Gambit-3 30

 1971-005A

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KH-8 OM-30 (GAMBIT 4330) was launched on 1971 Jan 21 by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg on a 19 day flight. According to Peebles the spacecraft returned images of Soviet construction of a new type of missile silo for the R-36 (SS-9) ICBM. A second object was cataloged with a slightly higher perigee; it may be a sensor cover.

KH-8 30 (OPS 7776)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Jan 21	1820	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1822	Titan stage 1 sep
	1825	Titan stage 2 sep
	1825	Agena burn
	1830?	Agena MECO
	2050		90.07 138 x 416 x 110.9
	2050		89.78 161 x 366 x 110.7 (05B)
1971 Jan 22	2221		89.99 138 x 408 x 110.9
1971 Jan 24	1746		89.63 130 x 381 x 110.8
		Adjust orbit
1971 Jan 26	0837		89.68 129 x 388 x 110.8
1971 Jan 27	1001		89.54 129 x 374 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Jan 28	0228		89.99 130 x 417 x 110.8
1971 Jan 29	2225?	SRV-1 recovery guess
	2232?	Entry
	2300?	SRV-1 recovered
1971 Jan 30	0054		89.71 130 x 389 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
	2150		89.94 132 x 410 x 110.8
1971 Feb 2	0813		89.73 129 x 392 x 110.8
1971 Feb 3	0938		89.58 129 x 378 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Feb 5	0501		89.72 131 x 390 x 110.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Feb 6	1358		89.97 130 x 415 x 110.8
1971 Feb 8	0456		89.77 130 x 395 x 110.8
1971 Feb 8?		1971-05C cataloged	141 x 396 x 110.7
1971 Feb 8	2323?	SRV-2 Deorbit opp rev 293
	2330?	Entry
1971 Feb 9	0000?	SRV-2 recovered
1971 Feb 9		Reentered

Higher Education

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Kosmos 607

 1973-087A

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Kosmos-607 was a Zenit-4MK flight in Nov 1973. The Kettering group classified it as probable two tone telemetry but noted that it might have been a Morse type (Zenit-4M).

Kosmos-607
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Nov 10	1238:27	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53
	1243	Blok-I burn
	1247	Blok-I sep
1973 Nov 11	1056	(approx)	89.94 202 x 340 x 72.8
	1200		90.0 204 x 341 x 72.8
1973 Nov 12	1055		89.92 204 x 336 x 72.8
1973 Nov 14	1054		89.92 203 x 337 x 72.8
		Raise apogee
1973 Nov 15	1054		90.14 208 x 353 x 72.8
1973 Nov 17		Lower orbit
1973 Nov 19	0918		89.62 171 x 339 x 72.8
1973 Nov 20			89.7 173 x 344 x 72.8
1973 Nov 21	0737		89.59 171 x 337 x 72.8
		Engine sep 87D
1973 Nov 22	0725?	Retrofire
	0735?	PO sep
	0739?	Entry
	0756?	Landed

Kosmos 1597

 1984-099A

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Kosmos-1597
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Sep 13	1025	Launch by Soyuz	Plesetsk
	1029	Blok-I burn
	1033	Blok-I sep
1984 Sep 13			89.05 211 x 243 x 82.3
1984 Sep 21			88.88 204 x 233 x 82.3
1984 Sep 26
	0648?	Deorbit
	0658?	PO sep
	0704?	Entry
	0721?	Landed

Spaceflight: February 1989

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Aviation Week: April 24,1989

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