Progress 5

 1979-022A

---

Progress (7K-TG) No. 104 was launched in Mar 1979 as Progress-5. A radio homing experiment was carried out on Apr 3-5.

Progress-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Mar 12	0547:28	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0552	Blok I burn
	0556	Blok I MECO
	0930		88.89 183 x 256 x 51.65
	1700		89.98 258 x 290 x 51.6
1979 Mar 13	0930		90.05 261 x 293 x 51.62
1979 Mar 14	0719:21	Docked with Salyut-6
	1200		90.71 294 x 325 x 51.62
1979 Mar 15	0620	Hatch opened
1979 Mar 31			90.70 279 x 339 x 51.6
1979 Apr 3	1610	Undocked from Salyut-6
	2130		91.30 326 x 351 x 51.6
	2230	Radio homing experiment begins
1979 Apr 4	0200		91.30 330 x 347 x 51.6
	1000	Radio homing experiment ends
1979 Apr 5	0010:22	Deorbit burn
	0035	Reentered over Pacific

Kosmos 79

 1965-069A

---

Kosmos-79 (Zenit-4 No. 7) flew a standard 8 day mission in Aug 1965, only three days after the landing of Zenit-2 No. 30, which in turn had been launched only three days after Zenit-4 No. 13 landed.

Kosmos-79
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Aug 25	1010:02	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1014?	Blok-I burn
	1019?	Blok-I sep	89.94 205 x 338 x 64.90
1965 Sep 2	0638?	Retrofire
1965 Sep 2	0700?	Landed

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Aviation Week: May 5,1986

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Explorer 12

  1961-020

---

The S-003 payload, also known as EPE-A (Energetic Particles Explorer A), was launched on 1961 Aug 15 by Delta from Cape Canaveral into a highly elliptical orbit with an apogee of 77000 km. Interestingly, it was the first satellite to be launched into an orbit with a period close to the geosynchronous period of 24 hours. Explorer XII transmitted until 1961 Dec 6 and reentered on 1963 Sep 27.

Mass was 38 kg. Size was 0.48m high 0.66m dia with a 0.81m magnetometer boom.

The prelaunch plan was a first perigee at 14N 49W and apogee at 12S 99W.

Explorer 12
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Aug 16	0321:05	Launch by Delta	CC LC17
	0323:42	T+2:37 Thor MECO
	0323	Thor sep
	0323:44	Delta 2016 SES, 1:51
	0325:35	T+4:30 Delta SECO	-2054 x 816 x 33.5
	0332?	S+0 Altair burn 43s
	0333	S+0:43 Altair burnout	314 x 77310 x 33.1
	0336	First perigee	294 x 77340 x 33.4
	0352?	S+19:58 yo weights deploy from S-3
	0357?	S+25:00 Paddles deploy
	0357?	S+25:02 Altair sep
	1653	First apogee
1961 Aug 17	0610	Second perigee
	1927	Second apogee
1961 Aug 18	0840	Third perigee
1961 Sep 20			1593.50 457 x 77170 x 33.4
1961 Dec 6		End of tx
1962 Jan 6			1594.62 693 x 76976 x 33.8
1963 Sep 27		Reentered

OTS 2

 1978-044A

---

OTS 2 was launched aboard a Delta 3914. The spacecraft carried out tests of television direct broadcasting, oil platform communications, and newspaper data transfer. ESOC controlled the apogee firing. OTS was built by BAe Dynamics (formerly HSD)

OTS 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 May 11	2259:00	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
	2300	T+0:57 SRM 1-5 burnout
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 burn
		T+1:04 SRM 1-5 sep
		T+2:02 SRM 6-9 burnout
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:43 MECO
		T+3:51 St 1 sep
		T+3:56 St 2 burn
	2303	T+4:19 Fairing sep
	2307	T+8:13 SECO-1	159 x 180 x 28
	2319	T+20:36 SES-2
	2320	T+21:15 SECO-2	180 x 1990? x 28.0
	2321	T+22:06 St 2 sep
	2321	T+22:48 St 3 burn
	2322:34	T+23:32 St 3 burnout
			181 x 35936 x 27.31
	2323:47	T+24:44 St 3 sep	278 x 35463 x 27.4
			184 x 35946 x 27.4 (MOR Post)
	2329?	SES-3?
		SECO-3?	1568 x 3525 x 28.0
1978 May 12	0400?	Apo 1
	1500?	Apo 2
1978 May 13	0200?	Apo 3
	1200?	Apo 4 over 25W
1978 May 13	1210	AKM burn 1797 m/s over 25W?
1978 May 13			1417.70 35072 x 35779 x 0.1 GEO 46.2W+4.6E
1978 May 24			1436.44 35788 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 10.2E+0.1W
1978 May 27	1100:37	Stationkeeping burn
1978 May 29		On station, ready for service
1978 Jul 19			1436.05 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 10.2E
1979 Sep			GEO 10E
1981 Mar 13			1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 9.9E
1981 Jun			GEO 10E+0.01/d
1982 Mar 27			1436.05 35782 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 10.0E
1982 Mar		Moved orbit	GEO 10E dr
1982 Apr 20			1436.18 35780 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 5.0E
1982 Apr		On station for Eutelsat ops	GEO 5E
1983 May 3			1436.08 35778 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 5.0E

Fortune: October 13,1986

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Kosmos 1785

 1986-078A

---

Plane 240 deg

Kosmos-1785
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Oct 15	0929:18	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
	0938	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	1030?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	1033?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1986 Oct 15.5			(78B) 192x612x62.8
1986 Oct 15			(78C) 213x575x62.8
1986 Oct 17			(78D) 650x39207x63.3

Seventeen: May 1986

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Kosmos 1295

 1981-077A

---

Kosmos-1295
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 12	0546	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
	0554?	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
	0649?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1981 Aug 12			104.8 952x1015x82.9

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Kosmos 753

 1975-071A

---

Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite; TF Beacon.

Kosmos-753
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Jul 31	1500	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1504	Blok-I burn
	1508	Blok-I sep
1975 Jul 31			89.60 180 x 328 x 62.8
1975 Aug 2			89.59 179 x 329 x 62.8
1975 Aug 2			89.20 168 x 301 x 62.8
1975 Aug 4			89.15 167 x 297 x 62.8
1975 Aug 5			89.36 167 x 318 x 62.8
1975 Aug 12			89.14 164 x 299 x 62.8
1975 Aug 13
	0412?	Deorbit
	0422?	PO sep
	0426?	Entry
	0442?	Landed

Town and Country: May 1986

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Spaceflight: February 1986

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Hexagon 20

 1986-F03

---

The final KH-9 spacecraft, number 20 in the series, was launched on 1986 Apr 18. Only 8 seconds after launch, separation of insulation material in the Titan SRM 122 led to a burnthrough followed by a spectacular explosion 200 meters above Space Launch Complex 4-East. The SRM broke free of the stack, and some of the destruct system failed to work; a large chunk of the motor fell to the ground and exploded. The launch vehicle and spacecraft were completely destroyed, with serious damage to pads SLC4E and SLC4W. Following the loss of a KH-11 on the previous Titan launch and the loss of the space shuttle Challenger soon afterward, the NRO space program faced a crisis.

HEXAGON 20
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Apr 18	1845:01	Launch by Titan 34D-9	V SLC4E
	1845:09	T+0:08 Explosion at 250m
	1845	SRM exploded, destroyed vehicle (T+0:08)
		T+0:15 Shutdown
		T+0:16 Command destruct
	1845:29	T+0:28 Impact on SLC-4E

Town and Country: September 1986

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Aviation Week: March 24,1986

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Space

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Seventeen: March 1986

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Town and Country: February 1986

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Aviation Week: October 20,1986

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Town and Country: January 1986

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DSP 1

  1970-093A

---

The DSP 1 satellite was launched by Titan IIIC from Cape Kennedy on 1970 Nov 6. The Transtage suffered a guidance failure which stranded the DSP in a sub-synchronous orbit, but testing was carried out and as late as 1973 Jun it continued to observe targets of opportunity when near apogee.

DSP 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Nov 6	1035:57	Launch by Titan IIIC	CK LC40
	1038?	SRM sep
	1040?	Stage 1 sep
	1041?	Fairing
	1043?	Stage 2 MECO
	1145?	Transtage MES-1
	1150?	Transtage MECO-1
	1630?	Transtage MES-2, guidance failure
		Transtage MECO-2
	1700?	Transtage sep
1970 Nov 7?		Cover sep
			1197.1 26050 x 35886 x 7.8
1971 Apr 24			1198.05 26045 x 35930 x 7.6
1974 Mar		end of ops
1982 Jul 28			1197.83 25821 x 36144 x 15.3

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Club Management: May 1986

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Spaceflight: April 1986

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SpaceCamp: The Movie

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Spaceflight: June 1986

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Transit O-14

 1967-092A

---

NNS O-14 (Oscar 14, NNS 30140) was launched in Sep 1967 and operated until Jan 1984.

NNS O-14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Sep 25	0825:00	Launch by Scout A	V SLC5
	0825	Algol burn
	0826	Castor burn (T+1:18)
	0827	Antares burn (T+2:02)
		Antares burnout T+2:38?
	0827	Coast (T+2:42)
	0837:07	Altair burn (T+12:07)
	0837:35?	Altair burnout
		Altair sep
1967 Sep 25			106.8 1041 x 1116 x 89.3
1984 Jan		end of ops
1984 Feb 1	1630	Doppler beacons off
1984 Feb 28	1205	Doppler beacons on
1984 Aug 20	1136	Doppler beacons on for tests

Lanyard 3

 1963-032A

---

On the third and last LANYARD flight, mission 8003 (CORONA program flight 68), the only photos returned from the KH-6 were out of focus due to thermal design problems. This third flight came a few weeks after the test flight of the USAF's GAMBIT high resolution satellite, and the CIA program was cancelled in favour of the new Air Force system.

LANYARD/Agena orbital mass was 1604 kg. The Itek list records this flight as Mission 2006, but this is almost certainly an error. NORAD tracked a debris object, 1963-32B, in a 172 x 418 x 74.9 deg orbit (SATCAT); it reentered Aug 10. It may have been the camera door.

The index camera malfunctioned immediately and the main camera failed on orbit 23.

An NRO memo reports that the mission imaged an SR-71 Blackbird flying over Edwards.

LANYARD 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Jul 31	0000:17	Launch by TAT Agena D	V Pad 2
	0000:27	TAT launch (NRO doc)
	0001	Castor sep (T+1:10)
	0002	Thor MECO (T+2:30)
	0002	Thor VECO (T+2:39)
	0002	Thor sep (T+2:45)
	0002	Agena burn (T+2:50)
	0007:17	Agena MECO (T+6:50)	90.6 168 x 467 x ? (VCR)
	0007?	Camera door ejected?
1963 Aug 1			90.6 155 x 455 x 74.9 (SATCAT)
1963 Aug 2	0201?	SRV ejected, deorbit rev 33
	0232	Recovered
	0250	SRV recovered mid-air (error?)
1963 Aug 5	1700		90.4 157 x 411 x 75.0 (RAE)
1963 Aug 12	0520?	LANYARD/Agena reentered

Kosmos 287

  1969-054A

---

Zenit-2 No. 76 flew a 51.8 degree Baikonur mission in Jun-Jul 1969. Landing was 60 km NW of Ural'sk at 51 28 N 51 01 E.

Kosmos-287
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Jun 24	0650	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-5 LC31
	0655	Blok-I burn
	0659	Blok-I sep	89.0 190 x 268 x 51.8 (TASS)
1969 Jun 25	0324		89.03 188 x 263 x 51.8
1969 Jun 27	0252?	Blok-I reentered
1969 Jun 28	0956		88.92 187 x 254 x 51.8
1969 Jul 2	0545?	Retrofire
	0611	Landed

Nimbus 6

  1975-052A

---

Nimbus 6 carried several important experiments, including the first Earth Radiation Budget experiment and a pioneering experiment in satellite data relay and tracking, using the ATS 6 satellite. This experiment was a precursor to the use of TDRS satellites in the 1990s to relay data to Earth from the Hubble Space Telescope and other spacecraft. Launch of Nimbus 6 was at 0812 on 1975 Jun 12 using a Delta model 2910 from Vandenberg. The Delta separated at 0918 leaving Nimbus in a 1092 x 1104 km x 100.0 deg orbit, and the satellite began regular operations on Jul 14. It was decommissioned on 1983 Sep 30.

Nimbus 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Jun 12	0812:01	Launch by Delta 2910	V
		T+1:25 SRM sep
	0815:40	T+3:40 MECO
		T+3:46 VECO
	0815:49	T+3:48 St 1 sep
	0815:53	T+3:53 SES-1 5:11
	0816	T+4:26 Fairing
	0821:05	T+9:04 SECO-1	160? x 1100 x 100.0
	0909	T+57:05 SES-2 13s
	0909	T+57:18 SECO-2
	0912:38	T+1:00:37 St 2 sep	1092 x 1104 x 100.0
	0928	T+1:16:40 SES-3 5s
	0944:41	T+1:32:40 SES-4 8s
	0944:49	SECO-4	1095 x 1104 x 100.0

Spaceflight: May 1986

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Kosmos 1449

 1983-024A

---

Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1449
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Mar 31	1050	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1054	Blok-I burn
	1058	Blok-I sep
1983 Mar 31			89.23 195 x 375 x 72.9
1983 Apr 1			92.30 358x416x72.9
1993 Apr 10			92.26 356 x 414 x 72.9
1983 Apr 15
	0515?	Deorbit
	0525?	PO sep
	0543?	Entry
	0558?	Landed

Kosmos 311

 1969-102A

---

DS-P1-Yu No. 27 was a Subgroup 1 mission.

Kosmos-311
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Nov 24	1100	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1102	Stage 2 burn
	1107?	Stage 2 sep
1969 Nov 25	2130		91.99 273 x 469 x 71.04
1970 Jan 19	1857?	Stage 2 reentered
1970 Jan?		End of operations
1970 Mar 10	0614?	Reentered

Corona 135

 1969-079A

---

KH-4A Mission 1052 was the final KH-4A flight. It was launched on 1969 Sep 22 by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg into an 85 degree orbit. Both of the SRVs were recovered successfully. The mission discovered new UR-100 (SS-11) silos at Pervomaysk and Derazhnaya.

KH-4A Mission 1052
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Sep 22	2111	Launch by Thorad SLV-2G Agena D	V SLC3W
	2112	Castor sep
	2114	Thor sep
	2115	Agena burn
	2119	Agena MECO
			88.50 152 x 252 x 85.04 (OE)
	2302?	Subsatellite ejected
	2310?	DMU 13kN burn, rev 2
1969 Sep 22	2337		88.49 152 x 247 x 85.0
1969 Sep 23	0700		88.62 154 x 258 x 85.0
	1600?	DMU burn 2, rev 14
1969 Sep 24	0641		88.77 176 x 251 x 85.0
1969 Sep 24	1832		88.73 176 x 248 x 85.0
1969 Sep 24	0700		88.83 178 x 253 x 85.0 (RAE)
1969 Sep 25	1217		88.69 175 x 245 x 85.0
1969 Sep 26	0434		88.65 169 x 246 x 85.0
1969 Sep 26		DMU burn 3, rev 56
1969 Sep 27	0712		88.74 176 x 248 x 85.0
1969 Sep 28	0653		88.71 177 x 244 x 85.0
		DMU burn 4, rev 94
1969 Sep 29	0337		88.82 176 x 255 x 85.0
1969 Sep 29	0804		88.81 171 x 263 x 85.0 (OE)
	2322?	SRV-1 ejected
1969 Sep 29	2358	SRV-1 recovered
1969 Sep 29	2252		88.77 169 x 260 x 85.0 (OE)
1969 Sep 30		DMU burn 5, rev 133
	1043		88.73 172 x 251 x 85.0
	1935		88.70 168 x 252 x 85.0
1969 Sep 30			88.7 177 x 253 x 85.0 (SSR)
1969 Oct 1	0002		88.69 172 x 247 x 85.1
1969 Oct 2		DMU burn 6, rev 172
1969 Oct 2	1005		88.76 173 x 252 x 85.0
1969 Oct 5	0909		88.73 177 x 245 x 85.0
	2100		88.71 172 x 249 x 85.0
		DMU burn 7, rev 221
1969 Oct 6	2040		88.82 177 x 255 x 85.0
1969 Oct 7	2151		88.75 170 x 257 x 85.0 (OE)
1969 Oct 7	2220?	SRV-2 ejected
	2257	SRV-2 recovered
1969 Oct 8	0346		88.73 176 x 248 x 85.0
1969 Oct 8		L/B experiment
1969 Oct 9	0624		88.64 173 x 242 x 85.0
1969 Oct 11	0200?	Last stable pass, rev 295
1969 Oct 12	1230		87.56 139 x 167 x 85.0
1969 Oct 12	1452?	CORONA/Agena reentered

Luna 1

 1959-012A

---

On the fourth launch, on Jan 2, 1959, the R-7 core worked correctly and the Blok-E got its first chance to fire. It operated successfully except for a control system malfunction. The final Blok-E stage and the E-1 No. 4 probe were placed in solar orbit, missing the Moon by 6000 km on Jan 4.

At the time there was no official name for the probe, just 'scientific instrument container of the Soviet Cosmic Rocket'. By the early 1960s it was referred to as the AMS `Luna' ( Avtomaticheskaya Mezhplanetaya Stantsiya `Luna') (known today as Luna-1), the probe was also referred to as `Mechta', reflecting the achievement of Tsiolkovskiy's `dream'. The probe carried detectors to measure the space environment; the 0.8 m diameter sphere had a mass of 205 kg (the often quoted mass of 361 kg includes a power supply attached to the final stage; possibly the sodium cloud experiment must also be subtracted). The probe stopped transmitting on Jan 5.

AMS Luna
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1959 Jan 2	1641:25	Launch by 8K72	KB
	1646?	Blok-A sep
	1646?	Blok-E burn
		Fairing sep?
	1652:10	T+11:45 Escape velocity
1959 Jan 4	0259	Perilune 6000 km, ahead of Moon
1959 Jan 5		End of transmissions
1959 Jan 14		Perihelion	146M x 197M km x 1.0 deg

Seventeen: April 1986

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Heart Breaker

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Corona 128

 1968-078A

---

KH-4A Mission 1048 was launched by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg on 1968 Sep 18. Both SRVs were recovered but the forward camera failed on mission 1048-2 during pass 181D. The mission carried at least 7 DMU rockets, possibly of a modified design; the first was used as planned to achieve the nominal orbit; the next three were used to maintain orbital height; and the last three were fired retrograde and used to test out the Thiokol motors. DMU 6 and 7 were 3000 lb-s; the remaindeer were 2000 lb-s versions.

KH-4A Mission 1048
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Sep 18	2132	Launch by LTTAT Agena D	V
	2131	Launch (PerfER)
	2133	Castor sep
	2135	Thor sep
	2136	Agena burn
	2140	Agena MECO
	2306?	Subsatellite ejected
1968 Sep 18	2059		90.11 166 x 393 x 83.0
		DMU burn 1 rev 4
1968 Sep 19	1632		90.16 175 x 389 x 83.0
1968 Sep 19			90.12 167 x 393 x 83.0 (RAE)
1968 Sep 20	0604		90.17 182 x 383 x 83.0
1968 Sep 22		DMU burn 2 rev 56
1968 Sep 25	0023		90.19 177 x 390 x 83.0
1968 Sep 27	1532		90.10 176 x 382 x 83.0
1968 Sep 27		DMU burn 3 rev 136
	2331?	SRV-1 ejected
1968 Sep 28	0010	SRV-1 recovered rev 145; 23 38N 169 07W
	0015	SRV-1 recovered (PerfR) 23 38 N 169 07 W
1968 Sep 30			90.1 178 x 391 x 83.0 (SSR)
1968 Oct 2	2224?	SRV-2 ejected rev 224
1968 Oct 2	2305	SRV-2 recovered 17 34N 160 49W
1968 Oct 2	2330?	DMU burn 4 rev 225
1968 Oct 3		DMU burn 5 rev 229, retro 6m/s
1968 Oct 3	0951		89.49 168 x 331 x 83.1
		DMU burn 6 rev 233, retro 9m/s
1968 Oct 3		DMU burn 7 rev 238, retro 9m/s
1968 Oct 5	2258		88.91 167 x 274 x 83.0
1968 Oct 8		Reentered

Seventeen: December 1983

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Spaceflight: March 1986

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The History of the Kings of Britain: An edition and translation of the De gestis Britonum [Historia Regum Britanniae]

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Kosmos 1304

 1981-087A

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Kosmos-1304
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Sep 4	1106	Launch by Kosmos-3M	PL LC132
		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
	1114?	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
	1209?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1981 Sep 4			103.99 911x978x82.94

Kosmos 1300

 1981-082A

---

With Kosmos-1300, launch of the Tselina-D satellites began to switch to the Tsiklon-3 launch vehicle.

Kosmos-1300
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 24	2140	Launch by 11K68	Plesetsk
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33? GO sep
		T+4:38? St 2 sep
		T+5:20? S5M burn 1
	2146	T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km	60? x 650 x 82.5
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
		T+41:08? S5M MECO2
	2221	T+41:38? S5M sep
1981 Aug 24			97.8 638x702x82.5

Interkosmos 3

 1970-057A

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The first DS-U2-IK Interkosmos ionospheric payload, Interkosmos-3, was launched on 1970 Aug 7 by 11K63 from Kapustin Yar. It studied high energy trapped protons and electrons, and propagation of radio waves in the ionosphere. 

Interkosmos-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Aug 7	0300	Launch by 11K63 Kosmos-2	GTsP4
	0302	S1 burn
	0310?	S1 sep
			99.7 200 x 1295 x 48.4
1970 Dec 4		end of ops
1973 Feb 12		reentered

Payload:

• PG-1 Particle detectors (high energy protons, electrons)

• ANCh-1 Ionospheric VLF receiver

• UKV-4M Short wave radio beacon

Intelsat 509

 1984-057A

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The last MCS satellite, Intelsat V F-9, was stranded in low orbit when its Centaur stage failed. A clogged fuel line meant that the first burn was 8 seconds shorter than planned, and the second burn shut down only 3.5 seconds into a planned 91 second firing. The thrusters were used to raise the orbit slightly; the satellite was deorbited using the apogee motor after 138 days. Following the loss of the Westar and Palapa satellites earlier in the year, the Intelsat failure triggered a rise in insurance premiums.

Intelsat V F-9 (MCS)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Jun 9	2303:00	Launch by Atlas G Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:10? BECO
		T+2:13 Booster sep
		T+2:44 Centaur insulation sep
		T+3:29 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 MECO
		T+4:17 Atlas sep
		T+4:23 Centaur MES1
	2312:26	T+9:26 Centaur MECO1 (8 s short)	172 x 318 x 28.7
	2326:42	T+23:42 Centaur MES2
	2326:45	Centaur MECO2 (after 3.5s)	187 x 1240 x 29.2
	2329?	T+26:36 Centaur sep
1984 Jun 10			98.77 176 x 1222 x 29.2
1984 Jun 11			98.69 172 x 1219 x 29.1
1984 Jun 16			99.31 229 x 1221 x 28.7
1984 Jul 19			99.05 238 x 1187 x 28.7
1984 Oct 22			98.29 242 x 1111 x 28.7
1984 Oct 24	0910?	Star 37XF fired to deorbit
	0955?	Reentered