Kosmos 606

 1973-084A

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The second Oko was Kosmos-606, launched in Nov 1973.

Kosmos-606
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Nov 2	1301:56	Launch by 8K78M	NIIP-53
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1310	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	1402?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	1405?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1973 Nov 2	0225		709.75 654 x 39303 x 62.9
1973 Nov 5	0124		709.87 655 x 39308 x 62.9
1973 Nov		Orbit raise
1973 Nov 8	0017		717.50 656 x 39684 x 62.9
1973 Dec 19	0904		717.66 665 x 39683 x 62.8
1974 Jun		End of operations
1974 Jun 30			718.77 1002 x 39401 x 62.8
1977 Jan 29			716.92 2326 x 37986 x 65.2
1980 Jan 17			718.77 3419 x 36984 x 67.3
1984 Dec 30			717.03 4765 x 35552 x 67.6
1989 Dec 4			718.49 2910 x 37479 x 67.7

Kosmos 1490

 1983-084A

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Block 2 Uragan launch, Uragan No. 12L (222).

Kosmos-1490
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Aug 10	1824:26	Launch by Proton	KB
		T+2:07? Stage 1 sep
		T+3:18? Fairing sep
		T+5:38? Stage 2 sep
	1834:06?	T+9:40? Stage 3 MECO	170 x 193 x 51.6
	1835:19?	T+9:53? Stage 3 sep
	1941?	T+1:17? DM MES-1	404 x 19159 x 52.0
	2232?	DM MES-2
	2234?	DM MECO-2
	2235?	T+4:11? DM sep	676.76 19147 x 19163 x 64.9
1983 Sep 3		In service
1983 Nov 26			675.73 19088 x 19171 x 64.8

Explorer 48

 1972-091A

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SAS B was launched at 2213 on 1972 Nov 15 by a Scout D-1 from San Marco. The fourth stage ignited at 2223 and at 2226 the payload released its despin weights and deployed its solar panels. The fourth stage separated at 2232 and Small Astronomical Satellite 2 (Explorer 48) was in a 95.2 min, 444 x 632 km x 1.9 deg orbit. The experiments were activated by Nov 27. SAS 2 operated until 1973 Jun 8.

Mass was 174 kg. Central bus is 0.55m dia, spacecraft is 1.29m high. Span is 3.96m across solar panels.

SAS 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Nov 15	2213:46	Launch by Scout	SMLC
		T+1:23 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:24 Fairing
		T+2:25 Stage 3 burn
		T+3:02 Stage 3 burnout
		T+9:51 Stage 3 sep
	2223:42	T+9:56 Stage 4 burn
	2224:13	T+10:27 Stage 4 burnout
	2226	T+14:19 Despin weights out
	2232	T+15:22 Stage 4 sep	95.2 444 x 632 x 1.9
1972 Nov 27		Operational
1973 Jun 6		End of active tracking
1974 Feb			95.2 439 x 612 x 1.9 (SSR)
1976 Aug 20		Reentry date (RAE)
1977 Feb			94.6 422 x 573 x 1.9 (SSR)
1977 Dec			94.6 422 x 574 x 1.9 (SSR)
1979 Apr 16		reentry date (SPACECOM amended)
1979 Jun			94.6 422 x 574 x 1.9 (SSR)
1979 Aug			94.8 433 x 582 x 1.9 (SSR)
1979 Dec			94.8 433 x 582 x 1.9 (SSR)
1980 Apr			94.8 433 x 582 x 1.9 (SSR)
1980 Aug 20		reentry date (SPACECOM original)

Payload:

• Spark chamber gamma ray telescope 30-200MeV (GSFC/Fichtel)

Kosmos 1791

 1986-086A

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Kosmos-1791
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Nov 13	0610:25	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km
	0618?	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
		T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
		T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	0713?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1986 Nov 17			954x1013x82.9

Kosmos 284

  1969-048A

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Zenit-4 No. 62 was launched in May 1969 on an 8 day mission at 51.8 degrees.

Kosmos-284
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 May 29	0659:59	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0704	Blok-I burn
	0709	Blok-I sep
1969 May 29	2014		89.53 204 x 298 x 51.8
1969 Jun 4	1619		89.43 203 x 288 x 51.8
1969 Jun 4	0726?	Blok-I reentered
1969 Jun 6	0532?	Retrofire
	0552?	Landed after 7.95d

Ekran 14

 1985-024A

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Ekran 28L was launched on 1985 Mar 22 by Proton from Baikonur and stationed at 99E.

Ekran 28
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Mar 22	0500	Launch by Proton K	KB
	0509	Stage 3 sep	191 x 210 x 51.6
	0617?	DM burn 1	315 x 35589 x 47.6
	1133?	DM burn 2
	1138?	DM sep
1985 Mar 22			1426.25 35540 x 35646 x 0.5 GEO 91.7E+2.5E
1985 Mar 27			1435.82 35777 x 35784 x 0.4 GEO 98.0E+0.06E
1985 May 21			1436.14 35774 x 35799 x 0.3 GEO 99.5E
1986 Jun 28			1436.18 35774 x 35801 x 0.8 GEO 99.6E
1987 Apr 12			1436.18 35775 x 35800 x 1.5 GEO 99.7E
1987 Nov 7			1436.27 35770 x 35809 x 2.0 GEO 99.3E+0.05W

Spaceflight: July 1989

 https://welib.org/md5/ca85c68c7e0faf6ddda4d4c8203c8d21

Wanted - date for Saturday night

https://welib.org/md5/efa67153f06bac70154ea81b4bb1b0c2

Soyuz 17

 1975-001A

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The first of the two-seater 11F615A8 versions to fly to a DOS station was 7K-T No. 38, launched on the first mission to DOS 4 in Jan 1975. The crew of the ship, named Soyuz-17, was Aleksey Gubarev and Georgiy Grechko.

Soyuz-17
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Jan 10	2143:37	Launch by Soyuz 11A511	KB
	2145	Blok BVGD sep
	2147	Blok A sep
	2152	Blok I MECO
	2152	Blok-I sep
			185 x 249 x 51.6
1975 Jan 11		Rev 5 burn	293 x 354 x 51.6
1975 Jan 12			350 x 350 x 51.6
	0100?	Rendezvous with DOS 4 (Salyut-4)
	0125	Docked with Salyut-4
1975 Feb 9	0608	Undocked from Salyut-4
	0910?	BO sep, 1974-104N
	1018?	Retrofire
	1021?	DO CO
	1034?	Modules sep
	1040?	Entry
	1103:22	Landed

Kosmos 1076

 1979-011A

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Okean-E No. 1 was the first in the Okean series, designated Kosmos-1076.

Kosmos-1076
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Feb 12	1300	Launch by Tsiklon-3	PL LC32/2
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33 GO sep
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	1306	T+6:48 S5M MECO1
		T+39:20 BOZ burn
	1340	T+40:58 S5M burn 2
	1341	T+41:08 S5M MECO2
		T+41:38 S5M sep
1979 Feb 18			97.8 637x664x82.5