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Subject: [RASCALS] Where is Mir? This link will show you.
> http://liftoff.msfc.nasadot gov/temp/mir_loc.html
>
> Once it falls to within 137 miles of the planet, a series of thruster
> firings will position the orbiter for its final plunge. So when the
altitude
> drops to 225Km on the link page -- duck and cover ;-)
>
> The last suicidal burn should take place on or about March 20, pushing the
> craft though the atmosphere. Forty minutes later, Russian authorities
hope,
> the remains of Mir will fall over a remote expanse of the Pacific between
> Australia and Chile.
>
From: Ajai Segal via the RASC Newsgroup
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