Saturday, December 22, 1979

Interkosmos 5

 1971-104A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

Thursday, December 20, 1979

Kosmos 1065

 1978-120A


 6 subsatellites were deployed from Kosmos-1065; the satellite reentered during the high solar activity of 1979 and may not have had time to release its full complement of test objects. It was the first successful Kapustin Yar satellite in the Romb series.


Kosmos-1065 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Dec 22  2200  Launch by 11K65M  KY 
 2208  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 2215? Stage 2 MECO-2 
1978 Dec 22    93.5 344x548x50.7 
1979 Aug 1  reentered 

No  Object  RCS  Release (approx)  Decay  

 Kosmos-1065   1979 Aug 1 
 S3 rocket    1979 Aug 18 
1 C   1979 Jan 18  1979 Mar 1 
2 D   1979 Jan 18  1979 Mar 2 
3 E   1979 Jan 18  1979 Mar 3 
4 F   1979 Jan 18  1979 Mar 1 
5 G   1979 Jun 28  1979 Jul 16 
6 H   1979 Jun 28  1979 Aug 5 

Seventeen: August 1979

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Tuesday, December 18, 1979

Kosmos 177

 1967-088A


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
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Sep 16  0606 Launch by 11A57  NIIP-5 LC1 
 0610Blok-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

October 1,2026

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