MIRNEWS.396                                  24 NOVEMBER 1997
Computerfailure:  On 21.11.97 at 2132UTC  MIR was hit by the umptieth 
computerfailure. This happened to be  the compute r which had been delivered 
by   Shuttle Atlantis and installed during the combined flight of Atlantis 
and MIR in Septem ber 1997.  In the night from 21 to 22.11 Solovyov and 
Vinogradov were on duty and during every possible pass they discu ssed the 
problems with TsUP.  On 22 and 23.11 a number of systems remained off to 
reduce powerconsumption.  Again radio traffic during some passes in the night 
from 22 to 23.11.  For the repair the crew used the 2d new computer which had 
been brought to MIR by the freighter Progress-M36. On 24.11 the computer and 
other systems worked flawlessly  which enabled the crew to work on the 
subsatellite Inspektor, still o n board Progress-M36. Inspektor will be 
launched from the departing Progress-M36 on 17.12.97. 
Solidarnostj:
(Due to a failure of my own computer  -  solidarity of my PC with  the 
colleague on board MIR? -  I could not distribut e a MIR-report about the 
failure of the Ts.V.M. on board MIR, so I passed this news on to  friends in 
UK and the USA. T hey could not obtain additional information and for an  
official confirmation we had to wait until Monday 24.11.)
Altair-2:  This satellite is operational again after a period of maintenance 
of the groundfacilities for this geostatio nary satellite.   On 21.11 there 
were good TV and phone communications during orbit  67167. 
From traffic during this session could be derived that the EVA's which had 
been scheduled for the beginning of December
 1997 possibly  would be put back until January 1998.  (Meanwhile this has 
been confirmed: the EVA's take place on 5 an d 9.01.1998)
This means that the repair of the antenna for the 145.985 mc will be 
postponed also. 
Inspektor:
This week the crew will prepare the subsatellite Inspektor for an inspection 
flight on 17.12.97.  During the departure of Pr-M36 the freigher will 
jettison the Inspektor.  The Inspektor has to fly around the Pr-M36 for video 
images of tha t ship and after that the satellite will inspect the 
outersurface of the MIR-complex. 
 
Chris van den  Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202
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