MIRNEWS.398                        16 DECEMBER 1997
Progress-M36:    
This freighter will undock from MIR on 17.12.1997 at 0602UTC.  After the 
undocking the Russian-German experiment with t he observation satellite 
Inspektor will take place. 
Inspektor: 
On 17.12.97 the Inspektor will be launched from Progress-M36 for a number of 
inspectionflights.   The separation from P r-M36 : 0735UTC.
Immediately after the undocking the Inspektor will make a flight around 
Pr-M36 and transmit images from the freighter t o a computer on board MIR.   
Solovyov will steer the Pr-M36 and the Inspektor with the system TORU. 
On 18.12.1997 Inspektor will   fly around the MIR to make  images of the 
outside of the complex. 
 Plans with the Progress-M36:  This freighter will not return to MIR for a 
redocking but decay in the atmosphere soon a fter the deployment of 
Inspektor.  
 
Progress-M37: The launch of this new freighter from Baykonur is on schedule 
for 20.12.1997. 
Rendez vous and docking with the MIR will take place on 22.12.1997. 
Chris van den Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202. 
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