Club Management: January 1989

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Kosmos 252

 1968-097A

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The second interception of Kosmos-248 was by Kosmos-252, which flew a similar profile with a successful radar-guided intercept on the second revolution. TLE analysis suggests that the IS was injected into intermediate orbit at 500 km, and then into the intercept orbit after one orbit.

Kosmos-252
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Nov 1	0027	Launch by 11K67	KB
	0029	Stage 2 burn
	0032?	Stage 2 sep	140? x 530? x 62.3
	0123?	IS DU burn 1	520? x 540? x 62.3
	0208?	Stage 2 perigee, reentry?
	0212?	IS DU burn 2 orbit change	535? x 1640? x 62.3
	0402	Intercept Kosmos-248 at 533 km over 35E 58N

Seventeen: September 1988

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New Girl In Town

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The Official Preppy Handbook

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Kosmos 224

  1968-046A

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Zenit-4 No. 46 was launched from Baikonur in Jun 1968 on a summer 51.8 degree mission. It carried a supplementary scientific payload to study atmospheric composition with a nitrogen oxide airglow photometer.

Kosmos-224
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jun 4	0645:02	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0649	Blok-I burn
	0654	Blok-I sep	89.05 203 x 256 x 51.8 (RAE)
	1230		89.11 191 x 269 x 51.8
1968 Jun 10	1943		88.93 196 x 247 x 51.8
1968 Jun 12	0557?	Deorbit
	0620?	Landed after 7.98d

Aviation Week: August 29,1988

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Aviation Week: July 11,1988

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Aviation Week: January 16,1989

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Einstein Observatory

 1978-103A

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The HEAO-B payload was a breakthrough mission in x-ray astronomy, making the first high resolution images of the x-ray sky. HEAO 2, the High Energy Astronomy Observatory 2, was named Einstein once it reached orbit after Albert Einstein (1879-1955), the physicist who pioneered the special and general theories of relativity, the photoelectric effect, and advances in other fields. Launch was at 0524 on 1978 Nov 13 by Atlas Centaur from Cape Canaveral. The Atlas burn cutoff was a T+4:05.1, followed by the Centaur burn. The Centaur cut its engines at 0535 (T+11:36), delivering Einstein to a 95.1 min, 520 x 541 km x 23.5 deg orbit. The covers on the telescope and the STA star trackers were ejected the same day. On 1980 Aug 27 HEAO-2 lost attitude control, but was able to resume observations on Dec 6. The satellite finally ran out of attitude control propellant on 1981 Apr 25 and was shut down the next day. It reentered on 1982 Mar 25.

HEAO B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Nov 13	0524	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:20 BECO
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+3:07 Insulation panels sep
		T+4:05 Atlas MECO
		T+4:07 Atlas sep
		T+4:19 Centaur MES
		T+4:31 Fairing sep
	0535	T+11:36 Centaur MECO
	0546	T+22:40 Centaur sep
		T+22:58 Centaur retro
		Telescope cover ejected
		STA star tracker covers ejected
1980 Aug 27		Attitude control issues
1980 Dec 6		Observations resumed
1981 Apr 25		Attitude control prop expended
1982 Mar 25		Reentered

Gambit-3 4

  1967-016A

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KH-8 4 was launched on 1967 Feb 24 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The satellite operated for a 10 day flight in a 135 x 414 km x 107 deg orbit.

KH-8 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Feb 24	1959	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	2004	Agena MES
	2009	Agena MECO
			90.0 135 x 414 x 107.0
1967 Feb 25	0129		89.96 126 x 418 x 107.0
	0859		89.98 135 x 411 x 107.0
1967 Mar 2	1909		89.48 135 x 361 x 107.0
1967 Mar 5	0122?	SRV recovered rev 131
1967 Mar 7	0100?	Deboost rev 163

DMSP 1

  1966-082A

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The launch on 1966 Sep 16 saw the introduction of the Thor Burner 2 launch vehicle, which replaced the FW4S motor with a Thiokol Star 37B and improved avionics. The Burner 2 upper stage prime contractor was Boeing. The Thor Burner 2 achieved greater injection accuracy, allowing more circular orbits. The payload was Block 4A F-1, the F16 satellite. It carried a modified C system, with 0.4-4 and 8-12 micron bands.

DMSP F16
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Sep 16	0436:09	Launch by Thor Burner 2	V 4300B6
	0438:46?	Thor MECO
	0438:50?	Thor sep
	0448?	Burner 2 burn 42s
	0450?	Burner 2 sep
1966 Nov 3			694 x 900 x 98.5
1968 Nov 3		End of primary mission

Kosmos 107

  1966-010A

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Zenit-2 No. 31 was launched on an 8 day flight in Feb 1966, in the standard 65 degree orbit.

Kosmos-107
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Feb 10	0840?	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB
	0845?	Blok-E burn
	0850?	Blok-E sep
			89.7 204 x 322 x 65 (TASS)
1966 Feb 10	1001		89.79 215 x 312 x 65.0
1966 Feb 11	1125		89.64 201 x 311 x 65.0
1966 Feb 14	0210		89.61 203 x 306 x 65.0
1966 Feb 18	0610?	Deorbit
	0630?	Landed after 7.90d

The High School Journal: December 1983-January 1984

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Apollo 12 (Yankee Clipper)

  1969-099A

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Yankee Clipper (Apollo CSM 108) was the Apollo 12 CSM, flown by Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon and Al Bean on the way to the second Moon landing. The crew were in quarantine from Nov 24 to Dec 11.

Yankee Clipper (CSM 108)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Nov 14	1622:00	Launch by Saturn V (SA-507)	KSC LC39A
	1622:44	Lightning strike on SA-507
	1623:00	CSM power restored
	1624:23	S-IC CECO
	1624:50	S-IC OECO, sep
	1624:52	S-II ignition
	1625:12	Interstage sep
	1625:18	LES sep
	1629:49	S-II CECO
	1631:20	S-II OECO
	1631:23	S-II sep, S-IVB ignition
	1633:42	S-IVB shutdown
	1633:52	Earth orbit insertion	88.2 185 x 185 x 32.6
	1700?	Optics covers jettison
	1909:31	S-IVB TLI burn
	1914:12	S-IVB cutoff
	1915:22	Translunar injection
	1940:13	Sep from S-IVB/SLA
		Transposition and docking maneuver
	1949	Docked with LM/S-IVB
	2035:08	CSM/LM sep from S-IVB
1969 Nov 15	1006	Pass EL1:4
	2314:44	MCC-2 burn
	2314:54	MCC-2 cutoff
1969 Nov 17	1252:30	Equigravisphere
1969 Nov 18	0347:31	SPS LOI-1 burn
1969 Nov 18	0353:23	Lunar orbit insertion	116 x 313 x 164.7
	0810:48	SPS LOI-2 burn	101 x 122 x 165
	0811:05	LOI-2 cutoff
1969 Nov 19	0000	CDR and LMP to LM
	0416:02	LM undocked
	0446:36	Sep burn	104 x 118 x 144.3
	0446:51	Sep burn cutoff
		Multispectral photos of surface
	1609:21	LOPC-1 burn	106 x 116
1969 Nov 20		LM rendezvous with CSM
	1758:30	LM docked with CSM
		CDR and LMP return to CSM with 32 kg lunar rock, Surveyor 3 parts
	2021:40	LM undocked
	2026:39	Sep burn	107 x 115
1969 Nov 21	1226:54	LOPC-2	105 x 120
		Survey of Fra Mauro and Descartes
	2049:17	SPS TEI burn
	2051:29	Transearth injection
1969 Nov 22	1249:15	MCC-5 burn
	1249:20	MCC-5 burn off
1969 Nov 24	1744:00	MCC-7 burn
	1744:05	MCC-7 burn off
	2029:28	SM-108 sep	38 x 531895 x 16.0
	2044:27	Entry
	2058:33	Splashdown 15 49 S 165 10W
		Recovered by USS Hornet

Kosmos 57

  1965-012A

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Flight article 3KD No. 1 was launched as Kosmos-57 to test the new Volga airlock. The 3KD variant of Voskhod used the inflatable Volga to allow a crewmember to emerge from the spacecraft for a spacewalk without depressurizing the main cabin, a luxury not available on US spacecraft until Skylab. Two instrumented dummies, probably wearing spacesuits, were placed aboard to verify the airlock, which was to have been jettisoned on the second orbit after the test was complete. However, at 0800 UTC on Feb 22 two ground stations sent simultaneous airlock commands which interfered with one another and were interpreted by the onboard programmer as a deorbit command. The engine fired in the wrong direction, leaving the spacecraft in orbit, and the destruct charge fired to destroy the cabin. NORAD tracked a large number of debris pieces. (Johnson (1980) quoted 0957 UTC as the explosion time).

Kosmos-57
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Feb 22	0730	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0734	Blok-A sep
		Blok-I burn
	0739	Blok-I sep	90.42 165 x 427 x 64.7
	0750	Volga test
	0805?	Volga test
	0825	Accidental DU burn
		Tumbling 78 times a minute
	0904	Last commmanding of airlock
	0905?	Destruct charge fired
1965 Feb 25		First debris reentry