Kosmos 1186

 1980-047A

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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	D		1980 Jul 15	1980 Sep 22
2	E		1980 Jul 15	1980 Sep 14
3	F	0.15	1981 Apr 20	1981 May 3
4	G	0.15	1981 Apr 20	1981 May 3
5	H	0.19	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 1
6	J	0.18	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 3
7	K	0.32	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 3
8	L	0.21	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 3
9	M	0.15	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 3
10	N	0.13	1981 Apr 21	1981 May 4
11	P		1981 May 14	1981 May 28
12	Q		1981 May 14	1981 May 20
13	R	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 22
14	S	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 18
15	T	19.69	1981 May 25	1981 Sep 27
16	U	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 18
17	V	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 17
18	W	0.13	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 17
19	X	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Sep 29
20	Y	0.31	1981 May 25	1981 Jun 14
21	Z	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

OGO 3

  1966-049A

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Kosmos 317

  1969-109A

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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
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Opera News: January 2,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/0bc87caa4dff4787a05c7e15da7336ce

The New Yorker: December 28,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/012dc65edf43b051264ebedf9ab300de

Kosmos 630

  1974-004A

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

Kosmos-630
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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