Saturday, May 17, 1986

Kosmos 1421

 1982-112A


Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite: conducted Iran/Iraq border observations


Kosmos-1421 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Nov 18  0925 Launch by Soyuz-U  Baikonur
 0929 Blok-I burn 
 0934  Blok-I sep 
1982 Nov 18    89.24 211x263x70.34 
1982 Nov 19    89.66 232x283x70.3 
1982 Nov 22    89.38 228x260x70.3 from 89.64 232x282 
1982 Nov 22 0158 R/B decayed over 18N 147E 
1982 Nov 24    89.58 227x281x70.3 from 89.36 227x259 
1982 Dec 2    89.48 224x274x70.3 
1982 Dec 4 
 0551? Deorbit 
 0601? PO sep 
 0607?  Entry 
 0623?  Landed 

Thursday, May 15, 1986

ESSA 4

  1967-006A


TOS B was the second operational APT satellite. Launched from Vandenberg by Delta E at 1732 on 1967 Jan 26, it reached a 1328 x 1443 km x 102.0 deg orbit at 1750. ESSA IV was declared operational on 1967 Feb 8, replacing ESSA II, but on Dec 6 of the same year its cameras failed. The satellite was afterwards used for engineering tests.


ESSA 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Jan 26  1731  Launch by Delta E  V SLC2E 
  T+0:43 SRM out 
  T+1:10 SRM sep 
 1733 T+2:30 Thor S/N 20212 MECO 
 1733  St 1 sep 
 1733 T+2:34 Delta S/N 20212 burn 6:07 
  T+2:38 Fairing 
 1739:49  T+8:49 Delta S/N 20212 SECO 846 km 5.872 km/s 
 1749:23 T+18:23 X-258 RH91 burn 22.7s 1425 km 5.180 km/s 
 1749:46 T+18:46 X-258 burnout 7.293 km/s 
 1751:08  T+20:08 St 3 sep  1328 x 1443 x 102.0 
1967 Jan 26  1758 St 3 depletion burn
1967 Feb 8   Operational, replaced ESSA 2 
1967 Dec 6   Camera power supply failure
1968 May 5   End of ops 

Monday, May 5, 1986

Kosmos 755

 1975-074A


Satellite 3, position 3


Kosmos-755 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Aug 14  1329 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 
 1337?  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 
 1432?  T+1:02:50 St 2 sep 
1975 Aug 14    105.0 974x1013x82.9 

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