IMPORTANT NEWS UPDATE Update The timetable for the Znamya 2.5 experiment has been released by the SRC:

Znamya-2.5 experiment program

 

Moscow time (GMT+2)

February 4, 1999

15-th day orbit
11:30-11:45 Manual attitude control mode system checking
Entering of the control commands into the Onboard Digital Computer System
16-th day orbit
13:04 OS MIR and spacecraft Progress M-40 undocking
14:06-14:07 1-st automatic pulse
1-st day orbit
14:20-14:32 OS MIR automatic manoeuvre. 2-nd automatic pulse
Automatic manoeuvre and Inertial Coordinate System setting
14:34-14:40 Reflector deployment
2-nd day orbit
16:12-16:18 Watching the reflected light spot on the Earth along Karaganda city - Zaisan lake (Kazakstan)
3-rd day orbit
17:35-17:38 Relative distance checking. 1-st compensation pulse
17:45-17:48 Control of the reflector along the flight trajectory over Saratov city (Russia) - Aktubinsk city (Kazakstan)
4-th day orbit
19:18-19:22 Control of the reflector along the flight trajectory over Kovel town - Poltava city (Ukrain)
5-th day orbit
20:34-20:40 Relative distance checking. 2-nd compensation pulse
20:50-20:54 Control of the reflector along the flight trajectory over Lies city (Belgium) - Frankfurt city (Germany)
6-th day orbit
21:50-22:00 Solar array pointing
22:10-01:30 Crew rest
9-th day orbit
02:15-02:33 Relative distance checking. Maintain 3-axis attitude
02:54-02:58 Control of the reflector along the flight trajectory over Winnipeg city - Quebec city (Canada)
10-th day orbit
04:30-04:34 ontrol of the reflector along the flight trajectory over Calgary city (Canada) - Devil lake (USA)
05:09 Breakout pulse
05:13 Reflector jettisoning
05:18-05:25 Solar array pointing
05:30-13:30 Crew rest



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