Saturday, December 31, 1988

Kosmos 1420

 1982-109A




Kosmos-1420 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Nov 11  0614 Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
  Stage 2 burn 
 0622?  T+8 min Stage 2 MECO-1 
  Stage 2 MES-2 
  T+34min Stage 2 MECO-2 
 0648? Stage 2 sep 
1982 Nov 11   100.8 780x811x74.0 

Monday, December 26, 1988

Kosmos 671

 1974-062A



Kosmos-671 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Aug 7  1250 Launch  PL 
 1254 Blok-I burn 
 1258  Blok-I sep 
 1702   90.00 182 x 366 x 62.8 
1974 Aug 8  0201   89.84 180 x 352 x 62.8 
 1230   89.84 181 x 350 x 62.8 
  Lower orbit 
1974 Aug 9  0327   89.30 168 x 311 x 62.8 
1974 Aug 14  1419   89.16 167 x 298 x 62.8 
  Raise apogee 
1974 Aug 15  0044   89.46 162 x 332 x 62.8 
1974 Aug 19  2358   89.37 165 x 321 x 62.8 
1974 Aug 20   Landed after 12.7d 
 0254? Deorbit 
 0304? PO sep 
 0308? Entry 
 0324? Landed 

Sunday, December 25, 1988

Space Science and Applications: Progress and Potential

 https://welib.org/md5/c1932b8ca27921610c4559ca08334596

Kosmos 1221

 1980-090A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1221 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Nov 12 1230 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1234 Blok-I burn 
 1238  Blok-I sep 
1980 Nov 12    90.33 194x387x72.9 
1980 Nov 16   90.50 196x399x72.9 
1980 Nov 18  92.29 358x416x72.9 
1980 Nov 21   92.29 357x415x72.9 
1980 Nov 26  
 0628? Deorbit 
 0638? PO sep 
 0656? Entry 
 0712? Landed 


Saturday, December 24, 1988

Kosmos 907

 1977-033A



Kosmos-907 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 May 5  1400 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1404 Blok-I burn 
 1408 Blok-I sep 
1977 May 5    89.96 176 x 368 x 62.9 
1977 May 6    89.93 179 x 362 x 62.8 
1977 May 8   Lower apo  89.27 167 x 309 x 62.8 
1977 May 12    89.14 165 x 298 x 62.8 
1977 May 14   Raise apo  89.51 164 x 335 x 62.8 
1977 May 15    89.44 163 x 329 x 62.8 
1977 May 16   
 0548? Deorbit 
 0558? PO sep 
 0602? Entry 
 0619? Landed 

Kosmos 547

  1973-006A


Kosmos-547 was launched on 1973 Feb 1 from Baikonur into a 65 degree orbit on a 12 day mission. 


Kosmos-547 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Feb 1  0830:00  Launch by 11A57  KB  
 0834  Blok-I burn  
 0838  Blok-I sep  
1973 Feb 2  0347   89.63 202 x 308 x 65.0 
1973 Feb 7  0744   89.56 201 x 303 x 65.0 
1973 Feb 12 0401   89.52 202 x 298 x 64.9 
1973 Feb 13  0358? Retrofire 
 0408?  PO sep 
 0415? Entry  -164 x 231 x 64.94  
 0427?  Landed 

Wednesday, December 21, 1988

STS-51-B (Challenger)

 1985-034A


After the landing of 41-G, Challenger was rolled back to the OPF for processing for the military mission 51-C. When inspectors discovered problems with the heat shield tiles, that high priority mission was reassigned to Discovery, and Challenger was assigned the 51-E payload, consisting of the TDRS B and Anik C-1 satellites. Challenger's first Spacelab mission was 51-B. Launch came on 1985 Apr 29.


STS 51-B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Feb 10   51-E rollover  VAB 1 
1985 Feb 13   51-E mate  VAB 1 
1985 Feb 15   51-E rollout  LC39A 
1985 Mar 1   51-E cancelled  LC39A 
1985 Mar 4   51-E rollback  LC39A 
1985 Mar   51-E demate  VAB  
1985 Mar 7   51-B to OPF  OPF 
1985 Mar 27   Spacelab installed 
1985 Apr 10   51-B rollover  VAB 
1985 Apr 10   51-B mate  
1985 Apr 15   51-B rollout  LC39A 
1985 Apr 29  1602:18  Launch  LC39A 
 1604:24  SRB sep, 47.8 km 
 1610:53  MECO, 113.6 km 
 1611:11  ET sep, 115.5 km  86.68 32 x 186 x 57.0 (dV) 
 1612:53  OMS 1 (2:12) 69m/s 89.02 99 x 353 x 57.0  
   89.02 100 x 351 x 57.0 (OMS dV) 
 1615:07  OMS 1 CO 
 1632  ET apogee? 
 1648:33  OMS 2 (2:27) 74m/s 
 1650:58  OMS 2 CO 
 1703  ET reentry 59km 
 1727  PLBD open  91.59 346 x 358 x 57.0 
 2017  NUSAT 1 deploy  
 2042   91.59 345 x 358 x 57.0 
  GLOMR deploy failed 
1985 Apr 30  1754   91.58 345 x 359 x 57.0 
1985 May 5  0200   91.59 345 x 359 x 57.0 
1985 May 6  1228  PLBD closed  91.59 345 x 359 x 57.0 
 1504:48  OMS DO (265s) 143m/s  347 x 361 x 57.0 
 1509:12  OMS DO CO 
 1540:04  Entry 
 1611:04  Landing  RW17 EAFB 
 1611:16  NGTD 
 1612:03  Wheels stop 
1985 May 10   SCA 905  EAFB 
1985 May 10   SCA 905 landing  Kelly AFB, TX 
1985 May 11  1505  SCA 905 landing  KSC SLF 
1985 May 11    OPF 

High Jinks: The Kids of Lincoln High

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Tuesday, November 15, 1988

Kosmos 1045

 1978-100A


Kosmos-1045 was a mockup (GVM) of a Meteor-2 satellite, launched on a test flight of the Tsiklon-3 launch vehicle. It carried small solar panels and also carried a DOSAAF amateur radio payload which was given the callsign RS-2 (originally it was to be RS-3.)

The satellite released the Radio-1 and Radio-2 amateur satellites. Object E, cataloged around Dec 1978, has only a few element sets which have epochs in mid 1980. Later element sets attributed to this object are in a lower orbit and belong to a Strela-1M launch.


Kosmos-1045 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Oct 26  0700 Launch by Tsiklon-3  PL 
  T+2:00 St 1 sep 
  T+3:33 GO sep 
  T+4:38 St 2 sep 
  T+5:20 S5M burn 1 ? 
  T+7m? S5M MECO1  
  T+42m? S5M burn 2  
  T+42m? S5M MECO2 
  T+43m? S5M sep 
  T+45m? RS-1 and RS-2 sep 
1978 Oct 26    120.4 1689x1710x82.6 

No Secrets

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Monday, November 14, 1988

Kosmos 307

 1969-094A


DS-P1-Yu No. 22 was a Subgroup 3 mission with a high apogee, launched from Kapustin Yar.


Kosmos-307 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 24  1302 Launch by 11K63  GTsP4 
 1304 Stage 2 burn 
 1309? Stage 2 sep 
1969 Oct 26   109.04 214 x 2157 x 48.39 (RAE) 
1970 Mar 31   104.66 210 x 1752 x 48.35 (RAE) 
1970 Jul 20  0057?  Stage 2 reentered 
1970 Aug 31   98.81 201 x 1208 x 48.30 (RAE) 
1970 Nov 11   End of operations 
1970 Dec 30  0950? Reentered  

Saturday, October 29, 1988

Kosmos 374

  1970-089A


The third IS satellite intercepted the Kosmos-373 target on the second revolution, and then exploded. The TLEs are consistent with a launch directly into the intercept orbit. The IS initially entered a 530 x 1052 km orbit and then at the time of the explosion entered an orbit with 2100 km apogee.


Kosmos-374 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Oct 23  0443  Launch by 11K69  KB 
 0445  Stage 2 burn  
 0448?  Stage 2 sep  120? x 530?  
 0534?  Apogee 1, DU burn 1  500 x 530 ?  
 0626  DU burn 2? 
 0626  Intercept orbit perigee 
 0718  Apogee 2 
 0751   100.69 529 x 1052 x 63.0 
 0809?  Flyby of Kosmos-373 
 0810  Explosion at 540 km over 33E 59N  
 0943   112.25 528 x 2131 x 62.94 
1970 Oct 26  0259  (DU orbit)  111.83 514 x 2106 x 62.9 
1970 Oct 30  0500   112.26 521 x 2141 x 62.95

Wednesday, October 19, 1988

Kosmos 381

 1970-102A


Ionosfernaya Stantisya No. 12 was launched in Dec 1970. It carried a topside sounder beacon and a solar UV monitor and operated until at least Jan 1971.


Kosmos-381 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Dec 2  0404?  Launch by 11K65M  PL  
 0406?  Stage 2 burn 
 0411?  Stage 2 cutoff 
 0506?  Stage 2 burn 2 
 0506?  Stage 2 sep  
1970 Dec 7  1430   104.93 968 x 1013 x 74.0 (RAE) 

Payload:

  • Electron density topside sounder

  • Solar UV monitor 10A-1040A


Saturday, October 15, 1988

Gambit 7

  1964-020A


KH-7 number 7 was launched on 1964 Apr 23 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello into a 150 x 336 km x 103.6 deg orbit. The Agena D 4805 stage was not separately cataloged but four debris objects were tracked. A horizon sensor problem led to 4-mile offsets in the image targeting.


SV 957 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Apr 23  1848?  Launch by Atlas Agena D  NMFPA 
  T+2:18? BECO 
  T+4:34? SECO 
  T+4:51? VECO 
  T+4:53? Atlas sep 
  T+5:51? Agena MES 
 1857? Agena 4805 cutoff 150 x 336 x 103.56 
  Agena 4805 sep from OCV 
 2246   89.75 151 x 372 x 103.5 
1964 Apr 25  1036   89.33 151 x 331 x 103.6 
1964 Apr 27   Last image rev 64 
1964 Apr 27  2102? SRV deorbit
1964 Apr 27 2137? RV recovered on rev 66 
1964 Apr 28  1852   89.43 130 x 362 x 103.8 
1964 Apr 29  0000?  Reentered after 5.2d 

Friday, October 7, 1988

Kosmos 1531

 1984-003A



Kosmos-1531 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Jan 11  1806Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
  T+2:10 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:12 St 1 sep 
  T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km 
  T+2:27 Fairing 76km 
 1814?  T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km  150 x 1003? x 83 
  T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 
  T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 
 1908?  T+1:02:50 St 2 sep 
1984 Feb 18  105.0 977x1015x82.9 

Friday, September 30, 1988

Spaceflight: May 1987

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Corona 100

 1965-074A


KH-4A Mission 1024 was launched on 1965 Sep 22, and was the 100th launch of the CORONA program since Discoverer I in 1959. Mission 1024-1 and 1024-2 lasted 5 days each and were both successfully recovered from the spacecraft's 80 degree orbit. 


KH-4A Mission 1024 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Sep 22  2131:14 Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D  V PALC 1 Pad 1 
 2132:14 Castor sep (T+1:00) 
 2133:42  Thor MECO (T+2:28) 
 2133:51  Thor VECO (T+2:37) 
 2133:58  Thor sep (T+2:44) 
 2134:03  Agena burn (T+2:49) 
 2138:11  Agena MECO (T+6:57)  90.16 180 x 386 x 80.06 (VCR) 
1965 Sep 25 0000  90.04 191 x 364 x 80.0 (RAE) 
1965 Sep 25  0132   90.03 191 x 360 x 80.1 
1965 Sep 27  2305? SRV-1 ejected on rev 81 
1965 Sep 27 2340? SRV-1 recovered 
 25 58N 155 44W 
1965 Sep 28   Cameras shut down rev 88, zombie  
  Zombie mode rev 89 
  Reactivated rev 90  
1965 Sep 28   Cameras reactivated rev 93 
1965 Sep 29  1503   89.86 172 x 362 x 80.0 
1965 Sep 30    90.1 181 x 359 x 80.1 (SSR) 
1965 Oct 1  0431   89.81 174 x 356 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 2 2255?  SRV-2 ejected on rev 161 
1965 Oct 2  2335? SRV-2 recovered 
  24 52N 165 42W 
1965 Oct 5  0418   89.66 175 x 340 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 9  1957   88.69 164 x 254 x 80.0 
1965 Oct 11   CORONA/Agena reentered 

Seventeen: April 1988

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Friday, September 23, 1988

Staying Together

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Kosmos 1886

 1987-081A



Kosmos-1886 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Sep 17  1459:59 Launch by Soyuz  PL 
 1508  Blok-I sep 
1987 Sep 17    89.77 167 x 358 x 67.1 
1987 Sep 20    89.59 164 x 343 x 67.1 
1987 Sep 25    89.20 158 x 311 x 67.1 
1987 Sep 26   Orbit raise 89.67 175 x 340 x 67.1 
1987 Sep 30    89.39 171 x 317 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 1   Orbit raise  90.06 170 x 384 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 3   SpK-1 fiducial 
 0714? Deorbit 
 0724? Entry 
 0736? Landing 
1987 Oct 12    89.32 162 x 318 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 12   Orbit raise 89.74 177 x 345 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 15    89.58 176 x 331 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 16   Orbit lower 89.31 166 x 314 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 20   SpK-2 fiducial 
 0222? Deorbit 
 0232? Entry 
 0244?  Land 
1987 Oct 22    88.78 159 x 268 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 22   Orbit raise  89.79 172 x 354 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 26    89.45 170 x 324 x 67.1 
1987 Oct 27   
89.74 179 x 344 x 67.1 
1987 Nov 1  2006   89.39 174 x 313 x 67.1 
  81C ejected? 
1987 Nov 2   
 0648?  Deorbit 
 0702?  Entry 
 0714?  Land 

Tuesday, September 20, 1988

Transtage 7

  1965-047B


The first Titan III-C model, a Titan III-A with two powerful solid strapon `Stage Zero' motors, was 3C-7. Titan 3C-7 was launched from the new pad 40 at the Cape and entered a low circular orbit. Total payload was 9521 kg including a 573 kg truss and a 8948 kg test payload of lead ballast which separated from the Transtage four orbits after insertion to be given the designation 1965-47A. 


Transtage 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Jun 18  1400:04  Launch by Titan IIIC  CK LC40 
  T+1:48 St 1 MES 
  T+1:58 SRMs sep at 45 km 
  T+3:30 Fairing 
  T+4:29 St 1 sep 
  T+4:29 St 2 MES 
  T+7:43 St 2 MECO 
  T+7:53 St 2 sep 
  T+7:56 Transtage MES 
 1412:16 T+12:12 Transtage MECO-1 
   167 x 193 x 32 
 2000?  Payload separated 

Friday, September 2, 1988

Parcae 9

 1987-043A



PARCAE 9 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 May 15  1545  Launch by Atlas H  V SLC3 
 1547 BECO 
 1550  Atlas VECO, sep 
 1612? Star 20 burn 
 1614? Plume shield sep  1045 x 1179 x 62.9 (UN) 

Wednesday, August 31, 1988

Kosmos 837

 1976-062A


Molniya-2 No. 27 (F16) was launched on 1976 Jul 1 from Plesetsk. The fourth stage failed and the 11F628 satellite was announced as Kosmos-837. 


Kosmos-837 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jul 1  0806 Launch by Molniya  PL 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0814 T+8:50 Blok-I sep  
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 0859  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 0902  T+56:54 ML sep   
1976 Jul 1   Blok-L underburn 
1976 Jul 1    98.5 438x936x62.8 
1983 Nov 18  reentered 

Friday, August 19, 1988

DFH-16

 1984-098A


FSW No. 7 was launched in Sep 1984. 


FSW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Sep 12  0544  Launch by CZ2  JQ 
 0546  T+2:10 MECO 
 0546  Stage 2 burn 
 0548?  T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO 
 0551?  Stage 2 VECO 
 0551? CZ-2C sep 171 x 389 x 68 
1984 Sep 13    90.19 172 x 395 x 67.94 
1984 Sep 17  0058   90.08 173 x 382 x 67.9 
1984 Sep 17  0429? Capsule sep, retro 
 0439  Capsule landed in China 
 0659   90.09 174 x 383 x 67.9 
1984 Sep 19    89.92 172 x 368 x 67.9 
1984 Sep 28   87.42 131 x 162 x 67.9 
1984 Sep 29   Reentered 

Seventeen: March 1988

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Friday, August 5, 1988

Kosmos 1186

 1980-047A


Kosmos-1186 was launched in Jun 1980. One fragment cataloged near the launch time may be rocket debris; the first pair of satellites seems to have been deployed a month later. Notable was object 1980-47T, one of nine objects released on about 1981 May 25, almost a year after launch. It had a reported radar cross section of almost 20m, and may have been a special radar reflection target. Its low drag compared to other objects released at the same time may indicate a larger mass. Another of the May 1981 objects, 1980-47X, had similar low drag but no large radar return; it may have been a comparison test mass; its decay date may be in error.


Kosmos-1186 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Jun 6 1100  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
 1108? Stage 2 MECO-1 
 1130? Stage 2 MECO-2 
1980 Jun 6   94.5 473x519x74.0 
1982 Jan 1  reentered 

No  Object  RCS  Release (approx)  Decay  

 Kosmos-1186    1982 Jan 1 
 S3 rocket  20.0  1981 Dec 16 
 deb C   1980 Jun 6 1980 Jun 17 
1   1980 Jul 15 1980 Sep 22 
2   1980 Jul 15 1980 Sep 14 
3  0.15  1981 Apr 20 1981 May 3 
4  0.15  1981 Apr 20 1981 May 3 
5  0.19 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 1 
6  0.18 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
7  0.32 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
8  0.21  1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
9  0.15  1981 Apr 21  1981 May 3 
10 0.13  1981 Apr 21 1981 May 4 
11   1981 May 14  1981 May 28 
12   1981 May 14  1981 May 20 
13  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 22 
14  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 18 
15  19.69 1981 May 25  1981 Sep 27 
16  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 18 
17  0.31  1981 May 25 1981 Jun 17 
18  0.13  1981 May 25 1981 Jun 17 
19  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Sep 29 
20  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 14 
21  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 20 
22  AA  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jun 14 
23  AB  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jun 20 
24  AC 0.31  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jul 13 

Wednesday, August 3, 1988

OGO 3

  1966-049A


OGO B was the second elliptical orbit OGO and became Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 3 after launch. The satellite was orbited on 1966 Jun 7 by an Atlas Agena B from Cape Kennedy. It entered a 319 x 122173 km x 31.4 deg orbit. 3-axis attitude control was lost on Jul 23 but the instruments functioned well. Pitch oscillations near perigee overloaded the system. On 1969 Dec 1 operation was reduced to only the magnetic survey instrument. OGO 3 was finally switched off on 1972 Feb 29.


OGO 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Jun 7  0248  Launch by Atlas Agena B  CK  
  BECO 
  Fairing sep 
  SECO 
  Atlas sep 
  Agena 6502 MES-1 
 0256? T+8:28? Agena MECO-1  89.9 178 x 279 x 31.0 (MOR) 
 0342  Orbit 1 perigee 
 0342? Agena MES-2 
  Agena MECO-2  2922.0 278 x 121531 x 30.9 (MOR) 
 0350? Agena sep 
   319 x 122173 x 31.4 
1966 Jun 6    2907.65 272 x 121934 x 30.90 
1966 Jun 23   3-axis control lost 
1966 Oct 9    2913.96 616 x 121786 x 34.4 
1967 Jul 8    2913.18 2247 x 120131 x 49.4 
1968 Jan 14    2913.36 4078 x 118305 x 56.2 
1968 Sep 1    2912.46 6239 x 116116 x 63.0 
1969 Dec 1   
1970 Jan 2    2912.63 12224 x 110137 x 71.34 
1971 Jan 16    2912.02 15967 x 106374 x 75.0 
1971 Apr 14    2911.48 16529 x 105976 x 76.3 
1972 Feb 29   End of ops 

Tuesday, August 2, 1988

Kosmos 317

  1969-109A


The first 11F692 (Zenit-4MK) satellite was Kosmos-317, launched from Plesetsk in Dec 1969. The Kettering group detected a TF recovery beacon (a beacon emitting a telemetry signal similar to the Morse letters TF). According to the RAE Kosmos-317 also carried a supplementary charged particles experiment.


Kosmos-317 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Dec 23  1350:01  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1354 Blok-I burn 
 1358 Blok-I sep 
 2232   89.35 203 x 281 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 24  0930   89.34 205 x 280 x 65.41 (RAE) 
  Orbit raise 
 2130   89.65 211 x 304 x 65.50 (RAE) 
1969 Dec 25  1749   89.21 191 x 279 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 28   Blok-I reentered 
1969 Dec 29 Orbit raise 
1969 Dec 30 1838   89.36 190 x 295 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 3  0930?  Engine sep 
1970 Jan 4  0708   89.26 187 x 287 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 5  0652? Retrofire 
 0702? PO sep 
 0707? Entry 
 0722? Landed after 12.72d

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