TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : July 1986

Wednesday, July 23, 1986

Aviation Week: July 21,1986

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Sunday, July 20, 1986

Kosmos 270

1969-022A

Zenit-4 No. 53 was launched from Plesetsk a few hours after the return of No. 54 and flew an 8 day mission.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-270



1969 Mar 6	1215:01	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1219	Blok-I burn
	1224	Blok-I sep
1969 Mar 9	0254		89.80 199 x 329 x 65.4
1969 Mar 13	0409		89.72 199 x 322 x 65.4
1969 Mar 14	0532?	Retrofire
	0552?	Landed after 7.74d

100 Miles from Manhattan

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Saturday, July 12, 1986

The Air Force Cambridge Research Labs launched its first dedicated research satellite, GRS (Research Satellite for Geophysics), on 1963 Jun 28 aboard a NASA Scout X-4 from Wallops Island. The AFRCL-A (GRS) satellite remained attached to the Altair final stage and transmitted for 12 orbits.

The satellite was also called PL-19 and CRL-1.

Total payload mass was 100 kg possibly including the 33 kg empty Altair stage.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

GRS



1963 Jun 28	2119:22	Launch by Scout X-4	WI LA3
		T+1:08 St 1 Algol burnout
		T+1:25 St 2 Castor burn
		T+2:07 St 2 burnout
		T+2:13 Fairing sep
		T+2:13 St 3 Antares burn
		T+2:45 St 3 burnout
	2128	St 3 sep
	2128	St 4 Altair burn
	2129	Altair cutoff	411 x 1311 x 49.7
		end of tx
1963 Jun 29	1531		102.16 410 x 1311 x 49.72
1964 May 24			102.08 414 x 1299 x 49.7
1974 May 22			99.79 407 x 1090 x 49.7
1979 Feb 28			98.83 402 x 1002 x 49.7
1980 Aug 5			97.51 392 x 886 x 49.7
1982 Sep 9			94.31 357 x 612 x 49.7
1983 Dec 14	0603		87.44 143 x 151 x 49.6
1983 Dec 14		Reentered

Payload:

Atmospheric composition experiments (AFCRL/Narcisi)
H to O mass spectrometer (AFCRL/Narcisi)
Electron/ion RPA (AFCRL/Hinteregger)

Kosmos 28

1964-017A

Zenit-2 No. 16 flew an 8-day mission at 65 degrees in Apr 1964. This was the first Zenit-2 launch from the new pad 31, which would see all Zenit-2 launches from Baikonur for the next several years.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-28



1964 Apr 4	0945	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB LC31
	0949?	Blok-A sep
	0955?	Blok-E sep
			90.4 209 x 395 x 65 (TASS)
	1107		90.38 206 x 380 x 64.7
	1900		213 x 373 x 65.0 (RAE)
	2009		90.37 209 x 375 x 65.0
1964 Apr 6	0818		90.35 205 x 378 x 65.0
1964 Apr 12	0720?	Deorbit	-100? x 245? x 65
	0740?	Landed after 7.9d