MIRNEWS.284    14 DECEMBER 1995

Progress-M30:

This freighter will be launched from Baykonur on
18.12.1995 at 1431UTC. Pr-M30 has to dock to MIR on 20.12.1995

Orbitcorrection:

On 9.12.1995 at 1800UTC the engines of Progress-M29
gave an impuls which corrected the orbit of the
complex. The apogee became 4 NM higher. So a 2d orbit correction
might be possible. After the first correction the following
Keplerelements could be used:
Epoch: 345.28942709   Decay: 0.00000911   Inc. 51.6447
Raan: 350.4978  Ecc: 0.0006124  Arg. Per.: 89.4677  
MA: 270.7022  MM: 15.57457538 Oml. nr. 56056.

Progress-M29:

This freighter will be separated from MIR if on
19.12.1995 the systems of Progress-M30 are functioning well.

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.