Saturday, June 25, 1983
Friday, June 24, 1983
Courier
1960-013
Courier was the first satellite to demonstrate active repeater communications in orbit. The Courier program was transferred from ARPA to the Dept. of the Army on 1960 Sep 15.
Mass was 225 kg.
The second burn would have given a dV of about 0.36 km/s, so SECO-1 orbit probably had a somewhat negative perigee.
| Courier | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Oct 4 | 1958 | Launch by Thor Ablestar | CC LC17 |
| T+2:44 Thor MECO | |||
| T+2:45? Ablestar SES-1 | |||
| T+3:44 Fairing | |||
| 2005 | T+7:38 Ablestar SECO-1 over 65W 27N | -100? x 938 x 28.3 | |
| 2038 | T+40:06 Ablestar SES-2 over 35E 15S | ||
| 2038 | T+40:15 Ablestar SECO-2 | ||
| 2038 | Ablestar sep | 938 x 1237 x 28.33 | |
| 1960 Oct 22 | End of operations | ||
Monday, June 20, 1983
Kosmos 1046
1978-102A
| Kosmos-1046 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Nov 1 | 1200 | Launch by Soyuz | Plesetsk |
| 1204 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1208 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1978 Nov 1 | 89.84 197 x 334 x 72.9 | ||
| 1978 Nov 12 | 89.55 197 x 306 x 72.9 | ||
| 1978 Nov 13 | |||
| 0619? | Deorbit | ||
| 0629? | PO sep | ||
| 0634? | Entry | ||
| 0651? | Landed | ||
Saturday, June 18, 1983
Friday, June 17, 1983
Sunday, June 12, 1983
Discoverer 15
1960-012
KH-1 Mission 9010 was launched on 1960 Sep 13 by Thor Agena A from Vandenberg. Mass was 810 kg. The SRV from Discoverer XV was ejected on Sep 15, but insufficient remaining control gas in the Agena meant that the capsule was not correctly oriented, and it landed in the Pacific 1500 km south of the planned zone near Kiribati/Christmas Island, at 08 10N 159 15W.
| KH-1 Mission 9010 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Sep 13 | 2214 | Launch by Thor Agena A | V Pad 5 |
| 2216 | Thor MECO (T+2:42) | ||
| 2216 | Thor VECO (T+2:52) | ||
| 2217 | Thor sep (T+3:01) | ||
| 2218 | Agena burn (T+4:39) | ||
| 2220 | Agena cutoff (T+6:36) | ||
| 94.23 199 x 761 x 80.9 (RAE) | |||
| 201 x 763 x ? (VCR) | |||
| 94.1 200 x 755 x 80.9 (SATCAT) | |||
| 1960 Sep 14 | 0048 | 94.17 200 x 756 x 80.9 | |
| 1960 Sep 14 | 1321 | 94.11 200 x 750 x 80.9 | |
| 1960 Sep 15 | 0052? | SRV ejected | |
| 0053? | SRV deorbit | -106? x 626? | |
| 0120? | SRV landed in Pacific | ||
| SRV recovered near 20N 160W | |||
| 1960 Sep 15 | 2043 | 94.00 200 x 739 x 80.9 | |
| 1960 Sep 18 | 1119 | 93.70 200 x 710 x 80.90 | |
| 1960 Oct 3 | 0000 | 92.0 196 x 547 x 80.9 (RAE) | |
| 1960 Oct 14 | 0000 | 90.0 180 x 366 x 80.9 (RAE) | |
| 1960 Oct 16 | 1307 | 88.97 132 x 315 x 80.9 | |
| 1960 Oct 18 | 0200? | CORONA/Agena reentered | |
Friday, June 10, 1983
Kosmos 18
1963-018A
Zenit-2 No. 11 was launched on 1963 May 24 and flew a 9 day mission in a standard 65 degree orbit. It landed 40 km south of Tselinograd.
| Kosmos-18 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 May 24 | 1034:06 | Launch by Vostok 8A92 | KB |
| 1038? | Blok-E burn | ||
| 1043? | Blok-E sep | ||
| 89.4 209 x 301 x 65.0 (TASS) | |||
| 1963 May 24 | 89.30 196 x 288 x 65 (RAE) | ||
| 2052 | 89.40 206 x 282 x 65.0 | ||
| 1963 May 30 | 0929 | 89.33 203 x 278 x 64.9 | |
| 1963 Jun 2 | 0728? | Retrofire | |
| 1963 Jun 2 | 0748? | Landed | |
Sunday, June 5, 1983
Kosmos 582
1973-060A
Tselina-OM satellite Kosmos-582 was launched in Aug 1973.
| Kosmos-582 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 Aug 28 | 1004? | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 1006? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1012? | Stage 2 coast | ||
| 1037? | Stage 2 burn 2 | ||
| 1037? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 1973 Aug 31 | 0700 | 95.27 519 x 543 x 74.04 (RAE) | |
| 1980 Sep 5 | Reentered | ||