Molniya 115

1970-077A

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Molniya-1 (F20, N15) was launched on 1970 Sep 29. It entered the B plane, replacing N12 and it was later replaced by N19.

Molniya-1 F20
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Sep 29	0814:01	Launch by Molniya 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0822	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0907?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0910?	T+56:54 ML sep
1970 Oct 3			711.12 680 x 39345 x 65.2
1970 Oct 14			710.99 679 x 39339 x 65.2
1970 Oct 28			710.87 678 x 39334 x 65.4
1970 Oct 29		Stabilized ground track
1970 Nov 10			717.66 667 x 39680 x 65.5
1971 Nov		end of ops
1971 Nov 21			717.47 364 x 39975 x 65.9
1972 Jan		end of tx
1972 Feb 15			717.15 254 x 40069 x 65.9
1975 Dec 18			713.76 192 x 39963 x 64.3
1976 Feb 5			704.29 141 x 39546 x 64.3
1976 Mar 15			200.45 187 x 9747 x 64.3
1976 Mar 20		Reentered

Kosmos 366

 1970-078A

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Kosmos-366 was the 12th Gektor (Zenit-2M) flight, lasting 11.9 days.

Kosmos-366
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Oct 1	0820:03	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0824	Blok-I burn
	0828	Blok-I sep
1970 Oct 2	1200		89.48 204 x 295 x 65.0
1970 Oct 13	0628?	Retrofire
	0638?	PO sep
	0644?	Entry
	0705?	Landed

Vanguard SLV-1

  1958-F05

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The Lyman Alpha satellite was designed to measure the flux of solar radiation in the 1215A Lyman-Alpha line of hydrogen. It also carried a micrometeorite detector, which returned data up to an altitude of 2500 km. NASA TN-D-782 reports an apogee of 3426 km. The second stage lost attitude, so that although the third stage fired it did so at the wrong angle (60 degree pitch up) and did not reach orbit. Reentry was 9430 km downrange. The launch vehicle was the first `mission' Vanguard, SLV-1.

Vanguard Lyman Alpha
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 May 28	0346:20	Launch by Vanguard SLV-1	CC LC18A
	0348:43	T+2:23 Stage 1 sep
	0349:11	T+2:51 Fairing sep
	0350:40	T+4:21 Stage 2 burnout
	0355:31	T+9:11 Stage 2 sep, 600 km alt
	0355:48	T+9:28 Stage 3 burn
	0356	T+10:01 Stage 3 burnout
	0356:48	T+10:28 Stage 3 sep
		-3900 x 3500 x 34?
	0418?	Apogee over 41W? 2N?
	0445?	Reentry over 5W? 23S?, S Atlantic

Bhaskara 1

 1979-051A

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The Satellite for Earth Observations (SEO) was the second Indian satellite. It was named Bhaskara after launch from Kapustin Yar aboard a Soviet rocket. Bhaskara was built by ISRO/HAL. The 26-faced polyhedron had a mass of 425 kg and was 1.66 m high, 1.55 m diameter. Bhaskara was named after an Indian mathematician of the 7th century AD.

Bhaskara
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Jun 7	1030	Launch by Kosmos-3M	KY
	1032	Stage 2 burn
	1037?	Stage 2 MECO	-300? x 540 x 50.7
	1058?	Stage 2 MES-2
	1058?	Stage 2 MECO-2
	1100?	Stage 2 sep
			95.2 519 x 541 x 50.7
1980		Camera activated
1981 Mar		End of SAMIR operations
1981 Aug 1		End of ops?

Payload:

• SAMIR Satellite microwave radiometer 19 + 23 GHz, 150 k res.

• TV camera Earth observation in 2 bands (Vis, IR); Failed at launch, OK since 800516.

• DCP Data collection platform (remote met platform data relay)

• Pinhole X-ray sky survey (failed, zero data rate) (TIFR/ISRO). All sky monitor, 5 deg resolution, with PSPC 2-10 keV?

• Heat pipe test

• Thermal control tests

Aviation Week: June 13,1983

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