Wednesday, August 31, 1988

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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

Friday, August 19, 1988

DFH-16

 1984-098A


FSW No. 7 was launched in Sep 1984. 


FSW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

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Friday, August 5, 1988

Kosmos 1186

 1980-047A


Kosmos-1186 was launched in Jun 1980. One fragment cataloged near the launch time may be rocket debris; the first pair of satellites seems to have been deployed a month later. Notable was object 1980-47T, one of nine objects released on about 1981 May 25, almost a year after launch. It had a reported radar cross section of almost 20m, and may have been a special radar reflection target. Its low drag compared to other objects released at the same time may indicate a larger mass. Another of the May 1981 objects, 1980-47X, had similar low drag but no large radar return; it may have been a comparison test mass; its decay date may be in error.


Kosmos-1186 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Jun 6 1100  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
 1108? Stage 2 MECO-1 
 1130? Stage 2 MECO-2 
1980 Jun 6   94.5 473x519x74.0 
1982 Jan 1  reentered 

No  Object  RCS  Release (approx)  Decay  

 Kosmos-1186    1982 Jan 1 
 S3 rocket  20.0  1981 Dec 16 
 deb C   1980 Jun 6 1980 Jun 17 
1   1980 Jul 15 1980 Sep 22 
2   1980 Jul 15 1980 Sep 14 
3  0.15  1981 Apr 20 1981 May 3 
4  0.15  1981 Apr 20 1981 May 3 
5  0.19 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 1 
6  0.18 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
7  0.32 1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
8  0.21  1981 Apr 21 1981 May 3 
9  0.15  1981 Apr 21  1981 May 3 
10 0.13  1981 Apr 21 1981 May 4 
11   1981 May 14  1981 May 28 
12   1981 May 14  1981 May 20 
13  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 22 
14  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 18 
15  19.69 1981 May 25  1981 Sep 27 
16  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 18 
17  0.31  1981 May 25 1981 Jun 17 
18  0.13  1981 May 25 1981 Jun 17 
19  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Sep 29 
20  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 14 
21  0.31  1981 May 25  1981 Jun 20 
22  AA  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jun 14 
23  AB  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jun 20 
24  AC 0.31  1981 Jun 4  1981 Jul 13 

Wednesday, August 3, 1988

OGO 3

  1966-049A


OGO B was the second elliptical orbit OGO and became Orbiting Geophysical Observatory 3 after launch. The satellite was orbited on 1966 Jun 7 by an Atlas Agena B from Cape Kennedy. It entered a 319 x 122173 km x 31.4 deg orbit. 3-axis attitude control was lost on Jul 23 but the instruments functioned well. Pitch oscillations near perigee overloaded the system. On 1969 Dec 1 operation was reduced to only the magnetic survey instrument. OGO 3 was finally switched off on 1972 Feb 29.


OGO 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Jun 7  0248  Launch by Atlas Agena B  CK  
  BECO 
  Fairing sep 
  SECO 
  Atlas sep 
  Agena 6502 MES-1 
 0256? T+8:28? Agena MECO-1  89.9 178 x 279 x 31.0 (MOR) 
 0342  Orbit 1 perigee 
 0342? Agena MES-2 
  Agena MECO-2  2922.0 278 x 121531 x 30.9 (MOR) 
 0350? Agena sep 
   319 x 122173 x 31.4 
1966 Jun 6    2907.65 272 x 121934 x 30.90 
1966 Jun 23   3-axis control lost 
1966 Oct 9    2913.96 616 x 121786 x 34.4 
1967 Jul 8    2913.18 2247 x 120131 x 49.4 
1968 Jan 14    2913.36 4078 x 118305 x 56.2 
1968 Sep 1    2912.46 6239 x 116116 x 63.0 
1969 Dec 1   
1970 Jan 2    2912.63 12224 x 110137 x 71.34 
1971 Jan 16    2912.02 15967 x 106374 x 75.0 
1971 Apr 14    2911.48 16529 x 105976 x 76.3 
1972 Feb 29   End of ops 

Tuesday, August 2, 1988

Kosmos 317

  1969-109A


The first 11F692 (Zenit-4MK) satellite was Kosmos-317, launched from Plesetsk in Dec 1969. The Kettering group detected a TF recovery beacon (a beacon emitting a telemetry signal similar to the Morse letters TF). According to the RAE Kosmos-317 also carried a supplementary charged particles experiment.


Kosmos-317 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Dec 23  1350:01  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1354 Blok-I burn 
 1358 Blok-I sep 
 2232   89.35 203 x 281 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 24  0930   89.34 205 x 280 x 65.41 (RAE) 
  Orbit raise 
 2130   89.65 211 x 304 x 65.50 (RAE) 
1969 Dec 25  1749   89.21 191 x 279 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 28   Blok-I reentered 
1969 Dec 29 Orbit raise 
1969 Dec 30 1838   89.36 190 x 295 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 3  0930?  Engine sep 
1970 Jan 4  0708   89.26 187 x 287 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 5  0652? Retrofire 
 0702? PO sep 
 0707? Entry 
 0722? Landed after 12.72d

Monday, August 1, 1988

Kosmos 630

  1974-004A


Kosmos-630 was launched in Jan 1974 and flew a 2 week mission.


Kosmos-630 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Jan 30  1100  Launch by 11A57  PL
 1104  Blok-I burn 
 1108  Blok-I sep 
1974 Jan 31  1348   89.97 202 x 344 x 72.9 
1974 Jan 31  1430   90.02 203 x 346 x 72.8 (RAE) 
1974 Feb 4  0918   89.96 202 x 342 x 72.9 
  Lower orbit 
1974 Feb 5  0918   89.70 178 x 341 x 72.8 
1974 Feb 5  0930   89.74 179 x 342 x 72.8 (RAE) 
1974 Feb 7  0740   89.68 177 x 339 x 72.9 
  Lower orbit 
1974 Feb 8  2226   89.14 168 x 295 x 72.9 
1974 Feb 11  0823   89.08 168 x 289 x 72.9 
1974 Feb 12   Engine sep 88.87 162 x 273 x 72.8 
1974 Feb 13  0452?  Retrofire 
 0502? PO sep 
 0506? Entry 
 0521?  Landed after 13.72d 

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