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From: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:56:38 -0500 (EST)

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MIRNEWS.455                                                            =
20 FEBRUARY 1999
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Soyuz-TM29:  This transportship with on board a part of the crew for =
MIR's Main Expedition 27 was launched from Baykonur on 20.02.1999 at =
04.18.01UTC.  Hoping that there would be a TV-station covering the =
launch as a live event I decided to rise early.  I was very pleased to =
see BBC-1 with the well-known (and well-informed) Phil Clark commenting =
the  nice images of the launch and  of the cosmonauts on board S-TM29 =
after the start waiting for the state of weightlessness.=20
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It is almost sure that this crew will be the last relief crew for the =
MIR space station.=20
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Heading towards  MIR with S-TM29  are Viktor Afanasyev,  captain, making =
his 3rd spaceflight,  the CNES spacionaute, researcher and =
board-engineer, Jean-Pierre Haignere,  in space for the 2nd time and de =
Slovak cosmonaut-researcher Ivan Bella.  Bella will return to earth in =
the Soyuz-TM28 together with the present MIR-captain, Padalka.  Bella's =
mission will last 10 days.  In that period the 26th  M.E. to MIR will be =
relieved by the 27th,  consisting of Afanasyev, Sergey Avdeyev and =
Haignere.=20
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 Communications during the first flightday of Soyuz-TM29:
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MIR was the first to come within my range during orbit 74310,  =
0606-0608UTC.   The elevation was somewhat more than 0 degree and the =
short contact with TsUP was merely dedicated to the successful launch of =
S-TM29. TsUP asked the crew of MIR whether they already were preparing =
themselves for the oncoming meeting. Padalka stated that they already =
were cleaning up the station.  TsUP told them that Soyuz-TM29 =
successfully reached the calculated orbit  and that the crew had =
finished the tests of the Kurs approach system.  They did not meet any =
problems.=20
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Now I had to wait for the first pass of S-TM29 itself.  During the 2nd =
orbit  between 0720 and 0722UT, Afanasyev, using his call sign =
Derbent-1, reported that all went well and he  left the task to  report  =
to TsUP a series of data of the ships systems to Haignere,  Derbent-2.=20
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30 minutes later MIR came in range.  To be prepared for the period in =
which the station has to accommodate 5 men the MIR-crew was already =
involved in checking and adjusting  systems for the production of =
oxygen.=20
=20
And on its 3rd pass Soyuz-TM29 showed up between 0849 and 0856UTC with =
strong signals on all frequencies. TCA (Time Closest Approach) at =
08.51.40UTC could be derived  from the beacon signal on 922.755 mc.  The =
 circular saw sounding rattles of the Telemetry transmitters in the 166 =
and 165 mc bands were very strong. On 121.750 mc Afanasyev reported a =
number of interesting data. These had to do with the 2 orbitcorrections: =
the first one had been executed at 0753UTC and the second one just =
started during this communication session.   Regretfully the reports of =
Afanasyev were jammed by transmissions from the groundservices of the =
Airport Rotterdam, the  position of which is at spitting distance from =
my station. There they  also  use, though in AM-Wide, the 121.750 mc.=20

After radiotraffic between MIR and TsUP between 0911 and 0922UTC  the =
strong signals of S-TM29 again could be monitored during its 4th orbit, =
1019-1028UTC.  Using the Dopplereffect on 922.755 mc I could determine =
the TCA as 10.24.17UTC.=20
A calm  Afanasyev told TsUP that the 'boys' (mal'chiki), so Haignere and =
Bella, went into the B.O. (life compartment) to eat somewhat. (Very good =
for if you suffer from space disease you do not like food).  Being in =
the B.O. Haignere speaks with TsUP. He asks TsUP to pass a series of =
birthdyay congratulations.  In the first place to everybody about the =
13th (and possibly the last) birthday of the MIR, so in fact of the  =
base block, and to  the cosmonauts Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov,   =
Mikhail Fulier (now flying from Baykonur to Moscow) and last but not =
least the good old Vasiliy Vasilyevich Tsibliyev.=20
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If all continues to go well we will  be able to hear   the transmissions =
of Soyuz-TM29 during the 2nd flight day. .=20
=20
 Expected docking Soyuz-TM29 at MIR's forward (-X axis -Transition =
Section) docking port on 22.02.1999 at 0551UTC. So long after the first =
pass of both objects for Western Europe.  (in the Netherlands between =
0524 and 0527UTC with an elevation of a little bit more than 1 degree).=20
=20
Chris van den Berg , NL-9165/A-UK3202=20

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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Soyuz-TM29:&nbsp; This =
transportship=20
with on board a part of the crew for MIR's Main Expedition 27 was =
launched from=20
Baykonur on 20.02.1999 at 04.18.01UTC.&nbsp; Hoping that there would be =
a=20
TV-station covering the launch as a live event I decided to rise =
early.&nbsp; I=20
was very pleased to see BBC-1 with the well-known (and well-informed) =
Phil Clark=20
commenting the&nbsp; nice images of the launch and&nbsp; of the =
cosmonauts on=20
board S-TM29 after the start waiting for the state of weightlessness.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>It is almost sure that =
this crew will=20
be the last relief crew for the MIR space station. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Heading towards&nbsp; =
MIR with=20
S-TM29&nbsp; are Viktor Afanasyev,&nbsp; captain, making his 3rd=20
spaceflight,&nbsp; the CNES spacionaute, researcher and board-engineer,=20
Jean-Pierre Haignere,&nbsp; in space for the 2nd time and de Slovak=20
cosmonaut-researcher Ivan Bella.&nbsp; Bella will return to earth in the =

Soyuz-TM28 together with the present MIR-captain, Padalka.&nbsp; Bella's =
mission=20
will last 10 days.&nbsp; In that period the 26th&nbsp; M.E. to MIR will =
be=20
relieved by the 27th,&nbsp; consisting of Afanasyev, Sergey Avdeyev and=20
Haignere. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;Communications =
during the first=20
flightday of Soyuz-TM29:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>MIR was the first to =
come within my=20
range during orbit 74310,&nbsp; 0606-0608UTC.&nbsp;&nbsp; The elevation =
was=20
somewhat more than 0 degree and the short contact with TsUP was merely =
dedicated=20
to the successful launch of S-TM29. TsUP asked the crew of MIR whether =
they=20
already were preparing themselves for the oncoming meeting. Padalka =
stated that=20
they already were cleaning up the station.&nbsp; TsUP told them that =
Soyuz-TM29=20
successfully reached the calculated orbit&nbsp; and that the crew had =
finished=20
the tests of the Kurs approach system.&nbsp; They did not meet any =
problems.=20
</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>Now I had to wait for =
the first pass=20
of S-TM29 itself.&nbsp; During the 2nd orbit&nbsp; between 0720 and =
0722UT,=20
Afanasyev, using his call sign Derbent-1, reported that all went well =
and=20
he&nbsp; left the task to&nbsp; report&nbsp; to TsUP a series of data of =
the=20
ships systems to Haignere,&nbsp; Derbent-2.&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>30 minutes later MIR =
came in=20
range.&nbsp; To be prepared for the period in which the station has to=20
accommodate 5 men the MIR-crew was already involved in checking and=20
adjusting&nbsp; systems for the production of oxygen. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>And on its 3rd pass =
Soyuz-TM29 showed=20
up between 0849 and 0856UTC with strong signals on all frequencies. TCA =
(Time=20
Closest Approach) at 08.51.40UTC could be derived&nbsp; from the beacon =
signal=20
on 922.755 mc.&nbsp; The&nbsp; circular saw sounding rattles of the =
Telemetry=20
transmitters in the 166 and 165 mc bands were very strong. On 121.750 mc =

Afanasyev reported a number of interesting data. These had to do with =
the 2=20
orbitcorrections: the first one had been executed at 0753UTC and the =
second one=20
just started during this communication session.&nbsp;&nbsp; Regretfully =
the=20
reports of Afanasyev were jammed by transmissions from the =
groundservices of the=20
Airport Rotterdam, the&nbsp; position of which is at spitting distance =
from my=20
station. There they&nbsp; also&nbsp; use, though in AM-Wide, the 121.750 =
mc.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2><BR><BR><BR>After =
radiotraffic=20
between MIR and TsUP between 0911 and 0922UTC&nbsp; the strong signals =
of S-TM29=20
again could be monitored during its 4th orbit, 1019-1028UTC.&nbsp; Using =
the=20
Dopplereffect on 922.755 mc I could determine the TCA as=20
10.24.17UTC.</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>A calm&nbsp; Afanasyev =
told TsUP that=20
the 'boys' (mal'chiki), so Haignere and Bella, went into the B.O. (life=20
compartment) to eat somewhat. (Very good for if you suffer from space =
disease=20
you do not like food).&nbsp; Being in the B.O. Haignere speaks with =
TsUP. He=20
asks TsUP to pass a series of birthdyay congratulations.&nbsp; In the =
first=20
place to everybody about the 13th (and possibly the last) birthday of =
the MIR,=20
so in fact of the&nbsp; base block, and to&nbsp; the cosmonauts =
Aleksandr=20
Pavlovich Aleksandrov,&nbsp;&nbsp; Mikhail Fulier (now flying from =
Baykonur to=20
Moscow) and last but not least the good old Vasiliy Vasilyevich =
Tsibliyev.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>If all continues to go =
well we=20
will&nbsp; be able to hear&nbsp;&nbsp; the transmissions of Soyuz-TM29 =
during=20
the 2nd flight day. . </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;Expected docking =
Soyuz-TM29 at=20
MIR's forward (-X axis -Transition Section) docking port on 22.02.1999 =
at=20
0551UTC. So long after the first pass of both objects for Western =
Europe.&nbsp;=20
(in the Netherlands between 0524 and 0527UTC with an elevation of a =
little bit=20
more than 1 degree). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 face=3DArial size=3D2>&nbsp;<BR>Chris van den =
Berg ,=20
NL-9165/A-UK3202</FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
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