Nov 16 2000
From The Space Library
The Russian government decided that it could no longer afford to maintain the Mir space station and would destroy it in February 2001 during a controlled descent. The Russian government had previously decided to abandon Mir, but had extended the space station's time in orbit after the private MirCorp, based in the Netherlands, had leased time on the station, financing its operation.
According to the Russian government, a primary factor in its decision to end Mir's orbit had been increasing skepticism over MirCorp's continued ability to finance Mir.
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