Sunday, October 28, 1979

Kosmos 523

 1972-078A


Kosmos-523 (DS-P1-Yu No. 63) was the first of three DS-P1-Yu subgroup 1 satellites launched in quick succession within a three week period. About 10 debris objects were cataloged with the launch.


Kosmos-523 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Oct 5  1130  Launch by 11K63  PL  
 1132  Stage 2 burn  
 1136?  Stage 2 sep  
1972 Oct 8  0500   92.09 272 x 481 x 71.0 (RAE) 
1972 Dec 16  1200   91.22 257 x 413 x 71.0 (RAE) 
1973 Feb 21   End of ops 
1973 Mar 7  2316?  Reentered 

Tuesday, October 23, 1979

Kosmos 1138

 1979-085A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1138 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Sep 28  1220 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1228  Blok-I sep
1979 Sep 28    90.25 200x373x72.86 
1979 Sep 29   Orbit raise 92.31 364x410x72.87 
1979 Oct 12    92.30 364x409x72.87 
1979 Oct 14  
 0738?  Deorbit 
 0823?  Landed

Monday, October 22, 1979

Future space activities: 13th Goddard Memorial Symposium : proceedings of the 13th Goddard Memorial Symposium, held April 11, 1975, Washington DC

 https://welib.org/md5/397e0e38304332376c3b1c2339bbb3b2

Corona 39

  1962-011A


KH-4 Mission 9032 was launched on 1962 Apr 18 by Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. This was the first of the lower inclination CORONA flights, at 73.5 degrees. After launch an Agena telemetry link was lost and it was decided to recover the capsule early. The SRV was recovered over the Pacific after 2 days. The film from 9032 showed images of Sacramento airport which allowed two-engined and four-engined aircraft to be distinguished and was just able to detect automobiles.


KH-4 Mission 9032 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Apr 18  0053:47  Launch by Thor Agena B  
 0056  Thor MECO (T+2:26) 
 0056  Thor VECO (T+2:34) 
 0056  Thor sep (T+2:41) 
 0057  Agena burn (T+3:14) 
 0101  Agena cutoff (T+7:11)  209 x 515 x ? (VCR) 
1962 Apr    91.6 158 x 540 x 73.5 (SATCAT) 
1962 Apr 19  0220   91.59 201 x 504 x 73.50 
1962 Apr 20  0317? SRV ejected on rev 33 
 0404  SRV recovered in mid air 
1962 Apr 20   Lambda2 reentered 
1962 Apr 21   Lambda3,Lambda4 reentered 
1962 Apr 22   End of transmissions 
1962 Apr 23  1922   91.52 155 x 543 x 73.53 
1962 May 1  1430  90.9 200 x 441 x 73.48 (RAE) 
1962 May 17  1200   89.5 198 x 297 x 73.45 (RAE) 
1962 May    88.1 180 x 181 x 73.6 (SATCAT) 
1962 May 22  1710   88.10 180 x 180 x 73.56 
1962 May 28   CORONA/Agena reentered 

Payload:

  • Agena 1124

  • KH-4 MURAL camera system M-2

    • Panoramic cameras (2)
    • Index camera 

  • Satellite recovery vehicle

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