1988 May 13 - .

    Mir News 033: Progress-36 launched to Mir. - . Nation: Russia.
Program: Mir. Flight: Soyuz TM-4.

    Based on a report by TsUP to Manarov I expected the launch of
Progress-36 in the early morning hours of 12 May ( UTC). This launch did
not take place, as there happened to be a postponement of 24 hrs. Why
they had to postpone the launch is not known yet and whether it has
something to do with the problems with Kosmos-1900, I do not know
either. But for sure: Progress-36 is on its way as from 13 May approx.
0030 UTC). Tomorrow, 14 May the cosmonauts have a day off and the
planned docking will take place on 15 May 1988.I expect that the docking
operation will be in its final phase during the window in orbit 12861
0158-0206UT, azimuth from 178 through 144 to 85 degrees, with max.
elevation at 0202 UTC. Possibly the docking itself will take place
outside our window at approx. 0214 UTC. During the next orbit 12863 from
0331-0341 UTC the final result of the operation can be checked.

    The plans for the launch of Soyuz-TM5 with 2 Russians and 1
Bulgarian are still unchanged: June the 7th 1988.

    Greetings, and radio amateurs: 73-s,

    Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/ A-UK:3202.