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ISSCOM.011
April 30, 2001
By Chris v.d. Berg
Docking S-TM32 at ISS:
S-TM32 docked at the nadir docking port of Zarya on 30.04.01 at 0957UTC. During the approach and docking S-TM32 and the ISS still were out of range of
Western Europe.
During the pass for my position in orb. 13961, 0917-0923UTC 3 voice transmitters were active.
- On the 143.625 mc strong cross-modulation interference by an air traffic
control centre in Germany.
- The interference was also inconvenient on 121.750 mc.
- 130.165 mc showed a good performance: strong signals and a good reception of
TsUP via an uplink receiver in the background.
Somebody, somewhere asked Dennis: 'How are you?' (No answer heard).
TsUP gave permission to open the cover of the hatch between the BO (life compartment) of the S-TM32 and the SO (docking compartment).
A few minutes later the crew also got permission to open the hatch itself.
With the S-TM32 crew already on board, during the next orbit (13962), 1053-1059UTC, TsUP and the crews established a TV-link and images were made by the
LIV camera. For the next pass they promised to transmit operational images of
the approach and docking of S-TM32.
During the pass in orbit 13963, 1224-1235UTC Musabayev reported that they had
conserved the S-TM32. There were no further remarks. |
