Status Report

Mir Status Report 15 Mar 2001

By SpaceRef Editor
March 15, 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 15, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]

The operation with OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” scheduled for March 14 is
complete.

The recent telemetry data confirmed the OC”Mir” remains pressurized. The
onboard systems perform nominal, the battery generate enough electric
power, the thermal condition is normal.

Getting the OC “Mir” ready for dynamic operations the fuel containers
pressure integrity was checked, the valves of the fuel supply pipes
and the 1st collector oxidizer in the core block integrated propulsion
system were opened.

The next status report will be issued on March 16.

Trajectory report No 56
15.03.2001 (OC “MIR”)

  • Date: 15.03.2001

  • Flight orbit number (day): 86203(01)

  • Orbit period (in min): 89.212

  • Mean orbit altitude (km): 238.5

  • Daily average altitude decay (km): 2.4

  • Beta angle, i.e. the angle of the
    Sun vector to the orbital plane (in degrees): +45.9

  • Duration of daylight (min): 56.6

  • Solar and geomagnetic activity current parameters:

    solar F10.7 flux: 145

    geomagnetic index Ap: 5

    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: 15.03.2001

  • Renewed information is expected on 16.03.2001 at 01.00 p.m. DMT.

  • SpaceRef staff editor.