Space World: August 1987

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Kosmos 656

  1974-036A

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Spacecraft 11F615A9 No. 61 (7K-T No. 61) was launched in May 1974 as Kosmos-656. It carried out a two day test flight of the A9 Soyuz variant, shortly before the launch of Almaz/OPS 2.

Kosmos-656
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 May 27	0725:00	Launch by Soyuz 11A511	KB
	0729	Blok-I burn
	0734	Blok-I sep
1974 May 28	0930		90.04 195 x 364 x 51.6 (RAE)
1974 May 29	0840?	Deorbit
	0843?	DO CO
	0856?	BO, PAO sep
	0902?	Entry
	0927:05	Landed in Kazakhstan

Gambit-3 33

 1971-092A

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KH-8 33 was launched on GAMBIT flight 71 by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg on 1971 Oct 23. The flight lasted 25 days using new batteries. Object 1971-92B, with a single low-perigee element set on Nov 17, may be the inter-SRV adapter, or possibly an SRV which had an incomplete reentry.

The flight introduced a modified Agena which used HDA (high density acid) as oxidizer, increasing payload by 60 kg.

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KH-8 33
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Oct 23	1710	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1712	Titan stage 1 sep
	1715	Titan stage 2 sep
	1715	Agena burn
	1720?	Agena MECO
	1940		90.01 131 x 419 x 111.0
1971 Oct 26	0437		89.76 132 x 392 x 111.0
		Raise orbit
1971 Oct 27	0004		89.96 129 x 415 x 111.0
1971 Oct 30	1157		89.75 130 x 393 x 111.0
		Raise orbit
1971 Oct 31	0426		89.95 132 x 412 x 111.0
1971 Nov 2	1150		89.70 130 x 388 x 111.0
		Raise orbit
	2349		90.00 133 x 414 x 111.0
1971 Nov 4
	2116?	SRV-1 deorbit opp
	2123?	Entry
	2350?	SRV-1 recovered
1971 Nov 5	0415		89.73 132 x 390 x 111.0
		Raise orbit
	2342		89.95 133 x 410 x 111.0
1971 Nov 7	0240		89.82 133 x 398 x 110.9
		Raise orbit
	2208		89.95 131 x 412 x 110.9
1971 Nov 10	1301		89.70 134 x 384 x 110.9
		Adjust orbit
1971 Nov 11	2157		89.79 135 x 392 x 110.9
1971 Nov 13	2148		89.68 137 x 379 x 110.9
		Raise orbit
1971 Nov 14	1417		89.79 135 x 392 x 110.9
1971 Nov 16	2336?	SRV-2 ejected?
	2343?	Entry
1971 Nov 17	0010?	SRV-2 recovered
1971 Nov 17	0034	(92B orbit)	88.74 93 x 330 x 110.9
1971 Nov 17	2259		89.47 134 x 362 x 110.9
1971 Nov 17	2332?	Deboost

Explorer 23

 1964-074A

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The S-055C micrometeoroid satellite carried a new set of detection devices. Launched at 1202 on 1964 Nov 6 by Scout X-4 from Wallops, it entered a 99.2 min, 466 x 977 km x 52.0 deg orbit at 1211. It transmitted until 1966 Jul and reentered over 11N, 175E on 1983 Jun 28.

The satellite remained attached to the X258C1 motor, and the pressurized cell detectors were wrapped around the motor, with the remainder of the detectors on the spacecraft itself. It was 0.58m dia 2.33m long (1.48m motor and 0.85m spacecraft). Mass was 38 kg empty motor plus 96 kg satellite.

Launch supported the San Marco training program, so was probably from the Mk 2 Launcher.

Explorer 23
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Nov 6	1202:01	Launch by Scout	WI
		T+1:18 Stage 1 burnout
		T+1:23 Stage 2 burn, Stage 1 sep
		T+2:10 Stage 2 burnout, apogee 185 km
		T+2:22 Stage 3 burn
		T+2:55 Stage 3 burnout
		Stage 3 apogee 550? km
	1210:45	T+8:48 Spinup
	1210:50	St 4 burn
	1211:15	T+9:12 St 4 burnout	99.2 466 x 977 x 52.0
		Spin 150 rpm
1964 Nov 20		Tracking beacon off
1966 Jul		End of ops
1983 Jun 28		Reentered

Payload:

• Pressurized cells (LaRC/Gurtler)

• Impact detectors (LaRC/Beswick)

• CdS cells (GSFC/Secretan)

• Capacitor detectors (LaRC/Sivitor)

Kosmos 1497

 1983-095A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1497
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Kosmos 1113

 1979-064A

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Kosmos-1113
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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