Saturday, December 29, 1984
Friday, December 28, 1984
Kosmos 864
1976-108A
| Kosmos-864 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Oct 29 | 1240 | Launch by 11K65M | Plesetsk |
| T+2:10 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:12 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km | |||
| T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km | |||
| 1248? | T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km | 150 x 1003? x 83 | |
| T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 | |||
| T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 | |||
| 1343? | T+1:02:50 St 2 sep | ||
| 1976 Oct 29 | 104.9 966x1011x82.9 | ||
Tuesday, December 25, 1984
Hakucho
1979-014A
The second ISAS X-ray astronomy satellite, CORSA-b, was launched in Feb 1979. The satellite was renamed Hakucho (`Cygnus'). It was 97 kg in mass, and 0.66m long, 0.82m diameter.
The craft was spin stabilized with a 12s period. By 1983 it was dormant, and it was finally abandoned in 1985.
The M-3C-4 rocket used the M-3A2 model third stage.
| Hakucho | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Feb 21 | 0500 | Launch by Mu-3C-4 | KASC |
| T+0:08 SOB burnout | |||
| T+0:09 SOB sep | |||
| 0501? | T+1:24 St 1 burnout | -6228? x 100? x 31.3 | |
| T+1:26 B2 ig | |||
| 0502? | St 2 burnout | -5776 x 540 x 31.33 | |
| 0502? | Fairing top off | ||
| 0502? | Fairing lower part off | ||
| 0505? | T+6:00? Spinup St 3 | ||
| 0506? | T+6:02? St 2 sep | ||
| 0506? | T+6:07? St 3 burn, 54s | ||
| Stage 3 burnout | |||
| 0510? | Stage 3 sep | 95.6 541 x 572 x 29.9 | |
SPADES
1968-059A
The OV1-15 satellite was also named SPADES, or Solar Perturbations Of Atmospheric Density Experiment Satellite. The satellite was spin-stabilized and used an accelerometer to study drag.
On this launch, for the first time, the spacecraft drifted down from Atlas apogee and were inserted into a low perigee orbit [197]. The TLEs indicates the two satellites were coincident in location at 160 km altitude around 1944 UTC, 14 min after launch which would be the normal apogee time for an OV1 launch. This is surprising as one would expect the 500-1000 km Atlas apogee to be at around that time, with the insertion delayed a further 10 minutes. A reasonable solution is a pre injection orbit of -2300 x 450 km with the OV1s burning at about 45 deg to the horizontal.
| OV1-15 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Jul 11 | 1930 | Launch by Atlas F | V |
| 1932 | BECO | ||
| 1934 | SECO | ||
| 1934? | Fairing sep | ||
| 1935? | OV1-13, OV1-14 ejected | ||
| 1944? | OV1 burn at 160-170 km | ||
| 1946? | Atlas reentry | ||
| 1947? | OV1-15P sep | ||
| 104.8 154 x 1818 x 89.9 | |||
Payload:
- Microphone density gauge
- Mass spectrometer
- Particles
- Solar X and UV
- Ionospheric monitor
- MESA triaxial accelerometer
Monday, December 24, 1984
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Thursday, December 20, 1984
Kosmos 117
1966-037A
Zenit-2 No. 39 flew a standard 8-day, 65 degree mission in May 1966.
| Kosmos-117 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 May 6 | 1058 | Launch by Vostok 8A92 | KB |
| 1103? | Blok-E burn | ||
| 1108? | Blok-E sep | ||
| 89.5 207 x 308 x 65 (TASS) | |||
| 2130 | 89.6 205 x 298 x 64.9 (RAE) | ||
| 1966 May 6 | 89.54 205 x 297 x 64.9 | ||
| 1966 May 10 | 89.48 203 x 294 x 65.0 | ||
| 1966 May 14 | 0805? | Retrofire | |
| 0815? | PO sep | ||
| 0825? | Landed | ||