Subject: mirnews.443
From: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 07:49:57 -0500 (EST)

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MIRNEWS.443                                                    25 =
OCTOBER 1998

Progress-M40:  This freighter blasted off from Baykonur on 25.10.1998 at =
04.14.57UTC.

The first telemetry signals  in the 166 and 165 mc bands could be =
monitored  between 0850 and 0852UTC. This was during the pass for the =
Hague in orbit nr. 3.=20

During the following pass in orb. 4,  1019-1026UTC, the elevation   for =
my position  was 79 degrees and so the signals in the 166 and 165 mc =
bands and the transmitter on 922.755 mc were loud and clear.  TCA (Time =
Closest Approach) was at 10.21.34UTC.=20
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Progress-M39:=20
 =20
Today (UTC) this old freighter has to leave the aft docking port =
(Kvant-1,  -X-axis) to free this port for Pr-M40.  The undocking is =
scheduled for 25.10.1998 at 2300UTC.  Pr-M39 will not immediately fly =
away from MIR, but will remain for a while and execute a number of =
manoeuvres.  During this operation the cosmonauts will execute =
experiments and make video images via a porthole. This will take place =
on 26.10.1998 between 0103-0108UTC when the distance between MIR and =
Progress-M39 is shortest. After 0108UTC the Pr-M39 will get the fly away =
impuls and after a few orbits she will decay over a designated area of =
the Pacific east of New-Zealand.=20

Docking Progress-M40 at MIR:

The docking at the aft (Kvant-1, -X-axis)  port of MIR is sheduled for =
27.10.1998 at 0539UTC.  This will be 4 minutes after both objects =
disappeared behind our (the Hague's) eastern horizon and after LOS (Loss =
of  signal)  of the pass in orbit 72476, between 0503 and 0535UTC, with =
an elevation of only 2 degrees.=20

Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Progress-M40:&nbsp; =
This freighter=20
blasted off from Baykonur on 25.10.1998 at 04.14.57UTC.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>The first telemetry =
signals&nbsp; in=20
the 166 and 165 mc bands could be monitored&nbsp; between 0850 and =
0852UTC. This=20
was during the pass for the Hague in orbit nr. 3. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>During the following =
pass in orb.=20
4,&nbsp; 1019-1026UTC, the elevation&nbsp;&nbsp; for my position&nbsp; =
was 79=20
degrees and so the signals in the 166 and 165 mc bands and the =
transmitter on=20
922.755 mc were loud and clear.&nbsp; TCA (Time Closest Approach) was at =

10.21.34UTC.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
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size=3D2>Progress-M39:&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp; </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Today (UTC) this old =
freighter has to=20
leave the aft docking port (Kvant-1,&nbsp; -X-axis) to free this port =
for=20
Pr-M40.&nbsp; The undocking is scheduled for 25.10.1998 at =
2300UTC.&nbsp; Pr-M39=20
will not immediately fly away from MIR, but will remain for a while and =
execute=20
a number of manoeuvres.&nbsp; During this operation the cosmonauts will =
execute=20
experiments and make video images via a porthole. This will take place =
on=20
26.10.1998 between 0103-0108UTC when the distance between MIR and =
Progress-M39=20
is shortest. After 0108UTC the Pr-M39 will get the fly away impuls and =
after a=20
few orbits she will decay over a designated area of the Pacific east of=20
New-Zealand. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Docking Progress-M40 at =

MIR:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>The docking at the aft =
(Kvant-1,=20
-X-axis)&nbsp; port of MIR is sheduled for 27.10.1998 at 0539UTC.&nbsp; =
This=20
will be 4 minutes after both objects disappeared behind our (the =
Hague's)=20
eastern horizon and after LOS (Loss of&nbsp; signal)&nbsp; of the pass =
in orbit=20
72476, between 0503 and 0535UTC, with an elevation of only 2 degrees.=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Chris van den Berg,=20
NL-9165/A-UK3202<BR></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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