Friday, August 30, 1991

Kosmos 1889

 1987-085A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1889 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Oct 9  0830 Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 0834  Blok-I burn 
 0838  Blok-I sep 
1987 Oct 9    90.32 206 x 373 x 69.98 
1987 Oct 14

92.18 347 x 415 x 69.98 
1987 Oct 22   92.17 347 x 413 x 69.98 
1987 Oct 23  
 0523?  Deorbit 
 0533?  PO sep 
 0550?  Entry  -77 x 360 x 69.98 
 0605?  Landed 

Wednesday, August 28, 1991

Kosmos 1512

 1983-119A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1512 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Dec 7  1210 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1214 Blok-I burn 
 1218  Blok-I sep 
1983 Dec 7    90.3 196x385x72.8 
1983 Dec 8  90.2 196x368x72.9 
1983 Dec 10   92.3 353x421x72.9 
1983 Dec 14  92.3 356x418x72.9 
1983 Dec 20    92.28 356 x 416 x 72.9 
1983 Dec 21   
 0607?  Deorbit 
 0615? PO sep 
 0635? Entry 
 0649? Landed 

Saturday, August 24, 1991

SDS-6

 1985-014A


USA 9 was launched on 1985 Feb 8 by Titan 34B Agena D into a Molniya class orbit. 


SDS 6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Feb 8  0610 Launch by Titan 34B Agena D  V SLC4W 
 0612?  Stage 2 burn 
 0615?  Stage 2 MECO 
 0616?  Agena MES-1 
 0620? Agena MECO-1  180? x 700? x 63 
 0647? Agena MES-2 
 0649? Agena MECO-2 
 0655? Agena sep 520? x 39320? x 63.4 
1987 Jul 15  712.6 400 x 39700 x 63.0 (UN)

Friday, August 23, 1991

Kosmos 1811

 1987-002A


The day after launch Kosmos-1811 maneuvered to an unusual 200 x 292 km orbit and remained there for 10 days. On Jan 20 it entered a more normal Kobal't orbit but maneuvered more often than usual for the remainder of the mission.


Kosmos-1811 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Jan 9  1238  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 1248  Blok-I sep 
1987 Jan 9   
171x320x64.9 
1987 Jan 9    89.66 172 x 342 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 10    89.66 171 x 343 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 16  
89.43 200 x 292 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 20    89.24 197 x 276 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 20   SpK-1 fiducial 
 1702? Deorbit 
 1712? Entry 
 1724? Landed
1987 Jan 21   
89.69 185 x 332 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 26    89.55 182 x 322 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 27   
89.01 181 x 269 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 28    88.95 180 x 264 x 64.9 
1987 Jan 30   Orbit raise  89.59 186 x 321 x 64.9 
1987 Feb 3    89.45 185 x 309 x 64.9 
1987 Feb 4   SpK-2 fiducial 
 0540?  Deorbit 
 0550?  Entry 
 0602?  Landed
1987 Feb 5   Orbit raise  89.85 190 x 343 x 64.85 
1987 Feb 8    89.78 189 x 337 x 64.9 
1987 Feb 9   
1987 Feb 12     89.23 178 x 293 x 64.9 
1987 Feb 14 
 0915?  Deorbit 
 0930?  Entry 
 0942?  Landed

Monday, August 12, 1991

Corona 40

  1962-017A


KH-4 Mission 9033 was launched on 1962 Apr 28 by Thor Agena B from Vandeberg into a 73 degree orbit. This mission was designated as part of Program 622A. Orbit mass of Agena 1125 was 1225 kg. The SRV was ejected and deorbited on May 5 but the parachute cover failed to release and the capsule sank in the Pacific. The CORONA history says recovery was on rev 64, the Vandenberg report on rev 96.


KH-4 Mission 9033 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Apr 29  0030:12  Launch by Thor Agena B  V 75-3 Pad 4 
 0032  Thor MECO (T+2:27) 
 0032  Thor VECO (T+2:36) 
 0032  Thor sep (T+2:45)  -5837 x 200 x 73.1 
 0033  Agena burn (T+3:13) 
 0037  Agena cutoff (T+7:08)  225 x ? x ? (VCR) 
1962 Apr 30  2302   91.03 176 x 414 x 73.11 
1962 May 1  1430  91.1 180 x 475 x 73.11 (RAE)  
1962 May 1   Debris Rho 2 reentered 
1962 May    93.1 193 x 441 x 73.1 (SATCAT) 
1962 May 3  0138?  Deorbit opportunity on rev 64 
 0150?  Landing opportunity on rev 64 
1962 May 5  0210? SRV ejected rev 96 
 0245?  SRV sank in Pacific 
1962 May 10  0846   90.56 190 x 414 x 73.1 
1962 May 17  1348   89.86 174 x 361 x 73.1 
1962 May 17 1430   89.90 176 x 362 x 73.1 (RAE) 
1962 May    89.9 174 x 361 x 73.1 (SATCAT) 
1962 May 25  1430  88.7 166 x 253 x 73.1 (RAE) 
1962 May 26   CORONA/Agena reentered 

Saturday, August 3, 1991

Kosmos 356

 1970-059A


DS-U2-MG No. 2 was launched into an 82 degree polar orbit in Aug 1970 for ionospheric studies.


Kosmos-356 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Aug 10  2000  Launch by 11K63  PL 
 2002  Stage 2 burn 
 2010?  Stage 2 sep 
1970 Aug 11  0700   92.62 231 x 573 x 81.96 
1970 Oct 2  2248?  Reentered 

Raduga 14

 1984-016A


Raduga (Gran') No. 25 was launched in Feb 1984 to the Statsionar 3 position at 85E.


Raduga No. 25(F15) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Feb 15  0846  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 0855  Stage 3 sep 
 1003? DM burn 1 
 1519? DM burn 2 
 1522? DM sep 
1984 Feb 17    1441.00 35814 x 35950 x 1.3 GEO 88.8E+1.2W 
1984 Feb 26    1436.02 35766 x 35803 x 1.3 GEO 84.2E 
1984 Apr 17    1436.20 35380 x 36197 x 0.6 GEO 84.1E 
1984 Jun 19    1436.04 35771 x 35799 x 1.0 GEO 85.1E 
1984 Jun 20   Move to 87E 
1984 Jun 24    1435.83 35410 x 36152 x 1.0 GEO 87.0E 
1984 Sep 23   mv in 1435.68 34133 x 37423 x 2.4 GEO 83.4E 
1984 Nov 21    1436.20 35781 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 85.3E 
1985 Jun 28    1435.98 35732 x 35836 x 0.1 GEO 85.6E 
1986 Jan 9    1436.01 35783 x 35786 x 0.5 GEO 84.8E 
1987 Jan 17    1436.34 35782 x 35800 x 1.4 GEO 83.9E 
1987 Apr 7    1436.21 35776 x 35801 x 1.6 GEO 84.6E 
1987 Apr 30   last burn 1435.90 35778 x 35787 x 17 GEO 84.4E 
1987 Jun 21    1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 1.8 GEO 86.1E 

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