MIRNEWS.385    22 SEPTEMBER 1997

MAINCOMPUTER FAILURE:

On 22.09 at 0123UTC the crew was waked up by the alarmsignal: Check the SUD
(attitude control). When they did they saw that the Ts.V.M.-1, the
maincomputer had switched itself off. Solovyov reported this to TsUP during
the pass over here in orbit 66214, 0130-0140UTC. The first system to be
switched was again the oxygen generator Elektron.

During the pass in orb. 66215, 0305-0316UTC, S. reported that initially the
attitude of the complex was not so good. The complex is flying the so called
free drift. The supply from the solar panels decreased to a level of 200
Amperes.

Chris v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.