Saturday, December 22, 1984
Friday, December 21, 1984
Peole
1970-109A
The Peole (Preliminaire Eole) satellite was a prototype of the Eole weather satellite. The satellite carried the Eole transponders as well as a gravity gradient stabilization system, geodetic laser retroreflectors, and experimental solar cells. Peole was launched on 1970 Dec 12, but the orbit reached was lower than planned.
Mass was 57 kg (70 kg per RAE and TRW, 55 kg per SFLT).
The gravity boom deployed prematurely when the rotation speed was still too high, and the satellite ended up oriented upside down. The satellite was successfully flipped on Dec 31 and the mast used to reduce oscillation amplitude.
| Peole | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Dec 12 | 1304:44 | Launch by Diamant B | CSG ELD |
| 1306:43 | T+1:59 Amethyste MECO | ||
| 1306:44? | Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1306:44? | St 2 burn for 40s | ||
| 1307:23? | T+2:39 St 2 burnout | ||
| 1225? | St 2 sep | ||
| 1311? | T+6:53? St 3 burn 46s | ||
| 1311? | T+7:39? St 3 burnout at 741 km? | ||
| 1312? | Peole sep | 97.2 517 x 747 x 15.0 | |
| 1315? | Yo-yo despin | ||
| 1980 Jun 16 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- Gravity gradient stabilization system with 10m long mast, 3 kg end mass
- Eole transmitters
- Laser reflectors (44)
Thursday, December 20, 1984
Corona 92
1965-013A
KH-4A Mission 1017 (CORONA 92) carried scientific experiments in addition to the J-1 camera system. It was launched on 1965 Feb 25. Both SRVs were recovered, and transmissions from the experiments continued to Mar 10.
| KH-4A Mission 1017 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Feb 25 | 2144:55 | Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D | V Complex PALC-1 Pad 1 |
| 2145:55 | Castor sep (T+1:00) | ||
| 2147:25 | Thor MECO (T+2:30) | ||
| 2147:33 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) | ||
| 2147:41 | Thor sep (T+2:46) | ||
| 2147:45 | Agena burn (T+2:50) | ||
| 2151:48 | Agena MECO (T+6:53) | 90.07 182 x 378 x 75.08 (VCR) | |
| 1965 Feb 26 | 0142 | 90.02 178 x 372 x 75.08 | |
| 1965 Feb 26 | 0230 | 90.07 177 x 377 x 75.08 (RAE) | |
| 1813 | 89.99 174 x 373 x 75.1 | ||
| 1965 Feb 28 | 0913 | 89.94 177 x 365 x 75.1 | |
| 1965 Feb 28 | 89.9 179 x 352 x 75.1 (SSR) | ||
| 1965 Mar 2 | 2311? | SRV-1 ejected rev 81 | |
| 1965 Mar 2 | 2350 | SRV-1 recovered midair | |
| 22 57N 156 01W | |||
| 1965 Mar 5 | 2105 | 89.78 176 x 350 x 75.1 | |
| 1965 Mar 6 | 2301? | SRV-2 ejected rev 145 | |
| 1965 Mar 6 | 2343 | SRV-2 recovered midair | |
| 23 30N 166 22W | |||
| 1965 Mar 7 | 2358 | 89.72 166 x 354 x 75.1 | |
| 1965 Mar 10 | End of transmissions | ||
| 1965 Mar 12 | 1901 | 89.37 179 x 307 x 75.1 | |
| 1965 Mar 15 | 89.6 180 x 328 x 75.1 (SSR) | ||
| 1965 Mar 18 | 1955? | Reentered | |
Ariel 2
1964-015A
UK 2 (NASA S-52, UK-C) was similar to UK 1. The NCSR and GSFC managed the program. Mass was 68 kg. Size 0.58m dia 0.90m long with a 40m dipole antenna normal to the spin axis.
| Ariel 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Mar 27 | 1725:23 | Launch by Scout X-3 | WI LA3 |
| T+1:15 St 1 burnout | |||
| T+1:34 St 2 burn | |||
| T+2:16 St 2 burnout | |||
| T+2:44 Fairing sep | |||
| T+2:45 St 3 burn, St 2 sep | |||
| T+3:23 St 3 burnout | |||
| 1732:36 | T+7:13 St 3 sep | ||
| 1732:40 | T+7:17 St 4 burn, | ||
| 1733:17 | T+7:54 St 4 burnout | ||
| 1747:36 | T+22:13 Yo weights deploy | ||
| 1748:36 | T+23:13 Inertia booms | ||
| 1749:36 | T+24:13 Solar panels deploy | ||
| 1750:36 | T+25:13 St 4 sep | ||
| 285 x 1362 x 51.6 | |||
| 1964 Sep | End of ops | ||
| 1967 Nov 18 | 1620? | Reentered over Ethiopia | |
Payload:
- Galactic radio noise (MRAO/FGSmith) 40m dipole antenna 650kHz-3.5MHz
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 | ||
Tuesday, December 18, 1984
Aeros 2
1974-055A
The Aeros 2 satellite (Aeros B to NASA prior to launch) was DFVLR's second atmospheric study satellite. It was launched in Jul 1974 to carry on the work done by Aeros A, and operated until its reentry in Sep 1975. Mass was 127 kg.
AEROS-B is under the aegis of the BMFT. The satellite is built by GfW (Gesellschaft fur Weltraumforschung mbh).
| Aeros 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Jul 16 | 1151:01 | Launch by Scout D-1 S-186C | V SLC5 |
| 1152:23 | Algol burnout T+1:22 | ||
| 1152:29 | Castor burn T+1:28 | ||
| 1153:07 | Castor burnout T+2:06 | ||
| 1154:06 | Fairing sep T+3:05 | ||
| 1154:08 | Antares burn T+3:07 | ||
| 1154:42 | Antares burnout T+3:41 | ||
| 1154:49 | Coast | ||
| 1157:09 | Altair burn T+6:09 | ||
| 1157:42 | Altair burnout T+6:41 | ||
| 1202:05 | T+11:04 Altair sep | ||
| 1202:07 | T+11:06 Yo-yo sep | ||
| 95.6 224 x 869 x 97.5 | |||
| 1974 Jul 23 | Experiment covers open | ||
| 1975 Feb 25 | 90.61 195 x 413 x 97.4 | ||
| 1975 Feb 25 | Orbit raise | 91.45 280 x 410 x 97.4 | |
| 1975 Sep 25 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- IP Impedance Probe for electron density (ApW-Freiburg/Neske)
- MS Mass spectrometer (MPIK/Krankowsky)
- RPA Retarding Potential Analyser (ApW-Freiburg/Spenner)
- EUV Solar and atmospheric EUV spectrometer 120-1070A (ApW-Freiburg/Schmidtke)
Sunday, December 16, 1984
Kosmos 988
1978-015A
| Kosmos-988 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Feb 8 | 1215 | Launch by Soyuz | Plesetsk |
| 1219 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1223 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1978 Feb 8 | 89.89 200 x 337 x 72.8 | ||
| 1978 Feb 8 | B 193x320, d Feb 17 | ||
| 1978 Feb 8 | C 125x339, d Mar 5 | ||
| 1978 Feb 20 | D 177x254, d Feb 22 | ||
| 1978 Feb 20 | E 187x502, d Mar 2 | ||
| 1978 Feb 20 | F 203x271, d Mar 11 (Engine) | ||
| 1978 Feb 20 | G 198x403, d Feb 24 | ||
| 1978 Feb 20 | 89.70 196 x 321 x 72.8 | ||
| 1978 Feb 21 | |||
| 0652? | Deorbit | ||
| 0702? | PO sep | ||
| 0707? | Entry | ||
| 0725? | Landed | ||