Aviation Week: August 24,1987

 https://welib.org/md5/031e781c0ac515507234bec8a943c7a7

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

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

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

Aviation Week: November 14,1988

 https://welib.org/md5/a010c4aac719f1b14c0ed79856f7b483

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

 https://welib.org/md5/b8a8b4e85c357dbe7cbdb8e526adac8c

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