Sunday, April 3, 1983

Kosmos 1402

 1982-084A


Coplanar with K1365. The satellite survived after the Kosmos-1365 and Kosmos-1412 missions were completed, and was prepared for orbit raise on Dec 28. However the orbit raise failed to happen. The radioactive fuel core was ejected, and it and the main spacecraft reentered separately. Kosmos-1402, the reactor and main propulsion unit attached together, reentered over the Indian Ocean on Jan 23 while the uranium fuel core reentered over the South Atlantic on Feb 7.


Kosmos-1402 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Aug 30  1006 Launch by Tsiklon-2 Baykonur 
 1008  Stage 1 sep 
 1010  Stage 2 sep  -800? x 265 x 65 
 1020? DU burn  
 1030? Stage 2 reentry 
1982 Aug 30    248x262x65.0 
1982 Dec 27  2250? last mv   
1982 Dec 28  0200? failed to raise orbit 
1982 Dec 28  0200? Fuel core ejected 
1982 Dec 31   end of tx 
1983 Jan 23   reentered over IO 25S 84E 
1983 Feb 7   U235 fuel core reentered over S Atlantic 

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