[FPSPACE] Novosti Kosmonavtiki on-line

[Stefan Wotzlaw]

Dear Bart Hendricks et.al.,

I was able to open the "news" page of NK online 
(www.novosti-kosmonavtiki.ru/content/news.shtml) without any problems.
Here are some of the most interesting facts at these page:

- Soyuz TM-31 spacecraft has the production  number 206.

- the preparation of Proton-K No. 401-01 (launch vehicle of GE-1A, launched on 
October 2,2000)set a new record for Proton ( 15 days, breaking the old record of 
19 days). The vehicle was delivered to Baikonur on September 14 and assembled in 
MIK 92-1, the Proton vehicle assembly building.

- the launch of Sirius-3 with Proton-K launch vehicle is planned for November 
30, 2000.

- the first launch of the new Proton-M launch vehicle and Breeze-M upper stage 
and Ekran-M payload has been postponed, indefinitely.
It was planned for November 5, 2000. The new vehicle was delivered to Baikonur 
on July 3, 2000 and stored in MIK 92A-50 inside a new and huge assembly hall.
There were found a lot a failures with the new digital guidance and control 
system. There is a discussion to send back the vehicle to the Khrunichev factory 
in Moscow.

Greetings to all,

Stefan Wotzlaw, Dessau, Germany