Sunday, December 29, 1991

Progress M-3

 1990-020A


Progress M 11F615A55 No. 203 (7K-TGM No. 203) was launched on 1990 Feb 28 as Progress M-3.


Progress M-3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Feb 28  2310:57  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 2315  Blok-I burn 
 2319  Blok-I sep 
1990 Mar 1  0000   88.51 183 x 218 x 51.6 
 0230  88.60 183 x 227 x 51.6 
 0700   90.60 276 x 331 x 51.6 
1990 Mar 2  0230   90.63 280 x 330 x 51.6 
 2130   91.22 321 x 347 x 51.6 
1990 Mar 3  0104:32  Docked with Mir KDP2  
1990 Mar 4  0230   92.36 378 x 402 x 51.6 
1990 Apr 23   TCM 
1990 Apr 26  2024:43  Undocked  
1990 Apr 28  0052  Reentered 

Kosmos 410

  1971-040A


Kosmos-410 was launched in May 1971 from Baikonur. The Gektor satellite carried a Nauka package with an electron detector.


Kosmos-410 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 May 6  0620:01  Launch by 11A57  KB 
 0624 Blok-I burn  
 0628 Blok-I sep  
1971 May 7  0900   89.34 204 x 278 x 65.0 
1971 May 120155   89.23 201 x 272 x 65.0 
1971 May 16 1257   89.15 197 x 266 x 65.0 
1971 May 17   Nauka sep 
1971 May 18  0343?  Retrofire 
 0353? PO sep 
 0359? Entry 
 0415?  Landed after 11.90d 

Kosmos 228

  1968-053A


The second Gektor launch went to a 51.6 degree orbit in the summer of 1968. It carried a supplementary radiation studies package on its 12 day flight.


Kosmos-228 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Jun 21  1200:03  Launch by 11A57  KB 
 1204 Blok-I burn 
 1209 Blok-I sep 
1968 Jun 21  1446   88.79 204 x 225 x 51.6 
1968 Jun 22  1200   89.00 199 x 252 x 51.62 (RAE) 
1968 Jun 29  1056   88.87 200 x 236 x 51.6 
1968 Jul 1  0700? Nauka capsule sep 
1968 Jul 2  1721   88.79 199 x 299 x 51.6 
1968 Jul 3  0944?  Deorbit 
 1004?  Landed after 11.92d 

Sunday, December 22, 1991

Kosmos 1894

 1987-091A


Kosmos-1984,launched in Oct 1987,was an Oko-S satellite stationed at 24W.


Kosmos-1894 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Oct 28  1515:00  Launch by Proton  KB 
 1524  Stage 3 sep 
 1630?  DM burn 1 
 2335?  DM burn 2 
 2355?  DM sep 
1987 Oct 29    1441.76 35834 x 35960 x 1.3 GEO 88.8E+1.4W 
1987 Dec 2    1449.42 35915 x 36178 x 1.2 GEO 16.4W+3.3W 
1987 Dec 7   mv in  1436.04 35752 x 35818 x 1.2 GEO 25.0W 
1987 Dec 22    1436.01 35777 x 35792 x 1.1 GEO 23.4W 
1988 Dec 5    1436.12 35770 x 35803 x 0.2 GEO 23.8W 
1989 Jul 7    1436.18 35784 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 23.7W 
1990 Jun 12    1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 1.2 GEO 24.0W 
1991 May 24    1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 2.1 GEO 24.0W 

Wednesday, December 18, 1991

Kosmos 601

 1973-075A


Kosmos-601 (DS-P1-Yu No. 60) was a DS-P1-Yu satellite launched from Plesetsk in Oct 1973. It was placed in a subgroup 2 orbit with an apogee of 1531 km.


Kosmos-601 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Oct 16  1400  Launch by 11K63  PL 
 1402  Stage 2 burn 
 1407?  Stage 2 sep 
1973 Oct 18  1200   102.28 200 x 1531 x 81.9 (RAE) 
1974 Feb End of ops 
1974 Aug 15   Reentered 

Sunday, December 15, 1991

Kosmos 47

  1964-062A


The first Voskhod class spacecraft to fly was 3KV No. 2, launched on a test flight under the cover name Kosmos-47 in Oct 1964. It carried two instrumented mannequins. The spacecraft was recovered after one day in orbit.


Kosmos-47 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1964 Oct 6  0700:00 Launch by 11A57  KB 
 0704  Blok-I burn 
 0709  Blok-I MECO 
   90.07 174 x 383 x 64.6 
1964 Oct 7  0710?  Retrofire 
 0730:00 Landed after 1.0d 

Tuesday, December 3, 1991

Kosmos 1653

 1985-038A


The 17F41 No. 52 (Resurs F-1) spacecraft was launched in May 1985 and named Kosmos-1653.


Kosmos-1653 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 May 22  0835  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC41 
 0843  Blok-I sep  210 x 295 x 82.3 
1985 May 23   
273 x 295 x 82.3 
1985 May 27    268 x 275 x 82.3 
1985 Jun 2  269 x 274 x 82.3 
1985 Jun 7 
 0500?  Deorbit 
 0510?  PO sep 
 0520?  Entry 
 0532?  Landed 

Monday, December 2, 1991

MOS-1

 1987-018A


NASDA's Marine Observation Satellite, MOS-1, carried radiometers to measure ocean conditions. The satellite was named Momo (Peach or Peach Blossom) once on orbit. It was built by Nippon Electric.


Momo 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Feb 19  0123  Launch by N-2  TNSC 
  T+0:39 SOB 7-9 on  
  T+0:40 SOB 1-6 off 
  T+1:19 SOB 7-9 off 
  T+1:25 SOB 1-9 sep, 22 km alt 
  T+4:31 St 1 MECO 
  T+4:37 VECO 
  T+4:39 Stage 1 sep at 155 km  
  T+4:45 SES-1 at 163 km 384s  
 0128  T+4:53 Fairing 
 0134 T+11:09 SECO-1 411 km 366? x 910 x 99.1  
 0213  T+50:58 SES-2 8s 221m/s? 
 0214  T+51:06 SECO-2 
 0215 T+52:54 MOS/Stage 2 sep  103.33 911 x 912 x 99.1  
 0220 T+57:54 SES-3 3s 
 0220 T+57:57 SECO-3 
 0223 T+1:00:27 SES-4 17s 
 0223 T+1:00:44 SECO-4 100.24 636 x 903 x 97.5  
1987 Feb   OTM 
1987 Jun   Begin operational phase 
1987 Jul   OTM 
1987 Jul 28   Safemode, attitude anomaly 
1987 Dec   OTM 
1988 Apr   OTM 

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