Tuesday, July 20, 1982
Saturday, July 17, 1982
Kosmos 32
1964-029A
Zenit-2 No. 18 was the first launch by the Soviet Union into a 51 degree inclination orbit from Baikonur; all previous launches had used the 65 degrees inaugurated by Sputnik. The 51 degree inclination would later be characteristic of Soyuz piloted space missions, but was initially used for Zenit reconnaissance missions as well, particularly in the summer months.
| Kosmos-32 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Jun 10 | 1100 | Launch by Vostok 8A92 | KB |
| 1105? | Blok-E burn | ||
| 1110? | Blok-E sep | ||
| 89.8 209 x 333 x 51.3 (TASS) | |||
| 2130 | 89.76 213 x 319 x 51.2 (RAE) | ||
| 1964 Jun 10 | 2246 | 89.84 211 x 321 x 51.2 | |
| 1964 Jun 14 | 1032 | 89.79 205 x 322 x 51.2 | |
| 1964 Jun 17 | 1018 | 89.77 203 x 322 x 51.2 | |
| 1964 Jun 18 | 1015? | Deorbit | -150? x 230? x 51.2 |
| 1035? | Landed after 7.99d | ||
Tuesday, July 6, 1982
Monday, July 5, 1982
Sunday, July 4, 1982
Lunar Orbiter 2
1966-100A
Lunar Orbiter II was launched at 2321 on 1966 Nov 6 from Kennedy. The Agena restarted at 2343 after a 14 min parking orbit coast, and inserted Lunar Orbiter II on its translunar coast. The mid course correction was carried out Nov 8 at 1930. Lunar orbit insertion was at 2026 on 1966 Nov 10. At around 2258 on Nov 15 the orbit was altered to begin photography. The orbit was 192 x 1846 km x 11.8 deg. An orbit adjustment was made at 0900 on 1967 Apr 14 to shorten the period of a solar eclipse, and the orbit was raised to prolong lifetime in June. Lunar Orbiter II was deorbited at 0555 on 1967 Oct 11, impacting at 0712 on Oct 11. The LO-2 mission report says that the estimated impact site was 2.96N 119.13E. Another source reported 4S 98E.
| Lunar Orbiter II | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Nov 6 | 2321:00 | Launch by Atlas Agena D 5802/6631 | |
| 2323:08 | T+2:08 BECO | ||
| 2323:11 | T+2:11 Booster sep | ||
| 2325:50 | T+4:50 SECO | ||
| 2326:14 | T+5:14 VECO | ||
| 2326:16 | T+5:16 Fairing sep | ||
| 2326:18 | T+5:18 Atlas sep | -4092 x 182 | |
| 2327:07 | T+6:07 Agena 6631 burn 1, 2:35 | ||
| 2329:42 | T+8:42 Agena MECO | 88.10 176 x 194 x 28.4 | |
| 2340:59 | T+19:59 Agena burn 2, 1:28 | ||
| 2342:27 | T+21:27 Agena MECO | 181 x 350182 x 28.7 | |
| 2346:12 | T+25:12 Agena sep | ||
| 2355:11 | Agena retro | 128 x 349600 x 29.6 | |
| 1966 Nov 7 | 0010? | Agena depletion burn | 185 x 358688 x 28.6 |
| 1966 Nov 8 | 1930:00 | TCM 18.1s 21.1m/s | -88 x 355014 x 29.3 |
| 1966 Nov 10 | 2026:37 | LOI 611.6s 829.7m/s | 196.3 x 1871.3 x 11.97 |
| 1966 Nov 11 | 196 x 1871 x 12.2 (MOR) | ||
| 1966 Nov 15 | 2258:24 | Lower orbit for photos | 49 x 1853 x 11.89 |
| 28.1m/s 17.4s | |||
| 1966 Nov 26 | End of photo acquisition | ||
| 1966 Dec 7 | End of photo readout | 40 x 1863 x 11.5 | |
| 1966 Dec 8 | 2036:28 | Plane change 100.0m/s 61.3s | 43 x 1884 x 17.5 |
| 2037:30 | End of burn | ||
| 1967 Apr 14 | 0901:15 | Orbit adjust 5.5m/s 3.2s | 68 x 1840 x 16.8 |
| 1967 Apr 24 | 1044 | Apolune during eclipse | |
| 1967 Jun 27 | 0700:45 | Perilune raise 4.6s 8.0m/s | 113 x 1841 x 16.5 |
| 1967 Oct 11 | 0555:00 | Deorbit burn at apolune | |
| 0555:36 | Oxidizer depletion | ||
| 0555:53 | End of thrust | -218 x 1913 x 15.2 | |
| 0558:33 | Valves closed | ||
| 0712:54 | Impact | ||
Thursday, July 1, 1982
CAS-1
1971-071A
Eole, originally FR-2, was known to NASA as CAS 1 (Cooperative Applications Satellite 1). The 84kg satellite was built by Aerospatiale. Eole relayed data from meteorological balloons released from Argentina. In 1980 the satellite was still in use for training tracking station operators. Eole is named after Aeolus, the wind god.
Size is 0.58m long 0.71m dia. with 0.61m solar panels and a 10m gravity boom. Control from Bretigny.
One despin weight was miscataloged as 1971-69C.
| Eole | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 Aug 16 | 1839:00 | Launch by Scout B | WI |
| T+1:17 St 1 sep | |||
| T+1:57 St 2 burnout | |||
| T+2:05 Heat shield sep | |||
| T+2:07 St 3 burn | |||
| T+2:43 St 3 burnout | |||
| 1850:09 | T+11:09 St 3 sep | ||
| 1850:14 | T+11:14 St 4 burn | ||
| 1850:49 | T+11:49 St 4 burnout | ||
| 1855:49 | T+16:49 Yoyo release | ||
| T+16:59 Solar panels deploy | |||
| 1856:09 | T+17:09 St 4 sep | ||
| 1971 Aug 16 | 100.6 677 x 904 x 50.2 | ||
| 1971 Aug 21 | Deploy gravity boom | ||
| 1974 | Battery failed | ||
| 1980 | In use for training | ||