SCORE

  1958-006

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The first space communications experiment was SCORE, a small package developed by the US Army Signal Corps under the sponsorship of ARPA. SCORE was an acronym for Signal Communications by Orbital Relay Experiment. The package containing two transmitters for handling voice and teletype messages remained attached to the Atlas 10B rocket, which was also the first Atlas stage to enter orbit. The mass in orbit was 3900 kg, of which 68 kg was the payload, the first built by RCA/East Windsor. A special low drag nose cone and adapter were added. 

SCORE
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Dec 18	2302	Launch by Atlas 10B	CC
	2304	BECO
	2306	SECO T+4:30
	2306	Orbit insertion	101.5 185 x 1484 x 32.3
1958 Dec 31		End of transmissions
1959 Jan 21		Reentered near Midway I

Saturn SA-2

  1962-S108

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The second Saturn I launch was SA-2, which was launched at 1400 on 1962 Apr 25. The dummy Saturn S-4-2 and S-V-2 carried 86000 kg of water. At an altitude of 105 km at T+162s the rocket was destroyed on command, allowing atmospheric scientists to study the effects of a large disturbance in the atmosphere. The huge cloud of ice crystals rose to an apogee of 161 km. The experiment was called Project High Water.

SA-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Apr 25	1400:34	Launch by Saturn C-1
	1402:23	T+1:51 IECO
	1402:30	T+1:57 OECO 57.8 km 1.6735 km/s vrel, 48.18 deg	-6255 x 142 x 29.4
	1403:15	T+2:42 105 km destroyed
	1406	Debris apogee 145 km
	1410	Ice cloud apogee 161 km?
	1425?	Debris impact

Progress 2

 1978-070A

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11F615A15 No. 101 (7K-TG No. 101) was launched on 1978 Jul 7 and named Progress-2.

Progress-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jul 7	1126:16	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1130	Blok I burn
	1135	Blok I MECO
	1400		88.67 183 x 235 x 51.62
	1900		90.08 248 x 309 x 51.63
1978 Jul 9	0430		90.04 245 x 308 x 51.63
	1258:59	Docked with Salyut-6
1978 Jul 29	1900		91.11 327 x 331 x 51.63
1978 Aug 2	0000		91.05 320 x 332 x 51.63
	0457:44	Undocked from Salyut-6 DP2
	2130		91.06 321 x 332 x 51.62
	2230?	Rerendezvous test with Salyut-6
1978 Aug 4	0131:07	Deorbited
	0155?	Reentry over Pacific

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

Spaceflight: The Records

https://welib.org/md5/11db611444a1fa29417868d40b051e83

Explorer 35

  1967-070A

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The second AIMP, AIMP-E (Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform E or Explorer XXXV) was launched at 1419:02 on 1967 Jul 19 by Delta E1 from Cape Kennedy. It featured an improved attitude control system which could have overcome AIMP-D's problems. AIMP-E successfully reached lunar orbit, with an insertion burn at 0919:25 on Jul 22 into a 691.8 min, 2538 x 9429 km x 169 deg orbit (inclination relative to ecliptic plane). The angle between apoapsis, Moon and Sun was initially 304 deg in selenocentric solar ecliptic coords. The Star 13 motor separated by around 1130. The orbit had changed to 712.0 min, 715 x 7760 km x 171.0 deg by 1972. The probe carried on transmitting until 1973 Jun 24.

Explorer 35
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jul 19	1419:02	Launch by Delta E1	CK
		T+0:43 SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:10 SRM 1-3 sep
	1421	T+2:29 Thor S/N 20218 MECO
	1421	T+2:33 St 1 sep
	1421	T+2:33 Delta S/N 20217 burn
		T+3:35 Fairing
	1427:54	T+8:52 Delta SECO	103.30 155 x 1686 x 29.6
	1440:59	T+21:57 St 2 sep
	1441:12	T+22:10 FW4D S/N 00006 burn 30.8s dV=2.929 km/s
		T+22:41 FW4D burnout	650 x 557687 x 29.34 (TR-1022)
		T+23:10 Despin St3/SC, Yo weights
		T+23:25 Deploy solar paddles and mag boom
		T+24:05 St 3 sep
		T+24:08 St 3 tumble rockets
1967 Jul 22	0919:25	LOI Star 13, 23s burn
	0919:48	Star 13 burnout
	1130	Star 13 sep
		(Post MOR 2 estimate)	800 x 7692 x 147.3
		Lunar orbit	691.8 800 x 7692 x 169.0
1967 Jul 25		Spin axis orientation
1972		Lunar orbit	712.0 715 x 7760 x 171.0
1973 Jun 24		End of transmissions