Saturday, January 7, 1978

Molniya 106

  1966-035A


Molniya-1 F6 carried a TV camera for weather observations. 


Molniya-1 F6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Apr 25  0710 Launch by Molniya  KB 
 0715? Blok-A sep 
 0715? Blok-I burn 
 0719? Blok-I sep 
 0810? BOZ burn 
1966 Apr 25    91.19 183 x 482 x 64.9 
 0811? Blok-L burn 
 0815? Blok-L sep 
1966 May 9    709.36 455 x 39483 x 64.7 
1966 Jun 11    710.15 429 x 39548 x 65.0 
1966 Sep 2   end of ops 
1966 Nov 23    710.68 538 x 39465 x 65.0 
1967 Jul 4  705.71 754 x 39003 x 65.2 
1970 May 24    705.54 1628 x 38121 x 65.1 
1973 Jan 30    701.63 200 x 39354 x 64.6 
1973 May 7    651.62 135 x 36903 x 64.5 
1973 Jun 8    134.07 261 x 4336 x 64.4 
1973 Jun 11   Reentered 

Thursday, January 5, 1978

Kosmos 291

 1969-066A


Kosmos-291 was an interceptor mass model (IS GVM) used as a test payload for the first launch of the 11K69 (Tsiklon-2) production version of the 11K67 launch vehicle. There was an accident during launch preparations but the launch itself was successful. The IS version was the 5V91T, part of the Lira system.


Kosmos-291 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Aug 6  0540  Launch by 11K69  KB PL90L 
 0542  Stage 2 burn 
 0546?  Stage 2 sep 
1969 Aug 7  0500?   91.46 147 x 548 x 62.24 
1969 Aug 11  0824? Stage 2 reentered 
1969 Sep 8    87.78 117 x 211 x 62.2 
1969 Sep 8  2233?  Reentered 

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