Subject: Fw: mirnews.446
From: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
To: Multiple recipients of list <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 06:13:09 -0500 (EST)

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MIRNEWS.446                                                  11 NOVEMBER =
1998
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2nd Spacewalk (EVA) crew 26th Main Expedition MIR:
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The EVA began on 10.11.98 at 1924UTC (opening hatch) and finished on =
11.11.98 at 0118UTC (closing exit hatch of Module-D). All went well.  =
During this EVA the cosmonauts had to accomplish 17 tasks: the launch of =
the mini-sputnik Spoutnik-41, (which they immediately did when they =
entered open space) the installment of a number of experiments and the =
retrieval of  mainly Russian experiments.=20
Among the installed experiments  was a French one, a so called =
'meteorite trap' to catch fragments which are expected to pass in a few =
days. These will come from the dust cloud behingdthe comet =
Tempel-Tuttle.  The name of the meteorite rain is Leonids.=20
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Radiotraffic: During the first pass of the MIR-complex in orbit 72708, =
on 10.11 at 2353 until 11.11 at 0001UTC the cosmonauts were still in =
open space. They were about to return to the exit hatch.  During the 2nd =
pass in orb. 72709, 11.11 from 0127-0139UTC, Padalka and Avdeyev were in =
the airlock of Module-D. They switched their spacesuits over from the =
autonomous regime to that of the on-board systems.=20
 During the next pass (orb. 72710, 0302-0314UTC) they worked in the =
neighbouring compartment, the P.N.O. ,  the Instrument and scientific =
compartment,  to return to the inside of the complex.=20

For Padalka this was the first 'real' EVA. He already made an IVA, an =
internal EVA inside the Spektr module.=20

Spoutnik-41 (or; RS-18):   Immediately after entering open space the =
crew launched this little  radio-amateur satellite.=20
During all passes of the MIR-station the signals of that satellite could =
be monitored via 145.815 mc.   The signals were bleeps (duration approx. =
5 seconds), some c/w carrier tones,  and short statements  spoken by =
young people in French, English  and Russian.=20
Sp-41 is flying a little bit ahead of MIR and gradually the distance =
will increase. =20
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The Leonids: During the Leonids (the dust cloud behing the comet =
Tempel-Tuttle) in the period around 17.11.1998 the cosmonouts will hide =
in the Soyuz-TM28 during  periods in which this might be dangerous.  The =
highest intensity is expected on 17.11.98 at 1943UTC.   In the =
Soyuz-TM28 the cosmonauts are protected  against the incoming fragments =
by the whole axial length of the complex (the Base Block, the  module =
Kvant-1 and the Progress-M40). They also have the radial positioned =
modules Kvant-2, Kristall, Priroda and Spektr as extra umbrellas. During =
their stay in the S-TM28 they might use the 121.750 mc to report =
observations and, as in the past befell for instance during some Perseid =
rains,  eventual 'hits'.=20
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 C.M. van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202=20

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>2nd Spacewalk (EVA) =
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Expedition MIR:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>The EVA began on =
10.11.98 at 1924UTC=20
(opening hatch) and finished on 11.11.98 at 0118UTC (closing exit hatch =
of=20
Module-D). All went well.&nbsp; During this EVA the cosmonauts had to =
accomplish=20
17 tasks: the launch of the mini-sputnik Spoutnik-41, (which they =
immediately=20
did when they entered open space) the installment of a number of =
experiments and=20
the retrieval of&nbsp; mainly Russian experiments. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Among the installed =
experiments&nbsp;=20
was a French one, a so called 'meteorite trap' to catch fragments which =
are=20
expected to pass in a few days. These will come from the dust cloud =
behingdthe=20
comet Tempel-Tuttle.&nbsp; The name of the meteorite rain is Leonids.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Radiotraffic: During =
the first pass=20
of the MIR-complex in orbit 72708, on 10.11 at 2353 until 11.11 at =
0001UTC the=20
cosmonauts were still in open space. They were about to return to the =
exit=20
hatch.&nbsp; During the 2nd pass in orb. 72709, 11.11 from 0127-0139UTC, =
Padalka=20
and Avdeyev were in the airlock of Module-D. They switched their =
spacesuits over=20
from the autonomous regime to that of the on-board systems. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;During the next =
pass (orb.=20
72710, 0302-0314UTC) they worked in the neighbouring compartment, the =
P.N.O.=20
,&nbsp; the Instrument and scientific compartment,&nbsp; to return to =
the inside=20
of the complex. <BR><BR>For Padalka this was the first 'real' EVA. He =
already=20
made an IVA, an internal EVA inside the Spektr module. =
<BR><BR>Spoutnik-41 (or;=20
RS-18):&nbsp;&nbsp; Immediately after entering open space the crew =
launched this=20
little&nbsp; radio-amateur satellite.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>During all passes of =
the MIR-station=20
the signals of that satellite could be monitored via 145.815 =
mc.&nbsp;&nbsp; The=20
signals were bleeps (duration approx. 5 seconds), some c/w carrier =
tones,&nbsp;=20
and short statements&nbsp; spoken by young people in French, =
English&nbsp; and=20
Russian. <BR>Sp-41 is flying a little bit ahead of MIR and gradually the =

distance will increase.&nbsp;</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>The Leonids: During the =
Leonids (the=20
dust cloud behing the comet Tempel-Tuttle) in the period around =
17.11.1998 the=20
cosmonouts will hide in the Soyuz-TM28 during&nbsp; periods in which =
this might=20
be dangerous.&nbsp; The highest intensity is expected on 17.11.98 at=20
1943UTC.&nbsp;&nbsp; In the Soyuz-TM28 the cosmonauts are =
protected&nbsp;=20
against the incoming fragments by the whole axial length of the complex =
(the=20
Base Block, the&nbsp; module Kvant-1 and the Progress-M40). They also =
have the=20
radial positioned modules Kvant-2, Kristall, Priroda and Spektr as extra =

umbrellas. During their stay in the S-TM28 they might use the 121.750 mc =
to=20
report observations and, as in the past befell for instance during some =
Perseid=20
rains,&nbsp; eventual 'hits'. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;C.M. van den =
Berg,=20
NL-9165/A-UK3202 <BR><BR></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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