Mir Status Report 17 Mar 2001
TsUP [Mission Control Center]
TsNIIMash [Central Scientific Research Machine Building Institute]
Rosaviakosmos [Russian Aviation and Space Agency]
Moscow, Russia
Press release: March 17, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]
The operation with OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” scheduled for March 16 is
complete.
The recent telemetry data confirmed the OC “Mir” remains pressurized, the
thermal condition is normal. The batteries generate enough electric power
to provide onboard systems nominal performance and register trajectory
parametres.
The next status report will be issued on March 18.
Trajectory report No 58 17.03.2001 (OC “MIR”) Date: 17.03.2001
Sun vector to the orbital plane (in degrees): +50.5
solar F10.7 flux: 140
geomagnetic index Ap: 7
F10.7 <= 100 -- low level;
100 < F10.7 < 150 -- medium level;
F10.7 >= 150 — high level
Dynamic operations are scheduled to start on: 21.03.2001 +2 days
15% deviation from solar flux activity value: 28.03.2001 +3 days / -2 days