Kosmos 695

 1974-091A

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DS-P1-Yu No. 73 was launched in Nov 1974.

Kosmos-695
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Nov 20	1200	Launch by 11K63	NIIP-53 LC133/1
	1202	Stage 2 burn
	1206?	Stage 2 sep
1974 Nov 20			92.0 273 x 468 x 71.0
1975 May 10		End of ops
1975 Jul 15		Reentered

IDCSP 3

  1968-050A

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The third and final IDCSP Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program cluster was launched by Titan IIIC on 1968 Jun 13. It had initially been planned as a replenishment launch but most of the previous IDCSP satellites were still operating well. The first satellite of the eight in the cluster was IDCSP 20,.

IDCSP 20
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jun 13	1403:50	Launch by Titan IIIC (3C-16)	CC LC41
		T+0:02:01 SRM sep
		T+0:02? St 1 burn
		T+0:04:17 St 1 sep
		T+0:04:41 Fairing
		T+0:07:38 Titan Stage 2 MECO
	1411:41	T+7:51 Transtage burn 1 14s
	1411:55	T+8:05 MECO-1	148 x 176 km x 28.6
	1509:32	T+1:05:42 Transtage burn 2
	1514:35	T+1:10:45 MECO-2	250 x 33700 x 26.4
	2005	T+6:02:52 MES-3
	2008	T+6:04:38 MECO-3
	2010?	IDCSP sep
			1335.7 33758 x 33841 x 0.2

Molniya 207

  1973-076A

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Molniya-2 F7 was launched on 1973 Oct 19 into a 62.8 degree orbit, the first Molniya-2 to enter such an orbit. It was located in the D plane.

Molniya-2 F7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Oct 19	1026:01	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1034	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1119	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1122	T+56:54 ML sep
1973 Oct 19	1140	(approx?)	722.96 555 x 40055 x 62.9
1973 Oct 22	1315		735.87 616 x 40626 x 62.8
		Lower orbit
1973 Oct 25	1415		717.94 502 x 39859 x 62.8
1973 Dec 19	1016		717.81 608 x 39747 x 62.9
1975 May 21			717.67 511 x 39837 x 63.8
		Orbit raise
1975 May 27			732.61 496 x 40587 x 63.9
1975 Oct 3			732.58 488 x 40593 x 64.1
1975 Oct 7		End of ops
1978 Jan 19			732.63 1141 x 39943 x 65.0
1983 May 23			687.25 111 x 38726 x 64.1
1983 Jul 8		Reentered

Paradise Lost

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Kosmos 16

  1963-012A

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Zenit-2 No. 10 was launched the day after the landing of Zenit-2 No. 8, the first time this had happened in the Zenit program. The spacecraft flew a 10 day mission, a record which would stand for five years. 

Kosmos-16
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Apr 28	0849:56	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB
	0855?	Blok-E burn
	0859?	Blok-E sep
			90.4 207 x 401 x 65 (TASS)
			90.38 194 x 388 x 65.0 (RAE)
1963 Apr 28			90.33 198 x 383 x 65.1
1963 May 7			90.22 190 x 379 x 65.0
1963 May 8	0630?	Retrofire
1963 May 8	0650?	Landed after 9.9d

Molniya 107

  1966-092A

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Molniya-1 No. 7 was the last OKB-1 built Molniya and the first to achieve a stabilized 12-hour period ground track, in Nov 1966. Improvements to the solar panels made it longer lived, operating for more than a year.

Molniya-1 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Oct 20	0750	Launch by 8K78M	KB
	0754?	Blok-I
	0759?	Blok-I MECO
	0850?	BOZ burn
	0851?	Blok L burn
	0855?	Blok L sep
1966 Nov 8			713.23 454 x 39675 x 64.6
1966 Nov		Ground track stabilized
1966 Dec 1			718.12 464 x 39907 x 64.7
1967 Jan 27			717.87 480 x 39878 x 64.8
1968 Jan 29		End of ops
1968 Jul 3			712.48 181 x 39911 x 65.0
1968 Sep 11		Reentered

DSAP 2

 1965-072A

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Vehicle 1 in the Block 2 series was orbited on 1965 Sep 10, using a Thor Burner 1 with an FW4 upper stage. It operated on its primary mission for 341 days. The satellite carried a 1.3cm video camera, the medium resolution `C' IR camera system with 16 sensors in the 0.2-5 micron band and the 5-30 micron bands, and a high resolution radiometer (HRR) in the 7-14 micron bands.

DSAP 01213
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Sep 10	0441:38	Launch by Thor Burner 1	V 4300B6
	0444:16	Thor MECO (T+2:38)
	0444:24	Thor VECO (T+2:46)
	0444:35	Heatshield sep (T+2:57)
	0452:03	FW4 spinup (T+10:25)
	0452:04	Thor sep (T+10:26)
	0452:10	FW4 burn (T+10:32)
	0452:43	FW4 burnout (T+11:05)
	0452	FW4 sep
	1430		101.93 649 x 1054 x 98.7 (RAE)
1966 Aug 17		end of primary mission
1966 Sep 22		end of ops

Payload:

• Video camera

• System C IR camera

• High resolution radiometer

Aviation Week: October 26,1981

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The First Act

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Seventeen: June 1981

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Club Management: August 1981

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