Soyuz T-10A

 1983-F02

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7K-ST spacecraft 11F732 No. 16L was prepared to deliver astronauts Titov and Strekalov to Salyut-7. The Soyuz-T spacecraft sat on top of an 11A511U Soyuz-U launch vehicle at Baikonur on 1983 Sep 26. As the countdown reached T-20s, a fire in the first stage caused an emergency abort, the first time a spaceship launch escape tower had been fired with a crew aboard. The mission would have been Soyuz T-10 if the launch had gone according to plan. The SA was reflown on the Soyuz T-15 mission in 1986.

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Crew

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• Komandir Podpol. Vladimir Titov, VVS

• Bortinzhener Gennadiy Strekalov, NPO Energiya

Soyuz T No. 16L
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Sep 26	1937:49	Launch due by Soyuz-U	KB
	1937	Fire in Soyuz-U
	1937:51	SAS tower abort, T-20s, 4s burn
	1937	Soyuz-U explodes
	1938	Soyuz T apogee 1.4 km, range 4 km
	1939	Fairing sep
	1943:04?	Landed

Mars 3

  1971-049A

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The third Mars-71 probe was the most successful. M-71 (3M) No. 172 was placed in solar orbit at the end of the May 1971 window and named Mars-3. It reached Mars in Dec 1971; a leak in its propellant system left it barely enough fuel for the orbit insertion burn but it did successfully become a Martian satellite. The lander reached the surface of Mars on 1971 Dec 2.

Launch mass was 4560 kg including the 1000 kg lander. Orbiter was about 3440 kg prior to MOI, probably 2050-2350 kg after.

Mars-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 May 28	1526:30	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	1528	Stage 1 sep
	1531	Stage 2 sep
	1535	Stage 3 MECO
	1535	Stage 3 sep
	1539	Blok-D burn
	1541?	Blok-D MECO-1
	1644?	Blok-D MES-2
	1647	Asc node
	1650?	Blok-D MECO-2
	1650?	Blok-D sep
1971 Jun 8		TCM-1
1971 Nov		TCM-2
1971 Dec 2	0914	SA module sep
	1005	Retrofire (MOI)	1500 x 200000 x 62
1972 Aug		End of transmissions?

The Mars-3 Spuskaemiy Apparat separated from Mars-3 on 1971 Dec 2 and landed on Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to transmit from the surface, albeit for less than two minutes. It carried a PROP-M `hopper' rover, a box-shaped vehicle with skis which was tethered to the lander and would have had a range of about 15 meters.

Mars-3 SA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Dec 2	0914	SA sep
	0929	SA braking 0.10 km/s
	0929?	RDTT sep
	1344	Mars atmosphere entry
	1345?	Heat shield sep
	1347	Landed 45S 158W
	1350:35	TV signal received
	1350:55	end of tx after 110s

Kosmos 1590

 1984-087A

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Kosmos-1590 was Resurs F-1 17F41 No. 50, which flew a 14 day mission in Aug 1984.

Kosmos-1590
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 16	0950	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC41
	0958	Blok-I sep	211 x 266 x 82.4
1984 Aug 17			261 x 270 x 82.4
1984 Aug 20			262 x 279 x 82.4
1984 Aug 25			261 x 277 x 82.4
1984 Aug 30
	0605?	Deorbit
	0616?	PO sep
	0624?	Entry
	0638?	Landed

Club Management: August 1989

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Maclean’s: January 1,1990

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DFH-8

 1978-011A

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FSW No. 4 was launched in Jan 1978. 

FSW 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jan 26	0458	Launch by CZ2	JQ
	0500	T+2:10 MECO
	0500	Stage 2 burn
	0502?	T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO
	0505?	Stage 2 VECO
	0505?	CZ-2C sep	90.9 161 x 479 x 57.0
1978 Jan 30	0421?	Capsule sep
	0421?	Retrofire
	0431	Capsule landed
1978 Feb 7		Reentered

Kosmos 1301

 1981-083A

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Resurs F-1 17F41 No. 16 (Kosmos-1301) carried out a 14 day flight in Aug-Sep 1981.

Kosmos-1301
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 27	1030	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC41
	1038	Blok-I sep	89.33 217 x 263 x 82.3
1981 Aug 28			89.39 214 x 272 x 82.3
		Orbit raise	90.00 270 x 277 x 82.3
1981 Sep 4			89.79 255 x 261 x 82.3
		Orbit trim	89.98 267 x 276 x 82.3
1981 Sep 8			89.92 267 x 271 x 82.3
		Orbit trim	89.98 267 x 276 x 82.3
1981 Sep 10			89.86 267 x 276 x 82.3
	0645?	Deorbit
	0655?	PO sep
	0704?	Entry
	0717?	Landed

Town and Country: October 1989

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Kosmos 465

  1971-111A

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Kosmos-465 was launched in Dec 1971 to a 1000 km, 74 deg orbit.

Kosmos-465
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Dec 15	0431:21	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	0433?	Stage 2 burn
	0439?	Stage 2 coast
	0533?	Stage 2 burn 2
	0534?	Stage 2 sep
1971 Dec 29	0500		104.94 970 x 1012 x 74.03

Kosmos 617

  1973-104A

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Kosmos-617 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 8.

Kosmos-617
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Dec 19	0943	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	0950	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	1041?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
			114.04 1336 x 1486 x 74.03

Kosmos 1601

 1984-104A

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Kosmos-1601 resumed Romb launches after a year-long gap. 28 objects instead of the usual 24 were cataloged. The first four objects had much smaller radar cross sections and decayed more rapidly; they may have been targets of a different type or covers for the dispenser system.

Kosmos-1601
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Sep 27	0930:00	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	0938	Stage 2 MECO-1
	1000?	Stage 2 sep
1984 Sep 27			94.5 477x521x65.8
1985 Feb/Mar		release
1985 Aug/Sep		release
1986 Sep 9		AD-AE
1986 Nov 26		AF

No	Object	RCS	Release (approx)	Decay
	Kosmos-1601	14.8		1989 Sep 9
	S3 rocket	17.9		1989 Nov 29
S1	C	0.02	1985 Feb 8	1985 Nov 14
S2	D	0.02	1985 Feb 8	1985 Nov 11
S3	E	0.02	1985 Feb 8	1985 Dec 15
S4	F	0.01	1985 Feb 8	1985 Dec 20
1	G	0.32	1985 Mar 14	1988 Mar 22
2	H	0.30	1985 Mar 14	1988 Mar 3
3	J	0.22	1985 Aug 22	1988 May 25
4	K	0.33	1985 Aug 22	1988 Mar 20
5	L	0.30	1985 Aug 22	1988 Mar 9
6	M	0.25	1985 Aug 22	1988 May 4
7	N	0.35	1985 Aug 22	1988 Apr 3
8	P	0.23	1985 Aug 22	1988 May 7
9	Q	0.32	1985 Aug 22	1988 May 20
10	R	0.22	1985 Aug 22	1988 Mar 17
11	S	0.31	1985 Aug 22	1988 Apr 21
12	T	0.29	1985 Aug 22	1988 Apr 17
13	U	0.37	1985 Aug 29	1988 May 6
14	V	0.37	1985 Aug 29	1988 Mar 30
15	W	0.33	1985 Aug 29	1988 Mar 26
16	X	0.35	1985 Aug 29	1988 Apr 15
17	Y	0.44	1985 Sep 23	1988 Mar 17
18	Z	0.47	1985 Sep 23	1988 Apr 7
19	AA	0.28	1985 Sep 23	1988 May 8
20	AB	0.24	1985 Sep 23	1988 Jun 11
21	AC	0.47	1985 Oct 2	1988 Apr 13
22	AD	0.31	1986 Sep 10	1988 Aug 6
23	AE	0.24	1986 Sep 10	1988 Jun 18
24	AF	0.24	1986 Nov 21	1988 May 15

Molniya 333

 1988-090A

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Molniya-3 F35 (N33) was launched in Sep 1988 into the F plane.

Molniya-3 No. 51
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Sep 29	0907:00	Launch by Molniya	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0916	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1000	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1003	T+56:54 ML sep
1988 Sep 29			92.56 222 x 570 x 62.9
1988 Sep 29			701.61 630 x 38924 x 62.8
1988 Oct 4			717.47 629 x 39711 x 62.8

Aviation Week: September 11,1989

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The 1990 CIA World Factbook

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