MIRNEWS.214             18 MAY 1994

MIR-operations: On 16.05.94 the engines of the Progress-M22,
still docked to the MIR-spacestation,  corrected the orbit of
the complex. The orbit on appr. 400 KM is almost fully cir-
cular now. Keplerelements earlier than 16.05.94 cannot be used
any longer. Herewith the 2-line elements for day 137:
137.63180416  0.00005592  51.6463  339.1528  .0001314  
282.2347 77.8458  15.56018306  47128.
  
Progress-M23: The launch of this freighter has been put back   
              until 22.05.94 at abt. 0425UTC. If all will go
according to plan we can for the first time monitor the trans-
missions of Pr-M23 that day at abt. 0725UTC on the frequ-s
922.755, 166.140, 166.130 and 165.873 mc. Pr-M23 will have a
VBK (ballistic return capsule) on board. 

The docking of Pr-M23 to the MIR-complex is scheduled for
24.05.94 at abt. 0617UTC, so 4 minutes after LOS (Loss of
signal) for our position.

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.

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