RUSSIAN SPACE STATION " MIR " WILL BE NOYEE IN THE OCEAN BEFORE MARCH
22








TOKYO, March 14.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Viatcheslav Bantine).  The
Russian space station " Mir " will be noyee in the southern Pacific
between the 20 and March 22.  The Russian part in A informs the
Nipponese government, according to the agency Kyodo Tsushin.

Russia A also announces that the engines of the station will be
immobilize until A what it descends on an orbit 220 km.  At present it
is on an orbit of some 245 km.

Three " impulses mortals " will be given has the station whereas it
carries out its derniere evolution to reduce it in the dense layers
from the Earth's atmosphere.

Moscow and Tokyo got along on the presence of Japanese experts in the
Center of control of the space flights has Korolev (area of Moscow)
during the operation of descent of " Mir ".

March 8, a governmental committee of coordination has ete set up at
Japan, which will supervise the desorbitalisation of the space
station.  It east composes of representants of the secretariat of the
cabinet of the ministers, the ministries for Defense, the Businesses
etrangeres, Teaching and other departments.  The committee will have
to analyze the data provided by the Russian government and the other
sources, as well as informing the Japanese opinion of the destruction
of " Mir ".