DFH-12

 1982-090A

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FSW No. 5 (PRC 10) was launched in Sep 1982 on a 5 day mission. The new spacecraft had a CCD camera as well as the standard film camera. The apogee was reduced by 80 km relative to earlier flights.

A debris object was cataloged as decaying on Sep 11, 2 days after launch, from an 860 km apogee orbit. It may have been a separation motor cover.

FSW
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Sep 9	0719	Launch by CZ2	JQ
	0721	T+2:10 MECO
	0721	Stage 2 burn
	0723?	T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO
	0726?	Stage 2 VECO
	0726?	CZ-2C sep	90.20 180 x 390 x 63.0
1982 Sep 11		90C	123 x 860 x 62.2
1982 Sep 13			89.98 173 x 373 x 62.98
1982 Sep 14	0554?	Capsule sep	89.74 170 x 355 x 63.0
	0554?	RV retro
	0556?	Reentry
	0604	Capsule landed in China
1982 Sep 16			89.43 166 x 326 x 63.0
1982 Sep 21		Reentered	87.3 127 x 156 x 63.0