Monday, June 20, 1988

Kosmos 579

 1973-055A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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