Subject: [FPSPACE] MIRNEWS.485
From: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
To: "C.M. vd Berg" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 17:23:14 +0200
List-Id: Friends & Partners in Space <fpspace.friends-partners.org>

MIRNEWS.485                                                                                                     17 October 2000

Progress-M43 Launched for a 4 days lasting flight to the MIR-space station. 

The launch from Baykonur took place on 16.10.00 at 21.27.06UTC.

Estimated docking time on 20.10.00 at 2250UTC. 

The duration of the flight to MIR of 4 days instead of 2 is a new system to economize fuel consumption for extra fuel is badly needed for orbitcorrections of the MIR-complex. 

Communications: The telemetry transmissions of the Pr-M43 could be heard on 17.10.00 during the pass in orbit 4:

03.31.30UTC    166.130 en 165.873 mc

03.32.20             922.775 mc 922.775 mc

03.32.33             922.755 mc (TCA)

03.33.40             922.746.6 mc

03.35.55 LOS

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