Saturday, October 29, 1988

Kosmos 374

  1970-089A


The third IS satellite intercepted the Kosmos-373 target on the second revolution, and then exploded. The TLEs are consistent with a launch directly into the intercept orbit. The IS initially entered a 530 x 1052 km orbit and then at the time of the explosion entered an orbit with 2100 km apogee.


Kosmos-374 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Oct 23  0443  Launch by 11K69  KB 
 0445  Stage 2 burn  
 0448?  Stage 2 sep  120? x 530?  
 0534?  Apogee 1, DU burn 1  500 x 530 ?  
 0626  DU burn 2? 
 0626  Intercept orbit perigee 
 0718  Apogee 2 
 0751   100.69 529 x 1052 x 63.0 
 0809?  Flyby of Kosmos-373 
 0810  Explosion at 540 km over 33E 59N  
 0943   112.25 528 x 2131 x 62.94 
1970 Oct 26  0259  (DU orbit)  111.83 514 x 2106 x 62.9 
1970 Oct 30  0500   112.26 521 x 2141 x 62.95

Wednesday, October 19, 1988

Kosmos 381

 1970-102A


Ionosfernaya Stantisya No. 12 was launched in Dec 1970. It carried a topside sounder beacon and a solar UV monitor and operated until at least Jan 1971.


Kosmos-381 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Dec 2  0404?  Launch by 11K65M  PL  
 0406?  Stage 2 burn 
 0411?  Stage 2 cutoff 
 0506?  Stage 2 burn 2 
 0506?  Stage 2 sep  
1970 Dec 7  1430   104.93 968 x 1013 x 74.0 (RAE) 

Payload:

  • Electron density topside sounder

  • Solar UV monitor 10A-1040A


Saturday, October 15, 1988

Gambit 7

  1964-020A


KH-7 number 7 was launched on 1964 Apr 23 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello into a 150 x 336 km x 103.6 deg orbit. The Agena D 4805 stage was not separately cataloged but four debris objects were tracked. A horizon sensor problem led to 4-mile offsets in the image targeting.


SV 957 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Apr 23  1848?  Launch by Atlas Agena D  NMFPA 
  T+2:18? BECO 
  T+4:34? SECO 
  T+4:51? VECO 
  T+4:53? Atlas sep 
  T+5:51? Agena MES 
 1857? Agena 4805 cutoff 150 x 336 x 103.56 
  Agena 4805 sep from OCV 
 2246   89.75 151 x 372 x 103.5 
1964 Apr 25  1036   89.33 151 x 331 x 103.6 
1964 Apr 27   Last image rev 64 
1964 Apr 27  2102? SRV deorbit
1964 Apr 27 2137? RV recovered on rev 66 
1964 Apr 28  1852   89.43 130 x 362 x 103.8 
1964 Apr 29  0000?  Reentered after 5.2d 

Friday, October 7, 1988

Kosmos 1531

 1984-003A



Kosmos-1531 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Jan 11  1806Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
  T+2:10 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:12 St 1 sep 
  T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km 
  T+2:27 Fairing 76km 
 1814?  T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km  150 x 1003? x 83 
  T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 
  T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 
 1908?  T+1:02:50 St 2 sep 
1984 Feb 18  105.0 977x1015x82.9 

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