Mir

Orbital station "Mir"

BRIEFLY ABOUT STATION

Registration number	1986-017A / 16609
Time and date of launch (UT)	21h.28m.23s. February 19, 1986
Launch site	Baikonur, LC 200L
Launch vehicle	Proton-K
Mass (kg)	19340
Orbital parameters:
- inclination (degrees)	51.6
- period (minutes)	89.2
- perigee (km)	178
- apogee (km)	319
Date and time of the end of existance (UT)	05h.59m.36s. March 23, 2001
Duration	5510d.08h.
Distance (km)
Number of revolutions around Earth	86330
Summary	Orbital third-generation station. Six docking ports (four radial ports for modules and two longitudinal for cargo and manned spacecrafts). Work of crews of piloting spacecrafts and docking with cargo spacecrafts: "Soyuz-T15" , "Progress-25" , "Progress-26" , pilotness "Soyuz-TM"; "Progress-27" , "Soyuz-TM2" , "Progress-28" , module "Kvant" , "Progress-29" , "Progress-30" , "Soyuz-TM3" , "Progress-31" , "Progress-32" , "Progress-33" , "Soyuz-TM4" , "Progress-34" , "Progress-35" , "Progress-36" , "Soyuz-TM5" , "Progress-37" , "Soyuz-TM6" , "Progress-38" , "Soyuz-TM7" , "Progress-39" , "Progress-40" , "Progress-41" , "Progress-M1" , "Soyuz-TM8" , module "Kvant-2" , "Progress-M2" , "Soyuz-TM9" , "Progress-M3" , "Progress-42" , module "Kristall" , "Soyuz-TM10" , "Progress-M4" , "Progress-M5" , "Soyuz-TM11" , "Progress-M6" , "Progress-M7" , "Soyuz-TM12" , "Progress-M8" , "Progress-M9" , "Soyuz-TM13" , "Progress-M10" , "Progress-M11" , "Soyuz-TM14" , "Progress-M12" , "Progress-M13" , "Soyuz-TM15" , "Progress-M14" , "Progress-M15" , "Soyuz-TM16" , "Progress-M16" , "Progress-M17" , "Progress-M18" , "Soyuz-TM17" , "Progress-M19" , "Progress-M20" , "Soyuz-TM18" , "Progress-M21" , "Progress-M22" , "Progress-M23" , "Soyuz-TM19" , "Progress-M24" , "Soyuz-TM20" , "Progress-M25" , "Progress-M26" , "Soyuz-TM21" , "Progress-M27" , module "Spektr" , "Atlantis" , "Progress-M28" , "Soyuz-TM22" , "Progress-M29" , "Atlantis" , "Progress-M30" , "Soyuz-TM23" , "Atlantis" , module "Priroda" , "Progress-M31" , "Progress-M32" , "Soyuz-TM24" , "Atlantis" , "Progress-M33" , "Atlantis" , "Soyuz-TM25" , "Progress-M34" , "Atlantis" , "Progress-M35" , "Soyuz-TM26" , "Atlantis" , "Progress-M36" , "Progress-M37" , "Endeavour" , "Soyuz-TM27" , "Progress-M38" , "Progress-M39" , "Discovery" , "Soyuz-TM28" , "Progress-M40" , "Soyuz-TM29" , "Progress-M41" , "Progress-M42" , "Progress M1-1" , "Soyuz-TM30" , "Progress M1-2" , "Progress-M43" , "Progress M1-5" .

MAIN MANIPULATIONS WITH STATION'S MODULES

Date	Time (UT)	Module revo- lution number	Station's revo- lution number	Explanation
Feb 19, 1986	21:28:23	Ìèð:1	Mir:1	Lift-off base module of orbital station "Mir" .
Mar 31, 1987	00:06:16	Ìèð:6375	Mir:6375	Lift-off module "Kvant" of orbital station "Mir" .
Apr 09, 1987	00:35:58	Ìèð:6517	Mir:6517	Docking of module "Kvant" to aft (aggregative) unit of station "Mir" .
Apr 12, 1987	20:18:24	Ìèð:6577	Mir:6577	Separation of service module of "Kvant" .
Nov 26, 1989	13:01:41	Ìèð:21648	Mir:21648	Lift-off module "Kvant-2" of orbital station "Mir" .
Dec 06, 1989	12:21:28	Ìèð:21804	Mir:21804	Docking of module "Kvant-2" to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
Dec 08, 1989	07:19:07	Ìèð:21832	Mir:21832	Beginning of redocking of module "Kvant-2" from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" to radial one.
Dec 08, 1989	08:19:04	Ìèð:21832	Mir:21832	Redocking of module "Kvant-2" to radial fore (transitional) unit (+Y) of station "Mir" .
May 31, 1990	10:33:20	Ìèð:24548	Mir:24548	Lift-off module "Kristall" of orbital station "Mir" .
Jun 10, 1990	10:47:22	Ìèð:24705	Mir:24705	Docking of module "Kristall" to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
Jun 11, 1990	?	Ìèð:24721±8?	Mir:24721±8?	Beginning of redocking of module "Kristall" from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" to radial one.
Jun 11, 1990	?	Ìèð:24721±8?	Mir:24721±8?	Redocking of module "Kristall" to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Y) of station "Mir" .
May 20, 1995	03:33:22	Ìèð:52860	Mir:52860	Lift-off module "Spektr" of orbital station "Mir" .
May 26, 1995	23:07:44	Ìèð:52966	Mir:52966	Beginning of redocking of module "Kristall" from radial fore unit (-Y) of station "Mir" to longitudinal one.
May 27, 1995	00:36:10	Ìèð:52967	Mir:52967	Redocking of module "Kristall" to longitudinal fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
May 29, 1995	?	Ìèð:53005±8?	Mir:53005±8?	Beginning of redocking of module "Kristall" from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" to radial one.
May 29, 1995	?	Ìèð:53005±8?	Mir:53005±8?	Redocking of module "Kristall" to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station "Mir" .
Jun 01, 1995	00:56:16	Ìèð:53045	Mir:53045	Docking of module "Spektr" to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
Jun 03, 1995	19:53:50	Ìèð:53088	Mir:53088	Beginning of redocking of module "Spektr" from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" to radial one.
Jun 03, 1995	?	Ìèð:53090±1	Mir:53090±1	Redocking of module "Spektr" to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Y) of station "Mir" .
Jun 10, 1995	?	Ìèð:53192±8?	Mir:53192±8?	Beginning of redocking of module "Kristall" from radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station "Mir" to longitudinal one (preparing for docking with Atlantis).
Jun 10, 1995	?	Ìèð:53192±8?	Mir:53192±8?	Redocking of module "Kristall" to longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" .
Jul 17, 1995	02:51:56	Ìèð:53763	Mir:53763	Beginning of redocking of module "Kristall" from longitudinal fore unit of station "Mir" to radial one.
Jul 17, 1995	?	Ìèð:53765±1	Mir:53765±1	Redocking of module "Kristall" to radial fore (transitional) unit (-Z) of station "Mir" ; ended at 4:20...4:43 UT.
Apr 23, 1996	11:48:50	Ìèð:58148	Mir:58148	Lift-off module "Priroda" of orbital station "Mir" .
Apr 26, 1996	12:42:32	Ìèð:58196	Mir:58196	Docking of module "Priroda" to fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" .
Apr 27, 1996	08:32	Ìèð:58209	Mir:58209	Beginning of redocking of module "Priroda" from longitudinal fore (transitional) unit (-X) of station "Mir" to radial one.
Apr 27, 1996	10:06	Ìèð:58210	Mir:58210	Redocking of module "Priroda" to radial fore (transitional) unit (+Z) of station "Mir" ; duration 1:34.
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of station "Mir" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of module "Kvant" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of module "Kvant-2" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of module "Kristall" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of module "Spektr" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .
Mar 23, 2001	05:59:36	Ìèð:86331	Mir:86331	End of existence of module "Priroda" with orbital complex "Mir" - "Kvant" - "Kvant-2" - "Kristall" - "Spektr" - "Priroda" - "Progress M1-5" .

Sources:
  Spaceflight now
  Alexander Zheleznyakov
  journal "Novosti Kosmonavtiki" ("News of Cosmonautics") from 1993 till our time
  journal "Kosmonavtika, astronomiya" ("Cosmonautics, astronomy") 1983-1991 years
  book "Evolution of vehicle-creating and cosmonautics in the USSR" by Valentin P. Glushko, Moscow, 1987
  Jonathan's Space Report
  and many other people and editions

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