Kosmos 1471

 1983-064A

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Kosmos-1471
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Jun 28	1500	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1508	Blok-I sep
1983 Jun 28			89.69 171 x 347 x 67.2
1983 Jun 29		Orbit raise	89.84 183 x 350 x 67.1
1983 Jul 2			89.73 182 x 339 x 67.2
1983 Jul 3		Orbit lower	89.11 177 x 283 x 67.1
1983 Jul 6			88.90 171 x 268 x 67.1
1983 Jul 7		Orbit raise	89.78 174 x 352 x 67.1
1983 Jul 8		SpK-1 fid
1983 Jul 14			89.31 167 x 313 x 67.1
1983 Jul 15		Orbit raise	89.71 177 x 342 x 67.1
1983 Jul 16		SpK-2 fid
1983 Jul 25			88.95 165 x 279 x 67.1
1983 Jul 25		Orbit raise	90.01 166 x 383 x 67.1
1983 Jul 27			89.88 165 x 370 x 67.1
1983 Jul 28
	0310?	Deorbit
	0322?	Entry
	0341?	Landed

Kosmos 556

  1973-025A

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Kosmos-556 was the 19th Zenit-4MK flight and the first to be part of the `spring polar' subgroup of Zenit missions launched in April and May to an inclination of 81.3 degrees.

Kosmos-556
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 May 5	0700:00	Launch by 11A57	PL
	0704	Blok-I burn
	0708	Blok-I sep
	1014		88.89 216 x 223 x 81.3
	1430		88.97 218 x 225 x 81.33
		Orbit raise
1973 May 6	0931		89.25 208 x 265 x 81.3
1973 May 11	1301		89.19 210 x 258 x 81.3
		Lower perigee
1973 May 13	0639		88.97 199 x 248 x 81.3
	2129		88.86 197 x 239 x 81.3
1973 May 13		Engine sep	89.19 210 x 255 x 81.32
1973 May 14	0450?	Retrofire
	0500?	PO sep
	0507?	Entry
	0518?	Landed after 8.9d

Always A Pair

 https://welib.org/md5/77981bcfbc5d480c83a084a6b69a4d15

Phone Calls

https://welib.org/md5/4c3e645368d44a04ccba7b2a1f642a5b

Kosmos 579

 1973-055A

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Kosmos-579 was a Zenit-4M satellite which spent 13 days in space in Aug 1973. The Kettering group detected a TK recovery beacon.

Kosmos-579
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Aug 21	1230:01	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1234	Blok-I burn
	1238	Blok-I sep
1973 Aug 22	1430		89.27 196 x 282 x 65.41 (RAE)
	1636		89.47 204 x 292 x 65.4
		Lower orbit
1973 Aug 23	1754		89.09 168 x 290 x 65.4
1973 Aug 24	0716		89.06 168 x 287 x 65.4
		Orbit adjust
	1613		89.37 174 x 312 x 65.4
1973 Aug 24	1700		89.38 175 x 314 x 65.42 (RAE)
1973 Aug 28	0634		89.28 172 x 305 x 65.4
		Lower apogee?
1973 Aug 30	0909		88.96 171 x 274 x 65.4
1973 Aug 31	1150		88.92 170 x 271 x 65.4
1973 Sep 2		Engine sep (55D)	88.65 169 x 247 x 65.43 (RAE,55D)
1973 Sep 3	0458?	Retrofire
	0508?	PO sep
	0513?	Entry
	0529?	Landed

Maclean’s: December 21,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/3a50b9d0b8a54fbb2f0ae4cf61de1fed

Class Act

 https://welib.org/md5/36c1373378e5383f09fd0dd267fd9ed9

Kosmos 528

  1972-087A

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Kosmos-528 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 5.

Kosmos-528
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Nov 1	0208	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	0215	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	0306?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
			114.21 1368 x 1470 x 74.03

Hollywood Dynasties

 https://welib.org/md5/01954adfce58b473c81a7cfec355c5d2

Town and Country: November 1987

 https://welib.org/md5/177be794e0d96fe01026d6b05ac1dc8f