Editing Mir (section)

===Communications===
[[Radio|Radio communications]] provided [[telemetry]] and scientific data links between ''Mir'' and the [[TsUP|RKA Mission Control Centre]] (TsUP). Radio links were also used during [[Space rendezvous|rendezvous and docking procedures]] and for audio and video communication between crew members, flight controllers and family members. As a result, ''Mir'' was equipped with several communication systems used for different purposes. The station communicated directly with the ground via the [[Lira (ISS)|''Lira'']] [[Antenna (radio)|antenna]] mounted to the [[Mir Core Module|core module]]. The ''Lira'' antenna also had the capability to use the [[Luch (satellite)|''Luch'']] data relay satellite system (which fell into disrepair in the 1990s) and the network of Soviet [[tracking ship]]s deployed in various locations around the world (which also became unavailable in the 1990s).<ref name="SSSM"/> [[Ultra high frequency|UHF radio]] was used by cosmonauts conducting [[Extra-vehicular activity|EVAs]]. UHF was also employed by other spacecraft that docked to or undocked from the station, such as Soyuz, Progress, and the Space Shuttle, in order to receive commands from the TsUP and ''Mir'' crew members via the [[TORU]] system.<ref name="SSSM"/>