mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) (04/01/89)
The Soviets have released some information about their Mir schedule for the rest of the year; together with some information from J. Oberg and some estimates of my own, here is the expected activity for 1989-90. Details of the Sep/Oct activity are based on Oberg's scenario. You are warned that all attempts at detailed forecasts of Soviet space activity have traditionally turned out to be totally wrong. Enjoy! Progress-41 undock from rear port Apr early? Soyuz TM-8 launch, dock to rear port Apr 19 EO-4 Crew: Aleksandr Viktorenko, Aleksandr Balandin Soyuz TM-7 undock from front port, land Apr 29 EO-3 Crew: Aleksandr Volkov, Sergey Krikalyov, Valeriy Polyakov Soyuz TM-8 move to front port May 1? Progress-42 launch, dock to rear port May Progress-42 undock Jun Progress-43 launch, dock to rear port Jun Progress-43 undock Jul Progress-44 launch, dock to rear port Jul Progress-44 undock Aug Soyuz TM-8 move to rear port Sep Doosnashcheniya modula launch, dock front port Sep D-modula move to side port 1 Sep Soyuz TM-9 launch, dock front port Oct EO-5 Crew: Not yet selected; possibly Anatoliy Solovyov, Aleksandr Serebrov Soyuz TM-8 undock rear port Oct EO-4 Crew: Aleksandr Viktorenko, Aleksandr Balandin Progress-45 launch, dock rear port Oct/Nov Progress-45 undock from rear port Nov Soyuz TM-9 move to rear port Dec Tekhnologicheskaya modula launch,dock front port Dec T-modula move to side port 2 Dec Soyuz TM-9 move to front port Dec Progress-46 launch, dock rear port 1990 Jan? Long term scenario, caveat emptor: Soyuz TM-10 1990 Apr EO-6 crew replaces EO-5 Soyuz TM-11 1990 Oct EO-7 crew replaces EO-6 Soyuz TM-12 1991 Apr EO-8 crew replaces EO-7 Soyuz TM-13 1991 Oct Visiting crew, with Austrian cosmonaut Soyuz TM-14 1992 Apr Visiting crew, with French cosmonaut Soyuz TM-15 1992 Oct EO-9 crew replaces EO-8 2 more modules to be added in this time period. Mir 2 not expected until late 1990s. .----------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (617)495-7144 | | Center for Astrophysics | uucp: husc6!harvard!cfa200!mcdowell | | 60 Garden Street | bitnet : mcdowell@cfa.bitnet | | Cambridge MA 02138 | inter : mcdowell@cfa.harvard.edu | | USA | span : cfa::mcdowell | | | telex : 92148 SATELLITE CAM | | | FAX : (617)495-7356 | '----------------------------------------------------------------'