1967-115A
The 11th DS-P1-Yu flight was Kosmos-191, the mission of which followed closely on the end of Kosmos-176.
| Kosmos-191 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Nov 21 | 1424? | Launch by 11K63 | PL |
| 1426? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1431? | Stage 2 sep | 82.2 267 x 497 x 71.0 (RAE) | |
| 1968 Mar 2 | 2316? | Reentered | |
1970-023A
Kosmos-329 was a Gektor mission, the second launched from Plesetsk. It was the first of the new generation satellites to be flown in the 81.3 degree spring polar ice monitoring profile. The mission overlapped with the second Germes test flight.
| Kosmos-329 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Apr 3 | 0830 | Launch by 11A57 | PL |
| 0834? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0839? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1970 Apr 4 | 0200 | 88.79 198 x 228 x 81.33 (RAE) | |
| 0333 | 88.73 196 x 226 x 81.3 | ||
| 1970 Apr 5 | 1912? | Blok-I reentered | |
| 1970 Apr 10 | 0423 | 88.47 186 x 210 x 81.3 | |
| 1970 Apr 14 | 0834 | 88.20 175 x 194 x 81.3 | |
| 1970 Apr 15 | 0502? | Retrofire | |
| 0512? | PO sep | ||
| 0517? | Entry | -236 x 180 x 81.3 | |
| 0541? | Landed | ||
1968-069A
The alternation of APT and AVCS satellites continued with TOS E (ESSA VII). It was launched from Vandenberg on 1968 Aug 16 at 1124 by the new two stage Delta N vehicle with the Long Tank Thor first stage. This was regarded as the first operational two burn mission.
| ESSA 7 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Aug 16 | 1124:33 | Launch by Delta N | V |
| Castor 2 SRM sep | |||
| 1128 | T+3:40 MECO | ||
| Stage 1 sep | |||
| 1128 | SES-1 6:04 | ||
| 1134 | SECO-1 | 187? x 1470 x 101.7 | |
| 1226? | SES-2 | ||
| 1226? | SECO-2 | ||
| 1227? | Stage 2 sep | 1432 x 1476 x 101.7 | |
| 1228? | Despin | ||
| Replaced ESSA 5 | |||
| 1970 Mar 10 | End of tx | ||
1968-094A
Soyuz-3 made rendezvous with Soyuz-2 on Oct 26 but failed to dock. Chief Designer Mishin reportedly blamed pilot Georgy Beregovoy for the failure, claiming that he flew Soyuz-3 the wrong way up during the approach.
| Soyuz-3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Oct 26 | 0834:18 | Launch by 11A511 | KB LC31 |
| T+1:55 SAS sep | |||
| T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep | |||
| T+2:45 Fairing sep | |||
| T+4:48 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:48 St 3 MES | |||
| 0843 | T+8:50 St 3 MECO | ||
| 0843 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 0844 | 11 km from Soyuz-2, at 15m/s | ||
| 0900 | Rev 1 rendezvous with Soyuz-2 | ||
| 1845 | 88.41 186 x 206 x 51.65 | ||
| 1968 Oct 27 | 1940 | 88.46 183 x 214 x 51.66 | |
| 1968 Oct 28 | 0015 | 88.41 181 x 211 x 51.67 | |
| 1968 Oct 28 | 0900 | 88.54 174 x 232 x 51.66 | |
| 1620 | 88.85 205 x 231 x 51.68 | ||
| 1968 Oct 29 | 0420 | 88.80 199 x 232 x 51.67 | |
| 1968 Oct 30 | 0645:05 | Retrofire (2:25) | |
| 0647:30 | DO CO | ||
| 0657? | Modules sep | ||
| 0703? | Entry | ||
| 0725:03 | Landed 50.5N, 72.8E Karaganda zone | ||
1967-017A
Zenit-2 No. 45 flew an 8 day, 65 degree standard Baikonur mission. The launch saw a return to pad 1 for the Zenit-2 program. The 8A92 rocket placed the Zenit-2 in an orbit whose period was 22.8 seconds off from the planned one, corresponding to a 25 km altitude error.
| Kosmos-143 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Feb 27 | 0845 | Launch by Vostok 8A92 | NIIP-5 LC1 |
| 0849 | Blok-E burn | ||
| 0855? | Blok-E cutoff, orbit insertion | ||
| 0855? | Blok-E sep | ||
| 89.5 204 x 302 x 65 (TASS) | |||
| 1700 | 89.5 204 x 297 x 65.0 (RAE) | ||
| 1967 Feb 28 | 0515 | 89.50 202 x 296 x 65.0 | |
| 1967 Mar 7 | 0241 | 89.34 199 x 283 x 65.0 | |
| 1967 Mar 7 | 0535? | Deorbit | |
| 0605 | Landed after 7.9d | ||
1972-086A
Zenit-4MK mission 9 was launched on 1972 Oct 31 from Plesetsk. The flight of the Kosmos-527 satellite lasted 13 days.
| Kosmos-527 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Oct 31 | 1329:59 | Launch by 11A57 | PL |
| 1334 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1338 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1900 | 89.62 207 x 306 x 65.37 (RAE) | ||
| 1914 | 89.62 206 x 305 x 65.4 | ||
| Lower orbit | |||
| 1972 Nov 2 | 0700 | 89.11 178 x 284 x 65.40 (RAE) | |
| 1972 Nov 3 | 0649 | 89.06 178 x 286 x 65.4 | |
| Raise apogee | |||
| 1972 Nov 4 | 0505 | 89.25 177 x 297 x 65.4 | |
| 1972 Nov 5 | 0154 | 89.22 177 x 293 x 65.4 | |
| Raise orbit | |||
| 1972 Nov 5 | 1648 | 89.37 178 x 307 x 65.4 | |
| 1972 Nov 9 | 1735 | 89.29 179 x 298 x 65.4 | |
| Raise orbit | |||
| 1972 Nov 10 | 0649 | 89.70 177 x 341 x 65.4 | |
| 1972 Nov 12 | 0520 | 89.69 178 x 339 x 65.4 | |
| 1972 Nov 12 | Engine sep (86E) | ||
| 1972 Nov 13 | 0640? | Retrofire | |
| 0650? | PO sep | ||
| 0655? | Entry | ||
| 0711? | Landed | ||
1966-074A
Following the first KH-8 test flight, launches of the KH-7 resumed. KH-7 31 was thus the 32nd launch in the GAMBIT program, on 1966 Aug 16. A subsatellite was ejected from the Agena aft rack.
| KH-7 31 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Aug 16 | 1830? | Launch by Atlas Agena D | V |
| T+2:18? BECO | |||
| T+4:37? SECO | |||
| T+4:54? VECO | |||
| T+4:59? Atlas sep | |||
| T+5:51? Agena MES | |||
| 1839 | T+9:50? Agena MECO | ||
| 1966 Aug 16 | 2005? | Subsatellite ejected from Agena | |
| 1966 Aug 16 | OCV separated from Agena | ||
| 89.6 146 x 358 x 93.2 | |||
| 1966 Aug 17 | 1152 | (Agena D) | 89.16 142 x 323 x 93.3 |
| 1966 Aug 17 | 1622 | 89.51 141 x 358 x 93.2 | |
| 1966 Aug 19 | 1606 | 89.37 144 x 342 x 93.2 | |
| 1966 Aug 20 | 2055? | SRV deorbit opp rev 66 | |
| 1966 Aug 21 | 2043? | SRV deorbit opp rev 82 | |
| 1966 Aug 22 | 2033? | SRV deorbit opp rev 98 | |
| 1966 Aug 22 | 0510 | 89.20 141 x 328 x 93.2 | |
| 1966 Aug 24 | Rev 124 last image | ||
| 1966 Aug 24 | 2140? | SRV recovered after 8.1 days | |
| 1966 Aug 25 | Reentered | ||
1966-064A
Zenit-2 No. 38 flew in the 51.8 degree slot and used the new 11A57 launcher.
| Kosmos-124 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Jul 14 | 1025 | Launch by 11A57 | KB |
| 1030? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1035? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 89.4 208 x 303 x 51.8 (TASS) | |||
| 1966 Jul 15 | 0535 | 89.42 203 x 288 x 51.8 | |
| 1966 Jul 16 | 1700 | 89.4 205 x 286 x 51.8 (RAE) | |
| 1966 Jul 18 | 89.38 205 x 282 x 51.8 | ||
| 1966 Jul 22 | 0852? | Retrofire | |
| 0852? | PO sep | ||
| 0922? | Landed | ||
1965-054A
The first test flight of the Chelomei KB's two-stage UR500 (8K82) rocket carried the N-4 satellite. N-4 No. 1 was a cylindrical shell built around a central core based on the L-1 propulsion module and it carried a cosmic ray experiment. The spacecraft was named Proton after launch.
| Proton | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Jul 16 | 1116 | Launch by Proton UR-500 | KB |
| 1118 | T+2:04 Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1120 | T+4:45? Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 1121? | Stage 2 sep | 92.25 183 x 589 x 63.4 | |
| 1965 Oct 11 | 0800? | Reentered | |
1965-U02
Gemini spacecraft 2 was flown on a suborbital test. It was later refurbished as spacecraft 2B; the GT-2B mission was flown as another suborbital test in Nov 1966.
The vehicle was recovered 3422 km downrange after a 19 min flight. The recovery ship was USS Lake Champlain. Location was 49 46W 16 36N.
Deorbit burn was 102.02m/s at -29.2 deg for components of -89.0, -49.8, 0.0.
| GT-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Jan 19 | 1304:00 | Launch | |
| 1306:31 | T+2:31 BECO | ||
| 1306:32 | T+2:32 Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1307:17 | T+3:17 radar and sensor fairings sep | ||
| 1309:00? | Apogee 171 km | ||
| 1309:32 | T+5:32 Stage 2 SECO 167km | -93 x 426 x 31.65 | |
| Stage 2 tailoff 31m/s | |||
| 1309:52 | SECO+20s Stage 2 sep (5m/s OAMS burn) 160km | -48 x 493 x 31.66 | |
| Orient for retro | |||
| 1310:54 | T+6:54 Adapter sep 67W 24.5N, 125 km | ||
| 1310:54 | Retro-1 5.4s | ||
| 1310:59 | Retro-2 5.4s | ||
| 1311:05 | Retro-3 5.4s | ||
| 1311:11 | Retro-4 5.4s | ||
| 1311:16 | Retrofire complete -102m/s | ||
| 1311:39 | T+7:39 Retro sep | -136 x 283 x 31.66 | |
| 1312:56 | Reentry | ||
| 1313:05 | LOS | ||
| 1322:16 | T+18:16 Landing | ||
