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 | ||
Discoverer 19
1960-019
CORONA 19 was a radiometric mission for the MIDAS program. The RM-1 flight was launched on 1960 Dec 20 by Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. Instead of a capsule, it carried an IR scanner, a microwave scanner, and a multiwavelength scanner. The control gas leaked during the Agena burn and the satellite could not be stabilized, but the data was reportedly still usable. Mass of CORONA 19 was 946 kg on orbit.
| CORONA 19 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Dec 20 | 2032 | Launch by Thor Agena B | V Pad 5 |
| 2034 | Thor MECO (T+2:41) | ||
| 2034 | Thor VECO (T+2:50) | ||
| 2035 | Thor sep (T+3:02) | ||
| 2036 | Agena burn (T+4:15) | ||
| 2040 | Agena MECO (T+8:13) | ||
| 193 x 636 x ? (VCR) | |||
| 209 x 631 x 83.40 (RAE) | |||
| 1960 Dec 21 | 0349 | 92.90 206 x 628 x 83.4 | |
| 1960 Dec 22 | 1832 | 92.80 206 x 616 x 83.4 | |
| 1960 Dec 25 | End of transmissions | ||
| 1960 Dec 27 | 0638 | 92.41 206 x 579 x 83.4 | |
| 1961 Jan 5 | 0517 | 91.46 206 x 486 x 83.4 | |
| 1961 Jan 16 | 1430 | 90.0 186 x 359 x 83.4 (RAE) | |
| 1961 Jan 19 | 0230 | 89.6 178 x 324 x 83.4 (RAE) | |
| 1961 Jan 19 | 1636 | 89.36 178 x 307 x 83.4 | |
| 1961 Jan 20 | 89.0 128 x 323 x 83.4 (SATCAT) | ||
| 1961 Jan 23 | 0200? | Reentered | |
Thursday, June 23, 1983
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 | ||
Sunday, June 19, 1983
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