Friday, November 24, 1989

Interkosmos 1

 1969-088A


The first DS-U3-IK satellite was launched on 1969 Oct 14 by the 11K63 Kosmos launch vehicle from GTsP4 (Kapustin Yar). It was given the code name Interkosmos-1. Interkosmos-1 carried solar monitors built in the USSR, the GDR and Czechoslovakia. UV and X-ray detectors observed the sun directly, while an optical photometer looked at the setting or rising sun through the Earth's atmosphere to detect absorption by atmospheric aerosols.

Size 2.64 long 2.88 dia. Mass 303 kg with 38 kg instruments.


Interkosmos-1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 14  1340  Launch by 11K63 Kosmos  GTsP4 
 1342 Stage 2 burn 
 1347? Stage 2 sep 
   93.3 254 x 626 x 48.4 
1969 Oct 30   End of operations 
1970 Jan 2   Reentered 

Payload:

  • FLA GDR Solar UV Lyman alpha photometer

  • SPR-1 CSSR XR photometer

  • OF CSSR aerosol absorption optical photometer

  • GSF SSSR XR solar flare polarimeter, spectroheliograph

Thursday, November 23, 1989

Kosmos 206

  1968-019A


Meteor No. 10 was launched in Mar 1968 and its mission was successful. The Blok-E stage burned a little longer than usual but this doesn’t seem to have seriously affected the mission.


Kosmos-206 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Mar 14  0934:01  Launch by 8A92M Vostok  PL 
 0938?  Blok-E burn 
 0944?  Blok-E sep  97.08 598 x 640 x 81.23 
1968 May   Still operating 
1989 Apr 22  0700? Reentered  87.41 139 x 154 x 81.1 

Thursday, November 16, 1989

Kosmos 1398

 1982-077A


Two-tone telemetry in the low delta-v subgroup, Priroda unconfirmed but PSC does not include with RH group.


Kosmos-1398 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Aug 3 1130 Launch by Soyuz  Plesetsk 
 1134  Blok-I burn 
 1138  Blok-I sep 
1982 Aug 3    89.00 215 x 234 x 82.35 
1982 Aug 13    88.69 203 x 216 x 82.4 
1982 Aug 18 
 0820?  Deorbit 
 0830? PO sep 
 0836? Entry 
 0852? Landed 

Sunday, November 12, 1989

The planets : a journey into space

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Kosmos 688

 1974-078A


Kosmos-688 maneuvered to a very low perigee of 152 km.


Kosmos-688 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Oct 18  1500 Launch  PL 
 1504  Blok-I burn 
 1508 Blok-I sep 
 1617   89.78 176 x 351 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 19  0116   89.79 179 x 348 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 20  0112   89.77 179 x 346 x 62.8 
  Orbit lower 
1974 Oct 20  1607   89.24 152 x 320 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 22  1412   89.13 151 x 310 x 62.8 
  Raise apogee 
1974 Oct 23  1100   89.45 149 x 345 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 24  0623   89.41 151 x 339 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 29  2050 89.06 146 x 309 x 62.8 
1974 Oct 30   
 0634? Deorbit 
 0644? PO sep 
 0647? Entry 
 0705? Landed 

Monday, November 6, 1989

Kosmos 612

 1973-095A


Kosmos-612 was a Zenit-4MK satellite launched in Nov 1973.


Kosmos-612 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Nov 28  1143:05  Launch by 11A57  NIIP-53 
 1147  Blok-I burn 
 1151  Blok-I sep 
   90.1 206 x 346 x 72.8 (RAE) 
 2032   90.01 203 x 345 x 72.8 
1973 Dec 1  1303   90.00 204 x 344 x 72.8 
  Lower orbit 
1973 Dec 2  0403   89.76 186 x 339 x 72.8 
1973 Dec 4    89.8 187 x 338 x 72.8 (RAE) 
1973 Dec 6  0049   89.72 185 x 335 x 72.8 
  Lower orbit 
1973 Dec 7  0814   89.24 167 x 306 x 72.8 
1973 Dec 10   Engine sep (95C) 
1973 Dec 11  0258   89.17 167 x 299 x 72.9 

0551? Retrofire 
 0601? PO sep 
 0605? Entry 
 0622? Landed

Sunday, November 5, 1989

Kosmos 452

 1971-088A


The 23rd Zenit-4M flight was launched in Oct 1971 from Baikonur on a 13 day mission as Kosmos-452.


Kosmos-452 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Oct 14  0900:01 Launch by 11A57  KB 
 0904  Blok-I burn  
 0908  Blok-I sep  
 1021   89.06 196 x 259 x 65.0 
1971 Oct 15  0930   89.07 198 x 260 x 64.97 (RAE) 
  Lower orbit 
 1601   88.64 175 x 239 x 65.0 
  Raise apogee 
1971 Oct 17  1825   89.07 175 x 281 x 65.0 
1971 Oct 18  1938   89.03 176 x 276 x 65.0 
  Raise apogee 
1971 Oct 19  1159   89.41 175 x 314 x 65.0 
1971 Oct 24  0341   89.30 175 x 303 x 65.0 
1971 Oct 25  2121   89.25 174 x 300 x 65.0 
1971 Oct 26   Engine sep (88E) 
1971 Oct 27  0431? Retrofire 
 0441? PO sep 
 0446? Entry 
 0502? Landed

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