Saturday, September 2, 1989

Kosmos 232

  1968-060A


Zenit-4 No. 47 was launched in Jul 1968 into a 65.3 deg orbit.


Kosmos-232 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Jul 16  1310  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1314 Blok-I burn 
 1319  Blok-I sep  89.85 189 x 348 x 65.34 
1968 Jul 17  1723   89.84 198 x 335 x 65.4 
1968 Jul 22  0210   89.77 197 x 328 x 65.4 
1968 Jul 24  0630? Retrofire 
 0655?  Landed 

Thursday, August 31, 1989

Corona 50

 1962-044


ARGON 10 (KH-5 Mission 9042A, CORONA flight 50) was launched on 1962 Sep 1 by Thor Agena B from Vandenberg. The SRV was ejected after a 4 day mission but it sank in the Pacific when the parachute failed. The payload carried the first of several to study energetic electrons in the STARFISH radiation belt.

Agena 1132 had an orbit mass of 1134 kg.


KH-5 Mission 9042A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Sep 1  2039:09  Launch by Thor Agena B  V Pad 5 
 2041  Thor MECO (T+2:25) 
 2041  Thor VECO (T+2:34) 
 2041  Thor sep (T+2:42)  ? x 292  
 2042  Agena burn (T+3:37) 
 2046  Agena cutoff (T+7:41)  300 x 683 x ? (VCR) 
1962 Sep 2  0706   94.32 334 x 637 x 82.8 
1962 Sep 4  1411   94.30 297 x 672 x 82.8 
1962 Sep 5   End of experiment transmissions 
1962 Sep 5  2345? SRV sep rev 64 
1962 Sep 6  0020? SRV sank in Pacific 
1962 Sep 9  0556   94.31 300 x 669 x 82.81 
1962 Sep 9  0500   94.42 300 x 669 x 82.8 (RAE) 
1963 Apr  94.0 293 x 639 x 82.8 (SATCAT) 
1963 Dec 29  0930   92.39 279 x 492 x 82.8 (RAE) 
1964 Jan 3  2126   92.35 285 x 494 x 82.8 
1964 Jul 8  2100   91.08 263 x 391 x 82.8 
1964 Aug 22  1200   90.65 266 x 346 x 82.8 (RAE) 
1964 Oct 21  2038   88.88 202 x 236 x 82.8 
1964 Oct 26   CORONA/Agena reentered

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