Discoverer 30

 1961-024A

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CORONA 30 carried the KH-3 camera on mission 9022. (The USGS web page and the Itek list give KH-3, the McDonald paper lists it as KH-2, however). The SRV was recovered in mid-air over the Pacific.

KH-3 Mission 9022
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Sep 12	1959	Launch by Thor Agena B	V
	2001	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2001	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2001	Thor sep (T+2:42)
	2002	Agena burn (T+3:31)
	2006	Agena cutoff (T+7:31)
			241 x 554 x ? (VCR)
	2059		234 x 549 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 13	1355		92.34 220 x 558 x 82.6
1961 Sep 13	1430		92.40 235 x 546 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Sep 14	1911		234 x 545 x 82.67 (OE)
1961 Sep 14	2246?	SRV ejected rev 33
		SRV retrofire
	2320?	SRV mid air recovery by C-130
1961 Sep			92.3 219 x 557 x 82.5 (SATCAT)
1961 Sep 18	1400		92.26 220 x 550 x 82.6
1961 Sep 18		Deb Omega 2 reentered	90.7 219 x 399 x 82.5 (SATCAT,Omega2)
1961 Sep 28		Deb Omega 3 reentered	90.7 205 x 420 x 82.7 (SATCAT,Omega3)
1961 Sep 30	0243		92.05 231 x 518 x 82.7
1961 Nov 21	1200		90.4 213 x 373 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 1	0329		89.88 231 x 305 x 82.7
1961 Dec 5	1200		89.4 204 x 283 x 82.7 (RAE)
1961 Dec 6	1026		89.21 189 x 281 x 82.6
1961 Dec 11	2200?	CORONA/Agena reentered

Soyuz 40

 1981-042A

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The final launch in the original Soyuz series was spacecraft 11F615A8 No. 56, a 7K-T model which was given the name Soyuz-40 after launch. It took off from Baikonur aboard a Soyuz-U launch vehicle in May 1981, carrying Pol. Leonid Popov of the Soviet Air Force and Sen. Lt. Dumitru Prunariu of the Romanian Army Air Force. Soyuz-40 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 the next day.

Soyuz-40
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 May 14	1716:38	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1718	Blok BVGD sep
	1720	Blok A sep
	1725	Blok I MECO
	1725	Blok I sep
	1900		89.1 191 x 269 x 51.6
	2300		260 x 307 x 51.6
1981 May 15	1850	Docked with Salyut-6 +X
	2200	Hatch open
1981 May 22	0800	Hatch closed
	1037	Undocked	339 x 372 x 51.6
	1312?	Retrofire
	1316?	DO CO
	1328?	PAO sep
	1335?	Entry
	1358:30	Landed

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Kosmos 599

 1973-073A

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Kosmos-599 was launched in Oct 1973 from Baykonur and carried out a standard 13 day mission, in contrast to the recent Zenit-4M and Zenit-4MK missions from Plesetsk which had flown short missions associated with the Yom Kippur war.

Kosmos-599
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Oct 15	0845:00	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0849	Blok-I burn
	0853	Blok-I sep
	1200		89.32 202 x 280 x 64.94 (RAE)
1973 Oct 17	0347		89.30 202 x 276 x 65.0
1973 Oct 24	0223		89.18 200 x 267 x 65.0
1973 Oct 27	1932		89.11 198 x 261 x 64.9
1973 Oct 28	0550?	Retrofire
	0600?	PO sep
	0606?	Entry
	0624?	Landed

Kosmos 1506

 1983-108A

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Civilian Tsikada navsat r K1304

Kosmos-1506
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Oct 26	1720	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	1728?	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
		T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
		T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	1823?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1983 Oct 26			104.8 953x1015x82.9

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Kosmos 1671

 1985-065A

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Kosmos-1671
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Aug 2	1140	Launch by Soyuz from Plesetsk
	1144	Blok I burn
	1148	Blok I MECO
1985 Aug 2			198x283x72.9
1985 Aug 2	2330?	Orbit raise	206x364x72.9
1985 Aug 3	0324?	Orbit raise	90.47 230 x 365 x 72.9
1985 Aug 4			90.47 230 x 364 x 72.9
1985 Aug 4	0700?	Lower apogee	89.36 227 x 258 x 72.8
1985 Aug 6			89.35 227 x 258 x 72.9
1985 Aug 6?		Raise apogee
1985 Aug 9			89.86 228 x 306 x 72.9
1985 Aug 15	2254		89.84 227 x 305 x 72.9
1985 Aug 16		Sunshade ejected?
1985 Aug 16.7		C-G cataloged
1985 Aug 18	0616?	Deorbit
	0626?	PO sep
	0633?	Entry	-165 x 263 x 72.9
	0648?	Landed

Pioneer 1

  1958-007

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The second ARPA/USAF/STL probe was launched at 0842 from 1958 Oct 11 by Thor Able from Canaveral. The second stage cut off too soon, and final velocity was 0.26 km/s short of the planned 10.74 km/s. Pioneer I reached an apogee of 113840 km. It reentered on Oct 13.

The vernier rockets fired; they failed to separate on command. They probably added about 20m/s to the velocity. The apogee motor firing would have put Pioneer in Earth orbit but ignition failed due to low battery temperatures.

There were 8 verniers with a total impulse of 1.89 kNs.

Pioneer 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Oct 11	0842:13	Launch by Thor Able
	0844:49	T+2:36 Thor MECO 95 km 4.854 Vi	-5100 x 451 x 32.7
	0844:50?	Able burn
	0846:36	T+4:23 Able SECO 333 km	72.65 -2807 x 1585 x 31.60
	0846:37?	Altair X248A3 burn
	0847:20	T+5:05 Altair burnout 445 km
	0850:02?	T+7:49? Altair sep
			-870 x 105600? x 35.9
	0850?	Vernier burn
			-870 x 113341 x 35.89
		T+12:55? Verniers jettison failed
1958 Oct 12	0640?	Apogee
1958 Oct 13	0359	Reentry 21S 88.1W

Payload:

• Retrorocket

• IR TV scanner

Intelsat 501

 1981-050A

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The Ford Aerospace Intelsat V F-1 satellite was placed over the Atlantic after its launch in May 1981.

Intelsat 501
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 May 23	2242	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36B
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+3:04 Centaur insulation sep
		T+3:32 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 SECO
		T+4:16 Atlas sep
	2246	T+4:23 MES-1 5:12
	2251	T+9:35 MECO-1	89.56 148 x 357 x 28.3
	2305	T+23:45 MES-2 1:31
	2307	T+25:16 MECO-2	632.79 167 x 35908 x 24.4
	2309	T+27:32 Centaur AC-56 sep	633.90 172 x 35959 x 24.1
		T+30:32 venting (AC)	611.37 167 x 34799 x 24.4
1981 May 24	0500?	Apo 1
	1500?	Apo 2
1981 May 25	0200?	Apo 3
	1140?	Apo 4
1981 May 25	1142	AKM 62s	1404.98 33615 x 36735 x 0.5 GEO 23.1W+7.9E
1981 May 27			1426.17 35515 x 35668 x 0.5 GEO 2.6W+2.5E
1981 May 29			1435.97 35773 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 3.1E
1981 Jun		Checkout
1981 Jul 1			1436.02 35773 x 35796 x 0.5 GEO 2.9E
1981 Jul 12		Operational 21.5W
1981 Jul 15		mv out
1981 Jul 22			1436.04 35767 x 35803 x 0.4 GEO 24.4W
1981 Jul 24		mv in, colocate 75-91A	GEO 24.5W
1981 Aug 3			GEO 24.5W
1981 Oct			GEO 25.5W
1982 Jan 1			1436.15 35773 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 24.6W
1982 Mar 26			1436.31 35770 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 23.8W+0.06W
1982 Mar 29		mv out	1428.43 35617 x 35655 x 0.1 GEO 11.2W+1.9E
1982 May 25		mv in	1436.05 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 60.0E
1982 Jun		IOR Operational Spare (C/DL)	GEO 60E
1983 Jan 1			GEO 60E
1984 Jan 24			1436.05 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1984 Feb		Move to 57E
1984 Mar 14			1436.07 35763 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 56.8E
1984 Apr		IOR C/DL	GEO 57E
1985 Sep			GEO 57E
1986 Jan 4		mv out	1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 57.1E
1986 Feb 3			1428.18 35619 x 35643 x 0.1 GEO 105.0E+2.0E
1986 Mar 19		mv in	1436.18 35771 x35804 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E
1986 Sep			GEO 174E
1988 Mar 1			1436.11 35769 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E
1988 Sep 8			1436.08 35768 x 35804 x 0.5 GEO 173.9E
1988 Sep		mv out
1988 Nov 15		mv in	1436.11 35771 x 35802 x 0.6 GEO 177.0E
1989 Aug 10			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E
1990 Jan		POR	GEO 177.0E
1990 Aug 10			1436.03 35770 x 35800 x 2.2 GEO 177.0E
1990 Aug 27			1436.02 35769 x 35800 x 2.3 GEO 177.2E
1990 Aug 30		mv out	1435.39 35749 x 35796 x 2.3 GEO 179.6W+0.17E
1990 Sep 22		mv in	1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 2.3 GEO 177.0W
1991 Jan 3			1436.03 35767 x 35803 x 2.7 GEO 176.9W
1992 Jan 3			1436.04 35769 x 35801 x 3.5 GEO 177.0W
1992 Sep 22			1435.98 35769 x 35799 x 4.1 GEO 176.9W
1992 Sep 24		mv out	1438.00 35820 x 35827 x 4.1 GEO 179.6E+0.5W
1993 Mar 22			1437.75 35726 x 35911 x 4.5 GEO 91.0E+0.4W
1993 Mar 29		mv in	1435.98 35769 x 35799 x 4.5 GEO 91.6E
1995 Jan 3			1436.16 35773 x 35801 x 5.9 GEO 91.4E
1996 Jan 16		Mv out	1436.17 35770 x 35805 x 6.6 GEO 91.4E
1996 Feb 1			1439.04 35841 x 35847 x 6.6 GEO 80.0E+0.7W
1996 Feb 11		Mv in	GEO 71E
1996 Feb 14			1436.07 35776 x 35796 x 6.7 GEO 71.9E

Progress 19

 1984-018A

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Progress-19 (spacecraft Progress 7K-TG No. 120) was launched on 1984 Feb 21 and docked with Salyut-7 on Feb 23.

Progress-19
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Feb 21	0646:05	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0900		88.80 186 x 245 x 51.6
	1700		89.81 205 x 325 x 51.6
1984 Feb 22	1200		90.51 272 x 327 x 51.6
1984 Feb 23	0821	Docked with Salyut-7
1984 Feb 24	0000		90.19 281 x 286 x 51.6
1984 Feb 26	1430		90.69 306 x 311 x 51.6
1984 Mar 5			90.61 303 x 306 x 51.6
1984 Mar 14			90.53 297 x 303 x 51.6
1984 Mar 31	0940	Undocked
1984 Apr 1	0230		88.44 190 x 204 x 51.6
	1800		88.40 190 x 200 x 51.62
	1935	Deorbited

Corona 88

 1964-071A

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CORONA 88 was launched on 1964 Nov 2 into an 80 degree orbit. Mass was 1678 kg. The main cameras performed erratically and were shut down on rev 52, with about 65 percent of the aft camera film out of focus on SRV 1013-1. (However, a CIA memo in Mar 1965 claimed the payload was operating normally despite some telemetry problems and the USAF had shut down the cameras on Rev 6 over CIA objections). The second SRV was also recovered, but since the panoramic cameras had not been operating during its mission no data was obtained except for 102 index camera frames and a few pan frames left over from rev 52 in the first part of the mission.

KH-4A Mission 1013
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Nov 2	2130:20	Launch by TAT Agena D	V 75-3 Pad 4
	2131:25	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	2132:46	Thor MECO (T+2:26)
	2132:55	Thor VECO (T+2:35)
	2133:02	Thor sep (T+2:42)
	2133:07	Agena burn (T+2:47)
	2137:08	Agena MECO (T+6:48)	90.85 184 x 455 x 79.98 (VCR)
1964 Nov 3	0130		90.79 190 x 436 x 80.0
1964 Nov 3	1430		90.70 180 x 448 x 79.95 (RAE)
	1507		90.77 180 x 444 x 80.0
1964 Nov 4	0445		90.76 186 x 437 x 80.0
1964 Nov 6		Cameras shut down
1964 Nov 7	0004:22	SRV-1 ejected
	0004:32	Retro
	0012	Chute deployed
1964 Nov 7	0030?	SRV-1 recovered, orbit 65
1964 Nov 7	2351:23	SRV-2 ejected
	2351:33	Retro
1964 Nov 8
	0000:14	Chute deployed
	0030?	SRV-2 recovered, orbit 81
1964 Nov 8	1438		90.66 182 x 432 x 80.0
1964 Nov 13		end of ops
1964 Nov 25	1928		88.82 164 x 267 x 80.0
1964 Nov 28	0530?	CORONA/Agena reentered

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Kosmos 132

  1966-106A

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Zenit-2 No. 46 flew on a Vostok 8A92 from Baikonur in Nov 1966. 

Kosmos-132
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Nov 19	0800	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB LC31
	0805?	Blok-E burn
	0810?	Blok-E sep
			89.3 207 x 280 x 65 (TASS)
1966 Nov 19	1647		89.20 204 x 265 x 65.0
1966 Nov 26	0318		89.07 200 x 256 x 65.0
1966 Nov 27	0640?	Deorbit
	0700?	Landed

Spaceflight: September 1988

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Kosmos 193

  1967-117A

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Zenit-2 No. 58 was launched from Plesetsk on 1967 Nov 25. It landed after a successful 8 day mission 150 km SW of Pavlodar, at 51 16 N 75 14 E.

Kosmos-193
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Nov 25	1130	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1134	Blok-I burn
	1139	Blok-I sep
			89.9 203 x 354 x 65.7 (TASS)
	1545		90.07 199 x 356 x 65.7
1967 Nov 26	1113		89.85 199 x 334 x 65.6
1967 Dec 3	0321		89.70 195 x 324 x 65.6
1967 Dec 3	0457?	Deorbit
	0517	Landed after 7.74d

Apollo 5

  1968-007A

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The Apollo 5 mission was the second to carry the AS-204 designation, since it used the same SA-204 launch vehicle that a year before its launch had sat below the ill-fated CSM 012 when that spacecraft burst into flames. The new AS-204 mission was to carry the prototype Lunar Module, LM 01, into Earth orbit for testing. The usual SLA adapter was topped with a specially designed MSFC nose cone giving the Saturn an unusual appearance.

Apollo 5 was launched on 1968 Jan 22 from pad 34. The S-IVB entered a 163 x 222 km orbit, and the nosecone was jettisoned. At 2343 the SLA opened and the LM separated from the rocket. First to be tested would be the Descent Propulsion System, the rocket in the descent stage. The first DPS burn a few hours later was intended to last 39s but was aborted after only 4 seconds because of a software error. Next the DPS was reignited for a 32s burn, a 32s coast period, and another 28s burn. As the final DPS burn was shutting down, the APS ascent engine ignited in a `Fire-In-The-Hole' abort simulation, and the ascent and descent stages were severed. The Descent Stage was left in a 170 x 356 km x 31.6 deg orbit. It reentered on 1968 Feb 12 and debris was found in Colombia. The APS burned for 60s and shut down. It was subsequently fired again for 6min 32s in a retrograde direction until the fuel ran out; attitude control was lost during the burn. According to some secondary sources the LM 1 AS (Ascent Stage) ended up in a low orbit and reentered on Jan 24, but the tracking data in the post-mission report shows that reentry was soon after the final burn with impact in the Pacific 600 km W of Central America.

LM 1 Mission Log
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jan 22	2248:08	Launch by SA-204
	2250:27	T+2:19 IECO 59km	-6155 x 125 x 31.74
	2250:30	T+2:22 OECO 62km	-6141 x 130 x 31.79
1968 Jan 22	2250:31	S-IB separation, S-IVB ignition
1968 Jan 22	2258:01	T+9:53 S-IVB cutoff	163 x 222 km x 31.84
1968 Jan 22	2258:46	T+10:38 Nosecone separation
1968 Jan 22	2308:01	T+19:53 SLA open
1968 Jan 22	2341:58	LM 1 separates from S-IVB-204	182 x 222 x 31.80
1968 Jan 23	0114	S-IVB depletion
	0119	S-IVB depletion complete
1968 Jan 23	0247:42	+X translation
	0247:49	DPS-1 burn, 4s at 214 km	182 x 222 x 31.8
	0247:53	DPS-1 MECO	184 x 223 x 31.8
1968 Jan 23	0458:49	DPS-2, at 174 km, 32s, throttle test	170 x 245 x 31.77
	0459:22	DPS-2 MECO
1968 Jan 23	0459:54	DPS-3, 28s (32s after DPS-2)
	0500:22	DPS-3 MECO	172 x 400 x 31.74
1968 Jan 23	0500:22	APS abort burn, 60s, during DPS-3 shutdown
	0501:22	APS MECO	171 x 980 x 31.59
1968 Jan 23	0632:20	APS-2 burn to depletion	168 x 967 x 31.62
	0638:11	APS-2 depletion	-619 x 222 x 30.98
	0638:49	Reentry 122 km	-620 x 222 x 30.98
	0640:18	AS LOS
	0642?	Impact 112.85W 18.10N
1968 Feb 12		DS reentry

Kosmos 376

 1970-092A

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Kosmos-376 was launched in Oct 1970 on a 13 day mission from Plesetsk. 

Kosmos-376
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Oct 30	1320:00	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1324	Blok-I burn
	1328	Blok-I sep
1970 Oct 31	2024		89.42 206 x 285 x 65.4
1970 Oct 31	2130		89.43 207 x 286 x 65.38 (RAE)
1970 Nov 6	0858		89.32 203 x 278 x 65.4
1970 Nov 10	0700		89.23 203 x 272 x 65.42 (RAE)
1970 Nov 11		Engine sep, 92C
1970 Nov 12	0615?	Retrofire
	0625?	PO sep
	0631?	Entry
	0646?	Landed

Kosmos 1687

 1985-088A

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Kosmos-1687
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Sep 30	1923	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1931	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	2023?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	2026?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1985 Sep 30			608x39194x63.0