TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : January 1992

Thursday, January 30, 1992

Club Management: June-July 1991

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Sunday, January 26, 1992

Corona 51

1962-046

KH-4 Mission 9043 was launched by Thor Agena B on 1962 Sep 17. It entered a high apogee 207 x 670 km x 81.9 deg orbit compared to the planned 207 x 446 km x 82.6 deg one. The SRV was recovered after a one day flight as a test of improvements to the recovery procedure. The capping shutter had malfunctioned and there was slight corona and radiation fog on the photos but the photos were of satisfactory quality.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

KH-4 Mission 9043



1962 Sep 17	2346:18	Launch by Thor Agena B	V Pad 4
	2348	Thor MECO (T+2:27)
	2348	Thor VECO (T+2:36)
	2348	Thor sep (T+2:46)
	2349	Agena burn (T+3:13)
	2353	Agena cutoff (T+7:16)	93.32 207 x 670 x 81.76 (VCR)
		ERS 2 failed to separate
1962 Sep 18	0046		93.37 201 x 677 x 81.87
1962 Sep 19			93.3 204 x 668 x 81.8 (SATCAT)
1962 Sep 19	0210?	SRV sep after 1.10d, rev 17
	0255	SRV recovered from air
1962 Sep 19	1059		93.20 196 x 672 x 81.83
1962 Sep 20	1200		93.33 204 x 668 x 81.84
1962 Sep 21	0631		93.12 192 x 662 x 81.83
1962 Oct 17	1430		91.87 196 x 533 x 81.84
1962 Nov 7	1430		90.09 191 x 363 x 81.84
1962 Nov 12			88.1 179 x 179 x 81.8 (SATCAT)
1962 Nov 17	2340		88.06 178 x 178 x 81.83
1962 Nov 19	0400?	CORONA/Agena reentered

Friday, January 24, 1992

Aviation Week: August 19,1991

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Luna 2

1959-014A

In Sep 1959 an attempt was made to launch E-1A No. 6, but although the strapons began to fire, the booster core stage failed to ignite properly. The rocket did not take off and was removed from the launch pad. A backup vehicle was called into service with payload E-1A No. 7; E-1A No. 6 was used as a testbed.

The Korolyov team's efforts were crowned with success on the seventh attempt - E-1A No. 7, another AMS `Luna' probe, now known as Luna-2, impacted the lunar surface. It was launched on 1959 Sep 12 and hit the Moon at 30 deg N, 0 deg W at 2102 UTC on Sep 13.

Lunar impact velocity was 3.3km/s at an angle of 60 deg to the surface. The asymptotic geocentric velocity was (if the translation of one source is correct) 2 km/s. Inclination of the orbit was 65 deg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

AMS Luna-2



1959 Sep 12	0639:26	Launch by 8K72	KB
	0644?	Blok A sep
	0644?	Blok-E burn
	0651?	Blok-E sep
1959 Sep 13	2102:23	Lunar impact

Thursday, January 23, 1992

Foreign affairs : chronology : 1978-1989

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Wednesday, January 22, 1992

STS-51-D (Discovery)

1985-028A

After cancellation of 51-E and replanning, the mission was referred to in some internal documents as 51-DR or 51D(R).

After ET sep, a test to dump excess fuel was performed; the LOX vent torque was larger than expected and put Discovery into a 45 degree roll, which was quickly removed by RCS firings.

Deployment of the Anik satellite went smoothly, but Syncom failed to boot up after ejection. Discovery made a burn to reverse its separation maneuver as a plan was developed to fix the problem. A lever on the side of the satellite is normally knocked to the on position by the system that spins the Syncom out of the payload bay; triggering the lever is meant to active the electronics on the satellite. NASA's theory was that the lever had not been triggered. On April 15 the astronauts assembled two 'flyswatter' devices in the cabin, and the next day Hoffman and Griggs made a spacewalk to attach them to the RMS arm. On Apr 17 Discovery reapproached Syncom and used the robot arm to swat the Syncom's lever. The flyswatter made contact with the lever twice during the encounter but with no effect. Plans were drawn up to repair the satellite on a subsequent mission.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

STS 51-D mission events




1985 Mar 23		Roll to VAB	VAB
1985 Mar 28		Rollout	LC39A
1985 Apr 12	1359:05	Launch from LC39A
	1401:12	SRB sep at 46.7 km
	1407:57	MECO at 109.9 km
	1408:16	ET sep at 112.7 km	89.75 64 x 459 x 28.5 (dV)
	1442:20	OMS-2 (2:23) 70m/s
	1444:43	OMS-2 CO	92.17 302 x 459 x 28.53
	1534	PLBD open
	2012	RMS tests
	2037	RMS checkout complete
	2338:38	Anik C1 deploy
	2354?	SEP-1 (OMS-3 RH 13s) 3m/s	92.30 314 x 460 x 28.52
1985 Apr 13	1458:22	Leasat deploy
	1510	Stationkeep with Syncom IV-3
	1514	SEP-2 (OMS-4 8s) 4m/s	92.30 314 x 460 x 28.52
	1543	Planned Syncom PKM burn
	1636	RETRO (OMS-5 8 s) 4m/s burn to stay 65 km from Syncom
1985 Apr 14	1647		92.32 314 x 461 x 28.52
1985 Apr 15	1045		92.31 314 x 460 x 28.52
	2000	Two flyswatters assembled in cabin
1985 Apr 16	1219	Airlock at 3.1psi
	1221	Depressing to zero
	1225	Vacuum reached
	1233	HO
	1236	Out in bay
	1240	EVA (Hoffman;Griggs) (03:07, dp =03:10)
	1250	EV2 biomed sensor failed
	1315?	Attach `flyswat' device to RMS
	1350	Flyswat attach complete
	1420?	RMS cradled
	1507	PSA stowed
	1519	Ingress
	1530	HC
	1535?	Repress
	1550?	EVA complete
	2054?	NSR (OMS-6 LH 12s) 3m/s
1985 Apr 17	0700		92.31 315 x 459 x 28.52
	0929	NCC mv
	1035	NC3 (OMS-7 LH 13s) 3m/s
	1100	TI (OMS-8 LH 9s) 3m/s
	1200	MC3 burn RCS?
	1307	At 15m from Syncom
	1400	Rendezvous Syncom
	1405	Arm in movement
	1414:56	RMS contact with Leasat 3
	1415:30	Second RMS contact with Leasat 3
	1418	Contact time window closed
	1422?	RMS cradled
	1430?	Sep (OMS-9/LH 22s) 7m/s	92.54 336 x 461 x 28.5
1985 Apr 18	1610		92.55 337 x 461 x 28.52
1985 Apr 19	0831	PLBD closed
	1244:25	OMS DO (238s) 138m/s
	1248:23	OMS DO CO
	1324	Entry
	1354:28	Landed RW33 KSC
	1354:36	NGTD
	1355:31	Wheels stop
	1820	Tow to OPF

Seventeen: July 1991

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Monday, January 20, 1992

Insat 1A

1982-031A

Insat 1A was built by Ford Aerospace for ISRO. It was launched on 1982 Apr 10 by Delta 3910/PAM-D. After launch, the solar panel and the C-band antenna did not deploy. After 12 days the C-band system was activated but the solar panel problem affected many of the systems; the VHRR imager failed in August, and attitude control was lost in September.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Insat 1A



1982 Apr 10	0647	Launch by Delta 3910/PAM-D	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-6 off
		T+1:02 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:10 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:24 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+1:59 SRM 6-9 off
		T+2:05 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:43 MECO
	T+3:45 St 1 sep
		T+3:51 SES-1 5:04
		T+4:01 Fairing
	0655	T+8:55 SECO-1
		T+18:45 spinup
	0705	T+18:47 St 2 sep	-579? x 228 x 28.1
	0706	T+19:26 TES 86s
	0707	T+20:52 TECO at 17W 0N
	0717	Stage 2 reentry over 17E 18S?
	0727	T+40? PAM sep (20 min after burnout)
1982 Apr 10	1230		631.33 223 x 35776 x 28.1
1982 Apr 11		LAM-1 Apogee burn
1982 Apr 12		LAM-2 burn
1982 Apr 12			1416.73 35031 x 35781 x 0.5 GEO 75.8E+4.9E
		Solar sail failed to deploy
1982 Apr 15		LAM
1982 Apr 22		C-band deployed
1982 May 4			1436.08 35394 x 36178 x 0.5 GEO 73.5E
1982 Jun 25			1436.03 35393 x 36176 x 0.4 GEO 72.6E
1982 Jun 25		On station	GEO 72.4E
1982 Aug 13		VHRR failed
1982 Sep 4		Attitude control lost
1982 Sep 6		Decommissioned
1983 Dec 29		Drifting	1434 GEO 89Wdr
1984 May 3			1434.14 35561 x 35935 x 0.1 GEO 19.3W+0.5E

SNAPSHOT

1965-027A

Project SNAPSHOT was a joint effort between the US Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) to test a fully functioning nuclear reactor in Earth orbit. The vehicle was attached to Agena 7001.

SNAP 10A was 440 kg including a 102 kg shield and a 14 kg heat shield.

A secondary payload sometimes described as an ionosphere beacon experiment is actually the SECOR geodetic satellite.

A fairing covered the reactor at launch; two side panel heat shields were jettisoned on orbit.

The SNAP is 436 kg, but there is also a cylindrical instrument section carrying secondary payloads and equipment; the Agena/instrument section was 1964 kg for a total dry mass of 2400 kg. Actual on orbit mass would be less than this by the mass of the heat shield and possibly the nose fairing.

SNAP is a cone 3.5m long 1.3m dia, the instrument section is around 1.3m long 1.5m dia and the Agena about 6.3m long 1.5m dia.

The reactor (40 kW nominal reactor power for 500W of provided electrical power) had U235 fuel moderated by ZrH and with beryllium reflectors; NaK-78 coolant was circulated through the system. It converted heat to energy via a SiGe thermoelectric converter. The reactor is shielded using lithium hydride. In addition to an aerodynamic nose fairing, the thermoelectric converter is surrounded by an ejectable heat shield "to prevent NaK plugging prior to startup", i.e. to prevent freezing of the NaK. The reactor had 37 fuel elements in a triangular array.

An ion engine test was carried; electromagnetic interference caused false horizon sensor data and `severe' attitude perturbations.

The reactor is described in SNAP Reactor Overview (S. Voss, 1984), AFWL-TN-84-14.

1965-27E, Catalog SSN 01399, has been associated with three different objects.

(1) An object in a 111.51 min, 1270 x 1321 km x 90.2 deg orbit was observed from Jun 1965 to Apr 1971. It appears to be a duplicate of the SNAPSHOT payload.

(2) An object in a 106.89 min, 1024 x 1141 km x 89.9 deg orbit was observed from Dec 1968 to Sep 1970. Based on its orbit and orbital plane it was probably a duplicate of 1965-48A, Transit NNS O-4; element sets on 1969 Feb 11 and 1970 Sep 13 are essentially identical.

(3) An object in a 101.07 min, 750 x 867 km x 90.5 deg orbit was first observed in Nov 1972. In Jul 1988 it had decayed to 671 x 739 km; all SSN 01399 elements since 1972 have been for this object. It is probably Transit debris - and might be associated with the 1972 TRIAD launch which was in a similar orbit and was close in orbital plane in Nov 1972. However, the inclination is different by 0.4 deg.

In around 1979, small debris objects began to be cataloged from SNAPSHOT. It is believed they emanate from the Agena and are similar to other small debris from SEASAT's Agena. The objects were released over many years rather than in one event.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

SNAPSHOT



1965 Apr 3	2124	Launch by Atlas Agena D	V
		T+2:14 BECO
	2126	Booster sep
	2128	T+4:29 Atlas SECO
	2128	Atlas sep
	2130	T+6:00 Agena MES-1
		Nose cone ejected
	2133:40	T+9:40 Agena MECO-1	161 x 1290? x 90.0
	2222?	Ionosphere beacon jettison at 1300 km
	2222:17?	T+58:17 Agena MES-2 10s	111.6 1282 x 1313 x 90.0
	2222:27?	T+58:27 MECO-2
	2230?	EGRS sep (rev 0)
1965 Apr 4	0105	Reactor startup
		Ion engine telemetry failed
	0300?	Reactor critical
1965 Apr 4	0500?	Full power 600W
	0738?	`sensible heat' generated, H+0
1965 Apr 4	0744?	H+6min Heat shield halves ejected (reactor at 275F, L+10:20?)
	0942?	Rev 7, Temp switch closure
1965 Apr 5	0530?	Rev 18, ion engine operation
		EMI problems cause vehicle slew
		Ion engine shut down
1965 Apr 10	0524	Passive control phase begins
1965 May 16	1635	Voltage regulator failed, auto shutdown, rev 555.
		F+1h reflectors ejected but connected by cables

Jumpseat 4

1975-017A

This launch was initially reported to be SDS 1 but it is now clear that the first SDS launch was later. The mission was a success,with the satellite still operating as late as Jun 1983.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

JUMPSEAT 4



1975 Mar 10	0441	Launch by Titan 34B Agena D
	0443	Stage 2 burn
	0446	Stage 2 MECO	-3800? x 180 x 63.3
	0448	Agena MES-1
	0451?	Agena MECO-1	180? x 360? x 63.3?
	0455?	Stage 2 reentry
	0519?	Agena MES-2
	0521?	Agena MECO-2	702.0 295 x 39337 x 63.5
	0525?	Agena sep

Saturday, January 18, 1992

Kosmos 2049

1989-088A

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-2049



1989 Nov 17	1050:00	Launch by Soyuz	Baykonur
	1059	Blok-I sep
1989 Nov 17		89.00 181 x 268 x 64.8
1989 Nov 18	0416?	Raise orbit	89.36 210 x 274 x 64.8
1989 Nov 18	0640?	Raise orbit	89.77 236 x 289 x 64.8
1989 Nov 21			89.64 231x282x64.8
1989 Nov 26.0			89.63 237x274x64.8 from 89.44 223x269
1989 Nov 26.1			89.85 240x293x64.8 from 89.63 237x274
1989 Dec 6.9			89.99 242x305x64.8 from 89.42 224x267
1989 Dec 24.6			89.74 246x276x64.8 from 89.33 219x263
1990 Jan 3.0			89.80 247x281x64.8 from 89.31 231x249
1990 Jan 15.4			89.96 241x303x64.8 from 89.33 226x255
1990 Jan 29.3			89.79 249x287x64.8 from 89.47 223x273 via 89.62 240x271
1990 Feb 10.2			89.81 241x288x64.8 from 89.34 223x259
1990 Feb 22.9			89.80 239x289x64.8 from 89.34 224x259
1990 Mar 4.8			89.80 241x287x64.8 from 89.36 223x262
1990 Mar 18.4			89.77 240x286x64.7 from 89.33 223x259
1990 Mar 30.4			90.14 241x321x64.7 from 89.19 217x251
1990 Apr 15			89.78 239x288x64.7 from 89.63 224x287
1990 Apr 24			89.78 235x291x64.7 from 89.41 221x269 via 89.61 247x263
1990 May 4.0			89.79 240x288x64.7 from 89.42 227x264
1990 May 17			89.76 240x284x64.7 from 89.41 227x263
1990 May 26			89.78 242x284x64.7 from 89.41 227x263
1990 Jun 11.8			89.74 238x284x64.7 from 89.24 223x250

Heroes in space : from Gagarin to Challenger

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Kosmos 320

1970-005A

DS-MO No. 2 (Kosmos-320) was similar to the first DS-MO atmospheric drag experiment satellite, Kosmos-149.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-320



1970 Jan 16	1100	Launch by 11K63	GTsP4
	1102	Stage 2 burn
	1110?	Stage 2 sep
1970 Jan 17	1430		90.18 247 x 326 x 48.40
1970 Jan 28	0028?	Stage 2 reentered
1970 Feb 10	0307?	Reentered

Thursday, January 16, 1992

Foton 2

1989-032A

The Foton No. 3 reentry vehicle was refurbished again for the second named Foton mission.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Foton No. 5



1989 Apr 26	1700:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL LC41/1
	1704	Blok-I burn
	1708	Blok-I sep
			90.52 222 x 378 x 62.8
1989 May 8	1700		90.23 213 x 359 x 62.8
1989 May 11	0500		90.17 212 x 355 x 62.8
1989 May 11	0724?	Deorbit
	0731?	PO sep
	0742?	Entry
	0756?	Landed

Wednesday, January 15, 1992

Kosmos 1943

1988-039A

This was the first operational Tselina-2 satellite in plane 2.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1943



1988 May 15	0920:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
	0922:23	T+2:23 St 1 MECO
	0922:25	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	0922:25	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	0922:40	T+2:40 GO sep
	0926:42	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO	150? x 850? x 71.0
	0933	Sep motor cover perigee
	0935?	T+15m? Stage 2 VECO
	0935?	Stage 2 sep motor covers
	0935?	T+15m? Stage 2 sep
1988 May 16			101.93 849x852x71.0

Friday, January 10, 1992

Intelsat 203

1967-026A

The Intelsat II F-3 satellite (nicknamed Lani Bird or Atlantic 2) was stationed over the Eastern Atlantic to supplement Early Bird. From 1967 to 1969 it remained over 0-20W. In late 1969 it was stationed at 13W, remaining there as a backup until May 1971 when stationkeeping was somewhat relaxed. 2F3 remained over the Atlantic until May 1974 when it began to drift. It was switched off in May 1977.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat II F-3



1967 Mar 23	0130:12	Launch by Delta E1	CK LC17B
	0132:42	T+2:30 Thor S/N 20210 MECO
	0132	Delta S/N 20211 burn 6:13
	0138	Delta SECO	93.3 246 x 633 x 28.7
	0154?	FW-4D S/N 00005 burn 30s
		FW-4D cutoff	672.9 289 x 37830 x 26.7
	0156?	FW-4D sep
1967 Mar 25	1530?	SVM-1 S/N A-24 burn
1967 Apr 7		Communications on
1967 Apr		On station	GEO 5W
1967 May 1			1436.07 35777 x 35795 x 1.3 GEO 11.3W+0.00
1967 Jul 20			1436.14 35774 x 35801 x 1.1 GEO 3.6W
1967 Oct 27			1436.14 35774 x 35801 x 1.1 GEO 17.3W
1968 Mar 17			1436.03 35774 x 35795 x 0.5 GEO 14.7W
1968 Oct 16			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 10.4W
1969 Mar 17			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 0.5 GEO 8.2W
1969 Dec 1			1436.17 35773 x 35802 x 1.1 GEO 12.9W+0.02E
1970 Feb 9			1436.21 35772 x 35805 x 1.4 GEO 13.9W+0.03E
1970 Feb		Retired
1970 Oct 26			1436.20 35780 x 35797 x 2.0 GEO 12.5W
1971 May 25			1436.32 35780 x 35801 x 2.6 GEO 14.4W+0.06E
1972 Apr			GEO 35W
1973 Jun			GEO 14.3W+0.01 4.4
1973 Oct			GEO 14.3W+0.00 4.6
1974 Jan			GEO 18.3W+0.05
1974 May 3			GEO 26.3W+0.1
1974 Sep 20			GEO 50W+0.2, dr
1975 Jan 10			GEO 87W+0.4, dr
1975 Jun 2			GEO 143.6W+0.3 5.9
1975 Sep 11			GEO 168.8W+0.2 6.1
1975 Dec 30			GEO 180.3E
1977 Feb 24			1434.51 35670 x 35840 x 7.2 GEO 87.0W+0.4W
1977 May		Decommissioned
1977 Aug 12			1435.37 35684 x 35860 x 7.4 GEO 36.4E+0.2W
1993 Apr 28			1434.97 35634 x 35894 x 14.0 GEO 152.5W+0.2W
1998 Apr 25			1435.22 35662 x 35876 x 14.1 GEO 18.3E+0.2W

Thursday, January 9, 1992

Kosmos 1702

1985-106A

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1702



1985 Nov 13	1225	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1229	Blok I burn
	1234	Blok I MECO
1985 Nov 13			90.09 198 x 358 x 72.9
			90.19 194 x 373 x 72.9
1985 Nov 14	0130?	Orbit raise	92.25 355 x 414 x 72.9
1985 Nov 24			92.27 357 x 413 x 72.9
1985 Nov 25			92.27 357 x 413 x 72.9
1985 Nov 27
	0625?	Deorbit
	0635?	PO sep
	0650?	Entry	-75 x 401
	0705?	Landed

Monday, January 6, 1992

Kosmos 1786

1986-080A

Kosmos-1786 was a calibration satellite launched on a Zenit-2 test flight. It has been identified by Mark Wade's web site as the 17F115 Koltso calibration satellite.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1786



1986 Oct 22	0800:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
		T+2:23 St 1 MECO
		T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
		T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:40 GO sep
		T+6:42? Stage 2 MECO
	0807	Perigee
	0807?	Stage 2 VECO
	0807?	Stage 2 sep
	1200		197 x 2538 x 64.9
1986 Oct 27			191 x 2564 x 64.9
1986 Nov 5			190 x 2564 x 64.8
1986 Nov 16			188x2525x64.9
1986 Dec 22			186x2471x64.9

Kosmos 2154

1991-059A

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-2154



1991 Aug 22	1235:46	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km
	1243?	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
		T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
		T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	1338?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1991 Aug 23			969x1028x82.9

Thursday, January 2, 1992

April 25,1990

https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.36.txt

Wednesday, January 1, 1992

Kosmos 1970

1988-085A

Uragan No. 42L (238) was inserted into a slightly higher orbit than usual,according to Western sources,

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1970



1988 Sep 16	0525	Launch by Proton	KB
1988 Sep 16			87.53 143x161x64.8
1988 Sep 16			(R/B) 674.90 19093x19124x64.9
1988 Sep 19			674.61 19075x19129x64.9
1988 Sep 21			667.42 18702x19138x64.9
1988 Sep 26			674.42 19053x19141x64.9
1988 Sep 27			677.87 19141x19226x64.9
1988 Sep 30			675.68 19115x19142x64.9
1988 Oct 11		In service
1991 Sep 15		end of ops

Korabl-Sputnik 1

1960-005

The prototype Vostok spaceship, Vostok-1P (Article 1KP), was launched in May 1960. The launching was announced as the first Korabl'-Sputnik (Spaceship-Satellite), and in the West it was nicknamed Sputnik 4. Vostok-1P was intended to test the basic attitude control systems and the retrorocket, but it did not have a heat shield and it was not intended to survive reentry.

After 4 days in orbit its retrorocket fired in the wrong direction, and both the descent module (Spuskaemiy Apparat) and the service module (Priborniy Otsek) were left in an elliptical orbit together with seven fragments. The PO reentered in 1962 and the SA in 1965.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Korabl-Sputnik 1



1960 May 15	0000:05	Launch by 8K72	KB LC1
	0002	Blok BVGD sep
	0002	Fairing sep
	0005	Blok-A sep
	0005	Blok-E burn
	0011	Blok-E sep	91.17 313 x 350 x 65.0
1960 May 18	1904		91.20 303 x 363 x 65.0
1960 May 18	2352	Rev 64 retrofire, wrong orientation
1960 May 18	2355	PO sep
1960 Jun 17		(Eps 1)	94.16 291 x 664 x 65.0
1960 Jun 20		(Eps 3)	94.11 277 x 674 x 65.0
1960 Jul 2		End of transmissions?
1962 Sep 5	0950	(Eps 1) PO reentry over Wisconsin	87.82 166 x 166 x 65.0
1962 Oct 8		(Eps 3)	92.46 273 x 516 x 65.0
1965 Oct 15		SA reentry

Resurs 40

1989-038A

The first satellite to be acknowledged with the Resurs F name was 14F43 No. 45, a Resurs F-1 flight. It carried two Pion subsatellites into orbit. The flight lasted 23 days, a week longer than previous 14F43 missions.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Resurs F (14F43 No. 45)



1989 May 25	0850	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC43/3
		Blok-I sep	88.62 177 x 236 x 82.3
1989 May 26			88.59 166 x 244 x 82.3
		Orbit raise	89.78 255 x 272 x 82.3
1989 Jun 2			89.72 253 x 269 x 82.3
		Orbit trim	89.77 256 x 272 x 82.3
1989 Jun 7			89.74 253 x 270 x 82.3
		Orbit trim	89.70 259 x 270 x82.3
1989 Jun 8		Pion 1 released
1989 Jun 9		Pion 2 released
1989 Jun 12			89.72 255 x 267 x 82.3
1989 Jun 16			89.65 251 x 262 x 82.3
1989 Jun 17
	0400?	Deorbit
	0410?	PO sep
	0419?	Entry
	0435?	Landed

Tenma

1983-011A

The ASTRO B satellite, Tenma (`Pegasus') was launched on 1983 Feb 20. It carried a complement of X-ray astronomy experiments and studied bright galactic X-ray sources.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Tenma



1983 Feb 20	0510	Launch by Mu-3S-3	KASC
		T+0:08 SB burnout
		T+0:09 SB sep
		T+1:10 B1 burnout	-6195 x 99 x 31.39
		T+1:20 B1 sep
		T+1:26 B2 start
		T+2:38 B2 burnout	-5428 x 502 x 31.46
		T+2:42 Fairing sep ( 2 parts)
		T+4:00 Spinup
	0517	T+7:37 B2 sep
	0517	T+7:42 B3 start
	0518	T+8:35 B3 burnout
	0519	T+9:32 B3 sep	94.4 487 x 503 x 31.5
		Yo-yo deploy
1984 Jul		battery failed, daytime obs only
1985 Nov 22		end of ops
1988 Dec 17		reentered	167 x 168 x 31.4