Soyuz 40

 1981-042A

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The final launch in the original Soyuz series was spacecraft 11F615A8 No. 56, a 7K-T model which was given the name Soyuz-40 after launch. It took off from Baikonur aboard a Soyuz-U launch vehicle in May 1981, carrying Pol. Leonid Popov of the Soviet Air Force and Sen. Lt. Dumitru Prunariu of the Romanian Army Air Force. Soyuz-40 docked with the rear port of Salyut-6 the next day.

Soyuz-40
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 May 14	1716:38	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1718	Blok BVGD sep
	1720	Blok A sep
	1725	Blok I MECO
	1725	Blok I sep
	1900		89.1 191 x 269 x 51.6
	2300		260 x 307 x 51.6
1981 May 15	1850	Docked with Salyut-6 +X
	2200	Hatch open
1981 May 22	0800	Hatch closed
	1037	Undocked	339 x 372 x 51.6
	1312?	Retrofire
	1316?	DO CO
	1328?	PAO sep
	1335?	Entry
	1358:30	Landed

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Kosmos 599

 1973-073A

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Kosmos-599 was launched in Oct 1973 from Baykonur and carried out a standard 13 day mission, in contrast to the recent Zenit-4M and Zenit-4MK missions from Plesetsk which had flown short missions associated with the Yom Kippur war.

Kosmos-599
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Oct 15	0845:00	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0849	Blok-I burn
	0853	Blok-I sep
	1200		89.32 202 x 280 x 64.94 (RAE)
1973 Oct 17	0347		89.30 202 x 276 x 65.0
1973 Oct 24	0223		89.18 200 x 267 x 65.0
1973 Oct 27	1932		89.11 198 x 261 x 64.9
1973 Oct 28	0550?	Retrofire
	0600?	PO sep
	0606?	Entry
	0624?	Landed

Kosmos 1506

 1983-108A

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Civilian Tsikada navsat r K1304

Kosmos-1506
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Oct 26	1720	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	1728?	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
		T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
		T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	1823?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1983 Oct 26			104.8 953x1015x82.9

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Kosmos 1671

 1985-065A

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Kosmos-1671
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Aug 2	1140	Launch by Soyuz from Plesetsk
	1144	Blok I burn
	1148	Blok I MECO
1985 Aug 2			198x283x72.9
1985 Aug 2	2330?	Orbit raise	206x364x72.9
1985 Aug 3	0324?	Orbit raise	90.47 230 x 365 x 72.9
1985 Aug 4			90.47 230 x 364 x 72.9
1985 Aug 4	0700?	Lower apogee	89.36 227 x 258 x 72.8
1985 Aug 6			89.35 227 x 258 x 72.9
1985 Aug 6?		Raise apogee
1985 Aug 9			89.86 228 x 306 x 72.9
1985 Aug 15	2254		89.84 227 x 305 x 72.9
1985 Aug 16		Sunshade ejected?
1985 Aug 16.7		C-G cataloged
1985 Aug 18	0616?	Deorbit
	0626?	PO sep
	0633?	Entry	-165 x 263 x 72.9
	0648?	Landed

Pioneer 1

  1958-007

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The second ARPA/USAF/STL probe was launched at 0842 from 1958 Oct 11 by Thor Able from Canaveral. The second stage cut off too soon, and final velocity was 0.26 km/s short of the planned 10.74 km/s. Pioneer I reached an apogee of 113840 km. It reentered on Oct 13.

The vernier rockets fired; they failed to separate on command. They probably added about 20m/s to the velocity. The apogee motor firing would have put Pioneer in Earth orbit but ignition failed due to low battery temperatures.

There were 8 verniers with a total impulse of 1.89 kNs.

Pioneer 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Oct 11	0842:13	Launch by Thor Able
	0844:49	T+2:36 Thor MECO 95 km 4.854 Vi	-5100 x 451 x 32.7
	0844:50?	Able burn
	0846:36	T+4:23 Able SECO 333 km	72.65 -2807 x 1585 x 31.60
	0846:37?	Altair X248A3 burn
	0847:20	T+5:05 Altair burnout 445 km
	0850:02?	T+7:49? Altair sep
			-870 x 105600? x 35.9
	0850?	Vernier burn
			-870 x 113341 x 35.89
		T+12:55? Verniers jettison failed
1958 Oct 12	0640?	Apogee
1958 Oct 13	0359	Reentry 21S 88.1W

Payload:

• Retrorocket

• IR TV scanner

Intelsat 501

 1981-050A

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The Ford Aerospace Intelsat V F-1 satellite was placed over the Atlantic after its launch in May 1981.

Intelsat 501
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 May 23	2242	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36B
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+3:04 Centaur insulation sep
		T+3:32 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 SECO
		T+4:16 Atlas sep
	2246	T+4:23 MES-1 5:12
	2251	T+9:35 MECO-1	89.56 148 x 357 x 28.3
	2305	T+23:45 MES-2 1:31
	2307	T+25:16 MECO-2	632.79 167 x 35908 x 24.4
	2309	T+27:32 Centaur AC-56 sep	633.90 172 x 35959 x 24.1
		T+30:32 venting (AC)	611.37 167 x 34799 x 24.4
1981 May 24	0500?	Apo 1
	1500?	Apo 2
1981 May 25	0200?	Apo 3
	1140?	Apo 4
1981 May 25	1142	AKM 62s	1404.98 33615 x 36735 x 0.5 GEO 23.1W+7.9E
1981 May 27			1426.17 35515 x 35668 x 0.5 GEO 2.6W+2.5E
1981 May 29			1435.97 35773 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 3.1E
1981 Jun		Checkout
1981 Jul 1			1436.02 35773 x 35796 x 0.5 GEO 2.9E
1981 Jul 12		Operational 21.5W
1981 Jul 15		mv out
1981 Jul 22			1436.04 35767 x 35803 x 0.4 GEO 24.4W
1981 Jul 24		mv in, colocate 75-91A	GEO 24.5W
1981 Aug 3			GEO 24.5W
1981 Oct			GEO 25.5W
1982 Jan 1			1436.15 35773 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 24.6W
1982 Mar 26			1436.31 35770 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 23.8W+0.06W
1982 Mar 29		mv out	1428.43 35617 x 35655 x 0.1 GEO 11.2W+1.9E
1982 May 25		mv in	1436.05 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 60.0E
1982 Jun		IOR Operational Spare (C/DL)	GEO 60E
1983 Jan 1			GEO 60E
1984 Jan 24			1436.05 35771 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 60.0E
1984 Feb		Move to 57E
1984 Mar 14			1436.07 35763 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 56.8E
1984 Apr		IOR C/DL	GEO 57E
1985 Sep			GEO 57E
1986 Jan 4		mv out	1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 57.1E
1986 Feb 3			1428.18 35619 x 35643 x 0.1 GEO 105.0E+2.0E
1986 Mar 19		mv in	1436.18 35771 x35804 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E
1986 Sep			GEO 174E
1988 Mar 1			1436.11 35769 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 174.0E
1988 Sep 8			1436.08 35768 x 35804 x 0.5 GEO 173.9E
1988 Sep		mv out
1988 Nov 15		mv in	1436.11 35771 x 35802 x 0.6 GEO 177.0E
1989 Aug 10			1436.06 35774 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 177.0E
1990 Jan		POR	GEO 177.0E
1990 Aug 10			1436.03 35770 x 35800 x 2.2 GEO 177.0E
1990 Aug 27			1436.02 35769 x 35800 x 2.3 GEO 177.2E
1990 Aug 30		mv out	1435.39 35749 x 35796 x 2.3 GEO 179.6W+0.17E
1990 Sep 22		mv in	1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 2.3 GEO 177.0W
1991 Jan 3			1436.03 35767 x 35803 x 2.7 GEO 176.9W
1992 Jan 3			1436.04 35769 x 35801 x 3.5 GEO 177.0W
1992 Sep 22			1435.98 35769 x 35799 x 4.1 GEO 176.9W
1992 Sep 24		mv out	1438.00 35820 x 35827 x 4.1 GEO 179.6E+0.5W
1993 Mar 22			1437.75 35726 x 35911 x 4.5 GEO 91.0E+0.4W
1993 Mar 29		mv in	1435.98 35769 x 35799 x 4.5 GEO 91.6E
1995 Jan 3			1436.16 35773 x 35801 x 5.9 GEO 91.4E
1996 Jan 16		Mv out	1436.17 35770 x 35805 x 6.6 GEO 91.4E
1996 Feb 1			1439.04 35841 x 35847 x 6.6 GEO 80.0E+0.7W
1996 Feb 11		Mv in	GEO 71E
1996 Feb 14			1436.07 35776 x 35796 x 6.7 GEO 71.9E