Status Report

Mir Status Report 12 Mar 2001

By SpaceRef Editor
March 12, 2001
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TsUP [Mission Control Center]

TsNIIMash [Central Scientific Research Machine Building Institute]

Rosaviakosmos [Russian Aviation and Space Agency]

Moscow, Russia

Press release: March 12, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]

The operations sheduled with OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” for March 11 are
fully complete.

The station continues in free drift.

The recent telemetry data confirmed the OC “Mir” remains sealed. The
onboard systems perform nominal, the Complex arrays generate enough
electricity, the thermal mode is normal.

Today on the Station (core block) the Motion Control System (MCS) digital
central computer was powered on, it is being loaded with command software.

The next status report is scheduled for March 13 2001.

Trajectory report No 53
12.03.2001 (OC “MIR”)

  • Date: 12.03.2001

  • Flight orbit number (day): 86156(01)

  • Orbit period (in min): 89.355

  • Mean orbit altitude (km): 245.6

  • Daily average altitude decay (km): 2.1

  • Beta angle, i.e. the angle of the
    Sun vector to the orbital plane (in degrees): +35.4

  • Duration of daylight (min): 55.0

  • Solar and geomagnetic activity current parameters:

    solar F10.7 flux: 155

    geomagnetic index Ap: 8

    F10.7 <= 100 -- low level;

    100 < F10.7 < 150 -- medium level;

    F10.7 >= 150 — high level

  • Time of altitude Hav ~ 220 km
    Dynamic operations are scheduled to start on: 21.03.2001 +2 days / -1 days

  • Re-entry prediction with consideration of
    15% deviation from solar flux activity value: 28.03.2001 +3 days / -3 days

  • Date of the orbit parameters calculations: 11.03.2001

  • Renewed information is expected on 13.03.2001 at 01.00 p.m. DMT.

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