SPACE STATION " ME " IS SUNK PROSPECTIVE ON 10 MARCH








KOROLJOW / area Moscow /, 1 March.  / Eduard Pusyrjow, korrespondent
of the RIA " Nowosti " /. the Russian space station " me " is
presumably sunk on 10 March.  That was indicated in the flight
guidance center on Thursday opposite the RIA " Nowosti " with
reference to provisional calculations.  In order to begin directly
with sinking, it is necessary to lower the orbit of the station to 250
km explained one in the flight guidance center.  Today the station
circles " to me " at a value of 267 km around the earth.

As was stressed in the flight guidance center, functioning the systems
of the station is checked approximately around the clock.  The central
on board computer functioned in the operating regime and receives the
temperature of the space station within the boundaries from 22 to 24
degrees Celsius, the modules of the station is close.

On Friday the 130 tons become heavy station the 86000.  Orbit around
the earth complete.  As was determined in the flight guidance center,
that is the absolute record of the orbit around the earth by a space
object created by human hand.  The station " me " is already since 15
years and 10 days in the orbit.