Spaceflight: June 1987

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Echo 1A

  1960-F07

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The first Echo satellite to head for orbit was the A-10 payload. Launched on 1960 May 13 by the first Thor Delta launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral, it failed to reach orbit because the Delta second stage lost guidance after shutdown.

A-10's balloon had a mass of 60 kg. It was inflated with 5 kg of benzoid and 10 kg of anthraquinone, and coated with 2 kg of Al, and then had a mass of 75 kg and a diameter of 30m. The spacecraft was packed into a 11 kg, 0.67m dia magnesium sphere. Inflation should have occurred 2 min after orbit insertion. Planned inclination was 47 deg.

Stage 3 did not fire after the coast phase; the Stage 2/Stage 3/payload impacted the Atlantic near Ascension I. This confirms that the stage 2 inclination was more like 33 degrees, with a yaw burn planned for stage 3.

The third stage carried a 7 kg radio transmitter for tracking purposes, giving it a total empty mass of 30 kg.

Echo A-10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 May 13	0916:05	Launch by Delta	CC LC17A
	0918:42	T+2:37 MECO
	0918	Thor sep
	0918	Delta stage 2 burn 1:51
	0920:40?	SECO
	0927:35	T+11:30 Guidance failed
	0935:49	T+19:44 Stage 3 failed to sep
	0952?	Impact

Lunar Orbiter 5

  1967-075A

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The last Lunar Orbiter, spacecraft 3 or Lunar Orbiter E, was launched at 2233 on 1967 Aug 1 by Atlas Agena D from Cape Kennedy on azimuth 105.6 deg. Launch mass was 392 kg; mass prior to deorbit burn was 266 kg. The course correction was made at around 1100 on Aug 3. Lunar orbit insertion was at 1648 on Aug 5 into a 196 x 6040 km x 85.0 orbit, lowered on Aug 7 to 100 x 6050 km x 84.6 deg. Imaging was concluded at the end of August. After completion of the photo mission, the remaining Lunar Orbiters were used as tracking targets for the Apollo network. LO-5's orbit was tweaked on Oct 10 to help it survive an eclipse. The extended mission was ended when the nitrogen supply was exhausted. The spacecraft was deorbited on 1968 Jan 31 and impacted the lunar surface at 0758:10.

Lunar Orbiter V
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Aug 1	2233:00	Launch by Atlas Agena D
	2235:08	T+2:08 BECO
	2235:11	T+2:11 Booster sep
	2237:48	T+4:48 SECO
	2238:08	T+5:08 VECO
	2238:12	T+5:12 Atlas 5805 sep	-4090 x 180 x 31.07
	2239:09	T+6:09 Agena 6634 burn 1
	2241:44	T+8:44 Agena MECO	177 x 196 x 31.1
	2304:20	T+31:20 Agena burn 2
	2305:48	T+32:48 Agena MECO
	2308:33	T+35:33 Agena sep
	2318:33	T+45:33 Agena retro, 17s
1967 Aug 3	0600:00	TCM 29.8m/s 26s
1967 Aug 5	0248		635 x -15402 x 103.1(B1950)
1967 Aug 5	1648:54	LOI-1 8:28 643 m/s
	1657:22	LOI	194 x 6023 x 85.01
1967 Aug 5?		Agena flyby at 25317 km
		Agena orbit	9380 x 369831
1967 Aug 6	2322	Photo mission begins
1967 Aug 7	0843:48	LOI-2 10s burn apolune 16.0m/s	100 x 6023 x 84.6
1967 Aug 9	0508:32	TCM at perilune 2:31 234m/s	99 x 1499 x 84.76
1967 Aug 10		Begin nearside photos
1967 Aug 18		Photo mission complete
1967 Aug 19	0430	Begin readout
1967 Aug 26		Readout complete
1967 Aug 28		Begin extended mission	105 x 1490 x 85
1967 Oct 10			113 x 1480 x 85
1967 Oct 10	1937:10	TCM 41s at perilune 67m/s	200 x 1986 x 85.2
1968 Jan 31	0631:03	Deorbit 29.1m/s 16.7s	164 x 2023 x 85
	0631:20	DO CO	-7.4 x 2023 x 85
	0758:08	Lunar impact 2.79S 83.04W

Aviation Week: October 19,1987

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Biosatellite 1

  1966-114A

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Biosatellite I (Biosatellite A), spacecraft 302, was launched at 1920 on 1966 Dec 14 by Delta G from LC17 at Cape Kennedy. Orbit insertion was at 1929 into a 90.4 min, 295 x 309 km x 33.5 deg orbit. The reentry vehicle carried an experiment capsule with an assortment of small biological specimens. Return was scheduled for Dec 17 on orbit 47; the adapter section separated successfully but the retro motor failed to fire and the reentry vehicle remained in orbit, reentering on 1967 Feb 15 and landing in the ocean near Australia. A search was carried out but the capsule was not recovered. The adapter section reentered on 1967 Feb 15.

Biosatellite 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Dec 14	1920:03	Launch by Delta G	CK LC17A
		T+0:43 SRM out
		T+1:10 SRM sep
	1922:32	T+2:29 Thor S/N 20211 MECO
	1922	T+2:34s Stage 1 sep
	1922	T+2:34s Delta S/N 20201 burn 6:18
	1929	T+9:11s Delta SECO
	1930	Delta sep	90.4 295 x 309 x 33.5
	1938	Mag boom deploy
1966 Dec 17	1730	Rev 46: deorbit mode
1966 Dec 17	1750?	Adapter sep, rev 47/ orbit 46
1966 Dec 20	0600		90.55 291 x 311 x 33.5
1967 Jan 10		Adapter reentry
1967 Jan 29			89.66 254 x 260 x 33.5
1967 Feb 14	0146		88.11 180 x 180 x 33.5
1967 Feb 15		RV reentry over Australia

Kosmos 858

 1976-098A

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Kosmos-858
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Sep 29	0704	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		Stage 2 burn
	0712?	T+8 min Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 MES-2
		T+34min Stage 2 MECO-2
	0736?	Stage 2 sep
1976 Sep 29			100.9 792x813x74.1

Kosmos 947

 1977-081A

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Kosmos-947
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Aug 27	1009	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1013	Blok-I burn
	1017	Blok-I sep
1977 Aug 27			89.73 202 x 320 x 72.9
1977 Sep 8			88.62 199 x 311 x 72.8
1977 Sep 9
	0423?	Deorbit
	0433?	PO sep
	0439?	Entry
	0454?	Landed

Kosmos 1872

 1987-069A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1872
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Aug 19	0659:59	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	0704	Blok-I burn
	0708	Blok-I sep
1987 Aug 19			89.53 196 x 305 x 72.9
1987 Aug 19	2035?	Orbit raise	90.84 246 x 385 x 72.9
1987 Aug 22			90.84 246 x 384 x 72.9
1987 Aug 23		Lower apo	89.27 224 x 251 x 72.9
1987 Aug 29			89.21 222 x 248 x 72.9
1987 Aug 30
	0132?	Deorbit
	0142?	PO sep
	0150?	Entry	-207 x 248
	0206?	Landed

Aviation Week: March 28,1988

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