Macmillan Dictionary of Historical Terms

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November-December 1989

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https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.30.txt

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Satcom 2

  1976-029A

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The second satellite built by RCA Astro-Electronics for RCA Americom, RCA B (Satcom 2), was launched by Delta 3914 in Mar 1976.

Satcom 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Mar 26	2247	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 burnout
		T+1:04 SRM 1-5 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 burn
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:47 MECO
		T+3:53 VECO
		T+3:55 Stage 1 sep
	2251	T+4:00 SES-1
		T+4:25 Fairing sep
	2255	T+8:17 SECO-1	185 x 198 x 28
	2307	T+20:35 SES-2
	2308	T+21:16 SECO-2	185 x 1990 x 28
	2309	T+22:08 St 2 sep
	2309	T+22:49 St 3 burn
	2310	T+23:33 St 3 burnout
	2311	T+24:46 St 3 sep	185 x 35753 x 27.3
1976 Mar 27	0500?	Apo 1 85E
	1530?	Apo 2 70W
1976 Mar 28	0200?	Apo 3 130E
	1230?	Apo 4 30W
	2230	Apo 5 180E
1976 Mar 29	1000	Apo 6 12E
	1930	Apo 7 138W
1976 Mar 29	1930	AKM 8.9kN	35690 x 35883 x
1976 Mar 31		Checkout	GEO 128W
1976 Jun 2		Replaced RCA 1 in commercial service	GEO 119W
1976 Aug		119W
1976 Sep			GEO 119W
1977 Jan 24			1436.07 35711 x 35861 x 0.0 GEO 119.1W
1978 Jan 3			1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1981 Jun			GEO 119.0W
1982 Oct			GEO 119.0W
1983 Apr 7			1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 119.0W
1983 Apr 30		Partial solar array failure
1984 May			GEO 119W
1984 May 27			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 119.1W
1984 May 29		Drift W	GEO dr
1984 Jul 5			1436.23 35781 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 139.0W
1984 Jul			GEO 139W
1985 Jan			GEO 139W
1985 Jan 12			1436.02 35780 x 35789 x 0.4 GEO 138.6W
1985 Jan 16		orbit raise	1441.0
1985 Jan 17		decommissioned
1985 Jan 20			1435.97 35779 x 35788 x 0.4 GEO 138.6W+0.02E
1985 Feb 15			1460.06 35990 x 36518 x 0.5
1986 Dec 9			1460.06 36001 x 36507 x 2.2
1990 May 24			1460.10 36012 x 36498 x 5.5
1995 Oct 12			1460.09 36025 x 36484 x 9.8
1999 Apr 20			1460.09 36010 x 36499 x 11.7

Layamon's `Brut': The Poem and its Sources

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Seventeen: May 1991

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Prospero

  1971-093A

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The final Black Arrow launch from Woomera Site 5B, R-3, left the pad on 1971 Oct 28 carrying the X-3 technology satellite. X-3 was built and operated by the UK Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough in Hampshire. X-3 and the Waxwing final stage motor reached polar orbit successfully. The 66 kg, 1.1m dia 0.71m high satellite was named Prospero. Prospero was still working in 1989 when the ground station at Lasham was closed down.

R-3 ussed Gamma 8 No 7 and Gamma 2 No 6.

Waxwing was 315 kg of prop at 156 kN. Dry mass was 35 kg; a 14 kg separation adapter was also orbited attached to Waxwing. One of Prospero's 0.5m aerials is believed to have been broken off shortly after separation.

Prospero
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Oct 28	0409:29	Launch by Black Arrow (R-3)	Woomera Site 5B
	0411	T+2:06 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:13 St 1 sep 49 km	-6291 x 92
	0411	T+2:13 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:19 Interstage sep
	0412	T+3:00 Fairing sep 93 km	-6166 x 147
	0413	T+4:16 Stage 2 MECO
		T+4:40 At 218 km, 23.48deg, 4.947 km/s
		T+9:37 Stage 2 sep	-5036 x 552 x 80.38
	0417	T+9:50 Stage 3 apogee burn 55s
	0418	T+10:45 Stage 3 cutoff
	0420	T+11:50 Stage 3 sep
	0420	Prospero collides with stage 3
			106.5 547 x 1582 x 82.1
1989		Still operating

Kosmos 1793

 1986-091A

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Plane 320 deg

Kosmos-1793
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Nov 20	1209:20	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1218	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	1310?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	1313?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1986 Nov 20			(91B) 92.36 213x567x62.8
1986 Nov 20			(91C) 183x613x62.9
1986 Nov 20			(91D) 585x39191x63.0
1986 Nov 20			578x39190x63.0
1986 Nov 25			717.1 598x39748x63.0
1986 Nov 26			717.7 594x39755x63.0