Corona 50

 1962-044

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ARGON 10 (KH-5 Mission 9042A, CORONA flight 50) was launched on 1962 Sep 1 by Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. The SRV was ejected after a 4 day mission but it sank in the Pacific when the parachute failed. The payload carried the first of several to study energetic electrons in the STARFISH radiation belt.

Agena 1132 had an orbit mass of 1134 kg.

KH-5 Mission 9042A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Sep 1	2039:09	Launch by Thor Agena B	V Pad 5
	2041	Thor MECO (T+2:25)
	2041	Thor VECO (T+2:34)
	2041	Thor sep (T+2:42)	? x 292
	2042	Agena burn (T+3:37)
	2046	Agena cutoff (T+7:41)	300 x 683 x ? (VCR)
1962 Sep 2	0706		94.32 334 x 637 x 82.8
1962 Sep 4	1411		94.30 297 x 672 x 82.8
1962 Sep 5		End of experiment transmissions
1962 Sep 5	2345?	SRV sep rev 64
1962 Sep 6	0020?	SRV sank in Pacific
1962 Sep 9	0556		94.31 300 x 669 x 82.81
1962 Sep 9	0500		94.42 300 x 669 x 82.8 (RAE)
1963 Apr			94.0 293 x 639 x 82.8 (SATCAT)
1963 Dec 29	0930		92.39 279 x 492 x 82.8 (RAE)
1964 Jan 3	2126		92.35 285 x 494 x 82.8
1964 Jul 8	2100		91.08 263 x 391 x 82.8
1964 Aug 22	1200		90.65 266 x 346 x 82.8 (RAE)
1964 Oct 21	2038		88.88 202 x 236 x 82.8
1964 Oct 26		CORONA/Agena reentered

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Kosmos 1302

 1981-084A

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r by K1331, r K1269

Kosmos-1302
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 28	1618	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		Stage 2 burn
	1624	T+8 min Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 MES-2
		T+34min Stage 2 MECO-2
	1652?	Stage 2 sep
1981 Aug 28			781x810x74.03

Kosmos 1208

 1980-071A

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After a significant gap in flights, Kosmos-1208 resumed the series with a standard 29-day mission.

Kosmos-1208
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Aug 26	1530	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1538	Blok-I sep
1980 Aug 26			89.59 180x328x67.16
1980 Aug 26			89.60 172x337x67.14
1980 Sep 2			89.55 162x343x67.15 from 89.18 165x303
1980 Sep 2			89.65 165x350
1980 Sep 7			89.75 160x365x67.1 from 89.14 157x307
1980 Sep 13			89.65 162x353x67.14 from 88.98 150x299
1980 Sep 16			89.19 150x319x67.1 from 89.18 152x317
1980 Sep 18			89.77 157x370x67.1 from 89.03 152x301
1980 Sep 24			88.92 146x295x67.1
1980 Sep 25
	0445?	Deorbit
	0456?	Entry
	0510?	Landed

Kosmos 1222

 1980-093A

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Kosmos-1222
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Nov 21	1153	Launch by 8A92M	Plesetsk
	1158?	Blok E burn
	1203?	Blok E sep
			97.4 631x633x81.2

Kosmos 580

 1973-057A

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Kosmos-580 was a subgroup 1 DS-P1-Yu satellite. It was launched in Aug 1973. 

Kosmos-580
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Aug 22	1125	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1127	Stage 2 burn
	1132?	Stage 2 sep
1973 Aug 23	2130		92.22 273 x 493 x 71.0 (RAE)
1973 Sep 4		end of ops
1973 Dec 16	1200		91.23 256 x 415 x 71.0 (RAE)
1974 Apr 1	0419?	Reentered

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Molniya 161

 1984-085A

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Molniya-1 (F67, N61) was launched in Aug 1984. It replaced N53 in the D plane on Dec 4 after an unusually long drift period. At the end of its mission the apogee was lowered slightly.

Molniya-1 F67
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 10	0003:58	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0012	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0058?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0103?	T+56:54 ML sep
1984 Oct 11		Mv up	713 min
1984 Dec 4		On station	717 min
1988 Nov 24			718.64 774 x 39622 x 63.4

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Kosmos 52

  1965-001A

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Two and a half months passed before the next Zenit flight, Zenit-2 No. 26 (Kosmos-52). The eight day mission passed uneventfully.

Kosmos-52
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Jan 11	0929:58	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB
	0935?	Blok-E burn
	0940?	Blok-E sep
			89.5 205 x 304 x 65.0 (TASS)
	2000		89.50 203 x 298 x 65.0 (RAE)
1965 Jan 11	1818		89.49 205 x 292 x 65.0
1965 Jan 18	0522		89.41 203 x 287 x 65.0
1965 Jan 19	0718?	Deorbit
	0736?	Landed after 7.89d