Kosmos 60

  1965-018A

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E-6 probe No. 9 was launched on 1965 Mar 12 and was stranded in Earth orbit. It was given the cover name Kosmos-60. The Blok-L did not ignite due to the I-100 power supply having failed. The payload remained attached to the Blok-L final stage, and reentered after 5 days. The launch went back to use of the 8K78L vehicle with guidance from the probe.

Kosmos-60
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Mar 12	0930	Launch by Molniya 8K78L	KB
	0935	Blok-A sep
	0935	Blok-I burn
	0939	Blok-I sep
	1030?	BOZ burn
	1031?	Blok-L failed to ignite
	1046		89.08 187 x 270 x 64.8
1965 Mar 13	1458		88.91 194 x 247 x 64.7
1965 Mar 17		Reentered

Ranger 8

  1965-010A

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The 364 kg Ranger VIII (Ranger C) was launched at 1705:01 on 1965 Feb 17 by Atlas Agena B from Canaveral. The initial course was a 1828 km flyby, corrected by an engine burn on Feb 18. The radio signal malfunctioned during the burn but recovered afterwards. Impact was on 1965 Feb 20 at 0957:37. The impact trajectory was 2.651 km/s at an angle of -41.7 deg, or an orbit of -687 x -9887 km x 16.06 deg. 

Ranger 8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Feb 17	1705:00	Launch by Atlas LV-3A/ Agena B	CKAFS LC12
		Azimuth 95.4 deg
	1707:17	BECO
	1709:48	Atlas MECO
	1710:05	Fairing
	1710:08	Atlas sep
	1710:49	Agena MES-1
	1713:20	Agena MECO-1	188 x 188 x 28
	1726:10	Agena MES-2 87s
	1727:37	Agena MECO-2 over 2.35N 9.11W, 205 km 10.941 km/s
	1730:14	Agena sep	199 x 564023 x 28.8
	1736:45	Agena avoidance
	1805	Solar panels extended
1965 Feb 18	1027:09	MCC 59s 36.4 m/s	-44 x 587391 x 30.73
	1028:09	MCC end
1965 Feb 20	0857	6154 km alt, Vrel = 1.621 km/s
	0934:30	First photos
1965 Feb 20	0957:37	Impact 2.7N 24.8E
	1600?	Agena flyby at 15825 km

Aviation Week: October 29,1979

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