyone
AWS> I don't have the details handy, but the Russians make a range of cargo
AWS> return vehicles which return from a few hundered to a few thousand
AWS> pounds of cargo.
Unfortunately no, Allen. The Progress resupply vehicles cannot
return to Earth, they are re-entered over the Pacific.
The Soyuz manned capsules have very little cargo return capability,
the "Orbital Module" front section is jetissoned before re-entry, and
the crew cabin is very cramped. No storage lockers to speak of.
I have heard stories of cosmonauts holding crystal samples between
their knees during re-entry.
The Russians have some tiny re-entry capsules which are ejected from
the Mir airlock. They are not used very often, and one of them was
lost somewhere in the Urals with a full load of samples.
One of the major benefits of a Shuttle visit to Mir is that large
masses of samples can be returned to Earth from Mir. I suspect there
are lots of crystal samples "marrooned" on Mir because of lack of
return capacity to Earth.
.... Internet address:- DJ320@CLEVELAND.FREENET.EDU Ad Astra per Guile !
--- Blue Wave/QWK v2.10
Article: 70175
From: gwh@soda.berkeley.edu (George William Herbert)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Russian resupply
Date: 24 Aug 1993 01:22:39 GMT
Organization: Retro Aerospace
In article <24.13999.1898.0NB2A21F@pcohio.com>,
Charles Radley <charles.radley@pcohio.com> wrote:
>The Russians have some tiny re-entry capsules which are ejected
>from the Mir airlock. They are not used very often, and one of
>them was lost somewhere in the Urals with a full load of samples.
They also have a small capsule which is carried partway down (deorbit
burn, but not re-entry) inside a Progress, then seperated later to
re-enter intact and seperately.
They've been pushing a series of similar re-entry capsules. For
instance, the one they're selling to the Germans to use in an ESA (?)
experiment. Rumor is that some of these reentry vehicles are just
that; old ICBM RV designs.
-george william herbert
Retro Aerospace
Article: 70330
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Re: Russian resupply
Organization: Motorola
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1993 22:29:57 GMT
Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News)
In article <24.13999.1898.0NB2A21F@pcohio.com>
charles.radley@pcohio.com (Charles Radley) writes:
>....The Progress resupply vehicles cannot return to
>Earth, they are re-entered over the Pacific.
Some Progress-M are equipped with return capsules. They replace the
docking probe and are jettisoned after retrofire. They are about
a meter long and .5 meters in diameter widening to the hatch
diameter at one end. In this case the Progress does not make it
to the Pacific. These capsules can return 100-150 kg..
>The Soyuz manned capsules have very little cargo return capability,
>the "Orbital Module" front section is jetissoned before re-entry, and
>the crew cabin is very cramped. No storage lockers to speak of.
>I have heard stories of cosmonauts holding crystal samples between
>their knees during re-entry.
I do NOT speak from experience of crawling around in a Soyuz, but I
suspect there may be some room under the seats, and there is room around
the orbital module hatch if their brave enough to use it. Capsules
with 2 cosmonauts are not as cramped as with 3 and in those
cases there is enough room for payload volume and mass to equal
a human and a seat. It may not be as easy to use as a storage locker
but I'm sure lashing items to the capsule wall is effective.
As I stated in an earlier post the Soyuz TM is supposed to have a
100-150 kg. return payload. This is much improved from the days
of the Soyuz of the 1970's which had only 50 kg. return payload.
>The Russians have some tiny re-entry capsules which are ejected
>from the Mir airlock. They are not used very often, and one of
>them was lost somewhere in the Urals with a full load of samples.
You mean Progress return capsules. Mir has ejected satellites
from airlocks but not return capsules. They would have to be VERY
small and include retro rockets, etc.... The old Salyut 3 and 5
had 1-2 small capsules for film/sample return. Some cosmonauts
have low reguard for the bumpy landing the small capsules make.
I don't know if they've attempted air intercepts but it would
seem to be a good idea.
>One of the major benefits of a Shuttle visit to Mir is that
>large masses of samples can be returned to Earth from Mir.
>I suspect there are lots of crystal samples "marrooned" on
>Mir because of lack of return capacity to Earth.
From reading cosmonauts complaints it's not lack of returned
results, but lack of follow-up on the ground once the results
are in hand. At least a few cosmonauts have made this complaint.
The Russians could launch an unmanned Soyuz and fill the entire
capsule with results if needed.
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
Article: 71309
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Russian Resupply
Sender: usenet@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News Client)
Organization: NASA/JSC/DE44, Mission Operations, Space Station Systems
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1993 21:55:02 GMT
Tony Butina (butina@netsun.mdc.com) wrote:
: I heard an interesting bit regarding Russian MIR resupply. It seems to be
: a one way trip. Build cheap hardware and when if fails throw it overboard
: and send up replacement units only. Just resupply and no return. Anyone
: hear anything about this, confirm or deny?
That's what I hear through the rumor mill. Evidently, Mir is getting
awfully crowded with stuff. Although early pictures showed lots of
habitable volume, these days there's rumored to be just a small
corridor down the middle of the big module, with various pieces of
equipment attached piecemeal all over the inside of the place.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/DE44, Mission Operations, Space Station Systems
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
"The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind will not stay in
the cradle forever." -- Konstantin Tsiolkvosky
|
| 225.29 | Some MIR modules derived from U.S. MOL | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Sep 16 1993 19:30 | 42 |
| Article: 72793
From: David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: MOL
Date: 16 Sep 93 23:00:37 GMT
-=> Quoting Gary Coffman to All <=-
GC> In article <32022@ksr.com> clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones) writes:
>In article <1993Sep12.162724.20497@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv (Gary
Coffman)
GC> writes: >>MOL eventually got transformed into Big Bird, the monster
GC> unmanned >>spy satellite. MOL was a cover for a manned spy satellite.
Well, the problem with this theory is that MOL was built by MacDac at
its Huntington Beach, California plant, whereas the Big Birds were
built either by Lockheed or TRW elsewhere. I presume that whoever is
building spy sats like Bird Bird and its successors is still building
them in the same place as Big Bird, whereas the MOL construction
facility is clearly no longer being used for large satellites like
MOL; rather it is being used as a construction hangar for the DC-X.
Furthermore, MOL was a 10 foot diameter vehicle, but the large spysats
are launched in 15 foot diameter fairings.
It is fairly obvious that MOL was cancelled in favor of the later Big
Bird, but was a separate program. Perhaps some MOL technology went
into unmanned spysats.
Interestingly, the Soviets copied MOL as they copied many Western
military systems. Their version was called the "Star" module, and
featured a Gemini-style spacecraft to be launched on top of the stack.
Cosmonauts would transfer from the capsule to the Star module via a
hatch in the heat shield.
These Star modules (now minus the Gemini-type capsule) are still in
use in the Russian manned space station. One version is called the
Kristall; others to be launched are called Priroda and Spektr.
.... Open mouth, insert foot, echo internationally.
--- Blue Wave/Max v2.12 [NR]
|
| 225.30 | RE 225.29 | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Fri Sep 17 1993 20:08 | 112 |
| Article: 72900
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com ()
Subject: Re: MOL
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 16:57:20 GMT
Sender: news@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com (Net News)
In article <5515939d8@ofa123.fidonet.org>,
David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
> Interestingly, the Soviets copied MOL as they copied many Western
> military systems. Their version was called the "Star" module, and
> featured a Gemini-style spacecraft to be launched on top of the
> stack. Cosmonauts would transfer from the capsule to the Star
> module via a hatch in the heat shield.
Close but not right. Star Modules (TKS - Transport Craft of Supply)
were only to be manned transports to Almaz military space stations
(Salyut 2, 3, 5). The Almaz station had the major instruments,
cameras, and return capslue, it was even proposed once that it have a
gun for self defence. The TKS was a big manned transport with plenty
of room for cargo for a long mission, and add additional propulsion
and power to the Almaz station when docked.
The Almaz was the first (acknowledged) Soviet space station program.
Everything was new about the design and Chief Designer Chelomey was
given the project. In 1969 the Korolev KB got a project to use
Chelomey's Almaz hull as the basis of a space station that was
outfitted with Soyuz components (propulsion, life support, control,
guidance, etc..) and this became the civilian Salyut. The Almaz
booster, the Proton, was also used by the Korolev KB since it was
already developed as part of the manned circumlunar project....
The Korolev program bounded far ahead of the Almaz project due to its
use of already developed Soyuz technology and was ready for flight in
1971. The Korolev bureau also planned to use a version of its Soyuz
lunar spacecraft as a manned transport to the new Salyut station, and
resulted in the Salyut 1/Soyuz 10 and 11 missions.
Meanwhile, back at the Chelomey bureau, Almaz problems, funding
problems or political problems meant that the TKS would have to be
delayed indefinitely and Chelomey was forced to use the only
alternative manned transport which was the Korolev Soyuz. Thus we saw
the Salyut 3/Soyuz 14 in 1974, etc... Finially in 1977 a complete TKS
was flown for the first time, was later used as a supply module for
Salyut 6 & 7 (Kosmos 1256, 1443, 1669, 1686). Up until the 1980's it
still could have been used as a manned transport to the second
generation military Almaz stations which were never launched due to
weight problems and limitations of the Proton booster. Now the TKS is
highly modified to serve as Mir modules. Space News even states that
NASA is interested in the TKS propulsion system for the NASA space
station.
Test flights of the TKS capsule account for the once mysterious dual
Kosmos missions 881/882, 997/998, etc... Apparently the Kosmos 1443
capsule is up for auction in December.
The real question you all probably have is, why does the TKS exist if
a Soyuz will do the job? Well, in part Chelomey was given the Almaz
project and he wanted to keep all the development to his organization,
the Proton, Almaz and TKS (which required a Proton - how convienient
to keep those production lines open...). There were probably some
reasons the TKS had to be as big as it was and maybe some political
and military reasons to have a system seperate from Korolev's Soyuz
and its booster, etc... Time will tell.....
Dennis Newkirk (dennisn@ecs.comm.mot.com)
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL
Article: 72925
Newsgroups: sci.space
From: gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us (Gary Coffman)
Subject: Re: MOL
Organization: Destructive Testing Systems
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1993 21:44:34 GMT
In article <5515939d8@ofa123.fidonet.org>
David.Anderman@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
> -=> Quoting Gary Coffman to All <=-
>
> GC> In article <32022@ksr.com> clj@ksr.com (Chris Jones) writes:
> >In article <1993Sep12.162724.20497@ke4zv.atl.ga.us>, gary@ke4zv (Gary
>Coffman)
> GC> writes: >>MOL eventually got transformed into Big Bird, the monster
> GC> unmanned >>spy satellite. MOL was a cover for a manned spy satellite.
>
>Well, the problem with this theory is that MOL was built by
>MacDac at its Huntington Beach, California plant, whereas the
>Big Birds were built either by Lockheed or TRW elsewhere. I
>presume that whoever is building spy sats like Bird Bird and its
>successors is still building them in the same place as Big Bird,
>whereas the MOL construction facility is clearly no longer being
>used for large satellites like MOL; rather it is being used
>as a construction hangar for the DC-X.
The MOL and Big Bird were built by the Air Force. The contractors they
used are irrelevant to this discussion. According to _Deep Black_,
both projects were based on the same 54 foot Agena profile, both used
the same 6 foot diameter telescope, both had the same mission, etc.
Obviously, the manned version was much different internally from the
eventually flown automated spysat version.
Gary
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| 225.31 | MIR orbit altitudes | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Dec 16 1993 18:38 | 69 |
| From: US1RMC::"kd2bd@ka2qhd.de.com" "John Magliacane" 16-DEC-1993 10:25:30.91
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| 225.32 | BBC program featuring MIR activities | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Thu Dec 23 1993 17:16 | 94 |
| Article: 80062
Organization: mbp IT GmbH at ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1993 14:36:02 CET
From: Dr. Lutz Massonne <LMASSONN@ESOC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Flames in space (real, not email!)
Just yesterday the German TV aired a lengthy (BBC) documentary about
the ex-Soviet space program and they had some footage from aboard the
Mir space station.
In one scene, the cosmonauts were at first playing with a small car
model which they pushed across a table (and when the table ended, the
car proceeded to run straight ahead) and then, one cosmonaut got a box
of matches (!) and lighted one, letting it drift around inside MIR. At
first, the match did move straight, rotating slowly, and the flame had
a globular appearance. Then, the match seemed to enter the air stream
of some ventilation equipment, it moved faster and the flame was
similar to a flame under gravity.
Apart from the interesting fact that life on Mir seems to be much less
regulated than on board the Shuttle (I cannot imagine a Shuttle
astronaut lighting a match), the frequently-occuring question of
flames in space seems to be answered - they exist :-).
I have taped the documentary and will watch the match scene again,
maybe I discover more details 2nd time ...
Regards, Lutz
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Article: 80216
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.policy
From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Re: Flames in space (real, not email!)
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Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1993 20:04:01 GMT
Dr. Lutz Massonne (LMASSONN@ESOC.BITNET) wrote:
: Just yesterday the German TV aired a lengthy (BBC) documentary about
: the ex-Soviet space program and they had some footage from aboard the
: Mir space station.
Because of the Apollo 204 fire, NASA is *still* nervous about fire
in spacecraft. Similarly, the Russians are *still* nervous about
pressurization accidents after they lost three cosmonauts in 1971
during the Soyuz 11 entry when a pressure relief valve failed,
asphyxiating the crew. Each of our space agencies has built their
rules based on their own, unique experiences. When NASA conducts
flammability experiments in space, there are double- or
triple-redundant systems for ensuring that the experiment is safe.
This is done differently in Russian spacecraft.
We NASA folks cringe at the thought of a *match* in space.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
ASCAN (Astronaut Candidate) 10 COMMANDMENTS
1. Keep smiling, but not grinning
2. Keep your humor harmless, pure and perfect. People don't
understand irony.
3. Keep your weaknesses to yourself. If you don't point them out
to others, they will never see them.
4. Never complain; make survival look easy.
5. You are expected to say something nice after each flight,
class, of simulation.
6. If you can't say something nice, lie -- nicely.
7. In particular, practice saying, "Thanks for pointing that out,
sir. I'll really work on that."
8. Be aggressively humble and dynamically inconspicuous. Save
your brilliance for your friends and family.
9. Remember -- whatever's encouraged is mandatory. Whatever's
discouraged is prohibited.
10. Nothing is sometimes a good thing to do and always a clever
thing to say.
REVIEW THIS LIST DAILY
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| 225.33 | "Rocket' matches? | REPAIR::RICKETTS | Well fax me | Fri Dec 24 1993 06:57 | 16 |
| On thinking about it, the behaviour of the lighted match is perfectly logical.
The initial globular flame is emitting combustion products (hot gases) equally
in all directions *except* in the direction of the match itself. This imbalance
will inevitably produce a reaction which will push the match away from the
flame. In effect, it will act as a tiny jet engine with a very inefficient
nozzle.
As it starts to move through the air in the cabin, the airflow will elongate
the flame, causing it to take on a more familiar appearance. The elongation of
the flame, together with the inflow of air towards it along the match, will also
increase the imbalance in the emission of combustion products, increasing the
thrust.
NASA's candle experiment involved a candle fixed inside a box, not free to
move through the air, hence this effect was not observed.
Ken
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| 225.34 | Eight years in Earth orbit | VERGA::KLAES | Quo vadimus? | Mon Feb 21 1994 17:41 | 56 |
| Article: 7027
From: clarinews@clarinet.com (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.world.europe.eastern,clari.news.hot.ussr
Subject: Russia Space Station Lauded
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 94 14:00:07 PST
MOSCOW (AP) -- Three cosmonauts celebrated the eighth
anniversary of the orbiting Russian space station Mir on Sunday,
saying it should instill pride in their countrymen back on Earth.
The 130-ton space station was launched by the Soviet Union on
Feb. 20, 1986, and has outlived the country that sent it into space.
Despite turmoil in Russia, including within its space agency, the
aging station has remained an important platform for space research.
``We must be proud that the station is still functioning,''
commander Viktor Afanasyev said in a television interview from space.
A U.S. space expert expressed admiration for the Mir, which
has circled the globe while America's space station remained on the
drawing board.
``It's a treasure trove of experience that must be examined
before we can build a bigger station together,'' said James Oberg, a
senior space engineer and author who follows the Russian program closely.
Oberg, speaking in a telephone interview last week from Houston,
also praised Russia's determination to remain a leader in space.
``They have through the coups and the countercoups, through
all the turmoil, they have maintained a manned space platform in
orbit, with continuous occupancy,'' he said. ``This can't be done by
brute force and sheer endurance alone. It requires a high-level,
world-class technology.''
The Mir has been expanded through the years by modules carried
into orbit and has been home to dozens of cosmonauts, some of whom
have spent more than a year aboard -- far longer than any American has
been in space.
In March 1995, U.S. astronaut Norman Thagard will rocket into
orbit on a Russian Soyuz and spend three months aboard the Mir with a
Russian crew. Thagard and his backup, Bonnie Dunbar, plan to arrive in
Russia on Thursday to begin training for the mission.
Afanasyev and his two crewmates, dressed casually in shorts
for the television interview, paid tribute to the Mir's past and
future occupants.
``We are keeping pictures at the station of all the cosmonauts
who worked at it,'' said Valery Polyakov. ``Some of them are not with
us any longer, but we'll always remember them.''
``We congratulate all those who have already worked on the
station, and those who will be working on it,'' said Yuri Usachev.
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| 225.35 | MIR Handbook from NPO Energia | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Tue May 03 1994 20:23 | 54 |
| From: US4RMC::"ssi_mail@espsun.bgm.link.com" 29-APR-1994 16:16:53.21
CC:
Subj: NPO Energia: MIR Handbook
NPO ENERGIA LTD
Releases Guides to Products and Services
and
The MIR 1 Space Station
NPO Energia Ltd. and The Space Business Archive are pleased to
announce the availability of the NPO Energia Guide to Products and
Services and MIR 1 Space Station: A Technical Overview. The first
book, (NPO Energia Guide to Products and Services) is a 172 page
document that has been translated into English from Russian and
includes technical descriptions of equipment and general
specifications for all major NPO Energia programs including the MIR 1
space station, experiment requirements, microgravity, the Energia
launch vehicle, the Soyuz transport spacecraft and the Progress supply
vehicle. The guide also includes information on the engineering and
consulting services available through Energia's team of highly
qualified and respected specialists. A large array of non-aerospace
products and services are also listed including testing facilities,
promotional services, and consumer products.
The MIR 1 Space Station: A Technical Overview is a 200 page document
also translated from Russian into English which details lessons
learned, remote sensing, reentry technology, docking systems, mission
control, and MIR 1 experiment requirements. The Overview is based on
the MIR 1 Space Station Sympossium proceedings book.
This marks the first time in history that a Russian organization, of
NPO Energia's caliber, has made available such an extensive compendium
of its products. Representatives from NPO Energia, Ltd. will be
available at their booth at the Technology from Russia '94 exposition
in the Washington Convention Center, May 10-12 at booth 117. Admission
to the exhibit area is $10.00. If you are unable to attend the
exposition, but would like to order copies of the guides, you may do
so by phone, fax, email or mail. Send request for order information
to: SSI/SBA, P.O. Box 82, Princeton, NJ 08542; 609-921-3543; fax:
609-921-0389; or email: <p01375@psilink.com>. The guides are not
available in electronic format.
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| 225.36 | ASCII diagram and radio frequencies | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Sun May 29 1994 17:57 | 127 |
| From: US4RMC::"magliaco@pilot.njin.net" "John Magliacane" 28-MAY-1994
To: usenet-space-news@arc.nasa.gov
CC:
Subj: * SpaceNews 31-May-94 *
SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0531
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SpaceNews
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MONDAY MAY 31, 1994
SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is
published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.
* MIR DIAGRAM *
===============
The following graphic depicting the structure of the Mir space station is
provided by Jean-Claude, FB1RCI:
MIR complex: ex-CCCP/Russian space station (Launch 1986) 90 tons
_ EVA hatchway
/ \
attitude motor / \
control I I
O I I KRISTAL
\ I I module
\ I I
\ docking n I_ _I
\ o \ /
_____ __\______ d I I
I \_/ \________ e \_/ _ _____/I
I \__ / \ / \/ I SOYOUZ
I __ + I I shuttle
I _ _______ / \ _ / \ _ / \_____ I
I ___ / \_________ / / \ \I
I I
KVANT 1 Domestic/Command I I
module area I I
(main module) I I KVANT 2
I I module
I I
\__ __/
\/ docking gear
I\_____ _
I \/ \ automatic freighter
I I PROGRESS
I _____ /\ _ /
I/
Professional frequencies:
FM 143.625 MHz downlink to the ground control station TSUP (voice)
FM 121.750 MHz -- for Mir extra vehicular activity (voice)
FM 121.750 MHz -- for Soyuz approach for docking (voice)
SSB 922.750 MHz -- for telemetric Mir (few moments)
SSB 166.150 MHz -- for telemetric Progress freighter
Radio amateur frequency:
FM 145.550 MHz up/downlink voice contact (CQ MIR)
FM+AFSK 145.550 MHz -- -- AX.25 packet PMS 1200 bps (R0MIR-1)
* REPORT FROM DL3HRT *
======================
Karsten Hansky, DL3HRT, reports that he is active on RS-10 and monitors
the satellite especially during passes in range of North America, but hears
few signals. He has worked VE2AYT and K1QPM so far. Both stations come in
with good signals (559). Karsten has also worked CN8ST and has heard a
TU4-station on the satellite.
DL3HRT recently made a test and heard his own downlink signals using an
uplink power of just 300 milliwatts fed into a 9-element yagi. He feels
this success should encourage others to try RS-10 Mode A operations.
In other news, Karsten, along with Matthias, DL3HZM, have created a
satellite tracking program called "sat09may.exe" that is available via
anonymous FTP at igel.physik.th-zwickau.de in the /pub subdirectory, and
pilot.njin.net in the /pub/SpaceNews/software subdirectory. An older
version is available from the Simtel directory at oak.oakland.edu.
* THANKS! *
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| 225.37 | Radio frequencies | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Tue Jun 07 1994 14:22 | 65 |
| From: US4RMC::"magliaco@pilot.njin.net" "John Magliacane" 7-JUN-1994
To: usenet-space-news@arc.nasa.gov
CC:
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SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0606
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* MIR INFORMATION *
===================
Sven Grahn of Sollentuna, Sweden provided the following information
regarding the frequencies and emissions used by the Mir space station.
Sven reports the signals on 166 MHz are PCM FM signals and the modulation
index is so high that two peaks appear in the signal spectrum, one on
each side of the carrier. The carrier is on 166.000 MHz creating a signal
peak at 166.150 MHz and another peak at 165.850 MHz.
The signals from Soyuz and Progress on 922.75 MHz contain a carrier plus
telemetry sidebands. The modulation type is unknown. Sometimes tones
are frequency modulated on the carrier. These contain sixteen-bit words,
which probably constitute a command verification link. There is a similar
link from Soyuz and Progress on 926.07 MHz operating simultaneously with
the 922.75 MHz link.
For Progress and Soyuz, the 922, 926 and 166 MHz signals are switched on
simultaneously by ground command.
[Info via Sven Grahn]
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| 225.38 | MIR visibile over United Kingdom | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Mon Jun 20 1994 17:13 | 38 |
| Article: 61569
From: ai@iol.ie (Astronomy Ireland)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space.policy
Subject: Mir visible over UK daily until June 28th
Date: 19 Jun 1994 21:36:51 GMT
Organization: Ireland On-Line
The Russian manned space station Mir is visible high over the U.K.
every evening from now (June 19) to Tuesday June 28th.
There are three men on board:- Dr. Valeri Poliakov, Viktor Afanasyev
and Yuri Usachov. All have been on board since January 10.
The craft is very bright. I saw it last night at about magnitude -2 or
-3. Not surprising since it is the largest man-made object in space
and about as low as it can be without burning up.
The time to see it each evening is issued on the 0891-88-1950 each day
for that evening for just a 10p call (remember the last six digits as
eighty-eight nineteen-fifty). Please tell non-computing friends this
number. A file is available on the internet containing less frequently
updated listings (for Ireland - add 1 minute for mainland U.K.) at
ftp.iol.ie in /users/ai/ai-iol.mir (but remember, the very latest
predictions for the U.K. are always on the hotline number below - which,
by the way, is updated every Monday with the latest news of what to see
whether Mir is around or not - now running for nearly 2 years).
Reports of sightings welcome. If you feel up to, the time (to the
second) of when Mir passes above or below any naked eye star would be
useful to me. Give your latitude, longitude, height above sea-level,
date and source of time signals used. Thanks.
--
David Moore BSc FRAS, Editor of "Astronomy & Space" magazine.
(ai@iol.ie) Chairman, Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 1.
Tel: +353-1-459 8883. Fax: +353-1-459 9933. Irish News: 1550-111-442
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| 225.39 | MIR visible over North America all night long | MTWAIN::KLAES | Keep Looking Up | Tue Jun 21 1994 12:48 | 35 |
| From: US4RMC::"ASTRO%GITVM1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" "Astronomy Discussion
List" 21-JUN-1994 07:36:39.57
To: Multiple recipients of list ASTRO <ASTRO%GITVM1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu>
CC:
Subj: MIR, RUSSIAN SPACE STATION
I don't know if anyone will consider this of interest to an *ASTRO*
discussion group, but for the next several days the orbital track of
the Russian space station, MIR, is lined up very close to the
terminator; this results in the satellite remaining in sunlight for
several days, without dipping into the Earth's shadow. Therefore the
satellite is visible on every pass all night long (from North America);
it is illuminated over the polar regions during the wee hours.
Look tonight at 2200 MDT, and approx every 90 minutes after; it will
rise in the Southwest and track toward the Northeast at 2200, but each
pass is different (obviously). All passes are basically from West to
East, tho'.
I'm still interested in comments on the INTES 6 inch Mak.
Clear Skies...
Norm <normhansen@delphi.com>
Mountain Green, Utah
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| 225.40 | MIR & SOYUZ-T18 docking or exchanging crews? | 4371::BATTERSBY | | Tue Jun 21 1994 16:15 | 20 |
| 225.41 | Mistake? | skylab.zko.dec.com::FISHER | Carp Diem : Fish the Day | Tue Jun 21 1994 16:30 | 16 |
| Notice that Soyuz TM-18 is object 94001A, implying that it was the first object
launched in 1994. Presumably, that means it was launched in January some time.
That implies to me that either
1) It is attached to MIR, but they did not update the elements
2) It is drifting around
3) It reentered normally but was mistakenly not taken of the list.
I'd bet on 1 or 3.
Just guessing,
Burns
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| 225.42 | MIR Orbit Adjustments | MTWAIN::KLAES | Houston, Tranquility Base here... | Wed Jul 20 1994 16:44 | 75 |
| From: US4RMC::"magliaco@pilot.njin.net" "John Magliacane" 19-JUL-1994
To: usenet-space-news@arc.nasa.gov
CC:
Subj: * SpaceNews 18-Jul-94 *
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SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is
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* MIR ORBIT ADJUSTMENTS *
=========================
The following graphic depicts the mean motion (which is inversely
proportional to mean orbital altitude) of Mir over the past several months:
TIME REVOLUTION (summary) for MIR Complex 16609
(Period= day 130 to day 185 1994)
revolution/day
I
15.5500 I
I
15.5600 I ______
I I \_______
15.5700 I I \_____
I I
15.5800 I I
I_____I
I
15.6000 I
I
I
15.6500 I Epoch time
Ix___________x____________x___________x___________x___________x__
May Jun Jul Sep Oct Nov
Orbit adjustments were made on 12-March, 12-May, and on 03-July when Mir
docked with the Soyuz TM-19 module.
[Info via Jean-Claude, FB1RCI]
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| 225.43 | Extracted from Jonathans Space report #215 MIR config etc. | 56821::BATTERSBY | | Thu Oct 20 1994 15:57 | 17 |
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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 215 1994 Oct 18 Cambridge, MA
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Mir
---
The Mir complex is undergoing power difficulties and the crew's
experiments were interrupted for several days. The station's
solar panels will be in a more favorable orientation this
week and normal operations should resume. The Mir complex
consists of the core module, the Kvant astrophysical module,
the Kvant-2 airlock module, and the Kristall module. Soyuz TM-19
is docked at the Kvant rear port and Soyuz TM-20 is docked at
the Mir forward port.
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