Biosatellite 3

  1969-056A

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The Biosatellite III mission used the Biosatellite D payload, S/N 501, with a young male 3-year-old  Macaca nemestrina monkey called Bonny aboard. Launch was at 0315 on 1969 Jun 29 by Delta N from Cape Kennedy. Biosatellite III entered a 91.9 min, 356 x 388 km x 33.6 deg orbit to begin a planned 30 day mission. On Jul 7 the mission was aborted when Bonny appeared to be ill; the recovery was on a northbound pass. The adapter section separated and the reentry vehicle splashed down and was recovered from the Pacific off the coast of Kauai at 2336 UT on Jul 7.

Bios 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Jun 29	0315:59	Launch by Delta N	CK LC17
		T+0:39 SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:05 SRM 1-3 sep
	0319:38	T+3:39 MECO 124 km alt
	0319:44	St 1 sep
	0319:44	SES-1 6:12
	0319:50	T+3:51 Fairing sep
	0325:56	SECO-1
	0326:56?	St 2 sep	91.9 356 x 388 x 33.6
1969 Jul 7	2153:01	Adapter sep
	2153:04	Deorbit burn 188m/s
	2153:15	Despin
	2153:17	TCA sep
	2204	Reentry
	2216:39	Aft cover ejected
	2216:39	Parachute deploy
	2241	Splashdown 22 40N 159 30W
	2336	Sea recovery by scuba divers
	2352	Helicopter retrieval
	0041	Helicopter landed at Hickam

Proton 2

  1965-087A

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The N-4 No. 2 satellite (Proton-2) flew on the second test flight of the UR-500 two-stage rocket. 

Proton-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Nov 2	1228	Launch by UR-500	KB
	1230	T+2:04 Stage 1 sep
	1232	T+4:44? Stage 2 MECO
	1233?	Stage 2 sep	92.52 189 x 608 x 63.5
1965 Dec ?		end of ops
1966 Feb 6		Reentered

Kosmos 1898

 1987-098A

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Two debris objects were cataloged, as would become usual for Strela-2M.

Kosmos-1898
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Dec 1	1415:45	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk 40.40E
		Stage 2 burn
	1423?	T+8 min Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 MES-2
	1449?	T+34min Stage 2 MECO-2
		Stage 2 sep
1987 Dec 1			778x811x74.0

Kosmos 1644

 1985-027A

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Kosmos-1644
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Apr 3	0840	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0844	Blok I burn
	0848	Blok I MECO
		Blok I sep
			208 x 375 x 70.3
1985 Apr 4			351 x 416 x 70.3
1985 Apr 10			351 x 416 x 70.3
1985 Apr 17
	0535?	Deorbit
	0545?	PO sep
	0602?	Entry
	0617?	Landed

Lunar Orbiter 1

  1966-073A

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Lunar Orbiter I was launched at 1926 on 1966 Aug 10 by Atlas Agena D from Cape Kennedy. The Agena post-retro trajectory missed the moon by about 40000 km. On Aug 11 trouble struck when the Canopus sensor failed to acquire Canopus. The spacecraft attitude was calibrated by using the sensor to detect the Moon instead. Lunar Orbiter I made one mid course correction, at 0000 on Aug 12, and entered lunar orbit at around 1550 on 1966 Aug 14. The initial orbit was 191 x 1867 km x 12.2 deg. The periapsis was lowered on Aug 21 to 56 km, and on Aug 29 to 40 km. Lunar Orbiter I's mission was dedicated to surveying Apollo landing sites.  The spacecraft was deorbited at 1225 on 1966 Oct 29 and impacted the surface an hour later.

Lunar Orbiter I
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 10	1926:00	Launch by Atlas Agena D on az. 99.9 deg	CK LC13
	1928:08	T+2:08 BECO
	1930:51	T+4:51 SECO
	1931:12	T+5:12 VECO
	1931:14	T+5:14 Fairing sep
	1931:16	T+5:16 Atlas 5801 sep	-4091 x 182
	1932:09	T+6:09 Agena 6630 burn 1, 2:34
	1934:43	T+8:43 Agena MECO-1	88.3 189 x 202 x 29.6
	2002:34	T+36:34 Agena burn 2, 1:28
	2004:02	T+38:02 Agena MECO	194 x 348524 x 29.6
	2006:47s	T+40:47 Agena sep
		T+49:43s LO solar panels deploy	196 x 345551 x 29.6
		T+51:08 Agena retro
1966 Aug 11	0214	Canopus sensor failed
1966 Aug 12	0000	TCM T+28h 32s 37.8m/s
1966 Aug 14	1532:33	Begin LO burn 579s 790.0m/s
1966 Aug 14	1542:52	LOI	189 x 1867 x 12.15
1966 Aug 15		Calibration film readout
1966 Aug 18	1212	Begin first photo sequence
	1950	Readout first photo sequence
1966 Aug 21			205 x 1845 x 12.3
1966 Aug 21	0949:58	OTM-1 Lower orbit 23s 40m/s	56 x 1853 x 12.05
1966 Aug 25	1601:29	OTM-2 Lower orbit 3s 5.4m/s	40 x 1817 x 12.0
1966 Aug 29		Photo coverage complete
1966 Aug 30		Readout of photos
1966 Sep 11			30 x 1832 x 12.2
1966 Sep 14		Readout of photos completed
		Extended mission
		Special tests
1966 Sep 17		Extended mission operations
1966 Oct 6		Stanford experiment
1966 Oct 7		Extended mission operations
1966 Oct 15		Commanding error, pitch commands
1966 Oct 16		V/H sensor tests
1966 Oct 19		Extended mission operations
1966 Oct 27		Special tests for mission 2 training
1966 Oct 29	1225:49	Deorbit burn 94s 0.1688 km/s, Oxid. depletion
	1227:06	At apolune
	1227:45	Valves closed ater 115.7s, 6.4m/s
	1246:26	depletion burn test, 2.7 m/s	-735 x 1831 x 12.2?
	1249:26	engine off
	1330	Impact farside

Payload:

• Cameras

The Return of the Native

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/122/122-0.txt

Life in Space

https://welib.org/md5/2af4f9da40d60eb7f5b7709239331892

More Than Friends

https://welib.org/md5/7ba0aef101fca529725ba60f739107b6

Kosmos 45

1964-055A

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Zenit-4 No. 5 was launched in Sep 1964, and carried a scientific payload which included an infrared spectrometer to study the IR emission from the Earth, probably to support weather satellite development. Water vapor measurements and radiation measurements were also made ; the spacecraft was recovered after 5 days. 

Kosmos-45
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Sep 13	0945	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0949?	Blok I
	0954?	Blok I MECO
			89.68 207 x 313 x 64.9
1964 Sep 13			89.68 203 x 314 x 64.9
1964 Sep 14	1401		89.68 200 x 316 x 64.9
1964 Sep 18	0742?	Retrofire
	0802?	Landed after 4.9d

Kosmos 868

 1976-113A

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RCS was 32m2. 

Kosmos-868
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Nov 26	1430	Launch by 11K69	Baikonur
	1433	Stage 1 sep
	1435	Stage 2 sep
	1518?	AKM burn
1976 Nov 26			89.9 110x436x65.1
1976 Nov 26			93.3 422x444x65.0
1977 Jan?		end of mvs
1978 Jul 8		reentered

Transit O-19

 1970-067A

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NNS 30190 (O-19) was the second RCA built satellite, launched in Aug 1970 and operating until May 1984.

NNS O-19
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Aug 27	1323:34	Launch by Scout A	V SLC5
	1324	Algol burnout T+1:13
	1324	Castor burn T+1:13
	1325	Castor burnout T+1:52
	1325	Antares burn T+1:57
	1325	Antares burnout T+2:33
	1335:52	Altair burn T+12:18?
	1336:22	Altair burnout T+12:48?
	1340?	Altair sep
			107.0 925 x 1221 x 90.0
1984 May		Battery failed
1984 Jul 2	1945	Doppler beacons turned off
1984 Sep 17	1232	Doppler beacons on for testing

Progress 16

 1982-107A

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Progress 7K-TG No. 115 (Progress-16) was launched on 1982 Oct 31.

Progress-16
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Oct 31	1120:36	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1129	Blok-I MECO
	1400		88.82 186 x 246 x 51.6
	1900		90.85 279 x 354 x 51.6
1982 Nov 1	0230		90.97 289 x 355 x 51.6
	1900		91.01 290 x 358 x 51.6
1982 Nov 2	0000		91.03 296 x 355 x 51.6
	1322	Docked with Salyut-7
	1700		91.71 355 x 363 x 51.6
1982 Nov 11			91.65 353 x 358 x 51.6
1982 Nov 26			91.59 350 x 355 x 51.6
		Orbit raise	91.64 352 x 358 x 51.6
1982 Dec 13			91.51 347 x 350 x 51.6
		Orbit trim	91.53 348 x 352 x 51.6
	1532	Undocked
1982 Dec 14			91.53 348 x 351 x 51.6
1982 Dec 15	1720	Deorbit burn

Kosmos 1603

 1984-106A

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The first two Tselina-2 satellites were launched by Protons because the Zenit-2 was not ready.

Kosmos-1603
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Sep 28	1400	Launch by Proton-K/DM-2	KB
		Stage 1 sep
		Stage 2 sep
	1409	Stage 3 MECO
	1409	Stage 3 sep
	1410	Adapter sep
1984 Sep 28			180x190x51.6
	1433?	DM-2 burn 1
		DM-2 MECO-1	190 x 850 x 51.6?
	1520?	DM-2 burn 2
		DM-2 MECO-2
1984 Sep 29			850x850x66.6
	1612?	SOZ 1-2 sep
	1613?	DM-2 MES-3
		DM-2 MECO-3
	1615?	DM-2 sep
1984 Sep 29			850x850x71.0

Lanyard 2

 1963-016A

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On the second LANYARD flight, KH-6 mission 8002 the Agena command decoder failed on orbit: the guidance power was not switched off and the payload power was not switched on. The separate lifeboat circuit allowed recovery, and the capsule was recovered from the sea near Hawaii on May 20 after ejection on rev 32.

Auroral electron detectors were carried as a secondary payload, and orbital mass was 1615 kg. It was probably also carrying the Nike Zeus miss distance measuring system for an intercept on 1963 May 24. 

LANYARD 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 May 18	2221:36	Launch by TAT Agena D	V Pad 5
	2222	Castor sep (T+1:10)
	2223	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2223	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2223	Thor sep (T+2:40)
	2224:24	Agena burn (T+2:48)
	2228:26	Agena MECO (T+6:50)	91.19 157 x 522 x 74.6 (VCR)
	2228	Payload power failure
1963 May 19	0223		91.08 148 x 507 x 74.5
1963 May 20	0930		91.12 153 x 497 x 74.5 (RAE)
1963 May 20	1016		91.03 151 x 487 x 74.5
1963 May			91.0 147 x 506 x 74.5 (SATCAT)
1963 May 21	0025?	SRV ejected, rev 33
	0051	SRV recovered from Pacific
	1751	SRV recovered (zone error)
1963 May 23	1653		90.07 130 x 426 x 74.5
1963 May 24?		Intercept by Nike Zeus DM-15S
1963 May 24	2122		89.58 127 x 380 x 74.5
1963 May 27		Reentered after 8 days