Kosmos 1420

 1982-109A

---

Kosmos-1420
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Teen: July 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/991ddd7084d811e12cee12436b0fb6e0

Red Star in Orbit

https://welib.org/md5/fb1ee24033fa01892de436f3474dc644

Canada : 25 years in space

 https://welib.org/md5/5eae7c12fcffca33be388bbcd1cf6a9e

The Mists of Avalon

 https://welib.org/md5/7ab3d8339301ec54d206637378130d6f

The Twentieth Century: An Almanac

 https://welib.org/md5/3bfd16ba6e752f10ec35eb6e680d0f8c

Kosmos 671

 1974-062A

---

Kosmos-671
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Space Science and Applications: Progress and Potential

 https://welib.org/md5/c1932b8ca27921610c4559ca08334596

Kosmos 1221

 1980-090A

---

Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1221
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Kosmos 907

 1977-033A

---

Kosmos-907
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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 1245

 1981-014A

---

Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1245
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Feb 13	1115	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1119	Blok-I burn
	1123	Blok-I sep
1981 Feb 13			90.28 198x378x72.8
1981 Feb 14			92.29 348x425x72.8
1981 Feb 15			92.28 355x416x72.8
1981 Feb 21			92.28 356x415x72.8
1981 Feb 27
	0645?	Deorbit
	0655?	PO sep
	0712?	Entry
	0723?	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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Town and Country: October 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/6b834e29832ee804cf764c5b92dc3a75

The real stuff : a history of NASA's astronaut recruitment program

 https://welib.org/md5/fe10f540f0c412989b208d56d0a9246d

Kosmos 1536

 1984-013A

---

Kosmos-1536
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Feb 8	0923	Launch by 11K68	Plesetsk
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33? GO sep
		T+4:38? St 2 sep
		T+5:20? S5M burn 1
	0929	T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km	60? x 650 x 82.5
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
		T+41:08? S5M MECO2
	1004?	T+41:38? S5M sep
1984 Feb 8			97.7 630x662x8

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

https://welib.org/md5/e7815f8f373cd094ecaab0ea0ee84a54

National Trust Book of Ancestral Houses

 https://welib.org/md5/07772f6f1c30356dbea825f2b81dbd36

Top drawer : American high society from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties

 https://welib.org/md5/dcb70c0d0c0f8176848e4f24151aa582

The New Jessica

 https://welib.org/md5/95c0303b7eee8f9e7624c4faf3d5c4c2

Seventeen: June 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/03ed506b5e53fc7e418f550af4a1fe21

Variety: August 31,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/2179302abe7339a73117b7b7ee94df5f

Mission to Mars: Plans and Concepts for the First Manned Landing

https://welib.org/md5/977b5651cb60d6ca85d7194e5cdc524e

Aviation Week: October 3,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/3b58eb4c5f159ce6e246c3c7c9f77a3b

Aviation Week: May 25,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/5d06e2c72c3f48991e4eaf75ca9e28ae

Kosmos 101

 1965-107A

---

DS-P1-Yu No. 4 was launched while Kosmos-76 was still in orbit; it remained in space for 7 months. It used the new 63S1M rocket.

Kosmos-101
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Dec 21	0614?	Launch by 63S1	GTsP4
	0616?	Stage 2 burn
	0622?	Stage 2 sep	92.4 254 x 539 x 48.8
1966 Mar 11		End of operations
1966 Jul 12		Reentered

People: July 25,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/b5eb197e79e918c7578036c1732fbc2c

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

https://welib.org/md5/95b59281503c8284e46697f9a0599a25

Los Angeles: June 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/0830e0f76caee7250bfd9499e942e3a2

Kosmos 307

 1969-094A

---

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

Kosmos-307
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Seventeen: January 1987

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Seventeen: July 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/3753e0e20f339136df30227c8b1b5033

Space World: August 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/e9a2522c6670645aca03e73db5c1e915

All The Way

 https://welib.org/md5/75aa3abeca11bc2230283c7d7ccab7b5

Aviation Week: June 20,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/8aa0c73c72cb2270b950a19e3ba0ac6e

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

School’s Out

 https://welib.org/md5/44cc7df581e82775e68ab4fc92192b90

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Maclean’s: July 25,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/137bbd409a1c4646180a1d122f4356a1

Kosmos 1531

 1984-003A

---

Kosmos-1531
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Jan 11	1806	Launch 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

Kosmos 258

 1968-111A

---

Zenit-2 No. 69 was launched from Baikonur to the original 65.0 deg slot. Landing was 70 km NW of Tselinograd at 51 45 N 71 02 E.

Kosmos-258
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Dec 10	0825	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-5 LC31
	0830	Blok-I burn
	0834	Blok-I sep
			89.6 210 x 325 x 65 (TASS)
1968 Dec 10	0817		89.60 204 x 305 x 64.9
1968 Dec 15	2237		89.50 203 x 296 x 64.9
1968 Dec 18	0549?	Retrofire
	0614	Landed

People: August 1,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/c5df8467031ddc962cfcd6dc0fbec344

Spaceflight: May 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/20092954bcd30786879cbac4af6ad61a

Kosmos 393

 1971-007A

---

Kosmos-393 was a subgroup 1 DS-P1-Yu satellite, launched in Jan 1971.

Kosmos-393
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Jan 26	1245	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1247	Stage 2 burn
	1252?	Stage 2 sep
1971 Jan 28	0930		92.13 272 x 485 x 71.03 (RAE)
1971 Apr 1	0000		91.29 257 x 418 x 71.03 (RAE)
1971 Jun 12		End of operations
1971 Jun 16	0921?	Reentered

Kosmos 1725

 1986-005A

---

Kosmos-1725
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Jan 16	1138:19	Launch 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 sep 76km
	1146?	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
	1241?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1986 Jan 16			973x1002x82.9

Spaceflight: March 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/a714170f54e80856ae566fe9ebde8402

Aviation Week: April 18,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/2471f95137417a9bd27e42ffe6f43036

The Best of Los Angeles

https://welib.org/md5/933f5dc6c9213d9c7188e5b7c5a451c6

Spaceflight: May 1987

 https://welib.org/md5/4c29aa1cef6b90589af7f3c2b44a3626

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

 https://welib.org/md5/1960bf85ce8183e748eabf5508dc79f2

The Voyages of Columbia

https://welib.org/md5/ac71931d5254285147cd90dedd8b4cb0

Debrett's Illustrated Guide to the Canadian Establishment

 https://welib.org/md5/43e2d49f325f585bc24988deea86c821

Aviation Week: May 30,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/3723ed4e009d0c2646f68cd3b8b359a9

Spaceflight: February 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/059774259e324912b4a79bf5c74433a1

Staying Together

 https://welib.org/md5/40160dd1cbfaa34c4f797be76654c617

Kosmos 1886

 1987-081A

---

Kosmos-1886
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

The High School Journal: February-March 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/8200fffdc4d02e8785e355e704ff68ce

Parcae 9

 1987-043A

---

PARCAE 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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)

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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Out Of The Woods

 https://welib.org/md5/2d949b25ec3748812e34372130c30e43

DFH-16

 1984-098A

---

FSW No. 7 was launched in Sep 1984. 

FSW
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

 https://welib.org/md5/bc5e0acbe271518cd714c48d740072d1

Town and Country: March 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/1666ec69a412357e2d726a31c0c5bb15

The New Yorker: March 28,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/10ca87a2f5ca2d983efa1fa1a408364c

A pocket history of the United States

 https://welib.org/md5/2485876cc38bf792159dc15f98b23fc8

Los Angeles: May 1988

 https://welib.org/md5/163948dc26826184259f962420c78151

DMSP 1971

 1971-012A

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The 104 kg F26 (Block 5A F-3) satellite was launched on 1971 Feb 17 by Thor Burner 2 from Vandenberg. Three Naval Research Lab drag spheres, the PL170 experiment, were carried as a supplementary experiment and released from the Burner 2 stage. DMSP 3526 transmitted for two years, making it the only really successful Block 5A satellite.

The orbit was 19:30 LTDN.

DMSP 03526
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Feb 17	0352:05	Launch by Thor Burner 2	V SLC10W
	0354	Thor MECO
	0403	Burner II burn
	0406	Burner II sep
			100.9 763 x 833 x 98.8
		Calspheres ejected
1973 Mar 3		End of operations
1973 Mar 29		End of transmissions