Thursday, December 31, 1987

Kosmos 1497

 1983-095A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1497 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Sep 9  1100 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1104 Blok-I burn 
 1108  Blok-I sep 
1983 Sep 9    90.3 198x376x72.9 
1983 Sep 10    92.3 358x415x72.9 
1983 Sep 22    92.27 356 x 414 x 72.9 
1983 Sep 23   
 0500? Deorbit 
 0510? PO sep 
 0528? Entry 
 0544? Landed 


Monday, December 28, 1987

Kosmos 1113

 1979-064A



Kosmos-1113 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Jul 10  0900 Launch by Soyuz-U  Baikonur 
 0904 Blok-I burn 
 0908  Blok-I sep 
1979 Jul 11    89.23 170 x 301 x 65.0 
1979 Jul 14   
89.39 170 x 318 x 65.0 
1979 Jul 18    89.23 167 x 305 x 65.0 
1979 Jul 21   
89.63 167 x 344 x 65.0 
1979 Jul 22    89.60 166 x 342 x 65.0 
1979 Jul 23  
 0525?  Deorbit 
 0532? PO sep 
 0540? Entry 
 0556? Landed 

Thursday, December 24, 1987

Nimbus 2

  1966-040A


Nimbus II was launched 1966 May 15 at 0755 by a Thrust Augmented Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. The satellite entered a 1103 x 1179 km x 100.4 deg orbit and operated until 1969 Jan 18. 


Nimbus 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 May 15  0755:34  Launch by Thor Agena B  V 75-1 Pad 1 
 0756:17  Castor burnout 
 0756:39  Castor sep  
 0758:03 Thor MECO (T+2:29) 
 0758:12  Thor VECO (T+2:38) 
 0758:19  Thor sep (T+2:47) 
 0758:48  Agena burn (T+3:14) 
 0758:57  Fairing sep 
 0802:39  Agena MECO (T+7:05)  187? x 1101 x 100.35  
 0848:16  T+52:42 Agena burn 2 
 0848:21  T+52:47 Agena MECO-2 0.26 km/s  108.06 1095 x 1161 x 100 (VCR) 
 0852:44  Agena sep 
 0852:46  Nimbus panel deploy 
 0856Agena retro-1 
 0905Agena retro-2 
1969 Jan 18   End of ops 

Payload:

  • AVCS Advanced Vidicon Camera System

  • MRIR Medium Resolution IR Radiometer

Sunday, December 20, 1987

Kosmos 938

 1977-078A


Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite


Kosmos-938 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Aug 24  1430 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1434  Blok-I burn 
 1438  Blok-I sep 
1977 Aug 24    89.38 181 x 340 x 62.9 
1977 Aug 25   
89.38 156 x 331 x 62.8 
1977 Aug 29    89.19 154 x 314 x 62.8 
1977 Sep 5    88.87 150 x 286 x 62.8 
1977 Sep 6   
 0514? Deorbit 
 0519? PO sep 
 0527?  Entry 
 0545?  Landed 

Kosmos 588

 1973-069A


Kosmos-588 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 7.


Kosmos-588  
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Oct 2  2146  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
  Stage 2 burn 1  
 2153 T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1 
  Stage 2 burn 2 
 2244? T+58m? Stage 2 sep 
   115.37 1451 x 1494 x 74.00  

Wednesday, December 16, 1987

Meteor-1 8

  1971-031A


The eighth named Meteor was launched in Apr 1971. It carried a vertical temperature profile spectrometer.


Meteor F8 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Apr 17  1144:58 Launch by 8A92M  PL 
 1149?  Blok E burn 
 1155?  Blok E sep 
   97.2 610 x 633 x 81.2 
1970s  End of ops 

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