Wednesday, April 26, 1989

Nova 1

 1981-044A


Nova 1 (NNS 30480) was launched in May 1981. It was a 165 kg, 1.2 m long, 0.5m diameter improved Transit with an orbit adjust engine and a DISCOS system with a 79m gravity boom. The system carried 27 kg of prop at launch; by May 28 there were 8 kg remaining. Altair was 24.6 kg inert with 276 kg of prop plus 6 kg of instrumentation and balance weights. System mass at Altair ignition and burnout were 480 and 205 kg implying an Altair sep mass of 315 and 39 kg. Predicted Isp was 288.7s and predicted dV was 2390 m/s.


Nova 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 May 15  0607:17  Launch by Scout B-1  V SLC5 
  T+1:23 St 1 burnout 
  T+1:26 St 1 sep 
 0608:43  T+1:26 St 2 burn 
  T+2:05 St 2 burnout 
  T+2:38 Fairing sep, 111 km 
  T+2:40 St 2 sep 
  T+2:40 St 3 burn 
 0610:45 T+3:28 St 3 burnout 
  T+9:49 spinup 
 0615:39 T+8:22 St 3 sep 
 0615:44 St 4 burn 33s 
 0616:18 T+9:02 St 4 burnout  354 x 936 x 90.1 
 0618:46  Despin 
 0621:21  St 4 sep 
1981 May 18   DISCOS activated 
 1501  Orbit adjust 132s 
 1947  Orbit adjust 420s 
 2352   640 x 982 x 90.1 
1981 May 19  0232  Orbit adjust 360s 3.8kg 919 x 1107 x 90.1 
1981 May 21  0721  TCM-4 360s 30kg 
1981 May 24  0207  TCM-5 360s 2.6kg 
1981 May 24    994 x 1201 x 90.1 
   999 x 1197 x 90.1 
1981 May 27  1818  TCM-6 420s 2.8 kg 
1981 May 29    109.16 1173 x 1202 x 90.0 
1981 May 30  1413  Prop venting 
 1845  Prop venting 
1981 May 30    109.05 1174 x 1191 x 90.0 
1981 Jun 1   Prop venting  
1981 Jun 3   TCM 
1981 Jun 3   Prop depletion venting 
1981 Jun 3    108.94 1168 x 1187 x 90.0 
1981 Jul 16  2339  Switch to operational freq 
1981 Jul 31  1530  Declared usable 

Tuesday, April 11, 1989

Kosmos 34

  1964-034A


Zenit-4 No. 3 continued a rapid sequence of launches in the Zenit program, rocketing into orbit aboard the third 11A57 vehicle a few hours after the landing of Zenit-2 No. 20.


Kosmos-34 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Jul 1  1100  Launch by 11A57  KB 
 1109? Block I MECO  202 x 348 x 64.9 
1964 Jul 1  1952   90.0 205 x 343 x 64.9 
1964 Jul 8   89.95 200 x 343 x 64.9 
1964 Jul 9  0915?  Deorbit 

0935?  Landed

Monday, April 10, 1989

Kosmos 1310

 1981-095A




Kosmos-1310 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 Sep 23  0800 Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
 0820?  Stage 2 sep 
1981 Sep 23   476x517x65.8 
1989 Apr 3   reentered from 87.91 165x178x65.8 

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