Mir Status Report 5 March 2001

Mission Control Center

TsNIIMash [Central Scientific Research Machine Building Institute]

Rosaviakosmos [Russian Aviation and Space Agency]

Moscow, Russia

Press release: March 05, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]

The OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” operations scheduled for March 4 are complete.

Currently,the OC “Mir” is in free drift, its aerodynamic deceleration in the
upper atmosphere continues.

The OC “Mir” onboard systems were checked out and orbit radio monitoring
performed during the recent communication sessions.

The recent telemetry data confirmed that the complex remains pressurised,
the thermal mode is normal, the onboard systems perform norminal. Enough
electricity is generated to maintain the onboard systems operation, to
control their performance and measure orbit paramatres.

The next status report is expected on March 6, 2001.