Monday, May 8, 1989

Meteor 203

 1977-117A


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) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

Spaceflight: January 1989

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

Kosmos 1973

 1988-088A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1973 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

Sunday, May 7, 1989

CAT-1

 1979-104A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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