Thursday, March 21, 1985

Kosmos 1558

 1984-050A



Kosmos-1558 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 May 25  1130 Launch by Soyuz  PL 
 1138  Blok I sep 
1984 May 25   89.11 167 x 293 x 67.2 
1984 May 26    89.06 166 x 289 x 67.1 
1984 May 27   Orbit raise 89.59 171 x 337 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 2    89.13 164 x 298 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise  89.43 171 x 321 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 11    88.71 160 x 261 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise  89.24 165 x 308 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 15    88.96 161 x 284 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise  89.17 164 x 302 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 19    88.79 159 x 270 x 67.2 
  Orbit raise  89.22 167 x 304 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 23    88.88 162 x 275 x 67.2 
  Orbit raise  89.21 166 x 304 x 67.2 
1984 Jun 28    88.74 159 x 264 x 67.1 
1984 Jun 28   Orbit raise 89.29 160 x 317 x 67.1 
1984 Jul 2    88.92 157 x 284 x 67.1 
  Orbit raise  89.89 194 x 343 x 67.1 
1984 Jul 5
 89.69 192 x 325 x 67.1 
1984 Jul 8
 2004? Deorbit 
 2019? Entry 
 2031?  Landed 

Wednesday, March 20, 1985

Ferret 7

 1964-072A


The seventh launch appears to have completed the initial batch of Ferret missions, which were all launched from pad 75-3-5 into 82 degree orbits, with Agena serial numbers in the 2300 series. This vehicle was Agena SS-01A No. 2317, with a mass of 1526 kg. It carried a digital payload operating in the Group 3 frequency bands.


OPS 3062
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Nov 4  0212:11  Launch by TA Thor Agena D  
 0213:16  Castor sep (T+1:05) 
 0214:38  Thor MECO (T+2:27) 
 0214:47  Thor VECO (T+2:36) 
 0214:54  Thor sep (T+2:43) 
 0215:33  Agena burn (T+3:22) 
 0219:29  Agena MECO (T+7:18)  
 0310?  Agena burn 2 
 0310?  Agena burn MECO-2  95.03 518 x 536 x 82.04 (VCR) 
1964 Nov 5  0230  95.1 512 x 526 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1964 Nov 8   End of operations 
1968 Jan 11  1200   94.21 477 x 485 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1968 Dec 16  0000   93.32 431 x 442 x 82.0 (RAE) 
1969 Nov 5  1452? Reentered 

Kosmos 1124

 1979-077A



Kosmos-1124 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Aug 28  0017 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0025 T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 0117?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 0120?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1979 Aug 28    727.3 561x40267x63.0 

Tuesday, March 19, 1985

Kosmos 1596

 1984-096A




Kosmos-1596 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Sep 7  1913 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 1921 T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 2013?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 2016?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1984 Sep 7    92.28 216 x 555 x 62.8  
1984 Sep 7    707.22 602 x 39229x 63.0 
1984 Sep 11   717.40 611 x 39724 x 62.9 

Thursday, March 14, 1985

Kosmos 948

 1977-083A



Kosmos-948 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Sep 2  0900 Launch by Soyuz  Plesetsk 
 0904? Blok-I burn 
 0908? Blok-I sep 
1977 Sep 2    88.99 215 x 233 x 81.4 
1977 Sep 13    88.75 207 x 217 x 81.4 
1977 Sep 15   
 0452? Deorbit 
 0502? PO sep 
 0508? Entry 
 0526? Landed 

Wednesday, March 6, 1985

Gambit-3 40

 1973-068A


KH-8 40 (GAMBIT 4340) was launched on 1973 Sep 27 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg. The spacecraft was in flight for 32 days and probably observed the Middle East region during the Yom Kippur War.


KH-8 40 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Sep 27  1715  Launch by Titan 23B Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1717  Titan stage 1 sep 
 1720 Titan stage 2 sep 
 1720  Agena burn 
 1725? Agena MECO 
   89.7 131 x 385 x 110.5 
1973 Sep 30    89.77 136 x 389 x 110.5 
1973 Oct 4    89.84 128 x 404 x 110.5 
1973 Oct 7  1901  89.47 129 x 367 x 110.5 
1973 Oct 7  2100? SRV-1 recovered
1973 Oct 9  2139  89.10 124 x 335 x 110.4 
1973 Oct 10   Orbit raise 
1973 Oct 10  1830   90.00 129 x 419 x 110.4 
1973 Oct 16    89.75 144 x 380 x 110.4 
1973 Oct 27  0213   89.41 112 x 377 x 110.4 
 2006   89.33 133 x 349 x 110.4 
1973 Oct 27  2336? SRV-2 recovered after 30 day photo mission 
1973 Oct 28  0759   89.04 116 x 338 x 100.4 
1973 Oct 29  0052? Reentered

Saturday, March 2, 1985

Ferret 15

 1970-066A


The third STRAWMAN carried the standard THRESHER and REAPER payloads only, on mission 7166.

REAPER was able to locate radars to 7 km accuracy.


OPS 8329 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Aug 26  1001 Launch by LTTA Thor Agena D  
 1002? Castor II SRMs sep (T+1:42?) 
 1004?  Thor MECO (T+3:37?) 
 1004? Thor VECO (T+3:46?) 
 1004?  Thor sep (T+3:52?) 
 1004?  Agena burn (T+3:58?) 
 1009?  Agena MECO (T+8:00?)  -100? x 483 x 75.0 
 1031? Agena MES-2 
 1031? Agena MECO-2 
1970 Aug 27  0903   94.48 484 x 501 x 75.0 
1970 Dec 12   THRESHER TI mode failed 
1971 Jan 16    94.27 474 x 491 x 75.0

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