Friday, June 22, 1990

Kosmos 1644

 1985-027A



Kosmos-1644 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

Wednesday, June 20, 1990

Lunar Orbiter 1

  1966-073A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Aug 10  1926:00  Launch by Atlas Agena D on az. 99.9 deg CK LC13 
 1928:08T+2:08 BECO 
 1930:51 T+4:51 SECO 
 1931:12T+5:12 VECO 
 1931:14T+5:14 Fairing sep 
 1931:16T+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 
 1227:06At 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

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