Mir Status Report 8 March 2001

TsUP [Mission Control Center]

TsNIIMash [Central Scientific Research Machine Building Institute]

Rosaviakosmos [Russian Aviation and Space Agency]

Moscow, Russia

Press release: March 08, 2001, 09:00 (Moscow time) [06:00 UTC]

The operations scheduled on OC [Orbital Complex] “Mir” for March 7 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, orbit radio monitoring
performed.

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 and
measure orbit parameters.

The next status report is scheduled for March 9 2001.

Trajectory report No 49

08.03.2001

(OC “MIR”)

Date: 08.03.2001

Flight orbitÝnumber (day): 86092(01)

Orbit period (in min): 89.476

Mean orbit altitude (km): 253.3

Daily average altitude decay (km): 1.8

Beta angle, i.e. the angle of the
Sun vector to the orbital plane (in degrees): +17.7

Duration of daylight (min): 53.6

Solar and geomagnetic activity current parameters:

solar F10.7 flux: 160

geomagnetic index Ap: 8

F10.7 <= 100 -- low level;

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

F10.7 >= 150 — high level

Time of altitude Hav ~ 250 km:Ý10.03.2001 +1 day / -1 day

Re-entry prediction with consideration of
15% deviation fromÝsolar flux activity value: 27.03.2001 +5 days / -4 days

Date of the orbit parameters calculations: 07.03.2001

Renewed information is expected on 09.03.2001 at 01.00 p.m. DMT.