Subject: Fw: mirnews.445
From: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 1998 10:50:17 -0500 (EST)

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MIRNEWS.445                                                2 NOVEMBER =
1998
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Progress-M39:=20
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On 29.11.1998 at 0327UTC the deorbit burn to dump this old freighter in =
the atmosphere was given.   This resulted in the burning up over a =
designated area of the Pacific East of New Zealand at 04.14.52UTC.=20
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Radio-amateur equipment:
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Meanwhile confirmation could be obtained  that the mini-sputnik =
(Spoutnik-41) and the equipment for the SSTV (slow scan TV) system was =
delivered  at the MIR-station by Progress-M40.=20
My 'doubts' about this cargo in MIRNEWS.444 were caused by the fact that =
these items had not been written in the  copy of the cargo-list  of my =
spokeswoman at TsUP.  There was only  a note about the Sputnik in the =
Board Documentation of Pr-M40. So I asked deputy head of RKK Energiya, =
S.K. Gromov, and he assured me that both items had been delivered at =
MIR.  He also told me that the mini-Sputnik will be jettisoned into open =
space during the spacewalk (EVA) in the night from 10 to 11.11.1998. =20
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Possibly the SSTV system   will be  become operational in the course of =
December 1998. Probably for this purpose the frequency 437.975 FM will =
be used  in the Simplex mode.=20

BKV-3: This airconditioner regularly has to be switched off some minutes =
or even within a minute after switching on.  The former crew has also =
been  continuously annoyed by this kind of  failure.  The cause of the =
failure has something to do with the pressure in the system.  Sometimes =
the alarm can be heard via the downlink when the cosmonauts have =
switched on the BKV-3 on TsUP's request. =20
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Spacewalk (EVA): This EVA will be made in the night from 10 to =
11.11.1998. =20
(From 10.11 at about 2200UTC until 11.11.1998 at about 0300UTC.=20
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Activities during EVA:  The installation  on the outer surface of the =
complex of a French instrument to catch micro meteorites, the =
dismantling and retrieval of Russian experiments from the outside and =
the manual launch of the mini-Sputnik (Spoutnik-41) into open space.  =
The persons involved in this experiment are still arguing about the =
denomination of the satellite: the choise is between Spoutnik-41, =
RS-17-2 or RS-18.=20

Chris van den  Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202 =20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>On 29.11.1998 at =
0327UTC the deorbit=20
burn to dump this old freighter in the atmosphere was given.&nbsp;&nbsp; =
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resulted in the burning up over a designated area of the Pacific East of =
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Zealand at 04.14.52UTC. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Radio-amateur =
equipment:</FONT></DIV>
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could be=20
obtained&nbsp; that the mini-sputnik (Spoutnik-41) and the equipment for =
the=20
SSTV (slow scan TV) system was delivered&nbsp; at the MIR-station by=20
Progress-M40. <BR>My 'doubts' about this cargo in MIRNEWS.444 were =
caused by the=20
fact that these items had not been written in the&nbsp; copy of the=20
cargo-list&nbsp; of my spokeswoman at TsUP.&nbsp; There was only&nbsp; a =
note=20
about the Sputnik in the Board Documentation of Pr-M40. So I asked =
deputy head=20
of RKK Energiya, S.K. Gromov, and he assured me that both items had been =

delivered at MIR.&nbsp; He also told me that the mini-Sputnik will be =
jettisoned=20
into open space during the spacewalk (EVA) in the night from 10 to =
11.11.1998.=20
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Possibly the SSTV =
system&nbsp;&nbsp;=20
will be&nbsp; become operational in the course of December 1998. =
Probably for=20
this purpose the frequency 437.975 FM will be used&nbsp; in the Simplex =
mode.=20
<BR><BR>BKV-3: This airconditioner regularly has to be switched off some =
minutes=20
or even within a minute after switching on.&nbsp; The former crew has =
also=20
been&nbsp; continuously annoyed by this kind of&nbsp; failure.&nbsp; The =
cause=20
of the failure has something to do with the pressure in the =
system.&nbsp;=20
Sometimes the alarm can be heard via the downlink when the cosmonauts =
have=20
switched on the BKV-3 on TsUP's request. </FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Spacewalk (EVA): This =
EVA will be=20
made in the night from 10 to 11.11.1998.&nbsp; <BR>(From 10.11 at about =
2200UTC=20
until 11.11.1998 at about 0300UTC.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Activities during =
EVA:&nbsp; The=20
installation&nbsp; on the outer surface of the complex of a French =
instrument to=20
catch micro meteorites, the dismantling and retrieval of Russian =
experiments=20
from the outside and the manual launch of the mini-Sputnik (Spoutnik-41) =
into=20
open space.&nbsp; The persons involved in this experiment are still =
arguing=20
about the denomination of the satellite: the choise is between =
Spoutnik-41,=20
RS-17-2 or RS-18. <BR><BR>Chris van den&nbsp; Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202=20
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