RE: MIR configuration?
jeff hunt (jhunt@eagle1.eaglenet.com)
Thu, 14 Mar 96 07:27:30 EST
Steve Miller asked about the Mir Complex configuration.
To the best of my knowledge the *present* Mir configuration using X,Y,Z
coordinates is:
X axis:
+X TM-23 (normally occupied by Progress vessel due in April 1)
next, Kvant
next, Mir
next, docking node, empty (normally occupied by Soyuz vessel, before arrival
of M-31 in April)
Z axis: same plane as X axis
+Z docking node empty, but will be occupied by Priroda module in late April
next, Kristal on the -Z axis
next, Docking module delivered by Atlantis on the end of -Z
Y axis:
+Y Kvant2 with Air Lock
next, docking node
next, -Y with Spektr module
All references to the 'docking node' is the same docking node connected to
Mir on the +X axis
You can get a better description (with graphics), along with later
configuration, on
http://physics.ox.ac.uk/sat/satintro.html
There is a link to the Mir description.
Regards,
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