Mir manoeuvred

Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Tue, 15 Apr 1997 18:51:37 +0400 (MSD)

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Hello,

Mir orbital station successfully made its burn and raised own orbit.
Engine ignition took place at 12:46:01 UTC, dV=3.0 m/s, burn duration
was 137 sec. Orbital parameters on the burn's revolution are (compare
pre-burn and post-burn values, post-burn are preliminary after first
orbit determination):

                     Pre-burn              Post-burn
Date              15 Apr 1997           15 Apr 1997
Asc. node time    11:59:55.935 UTC      11:59:52.516 UTC
Nodal period, min  92.1885               92.2960
Semimaj. axis, km 6769.50               6774.74
Eccentr.          0.00143               0.000659
Inclination, deg  51.6731               51.6757
Hmin, km          381.63                389.51
Hmax, km          397.16                402.54
Long. of AN, deg  17.0606               17.0746
RAAN 1950.0       40.9872               40.9869
Arg. of perig,deg 359.3208              353.2211

Preliminary EFG post-burn vector:

Date     15.04.1997
Time,UTC 11:59:52.516
X, km    6471.89673
Y, km    1987.88027 
Z, km    0.00000007
Vx, km/s -1.25199277
Vy, km/s  4.07811517
Vz, km/s  6.02152894

Best regards,
    Vladimir Agapov.

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