Information Please Almanac, Atlas and Yearbook 1977

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Shinsei

 1971-080A

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The MS-F2 satellite was named Shinsei (Nova) once on orbit. The satellite was similar to MS-F1 and returned data on the ionosphere.

M-42-3 Mass of stage 4 plus payload is 500 f 137 em. Prop mas 363 kg. Payload mass 66 kg implying M-40 is 434f 71 em. Isp 276.0s?

Shinsei
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Sep 28	0400	Launch by Mu-4S-3	KASC
		T+0:07 SB burnout
		T+0:09 SB sep
		T+1:01 St 1 burnout
		T+1:21 Upper fairing sep
		T+1:22 Lower fairing sep
		T+1:23? St 1 sep
	0401 T+1:26? St 2 burn
		T+2:32? St 2 burnout
		T+2:42? St 2 sep
		T+2:43? St 3 burn
		T+3:25? St 3 burnout	-5212 x 980?
	0403?	T+3:45? St 3 sep	-5025 x 875 x 31.46
	0411	T+11:03? St 4 burn 40s
	0412	T+11:43? St 4 burnout
	0415	T+15:00 St 4 sep	112.9 869 x 1865 x 32.1
1972 Jan		Tape recorder failed
1975 Jan		Still operating

Interkosmos 5

 1971-104A

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DS-U2-IK-2 (Interkosmos-5) was the second Interkosmos magnetospheric satellite. It was launched on 1971 Dec 2 by Kosmos from Kapustin Yar and carried USSR and Czechoslovak instruments.

Mass 296 kg.

Interkosmos-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Dec 2	0825	Launch by 11K63 Kosmos-2	GTsP4
	0827	S1M burn
	0835?	S1M sep
			98.5 198 x 1181 x 48.4
1972 Apr 7		Reentered

Seventeen: June 1979

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Seventeen: August 1979

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Kosmos 177

 1967-088A

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Zenit-2 No. 53 flew a 51.8 degree mission in Sep 1967. It landed after 8 days at 51 53 N 48 18 E, 175 km SW of Kubyshev.

Kosmos-177
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Sep 16	0606	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-5 LC1
	0610	Blok-I burn
	0615	Blok-I sep	89.3 200 x 280 x 51.8 (RAE)
			89.3 202 x 292 x 51.8 (TASS)
	1619		89.29 203 x 275 x 51.8
1967 Sep 23	0419		89.11 197 x 263 x 51.8
1967 Sep 24	0546?	Deorbit
	0604	Landed

Town and Country: May 1979

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