Molniya 205

  1973-018A

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Molniya-2 F5 was launched in Apr 1973 from Plesetsk into plane B.

Molniya-2 F5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Apr 5	1111:00	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1119	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1204	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1207	T+56:54 ML sep
1973 Apr 18			702.18 475 x 39107 x 65.5
1973 Apr		Raise orbit
1973 Apr 28			717.73 466 x 39885 x 65.5
1973 Sep 23			717.66 593 x 39755 x 65.6
1974 Oct		End of stabilization?
1975 Nov 26		End of ops
1976 Mar 16			717.50 1413 x 38927 x 65.5
1977 Aug 21			717.83 856 x 39500 x 65.3
1978 Oct 20			712.35 150 x 39936 x 64.9
1979 Jan 6		Reentered

Aviation Week: August 3,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/782a78da1db535e3ab4d690b4381502c

Everybody’s Gymnastics Book

https://welib.org/md5/c6a2003cc931ea935bc193cd128e9ab6

Flirting

https://welib.org/md5/3a36a58b56391c1065a53d6114d6da96

Aviation Week: August 17,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/240c8e636c54a1677050a7ccb89e6b12

Vanguard SLV-2

  1958-F06

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The second X-ray payload was also a failure when SLV-2 was lost on 1958 Jun 26. The second stage cut out after only 8s because the oxidizer feed system was clogged, fouling the engine. The wreckage was recovered from the Atlantic off Bermuda.

Vanguard X-ray
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Jun 26	0501:52	Launch by Vanguard SLV-2	CC LC18A
	0504:15	T+2:23 Stage 1 cutoff, sep
	0504:23	T+2:32 Stage 2 cutoff at 8s
	0504	T+2:52 Nose cone sep
	0506:48	T+4:56 Stage 2 apogee	165 km
	0509	T+7:13 Reentry	82 km
	0510	T+8:40 Stage 2 impact, range 460 km