DFH-4

  1975-111A

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The second FSW became the fourth Chinese satellite (PRC 4 in the West). The satellite ejected a recovery capsule after 6 days. The satellite was somewhat damaged on reentry due to a parachute failure and landed about 25 km off course.

FSW-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Nov 26	0329	Launch by CZ-2C	JQ
	0331	T+2:10 MECO
	0331	Stage 2 burn
	0333	T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO
	0336?	Stage 2 VECO
	0336?	CZ-2C sep	91.1 179 x 479 x 63.0
1975 Dec 2	0208?	Capsule sep
	0208?	Capsule deorbit	-450 x 900?
	0220	Capsule landed in China

Kosmos 855

 1976-095A

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The Zenit-4MT mission launched in Sep 1976 switched to the Soyuz-U launch vehicle.

Kosmos-855
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Sep 21	1140	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1144	Blok-I burn
	1148	Blok-I sep
1976 Sep 21			89.91 201 x 338 x 72.9
1976 Oct 2			89.83 200 x 331 x 72.9
1976 Oct 3
	0634?	Deorbit
	0644?	PO sep
	0650?	Entry
	0706?	Landed

Kosmos 1767

 1986-056A

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This was a Zenit test flight which carried EPN No. 03695. This satellite was a mass simulator of the Tselina-2 satellites attached to a four-segment, larger diameter ballast section, testing the maximum capacity of the Zenit-2. This series of satellites was originally thought to be related to tests of the Orlets-2 spy satellite.

Kosmos-1767
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Jul 30	0830:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
	0832:23	T+2:23 St 1 MECO
	0832:25	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	0832:25	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	0832:40	T+2:40 GO sep
	0836:42	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO
	0840?	T+10m? Stage 2 VECO
	0840?	Stage 2 sep
1986 Jul 30		56B 191x204x64.9, d Aug 4
1986 Jul 30			196x207x64.9
1986 Jul 31		56C-F	199x464,188x399,189x404,198x443
1986 Aug 1		end of ops (AiK)
1986 Aug 14			153x165x64.9
1986 Aug 15			122x135x64.9
1986 Aug 16	2100??	reentered over S Indian Ocean

Summer Heat!

https://welib.org/md5/2305accf095ef7fa69981cd739a2490a

Kosmos 1374

 1982-054A

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Bespilotniye Orbitalniye Raketoplani BOR-4,launched on modified Kosmos-3M and flew 0.5 revs. This was a lifting body reentry test, with thermal tile shield. Time from 100 km entry to 40 km test point was about 13min 20s.

BOR-4 Flight 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Jun 3	2130	Launch by 11K65MP	GTsP4
	2132?	Stage 2 burn
	2138?	Stage 2 sep
			191 x 230 x 50.7
	2307?	Deorbit	-185? x 214 x 49.6
	2324?	Lifting reentry
	2339?	Landed in Indian Ocean 17S 98E

Aviation Week: March 20,1989

 https://welib.org/md5/16d24309c685d89d799099e2f2a801d7

STS-27 (Atlantis)

 1988-106A

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The second return-to-flight mission was a classified DoD flight, launched on 1988 Dec 2. Amateur observers saw a large payload in orbit next to Atlantis after the first few hours; it is believed to have been the first LACROSSE radar imaging reconnaissance satellite. Middeck experiments included auroral photography, cloud studies, cosmic ray measurements, and the SPADVOS Spaceborne Direct View Optical System, an experiment to evaluate human reconnaissance from space. The  mission lasted 4 days with landing at Edwards on Dec 6.

STS-27 was hit by ET foam during ascent, and during the mission the astronauts reported tile damage, but the concerns were dismissed by Houston. In the event, Atlantis survived reentry but with significant heat shield damage.

STS-27
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Oct 22		Tow to VAB	VAB/3
1988 Oct 24		ET mate	VAB/3
1988 Nov 2		Rollout	LC39B
1988 Dec 2	1430:34	Launch from LC39B
	1432:40	SRB sep
	1439:08	MECO
	1439:26	ET sep	89.82 83? x 447? x 57.0 (OMS dV guess)
	1513:09	OMS-2 3:34 (105m/s??)
	1516:43	OMS-2 CO	442 x 452 x 57.0 (SODB)
	1602:03	PLBD open
	1600?		93.53 444 x 451 x 57.0
	1900??	RMS unberth
	2130?	LACROSSE deployed
1988 Dec 3	1658:16	OMS-3
	1658:35	OMS-3 CO
	1704	Stationkeeping
	1930	Commanding LACROSSE via LGA
1988 Dec 3	2005:04	OMS-4
	2005:22	OMS 4 CO
1988 Dec 5			93.56 445 x 451 x 57.0
1988 Dec 6	1956:02	PLBD closed
	2229:34	OMS deorbit 3:31
	2233:05	OMS DO CO
	2305:19	Entry
	2336:11	Landed RW17 EAFB
	2336:18	NGTD
	2336:52	Wheels stop
1988 Dec 11	2324	SCA takeoff	EAFB
	2358	SCA landing	Davis-Monthan AFB AZ
1988 Dec 13	1230	SCA takeoff
	1450	SCA landing	Kelly AFB TX
	1915	SCA takeoff
	2335	SCA landing	KSC SLF
1988 Dec 14	0300	Tow to OPF/2

Kosmos 138

  1967-004A

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Zenit-2 No. 43 was launched in Jan 1967 from Plesetsk into a 64.6 degree inclination orbit. It was the fourth Zenit-2 Plesetsk launch. 

Kosmos-138
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jan 19	1239:59	Launch by Vostok 8A92	PL LC41/1
	1244	Blok-E burn
	1250?	Blok-E sep
			89.2 191 x 293 x 65 (TASS)
	1821		89.21 192 x 278 x 64.6
1967 Jan 23	0704		89.12 190 x 272 x 64.6
1967 Jan 27	0608?	Retrofire	-167? x 196 x 64.56
	0628?	Landed after 7.75d

Progress 18

 1983-106A

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Progress (7K-TG) No. 118 (Progress-18) was launched on 1983 Oct 20, a month after Progress-17 was deorbited. It carried the third Model VLF antenna.

Progress-18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Oct 20	0959:05	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1200		88.85 193 x 242 x 51.6
	2130		89.96 240 x 306 x 51.61
1983 Oct 21	1700		90.17 260 x 306 x 51.62
1983 Oct 22	1134	Docked with Salyut-7
	1243		91.29 318 x 357 x 51.59
1983 Oct 23	0531		91.29 329 x 347 x 51.63
1983 Nov 13			91.17 324 x 339 x 51.63
	0308	Undocked from Salyut-7
1983 Nov 14			91.16 324 x 339 x 51.6
1983 Nov 15			90.93 314 x 327 x 51.6
			91.32 316 x 364 x 51.6
1983 Nov 16			91.07 315 x 339 x 51.6
	0400?	Model'-VLF ejected
	0418	Pass over KB
	0423	Deorbited
	0455?	Entry over Pacific