Sunday, January 25, 1987

Molniya 326

 1985-091A


Molniya-3 (F28, N26) was launched in Oct 1985 to plane H.


Molniya-3 No. 38 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Oct 3  0733:00 Launch by 8K78M  PL 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0741 T+8:50 Blok-I sep  
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 0826  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 0829  T+56:54 ML sep   
   623 x 40591 x 62.8 

Kosmos 896

 1977-016A


Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite


Kosmos-896 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Mar 3  1030 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1038  Blok-I sep 
1977 Mar 3    88.6 195x209x72.9 

1977 Mar 5  

 
89.67 175 x 341 x 72.9 
1977 Mar 12  89.58 174 x 332 x 72.0 
1977 Mar 15?   KDU sep 
1977 Mar 16   
 0527?  Deorbit 
 0550? Entry 
 0600?  Landed


Wednesday, January 21, 1987

Molniya 112

  1968-035A


Molniya-1 F12 successfully stabilized its ground track.


Molniya-1 F12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Apr 21  0420:01 Launch by Molniya  KB 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0428  T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 0513?  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 0516?  T+56:54 ML sep   
 0543   720.80 405 x 40097 x 64.9 
1968 Apr 29  0355   713.22 390 x 39739 x 64.9 
1968 Jul 8    714.04 462 x 39707 x 64.9 
1968 Aug 4    719.55 568 x 39873 x 65.0 
1969 Feb 13    718.00 853 x 39511 x 65.2 
1969 Jul 27    715.98 1023 x 39242 x 65.4 
1969 Aug?   Last maneuver
1969 Sep 2    717.61 1070 x 39275 x 65.3 
1970 Jan 1    717.86 1265 x 39093 x 65.3 
1973 Oct 26    716.17 204 x 40070 x 64.9 
1973 Dec 18    658.38 103 x 37279 x 64.8 
1974 Jan 26    126.99 119 x 3862 x 64.8 
1974 Jan 29   Reentered 

Wednesday, January 14, 1987

Aviation Week: July 14,1986

 https://welib.org/md5/84b7374fc688e54fd80f4cf9420601f4

Kosmos 355

 1970-058A


Zenit-4 No. 76 flew an 8 day mission from Plesetsk in Aug 1970.


Kosmos-355 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Aug 7  0930:00 Launch by 11A57  PL 
 0934 Blok-I burn 
 0939 Blok-I sep 
 1345   89.74 197 x 325 x 65.4 
1970 Aug 13  0117   89.63 195 x 316 x 65.4 
1970 Aug 15  0403? Retrofire 
 0423? Landed

Tuesday, January 6, 1987

Kosmos 302

  1969-089A


Zenit-4 No. 75 flew a 65.4 degree mission lasting 8 days.


Kosmos-302 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 17  1145:01  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1149  Blok-I burn 
 1154  Blok-I sep 
 1600   89.72 197 x 323 x 65.4 
1969 Oct 18  1900   89.69 198 x 321 x 65.41 (RAE) 
1969 Oct 22  1234   89.61 195 x 314 x 65.4 
1969 Oct 24  
Blok-I reentered 
1969 Oct 25  0616? Retrofire 
 0638? Landed after 7.78d 

Saturday, January 3, 1987

Kosmos 392

  1971-004A


Gektor flight 15 was launched on 1971 Jan 21 from Baikonur.


Kosmos-392 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Jan 21  0840:01  Launch by 11A57  KB 
 0844  Blok-I burn  
 0848  Blok-I sep  
 1857   89.34 205 x 277 x 65.0 
1971 Jan 23  0500   89.32 204 x 278 x 65.0  
1971 Jan 30  2307   89.15 198 x 266 x 65.0 
1971 Feb 2  0431?  Retrofire 
 0441? PO sep 
 0448? Entry 
 0503?  Landed after 11.83d 

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