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 the 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 Pr-M36 : 0735UTC. Immediately
after the undocking the Inspektor will make a flight around Pr-M36 and
transmit images from the freighter to 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 after
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 v.d. Berg, NL-9165/A-UK3202.