Friday, April 27, 1990
Thursday, April 26, 1990
Wednesday, April 25, 1990
Corona 122
1967-122A
KH-4B Mission 1102 was launched on 1967 Dec 9 by Thorad Agena D from Vandenberg. It was the second KH-4B test flight. Some image smearing affected the forward camera, but the data was still better than previous flights. Some SO-230 emulsion film was used towards the end of Mission 1102-2, and showed little difference in product quality. The 'through exposure test' was repeated, a Bi-spectral test used a Wratten 25 red filter and SF05 green filter for 8 passes for limited color imagery, and a polarized coating was used for 8 passes.
This flight is notable for the large number of orbital height adjustments compared to earlier missions. Nine of the 12 rockets were fired during the active mission and two more after the second recovery. However, the times of the DMU burns in the PER seem to disagree by about a day with the observed orbital changes in the archived elements.
| KH-4B Mission 1102 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Dec 9 | 2225:41 | Launch by LTTAT Agena D | V SLC1W |
| 2227 | Castor sep | ||
| 2229 | Thor sep | ||
| 2230 | Agena burn | ||
| 2234 | Agena MECO | ||
| 1967 Dec 10 | 0220 | 88.50 160 x 240 x 81.7 | |
| 1967 Dec 10 | 1200 | 88.5 158 x 237 x 81.7 (RAE) | |
| 1408 | 88.45 154 x 241 x 81.7 | ||
| 1900? | DMU 1 rev 14 | ||
| 1967 Dec 11 | 0156 | 88.39 149 x 240 x 81.7 | |
| 1346 | 88.54 153 x 251 x 81.7 | ||
| 1515 | 88.53 156 x 247 x 81.7 | ||
| 1967 Dec 12 | 0135 | 88.49 152 x 247 x 81.6 | |
| 1800? | DMU burn 2 rev 46 | ||
| 1967 Dec 13 | 0111 | 88.39 150 x 240 x 81.6 | |
| 1558 | 88.50 148 x 252 x 81.6 | ||
| 1967 Dec 14 | 0217 | 88.46 153 x 243 x 81.6 | |
| 0700? | DMU burn 3 rev 71 | ||
| 0940 | 88.42 154 x 238 x 81.6 | ||
| 1831 | 88.38 153 x 235 x 81.6 | ||
| 1967 Dec 15 | 0054? | SRV-1 ejected rev 83 | |
| 1967 Dec 15 | 0132 | SRV-1 recovered | |
| 23 11 N 168 39W | |||
| 2100? | DMU burn 4 rev 97 | ||
| 1967 Dec 15 | 0749 | 88.49 150 x 249 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 15 | 88.4 151 x 248 x 81.6 (SSR) | ||
| 1967 Dec 16 | 1024 | 88.53 154 x 249 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 17 | 0700? | DMU burn 5 rev 120 | |
| 1967 Dec 17 | 1129 | 88.48 153 x 245 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 18 | 1106 | 88.45 148 x 247 x 81.6 | |
| 1100? | DMU burn 6 rev 139 | ||
| 1532 | 88.43 149 x 244 x 81.6 | ||
| 1701 | 88.48 152 x 246 x 81.6 | ||
| 1967 Dec 19 | 2200? | DMU burn 7 rev 163 | |
| 1967 Dec 21 | 0200? | DMU burn 8 rev 182 | |
| 1967 Dec 21 | 2316 | 88.50 149 x 251 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 22 | 0600? | DMU burn 9 rev 201 | |
| 1967 Dec 22 | 0935 | 88.46 157 x 239 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 22 | 1700 | 88.46 146 x 251 x 81.7 (RAE) | |
| 1967 Dec 22 | 2323? | SRV-2 ejected rev 212 | |
| 1967 Dec 23 | 0000 | SRV-2 recovered | |
| 19 05 N 162 59 W | |||
| 1967 Dec 23 | 2229 | 88.39 148 x 242 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 24 | 0600? | DMU burn 10 rev 233 | |
| 1967 Dec 24 | 1145 | 88.44 146 x 248 x 81.6 | |
| 1967 Dec 24 | 1400? | DMU burn 11 rev 239 (de-boost) | |
| 1967 Dec 25 | CORONA/Agena reentered | ||
Meteor 129
1979-005A
The second named Meteor-Priroda, 11F651 No. 2-3 launched in Jan 1979, carried scanning radiometers, infrared detectors, and a vertical temperature profile radiometer.
| Meteor-1 F29 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Jan 25 | 0543 | Launch by Vostok 8A92M | KB |
| 0548? | Blok E burn | ||
| 0553? | Blok-E sep | 97.4 622 x 645 x 98.0 | |
| 1981 Oct 28 | end of ops | ||
Tuesday, April 24, 1990
Kosmos 1616
1985-002A
The satellite was used to observe the war in Afghanistan.
| Kosmos-1616 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Jan 9 | 1045 | Launch by Soyuz | KB |
| 1053 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1985 Jan 9 | 89.81 173 x 356 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 11 | Orbit raise | 90.06 188 x 366 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Jan 15 | 89.96 186 x 357 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 15 | Orbit lower | 89.12 185 x 276 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Jan 15 | Afghan obs | ||
| 1985 Jan 17 | 89.04 183 x 270 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 18 | 88.90 173 x 265 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 19 | 89.81 173 x 257 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 20 | mv back to eccentric orbit | ||
| 1985 Jan 20 | Orbit raise | 89.68 173 x 343 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Jan 20 | 0750? | Spk-1 fiducial | |
| 0800? | Entry | ||
| 0812? | Landed | ||
| 1985 Jan 30 | 89.09 165 x 293 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Jan 31 | Orbit raise | 89.82 181 x 349 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 2 | 89.72 181 x 340 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 4 | Orbit lower | 89.06 177 x 278 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 5 | 88.98 176 x 271 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 5 | Orbit raise | 89.64 176 x 336 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 15 | 89.10 171 x 288 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 15 | Orbit raise | 89.74 186 x 336 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 18 | 89.63 184 x 327 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 18 | Spk-2 fiducial | ||
| 2307? | Deorbit | ||
| 2317? | Entry | ||
| 2329 ? | Landed | ||
| 1985 Feb 19 | Orbit lower | 89.38 195 x 302 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 22 | 89.25 182 x 291 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 23 | Orbit raise | 89.31 183 x 296 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Feb 27 | 89.11 179 x 280 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Feb 28 | Orbit raise | 89.21 180 x 290 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Mar 1 | 89.13 179 x 283 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Mar 2 | Orbit raise | 89.38 185 x 301 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Mar 3 | 89.33 185 x 297 x 64.9 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.46 188 x 307 x 64.9 | ||
| 1985 Mar 4 | 0531 | 89.42 187 x 303 x 64.9 | |
| 1985 Mar 6 | 1853? | Deorbit | -187? x 286 x 64.9 |
| 1910? | Entry | ||
| 1923? | Landed | ||
Monday, April 23, 1990
Sunday, April 22, 1990
Kosmos 1681
1985-080A
| Kosmos-1681 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Sep 6 | 1045 | Launch by Soyuz | Plesetsk |
| 1049 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1043 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1985 Sep 6 | 88.88 208 x 228 x 82.3 | ||
| 1985 Sep 7 | Raise peri | 88.95 218 x 226 x 82.3 | |
| 1985 Sep 18 | 88.82 213 x 218 x 82.3 | ||
| 1985 Sep 20 | |||
| 0649? | Deorbit | ||
| 0659? | PO sep | ||
| 0705? | Entry | ||
| 0720? | Landed | ||