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| Mir Diary - 2000
A Chronology of mission events in orbit and on the ground. Mir existed for fifteen years growing from the original 20 tonne core module to a massive 130+ tonnes.
| Date |
Time (UTC) |
Event |
| 2000 Feb 1 |
06:47 |
Progress M1-1, a new version of the cargo craft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into approx 185 x 225 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 2000 Feb 3 |
08:02 |
Progress M1-1 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 339 x 355 kilometres |
| 2000 Feb 20 |
03:11 |
Progress M-42 undocks from Mir |
| 2000 Feb 20 |
06:10 |
Progress M-42 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entry, and after about 50 minutes it enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 2000 Apr 4 |
05:01 |
Soyuz TM-30 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 188 x 225 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination with cosmonauts Sergei Zalyotin and Aleksandr Kaleri aboard |
| 2000 Apr 6 |
06:31 |
Soyuz TM-30 docks with Mir's forward-facing port - orbit is 346 x 364 kilometres |
| 2000 Apr 25 |
20:08 |
Progress M1-2, a new version of the cargo craft, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into approx 185 x 225 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 2000 Apr 26 |
16:32 |
Progress M1-1 undocks from Mir |
| 2000 Apr 26 |
19:26 |
Progress M1-1 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entry, and after about 50 minutes it enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 2000 Apr 27 |
21:28 |
Progress M1-2 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 339 x 355 kilometres |
| 2000 Jun 15 |
21:24 |
Soyuz TM-30 undocks from Mir with Zalyotin and Kaleri aboard - for the first time in almost ten years, since the arrival of Soyuz TM-8 1989 Sep 7, Mir has no attendant crew |
| 2000 Jun 15 |
23:51 |
Soyuz TM-30 makes its retro-fire |
| 2000 Jun 16 |
00:43 |
Soyuz TM-30 lands |
| 2000 Oct 3 |
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Russia announces that Mir will be abandoned due to lack of both government and private funding |
| 2000 Oct 15 |
18:06 |
Progress M1-2 undocks from Mir |
| 2000 Oct 15 |
21:00 |
Approximate time - Progress M1-2 fires its retro-rocket to initiate re-entry, and after about 50 minutes it enters the upper atmosphere and burns up as a result of frictional heating |
| 2000 Oct 16 |
21:27 |
Progress M-43 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome by Soyuz rocket into 177 x 21 kilometre orbit at 51.6 degrees inclination |
| 2000 Oct 20 |
21:16 |
Progress M-43 docks automatically with the rear port of Kvant - orbit is 339 x 355 kilometres |
| 2000 Dec 26 |
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Contact with Mir is lost for several hours |
| 2000 Dec 27 |
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Approximate date - Mir's managers announce an emergency crew that will be launched, if necessary, to assist with the de-orbiting - it consists of cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Nikolai Budarin |
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