Kosmos 143

  1967-017A

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Zenit-2 No. 45 flew an 8 day, 65 degree standard Baikonur mission. The launch saw a return to pad 1 for the Zenit-2 program. The 8A92 rocket placed the Zenit-2 in an orbit whose period was 22.8 seconds off from the planned one, corresponding to a 25 km altitude error. 

Kosmos-143
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Feb 27	0845	Launch by Vostok 8A92	NIIP-5 LC1
	0849	Blok-E burn
	0855?	Blok-E cutoff, orbit insertion
	0855?	Blok-E sep
			89.5 204 x 302 x 65 (TASS)
	1700		89.5 204 x 297 x 65.0 (RAE)
1967 Feb 28	0515		89.50 202 x 296 x 65.0
1967 Mar 7	0241		89.34 199 x 283 x 65.0
1967 Mar 7	0535?	Deorbit
	0605	Landed after 7.9d

Kosmos 527

 1972-086A

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Zenit-4MK mission 9 was launched on 1972 Oct 31 from Plesetsk. The flight of the Kosmos-527 satellite lasted 13 days.

Kosmos-527
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Oct 31	1329:59	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1334	Blok-I burn
	1338	Blok-I sep
	1900		89.62 207 x 306 x 65.37 (RAE)
	1914		89.62 206 x 305 x 65.4
		Lower orbit
1972 Nov 2	0700		89.11 178 x 284 x 65.40 (RAE)
1972 Nov 3	0649		89.06 178 x 286 x 65.4
		Raise apogee
1972 Nov 4	0505		89.25 177 x 297 x 65.4
1972 Nov 5	0154		89.22 177 x 293 x 65.4
		Raise orbit
1972 Nov 5	1648		89.37 178 x 307 x 65.4
1972 Nov 9	1735		89.29 179 x 298 x 65.4
		Raise orbit
1972 Nov 10	0649		89.70 177 x 341 x 65.4
1972 Nov 12	0520		89.69 178 x 339 x 65.4
1972 Nov 12		Engine sep (86E)
1972 Nov 13	0640?	Retrofire
	0650?	PO sep
	0655?	Entry
	0711?	Landed

Gambit 31

 1966-074A

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Following the first KH-8 test flight, launches of the KH-7 resumed. KH-7 31 was thus the 32nd launch in the GAMBIT program, on 1966 Aug 16. A subsatellite was ejected from the Agena aft rack.

KH-7 31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 16	1830?	Launch by Atlas Agena D	V
		T+2:18? BECO
		T+4:37? SECO
		T+4:54? VECO
		T+4:59? Atlas sep
		T+5:51? Agena MES
	1839	T+9:50? Agena MECO
1966 Aug 16	2005?	Subsatellite ejected from Agena
1966 Aug 16		OCV separated from Agena
			89.6 146 x 358 x 93.2
1966 Aug 17	1152	(Agena D)	89.16 142 x 323 x 93.3
1966 Aug 17	1622		89.51 141 x 358 x 93.2
1966 Aug 19	1606		89.37 144 x 342 x 93.2
1966 Aug 20	2055?	SRV deorbit opp rev 66
1966 Aug 21	2043?	SRV deorbit opp rev 82
1966 Aug 22	2033?	SRV deorbit opp rev 98
1966 Aug 22	0510		89.20 141 x 328 x 93.2
1966 Aug 24		Rev 124 last image
1966 Aug 24	2140?	SRV recovered after 8.1 days
1966 Aug 25		Reentered

Kosmos 124

  1966-064A

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Zenit-2 No. 38 flew in the 51.8 degree slot and used the new 11A57 launcher.

Kosmos-124
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Jul 14	1025	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1030?	Blok-I burn
	1035?	Blok-I sep
			89.4 208 x 303 x 51.8 (TASS)
1966 Jul 15	0535		89.42 203 x 288 x 51.8
1966 Jul 16	1700		89.4 205 x 286 x 51.8 (RAE)
1966 Jul 18			89.38 205 x 282 x 51.8
1966 Jul 22	0852?	Retrofire
	0852?	PO sep
	0922?	Landed