Transit O-14

 1967-092A

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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

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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

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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

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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

 https://welib.org/md5/1f4e638df94717dd872ffc6e30f963eb

Kosmos 1449

 1983-024A

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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

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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

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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