Vanguard 2

  1959-001A

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The Vanguard cloud cover satellite flew again on SLV-4 on 1959 Feb 17. Before launch it was referred to as the "Cloud Cover Satellite". The launch was successful and the payload became Vanguard II. Its photocells sent back crude images of terrestrial cloud cover for 18 days. The third stage bumped into the satellite which made it wobble, limiting the usefulness of the images. Satellite mass was 10.8 kg.

Vanguard 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1959 Feb 17	1555	Launch by Vanguard SLV-4	CC LC18A
	1557	T+2:24 Stage 1 burnout, 64 km
	1557	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep, St 2 ig.
	1557	T+2:52 Fairing sep
	1559	T+4:20 Stage 2 burnout, 208 km
	1603	T+8:47 Stage 2 sep	-5328 x 558 x 32.8
	1604	T+9:02 Stage 3 ignition, 545 km
	1604	T+9:35 Stage 3 burnoutn (33s), 545 km
	1604	T+9:40 Stage 2 apogee, 558 km
	1607	T+12:52 Stage 3 sep	559 x 3320 x 32.88
		Stage 3 and payload collide
1959 Mar 7		End of transmissions

Payload:

• 108 MHz transmitter

• Photocells (2) (USA SRDL/Ft Mon)

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Molniya 148

 1980-092A

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Molniya-1 (F53, N48) was launched to the E plane in Nov 1980.

Molniya-1 F53
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Nov 16	0418	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
	0426	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0511?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0514?	T+56:54 ML sep
1980 Nov 16			736.2 601 x 40662 x 62.8
1981 Jun 8			717.8 593 x 39764 x 62.8

Nimbus 3

 1969-037A

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Nimbus B2 was renamed Nimbus III on successfully reaching orbit. Launched by Thorad Agena D at 0754 on 1969 Apr 14, its orbit was 1075 x 1135 km x 99.9 deg. It operated until Feb 1972.

Nimbus 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Apr 14	0754:03	Launch by Thorad Agena D	V
		T+39s SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:42 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+3:42 MECO depletion
		T+3:51 VECO
		T+3:58 Thorad sep	-5518 x 155 x 97.31
		T+4:16 Agena 6222 burn, 3:50
		T+4:26 Fairing sep
	0802:11	T+8:08 Agena 6222 MECO-1	152 x 1112 x 99.92
	0848:24	T+54:21 Agena 6222 MES-2 5.1s
	0848:30	T+54:27 Agena 6222 MECO-2	1086 x 1142 x 99.92
	0852:40	T+58:37 Agena sep
	0855:53	T+1:01:50 Agena retro 1 (solid motor)	1091 x 1140 x 99.90
	0940:27	T+1:46:24 EGRS-14 sep from Agena	1084 x 1140 x 99.91
	0945?	Agena retro 2
1972 Feb		end of ops

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Kosmos 368

  1970-080A

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The Bion satellite was launched in Oct 1970. It was a Zenit-2M modified for life sciences research, and placed in an orbit with somewhat higher apogee than the imaging flights. Zenit-2M/Bion was announced as Kosmos-368. This flight studied radiation effects on living organisms during a six day mission. It was the precursor to a series of life sciences missions.

Kosmos-368
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Oct 8	1239:02	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1243	Blok I burn
	1247	Blok-I sep
1970 Oct 9	1541		90.55 203 x 399 x 65.0
1970 Oct 10	1135		90.52 205 x 394 x 65.0
1970 Oct 12	0930	Capsule sep
1970 Oct 14	0549		90.47 200 x 393 x 65.0
1970 Oct 14	1146?	Retrofire
	1156?	PO sep
	1206?	Entry
	1219?	Landed after 5.98d

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Kosmos 851

 1976-085A

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Rep K604

Kosmos-851
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Aug 27	1435	Launch by 8A92M	Plesetsk
	1440?	Blok E burn
	1445?	Blok E sep
1976 Aug 27			96.8 569x637x81.2
1989 Aug 5.3		reentered from 87.3 135x149x81.1

Kosmos 440

 1971-079A

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Kosmos-440 was a DS-P1-I satellite, No. 10, launched in Sep 1971.

Kosmos-440
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Sep 24	1030	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1032	Stage 2 burn
	1036?	Stage 2 sep
1971 Sep 30	2130		95.21 272 x 785 x 71.0 (RAE)
1972 Jan 20		end of ops
1972 Feb 1			94.38 267 x 709 x 71.0 (RAE)
1972 Jun 16			02.66 254 x 555 x 71.0 (RAE)
1972 Oct 29	1452?	Reentered