Aviation Week: August 24,1987

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International Directory of Company Histories (International Directory of Company Histories, 23)

 https://welib.org/md5/78b908ec6af732182e76d8a714230c0a

Aviation Week: November 28,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/6abe963f877271adaef904e7afd7c633

Meteor 203

 1977-117A

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The third Meteor-2 was launched in Dec 1977.

Object 14950, cataloged in 1984 May, shows a decay pattern identical to the Blok E stage, and may be a duplicate catalog entry.

Meteor-2 (F3)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Dec 14	0930	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	PL
	0934?	Blok E burn
	0940?	Blok E sep
			102.5 856 x 894 x 81.2
1980s		End of ops

To the Edge of the Universe: The Exploration of Outer Space With NASA

 https://welib.org/md5/95edc830179e714150d076c3cc18f0c3

Gambit-3 46

 1976-027A

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KH-8 flight 46 (GAMBIT 4346) was launched on 1976 Mar 27 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg. The mission lasted 57 days (56 days photo), and again used the new 125 km perigee and 96.4 deg inclination. 

KH-8 46
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Mar 22	1814?	Launch by Titan 23B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1816?	Titan stage 1 sep
	1819	Titan stage 2 sep
	1819	Agena burn
	1824?	Agena MECO
			89.3 125 x 347 x 96.4
1976 Apr 7			89.21 125 x 344 x 96.4
1976 Apr 18			89.21 124 x 346 x 96.4
1976 Apr 18	2029?	SRV-1 deorbit opp
1976 Apr 19	0921		89.22 128 x 343 x 96.4
1976 Apr 19	2114	Orbit raise	89.42 123 x 367 x 96.4
1976 Apr 25			89.29 121 x 356 x 96.4
1976 May 7			89.18 128 x 339 x 96.4
1976 May 9			89.27 128 x 348 x 96.5
1976 May 10	2011	Last orbit raise	89.34 132 x 351 x 96.4
1976 May 11	2129		89.25 127 x 347 x 96.4
1976 May 15	1013		88.96 127 x 318 x 96.4
1976 May 16	0659		88.85 127 x 307 x 96.4
1976 May 17	2030?	SRV-2 deorbit after 56 days
1976 May 18	1214		88.51 124 x 277 x 96.4
1976 May 18	2233		87.38 65 x 223 x 96.4
1976 May 18	2302?	reentered

Spaceflight: January 1989

 https://welib.org/md5/83158f01bb9ecc31eb74b5dd5e9b73e7

Kosmos 1973

 1988-088A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1973
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Sep 22	1020:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1024	Blok I burn
	1028	Blok I MECO
1988 Sep 22			90.14 194x368x72.9
1988 Sep 23			92.26 368x403x72.9
1988 Oct 4			92.26 356x415x72.9
1988 Oct 9			92.25 356x413x72.9
1988 Oct 10
	0335?	Deorbit
	0345?	PO sep	-80 x 405 x 72.86
	0403?	Entry
	0415?	Landed

Space Shuttle log

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Reference Books Bulletin, 1985-1986

 https://welib.org/md5/10e808cc37659268b738f4b33dbd5ac0

CAT-1

 1979-104A

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CAT, the Capsule Ariane Technologique, was a cylinder containing a ballast Al alloy sphere. CAT carried instruments to measure accelerations, noise levels, temperature, pressure and stress during launch of the first Ariane rocket.

CAT 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Dec 24	1414:41	Launch by Ariane LO1	CSG
	1417:11	Stage 1 sep 51 km (T+2:30)	-6130 x 81 x 14
	1417:41	T+3:00 L140 LOS
	1418:49	Fairing sep (T+4:08)	-5489 x 130 x 14.9
		T+4:48 L33 MECO
	1419:34	Stage 2 sep (T+4:53)	-4028 x 199 x 17
	1423:49	T+4:57 St 3 burn 9:08
	1428:46	T+14:05 St 3 burnout
	1429:53	CAT sep (T+912s)
			635.3 201 x 36003 x 17.6
1979 Dec 27		end of ops?
1982 Nov 14		Reentered