Tuesday, April 22, 1980

Gambit-3 45

  1975-098A


KH-8 no. 45 was launched on 1975 Oct 9 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg into a new type of orbit: 125 x 356 km x 96.4 degrees. The perigee was 10 km lower than previous missions in the 1970s the apogee 50 km lower, and the inclination reverted to the 96 degrees used by the Atlas Agena flights of the 1960s. This new inclination would be used by the remainder of the GAMBIT series and the low perigee would also become the norm.


KH-8 45 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Oct 9  1915Launch by Titan 23B Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1917?  Titan stage 1 sep 
 1920 Titan stage 2 sep 
 1920  Agena burn 
 1925? Agena MECO 
   89.3 125 x 356 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 2  0655   89.23 121 x 350 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 3  2208?  SRV-1 deorbit opportunity 
 2215?  Reentry 
 2240? SRV-1 recovered
1975 Nov 4  1230   89.24 123 x 350 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 6  0015 89.35 122 x 362 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 25  0243   89.25 126 x 348 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 26  2321   89.39 125 x 362 x 96.4 
1975 Nov 27  1117   89.33 126 x 356 x 96.4 

1975 Nov 28  

2203? SRV-2 recovered 
1975 Nov 30  2136? reentered 

Thursday, April 10, 1980

Kosmos 761

 1975-086A


Kosmos-761 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 13.


Kosmos-761  
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Sep 17  0710  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
  Stage 2 burn 1  
 0717 T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1 
  Stage 2 burn 2 
 0808? T+58m? Stage 2 sep 
1975 Oct 2  114.74 1402 x 1484 x 73.99  

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