Progress pre-docking manoeuvres

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Hello,

Progress made it's second burn at 0822:20 UTC on Mar 03 (dV=1.63 m/s,
t=18.0 sec). Today it will make another 3 burns. 1st at 0510:29 UTC,
dV=0.94 m/s, t=10.73 sec; 2nd at 0557:12 UTC, dV=1.59 m/s, t=18.2 sec;
3rd at approx. 07:01:34 UTC, dV=0.94 m/s (not finally determined yet).
Docking is scheduled at approx. 0741 UTC.
Current orbit of Progress is

EFG vector:

Vector date      04 Mar 1997
Vector time      04:15:50.087 UTC
X, km            5987.06112
Y, km            3161.28876
Z, km           -0.00000001
Vx, km/s        -2.00216304
Vy, km/s         3.76422214
Vz, km/s         6.01714246

Orbit #               1630
Nodal period, min       92.1233
Inclination, deg        51.6695
Hmin, km               370.523
Hmax, km               406.302
RAAN 1950.0, deg       254.0181
Long. of Asc.Node, deg  27.8350 E

Estimated EFG vector after the 2nd burn:

Vector date    04 Mar 1997
Vector time    05:57:30.1455
X, km          5298.479
Y, km          2722.715
Z, km          3204.144
Vx, km/s      -4.582581
Vy, km/s       3.234878
Vz, km/s       4.788178

Best regards,
   Vladimir Agapov.

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