Tuesday, October 26, 1971
Wednesday, October 20, 1971
Thursday, October 14, 1971
Sunday, October 10, 1971
OV2-05
1968-081A
OV2-5 was launched on flight P67-2 of the Space Test Program. The OV2-5 satellite was intended to carry out the ORBIS HIGH ionospheric beacon experiment, but the satellite apparently malfunctioned. The SSD-651, SSD-602 and SSD-606 returned good data; SSD-605 and SSD-607 failed. It appears that the magnetometer booms did not deploy correctly.
Total Titan 3C payload was 531 kg.
| OV2-5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Sep 26 | 0737:01 | Launch by Titan 3C | CK |
| T+0:02:01 SRM sep | |||
| T+0:02? St 1 burn | |||
| T+0:04:17 St 1 sep | |||
| T+0:04:41 Fairing sep | |||
| T+0:07:38 Titan Stage 2 MECO | |||
| 0744 | T+7:51 Transtage burn 1 | ||
| 0745 | T+8:08 MECO-1 | 150? x 180? x 28.6? | |
| 0844? | Transtage MES-2 | ||
| 0849? | Transtage MECO-2 | ||
| 1968 Sep 26 | 630.3 184 x 35787 x 26.4 (RAE) | ||
| 0850? | OV5-2 released | ||
| 1359? | Transtage MES-3 circ burn | ||
| 1400? | MECO-3 | ||
| S+0:00 OV5-4 released at 1.5m/s perpendicular | |||
| 1400? | S+0:17 LES 6 released at 1.2m/s in opposite dir | ||
| 1401? | Transtage MES-4 lower orbit to sub-synch, 32s 8.8m/s | ||
| 1401? | MECO-4 | ||
| 1401? | MECO-4 + 17s OV2-5 released at 1m/s | 1417.9 35116 x 35816 x 2.9 | |
| 1968 Nov 26 | 1417.98 35064 x 35798 x 2.9 | ||
Payload:
- SSD-601 Electron flux monitor
- SSD-602 Particle spectrometer
- SSD-605 Very high energy particles
- SSD-606 Low Energy Particles
- SSD-607 Low Energy Spectrometer
- SSD-609 Angular Distribution of Electrons
- SSD-610 VLF antenna
- SSD-651 Lyman Alpha scanning photometer
Saturday, October 2, 1971
Corona 71
1963-037A
The second KH-4A mission was also only partially successful. The first SRV, from Mission 1002-1, was recovered on Sep 27; the film showed severe light leaks. However according to the McDonald review the second SRV was `lost'. The CORONA internal program history records `commands failed - decoder failure in vehicle', and apparently the vehicle could not be reactivated after being placed in zombie mode. This implies that the second SRV was not separated from CORONA. After this the KH-4A series was postponed for several months, and the CORONA problem ran into trouble as nine months passed with only one successful flight.
| KH-4A Mission 1002 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 Sep 23 | 2300 | Launch by TAT Agena D | V Pad 2 |
| 2301 | Castor sep (T+1:05) | ||
| 2302 | Thor MECO (T+2:27) | ||
| 2302 | Thor VECO (T+2:35) | ||
| 2302 | Thor sep (T+2:40) | ||
| 2302 | Agena burn (T+2:47) | ||
| 2306 | Agena MECO (T+6:50) | 90.6 184 x 439 x 74.9 (VCR) | |
| 1963 Sep 24 | 0230 | 90.63 161 x 441 x 74.9 (RAE) | |
| 1963 Sep 24 | 0259 | 90.59 159 x 442 x 74.9 | |
| 1963 Sep 25 | 0309 | 90.52 172 x 428 x 74.9 | |
| 1963 Sep 26 | 2126 | 90.46 173 x 320 x 74.9 | |
| 1963 Sep 27 | 0056? | Mission 1002-1 complete | |
| 0058:24 | SRV-1 sep, deorbit rev 49 | ||
| 0058:34 | Retro | ||
| 0058:46 | T/C sep | ||
| 0107:33 | Main parachute out | ||
| 0134 | SRV-1 recovered in mid air | ||
| 0800? | Rev 54, activate zombie mode | ||
| 1963 Sep 29 | 0944 | 90.22 175 x 395 x 75.0 | |
| 1963 Oct 4 | 0020? | ||
| 0300 | Rev 165, failed to exit zombie mode | ||
| 1963 Oct 4 | Mission 1002-2 failed to start | ||
| SRV-2 not separated | |||
| 1963 Oct 10 | 1900 | 88.64 150 x 282 x 74.9 (RAE) | |
| 1963 Oct 11 | 2301 | 87.60 141 x 170 x 74.9 | |
| 1963 Oct 12 | 0200? | Reentered | |