Subject: Mirnews 281 (Forwarded)
From: Gert-Jan Bartelds <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 95 16:47:21 EST

Forwarded from Chris Vandenberg. Sorry for the delay. 

GJ [email-masked]
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>From:    Chris Vandenberg                       Sent 
To:      All                                    Msg #104, 26-Nov-95 14:55:06
Subject: MIRNEWS.281

MIRNEWS.281          26 NOVEMBER 1995

Repairwork: Last week the gyrodynes had been switched off due to
repairwork.  So for movement-control little steering rockets had to be
used. There has been no traffic via the geostationaries: 
Luch -23426/94082A and Altair. This had not been caused by the work on the
gyrodynes.

Communications: Reason for the fact that the 'geo-s' (SR-s as the Russians
use to say) were not operational last week had something to do with
'maintenance of those systems'. I heard different explanations: TsUP stated
that it was caused by maintenance work on the satellites. ESA and the
astronaut Flade (during a visit at Estec Noordwijk) received a message that
the antennae of the Luches had to be re-adjusted. Before the docking
mission of Atlantis the aiming of those antennae had been changed for
(unclear) operational reasons. The fact that the launch date of Atlantis had
been put back some times meant that the work to re-adjust the antennae also
had to be postponed and took place last week. Due to the unserviceable
status of Luch-1 (94082A) the planned communication session with MIR of the
'Classroom in Space' in the framework of the 'Eurisy forum' on ESA/Estec
Noordwijk had to be cancelled.  (That planned live connection had to take
place on 25.11.95 between 1340-1400UT so during a window in which Luch-1
and MIR could 'see' eachother.) From communications between MIR and TsUP
via VHF I could derive the fact that the MIR crew has the opportunity to
use one or more tracking stations in the U.S.A. to relay traffic to TsUP.
(This took place on 20.11.1995 at 1219UTC. The crew spoke about 'Houston').

Orbit correction: Progress-M30 probably will be used to correct MIR's orbit
on appr. 10.12.1995.

Progress-M30: The launch of this cargoship is on schedule for 13.12.1995.
If so and the flight on the 1d day does not give problems the separation
and 'decay' of the Progress-M29 can be expected to take place on
14.12.1995.

Spacewalk (EVA): Possibly on 8.12.1995; no confirmation thus far. The
Russians will do this EVA for the replacement of a docking cone.

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202 

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