Apollo 17 (Challenger)

  1972-096C

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LM 12 Flight 1: From CSM, lunar orbit, to Taurus-Littrow Base

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LM 12 Crew

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• CDR Commander: Eugene Cernan, Capt. USN

• LMP LM Pilot: Dr. Harrison Schmitt, NASA

Schmitt: Contact. Stop, push. Engine stop; Engine Arm; Proceed; Command override, off; Mode Control, Att Hold; PGNS, Auto.

Cernan: Okay, Houston. The Challenger has landed!

LM 12 Flight 1 Mission Log
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Dec 7	0533	Launch of SA-512
1972 Dec 7	1018	Extracted from S-IVB by CSM-114
1972 Dec 8	2130?	HO to LM. Checkout
1972 Dec 9		Checkout
1972 Dec 11	1442	Crew entry and power up
1972 Dec 11	1720:56	Undocked from CSM 114	21 x 114 km lunar orbit
1972 Dec 11	1855:42	DOI-2 burn	12 x 110 km
1972 Dec 11	1942:53	PDI burn begins
1972 Dec 11	1954:57	Landed at Taurus Littrow Base,
		20 09 55 N 30 45 57 E

Operations at Taurus Littrow Base

LEVA-1 began at 2353 on Dec 11. The hatch was opened at 2354:49. By 0024:10 LRV-3 had been unloaded. After a test drive (completed at 0046) the astronauts proceeded to deployment of the ALSEP, which was done by 0340. The first traverse was to Steno Crater. The LRV reached Steno at 0457, and was back at the LM at 0609. The hatch was closed at 0706:42. The EVA lasted 7h 11m 42s.

Taurus-Littrow
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Dec 11	2354:49	LEVA-1 3.5psi depress
	2356?	0.7psi depress
	2357	HO
1972 Dec 12	0001	CDR egress
	0003?	Jett bag
	0004	CDR on surface
	0007	LMP egress
	0009	LMP on surface
1972 Dec 12	0024:10	LRV-3 unloaded
	0046	Complete test drive
	0340	ALSEP deploy complete
		Traverse to Steno Crater
	0457	Arrive Steno
	0609	Return to LM
	0651	LMP ingress
	0656	Jett EVA pallet
	0700	CDR ingress
	0704	HC
	0705:50	Repress begin
	0706	Repress at 0.7psi
	0706:42	3.5psi repress 7:11:42
1972 Dec 12	2328:06	3.5psi depress LEVA-2
	2328:52	0.7psi depress
	2329:15	0.3psi
	2330:14	HO
	2333	CDR egress
	2334	Jett bag
	2336	CDR on surface
	2338	LMP egress
	2339?	LMP on surface
1972 Dec 13	0017	LRV depart, traverse to S Massif
	0234	Nansen Crater
	0321	Lara Crater
	0415	Shorty
	0518	Camelot
	0605	Back at LM
	0654	LMP ingress
	0657	jett EVA pallet
	0700	CDR ingress
	0702:44	HC
	0704	Repress
	0705:02	3.5psi repress at 07:37:21
	2225:28	LEVA-3 3.5psi depress
	2226	0.7psi depress
	2228	HO
	2232	CDR egress
	2233	Jett bag
	2234	CDR on surface
	2237	LMP egress
	2237	CDR throws LCRU battery
	2238	LMP on surface
	2309	Begin LRV traverse to N Massif
1972 Dec 14
	0244	Van Berg Crater
	0410	Return to LM
	0512	LRV parked
	0531	LMP ingress
	0534	CDR leaves surface
	0536	CDR ingress
	0537	HC
	0540:07	Begin repress
	0540:56	3.5psi repress
		Repress 7:15
	0643	ED depress 3.5psi
	0644	ED depress 0.7psi
	0646:07	HO
	0646:31	Jettison CDR PLSS
		Jettison gloves
	0649	Jettison LMP PLSS
	0650	HC
	0651	Repress 0.7psi
	0652	Repress 3.5psi
	2054:03	Begin ED-2 depress
	2054:20?	At 3.5psi
	2056:05	ED-2 depress at 0.7
	2057:00	HO
	2058:43	Jett bag, 20 kg
	2059:50	HC
	2100:21	Repress
	2101	Repress at 3.5psi

The hatch opened for LEVA-2 at 2328:06 on Dec 12. The crew were off in the LRV by 0017, on a traverse to Nansen Crater and the South Massif. They reached Nansen at 0234. The next stop was Lara Crater, at 0321; Shorty Crater at 0415; Camelot Crater at 0518. They returned to the LM at 0605. The hatch was closed at 0705:02 and the cabin was repressurized after 07:37:21.

On Dec 13, LEVA-3 began at 2225:28. Cernan and Schmitt set off in the LRV at 2309, and arrived at the North Massif at 2344. After a side trip to Van Berg Crater (0244) they arrived back at the LM at 0410. The LRV was parked at 0512, and Apollo astronauts left the lunar surface for the last time. The hatch was closed at 0540:56 and the cabin was repressurized after 7h 15m.

At 0640? on Dec 14 the cabin was depressurized again for about 5 minutes and the hatch was opened for an equipment dump. At 2058 on Dec 14 the hatch was again opened for 2 minutes for another equipment dump. The cabin was repressurized at 2100.

LM 12 Flight 2: Taurus-Littrow Base to CSM 114

Launch mass is 4944 kg. At jettison 204 kg of RCS prop left; 122 of this used for deorbit when mass was 2393 kg. Deorbit burn was 65m/s.

LM 12 Flight 2 Mission Log
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Dec 14	2254:37	Launch from LM 12 Descent Stage, Taurus-Littrow
1972 Dec 14	2301:58	LOI, 17 x 91 km
1972 Dec 14	2305:12	Tweak burn 3m/s
1972 Dec 14	2348:58	TPI burn 23m/s, 90 x 170 km
1972 Dec 15	0033	At 370m
	0035	At 60m
	0036	Stationkeep
		Flyaround
	0101	At 1m
	0103	contact, retreat
	0104	Soft dock with CSM 114
1972 Dec 15	0110:15	Hard dock with CSM 114
	0131	Hatch open
1972 Dec 15	Crew and cargo transfer to CSM 114 America

LM 12 Flight 3: CSM 114, lunar orbit to lunar impact

LM 12 Flight 3 Mission Log
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Dec 15	0340?	HC
1972 Dec 15	0451:31	Undocked from CSM 114
1972 Dec 15	0631:14	RCS deorbit
1972 Dec 16	0650:21	Impact in South Massif, Taurus-Littrow (19 57 58 N 30 29 23 E)

Meteor-1 9

  1971-059A

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Meteor F9 was launched in Jul 1971 and was the last Meteor launched to the original 640 km standard orbit.

Meteor F9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Jul 16	0141:36	Launch by 8A92M	PL
	0145?	Blok E burn
	0151?	Blok E sep
			97.3 614 x 642 x 81.2
1970s		End of ops
1991 Aug 27		Reentered

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Kosmos 522

 1972-077A

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Kosmos-522 was launched on 1972 Oct 4 by 11A57 from Plesetsk.

Kosmos-522
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Oct 4	1200:02	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1204	Blok-I burn
	1208	Blok-I sep
	1317		89.64 197 x 315 x 72.8
	2346		89.71 211 x 308 x 72.8
1972 Oct 6	0930		89.74 206 x 316 x 72.83 (RAE)
1972 Oct 9	1126		89.67 203 x 312 x 72.8
		Lower orbit
1972 Oct 11	0942		89.73 171 x 350 x 72.8
1972 Oct 13	0635		89.68 172 x 344 x 72.8
		Raise apogee
1972 Oct 14	0032		89.89 176 x 361 x 72.8
1972 Oct 15	0700		89.99 178 x 368 x 72.84 (RAE)
1972 Oct 15	1531		89.87 177 x 368 x 72.8
		Lower apogee?
1972 Oct 16	0631		89.74 172 x 350 x 72.8
	1530		89.70 171 x 348 x 72.8
		Raise apogee
	2300		89.94 179 x 363 x 72.8
1972 Oct 16		Engine sep (77C)
1972 Oct 17	0630		89.95 180 x 363 x 72.8
1972 Oct 19	0625?	Retrofire
	0635?	PO sep
	0639?	Entry
	0656?	Landed

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Corona 58

  1962-069

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Satellite 1962 BetaPhi was the 58th CORONA program launch and the 18th MURAL flight, KH-4 mission 9050. The CORONA 58 spacecraft used Agena FTV 1156. CORONA 58 carried the MURAL camera and a supplementary IR sensor and proton flux experiment; a nuclear emulsion experiment was carried in the SRV. The satellite flew in a 71 degree orbit; recovery was on rev 48 according to the Vandenberg data but rev 65 according to other sources including the NRO data, and the SRV was recovered in mid-air.

KH-4 Mission 9050
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Dec 14	2126:07	Launch by Thor Agena D	V Pad 5
	2128	Thor MECO (T+2:26)
	2128	Thor VECO (T+2:34)
	2128	Thor sep (T+2:41)	-5824? x 198 x 70
	2129	Agena burn (T+3:12)
	2133	Agena cutoff (T+7:13)	90.53 202 x 404 x 70.95 (VCR)
1962 Dec 15	0126		90.39 201 x 387 x 70.0
1962 Dec 16			90.3 200 x 386 x 70.0 (SATCAT)
1962 Dec 17	1932		90.43 199 x 392 x 70.97
1962 Dec 18	2325?	SRV deorbit rev 65
1962 Dec 19	0008	SRV recovered in mid-air, 23 50N 162 43W
1962 Dec 23	2010		90.09 195 x 362 x 71.0
1962 Dec 27	1900		89.85 193 x 336 x 71.0 (RAE)
1963 Jan 4	1155		89.01 177 x 274 x 71.0
1963 Jan 4	1200		89.08 178 x 274 x 71.0 (RAE)
1963 Jan			89.0 177 x 274 x 71.0 (SATCAT)
1963 Jan 8	2100?	CORONA 58/Agena D 1156 reentered