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Subject: MIR  APOGEE/PERIGEE CORECTIONS
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 11:37:46 EST
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MIR UPDATE

From the NASA element set I calculated the APOGEE and  PERIGEE of MIR 
(old and new) and SALYUT_7.  One can see that MIR  has had successful 
correction of both the APOGEE and PERIGEE in the three days or so and 
it does look like a rendezvous trajectory  with SALYUT_7 or the Large 
Cosmos 1686 module that has been attached to SALYUT_7.  I think   the
rough dimensions of SALYUT_7 is about 23 Meters long and dia. about 4
Meters. This would makes its  internal volume about  100 cubic meters, 
an its weight at about 26,000 Kg, based on the dimensions of SALYUT_6.  
Aviation Week stated that MIR was launch by Proton booster,So I would 
assume that MIR is in simular in size and weight.

SPACECRAFT	MIR	MIR	SALYUT_7
ELEMENT SET	  2	 15	 48
DAY of 1986	 52.124	 55.963  50.750
APOGEE   KM	293.363 338.759	348.988
PERIGEE  KM	171.361	324.338	346.401
INCLINATION	 51.613	 51.614	 51.627

Also several people have asked about a good reference source for
Soviet Space Programs. The U.S. Government  Printing  Office has 
3 good books that they sell.

SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMS:
PART 1.  dealing with launch vehicles and sites and goals
PART 2.  Manned Space Programs and Space Life Sciences
PART 3.  Unmanned space activities

Part 1 is out of print, Part 2 was advable when I got my copy
about a year ago, and Part 3 at that time was not yet advable.  

john