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Friday, July 31, 1992

Thursday, July 30, 1992

Saturday, July 25, 1992

Spacecraft 7K-ST 11S732 No. 13L was launched in Apr 1983 carrying a long-stay crew for Salyut-7. However, as the Soyuz T-8 separated from the final stage, the Igla rendezvous antenna failed to deploy. A manual approach was attempted but at a range of 200m entry into Earth's shadow caused an aborted approach.

Komandir Podpol. Vladimir Titov, VVS
Bortinzhener Gennadiy Strekalov, NPO Energiya
Kosmonavt-issledovatel' Aleksandr Serebrov, NPO Energiya

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Soyuz T-8



1983 Apr 20	1311	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1313	Blok-BVGD sep
	1315	Blok-A sep
	1319	Blok-I cutoff
	1319	Blok I sep
		Rendezvous radar failed to deploy
			88.51 196 x212 x 51.6
	1400		196 x 212 x 51.6
		Rev 4	89.46
	2200		226 x 278 x 51.6
1983 Apr 21	1400		228 x 276 x 51.6
		Rendezvous with Salyut-7
	1430?	Docking failed, flyby at 160m
	2300		286 x 306 x 51.6
1983 Apr 22	1000		289 x 303 x 51.6
	1113?	BO sep
	1242?	Deorbit
	1246?	DO CO
	1259?	PAO sep
	1305?	Entry
	1328:42	Landed

Intelsat 504

1982-017A

The Intelsat V F-4 satellite was the last of the initial batch of Intelsat Vs. It was stationed over the Indian Ocean in 1982, then moved to become a spare Atlantic satellite in 1983.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat V F-4



1982 Mar 5	0023	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+2:44 Centaur insulation sep
		T+3:29 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 SECO
		T+4:17 Atlas sep
		T+4:23 MES-1 5:11
	0032	T+9:34 Centaur MECO-1	89.56 149 x 357 x 28.0
	0046	T+23:42 MES-2 1:34
	0048	T+25:16 MECO-2	630.83 245 x 35752 x 23.8
		T+30:30 Intelsat separation
		T+34:40 Centaur venting	611.5 169 x 34807 x 24.1
1982 Mar 5	0600?	Apo 1
	1700?	Apo 2
1982 Mar 6	0400?	Apo 3
	1400?	Apo 4
1982 Mar 7	0100?	Apo 5
	1030?	Apo 6
1982 Mar 7	1047	Star 37F burn 62s	GEO 23E dr
1982 Mar 8	1608	Deploy antennae
1982 Mar		Fucino tests	GEO 32E
1982 Mar 23			1436.12 35734 x 35839 x 0.3 GEO 32.1E
1982 Mar 28			1436.09 35734 x 35838 x 0.3 GEO 32.0E
1982 Apr 6		mv out	1430.44 35602 x 35749 x 0.3 GEO 27.7E+1.4E
1982 May 25		mv in	1436.04 35773 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 62.9E
1982 Jun		IOR Primary	GEO 63E
1982 Nov 4			1436.01 35771 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 63.0E
1982 Nov		mv out	GEO 63E
1982 Nov 30			1444.07 35930 x 35954 x 0.0 GEO 50.0E+2.0W
1983 Jan 9		mv in	1437.01 35769 x 35839 x 0.0 GEO 26.9W
1983 Jan 12			1436.13 35771 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 27.6W
1983 Jan		AOR op. spare	GEO 27.5W
1983 Feb 16			1436.06 35763 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 27.4W
1984		AOR spare/DL
1985 May 21			1436.15 35766 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 27.5W
1985 May		Move to 34.5W
1985 May 30			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 34.6W
1985 Jun			GEO 34.5W
1986 Oct			GEO 34.5W
1987 Apr 14			1436.16 35765 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 34.6W
1989 Feb 13			1436.17 35771 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 34.7W
1992 Mar 3			1436.16 35764 x 35811 x 2.8 GEO 34.6W
1992 Apr 4			1436.17 35762 x 35813 x 2.9 GEO 34.7W
1992 Apr 18		drift	1436.27 35774 x 35806 x 2.8 GEO 35.3W+0.04W
1992 Jul 12			1436.22 35774 x 35803 x 3.0 GEO 35.9W+0.04W
1992 Sep 9			1436.50 35776 x 35812 x 3.2 GEO 39.8W
1992 Sep 21		mv in	1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 3.2 GEO 40.5W
1992 Dec 15			1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 3.4 GEO 40.4W
1992 Dec 20		mv out	1435.76 35766 x 35793 x 3.4 GEO 39.4W+0.08E
1993 Jan 28		mv in	1436.04 35771 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 31.5W
1994 Nov 29			1436.15 35771 x 35803 x 4.9 GEO 31.4W
1995 May 25			1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 5.3 GEO 31.3W
1995 May 31		mv out	1435.91 35766 x 35799 x 5.3 GEO 31.1W+0.05E
1995 Jul 2		mv in	1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 5.4 GEO 29.3W
1995 Jul		In storage	GEO 29.4W
1995 Nov 8			1436.08 35768 x 35804 x 5.6 GEO 29.4W
1995 Nov 25			1436.12 35769 x 35804 x 5.6 GEO 29.4W
1995 Nov 28		Orbit raised	1453.95 35965 x 36305 x 5.6
1995 Dec 5			1451.11 35960 x 36199 x 5.6

Tuesday, July 21, 1992

Aryabhata

1975-033A

The first ISRO satellite was Aryabhata, known as the Indian Scientific Satellite before launch. It was built by the Indian HAL aerospace company in collaboration with the Soviet KB Yuzhnoe and launched by the Soviet Union from its GTsP-4 cosmodrome at Kapustin Yar.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Aryabhata



1975 Apr 19	0730	Launch by Kosmos-3M	KY
	0732	Stage 2 burn
	0737?	Stage 2 burnout	-300? x 600? x 50.7
	0758?	Stage 2 MES-2
	0758?	Stage 2 MECO-2
	0800?	Stage 2 sep	96.4 569 x 610 x 50.7
1975 Apr 21		Orbit 42, payload power failed
1976 Sep 23?		end of ops	96.47 568 x 610 x 50.7
1981 Mar		end of transmissions?

Saturday, July 18, 1992

Molniya 165

1985-099A

Molniya-1T (F71, N65) was launched in Oct 1985 to plane H.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Molniya-1T F71



1985 Oct 23	0042:07	Launch by 8K78M	KB
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0050	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0136?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0139?	T+56:54 ML sep
1985 Oct 26			633 x 38849 x 62.9

Raduga 13

1983-088A

Raduga (Gran') No. 24 was launched in Aug 1983 to the 46E (Statsionar 9) position, where it replaced Raduga No. 16.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Raduga No. 24F14



1983 Aug 25	2002	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	2011	Stage 3 sep
			88.2 184 x 190 x 51.6
	2119?	DM burn 1	649.4 350 x 36578 x 47.4
1983 Aug 26	0235?	DM burn 2
	0239?	DM sep	1477.11 36527 x 36651 x 1.4
1983 Sep 10			1436.2 35738 x 35847 x 1.4 GEO 46.3E
1983 Sep 24			1436.18 35739 x 35836 x 1.3 GEO 45.5E
1984 Mar 29			1436.06 35778 x 35792 x 0.8 GEO 44.0E
1984 Aug 24			1435.83 35738 x 35824 x 0.5 GEO 46.0E
1985 Jan 19			1435.97 35779 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 44.6E
1986 Nov 4			1436.05 35775 x 35796 x 1.6 GEO 44.3E
1987 May 6			1436.23 35783 x 35795 x 2.1 GEO 44.9E
1987 Aug 5			1435.82 35774 x 35787 x 2.3 GEO 46.6E
1987 Aug 13		mv out	1435.79 35774 x 35786 x 2.3 GEO 47.0E+0.07E
1987 Sep 16			1435.68 35767 x 35716 x 2.1 GEO 54.4E+1.1E
1987 Oct 5			1431.73 35687 x 35714 x 2.2 GEO 69.7E+1.0E
1987 Oct 13?		Orbit raise
1987 Nov 22			1466.77 36316 x 36453 x 2.6
1989 Apr 28			1466.78 36320 x 36449 x 4.0

Aviation Week: February 10,1992

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Thursday, July 16, 1992

Kosmos 1164

1980-013A

The Blok-BL stage's gyros failed, stranding Kosmos-1164 in low orbit. Blok-L ignition observed from CTIO. Initially 13A was cataloged as being in a standard Molniya type orbit; it remained in the satellite situation report until Dec 1980. A small RCS object, 1980-13D, was cataloged in late August and assigned to the 1980-13 launch.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1164



1980 Feb 12	0053	Launch by 8K78M	PL
	0057	Blok-I burn
	0102	Blok-I cutoff, sep
	0143?	BOZ sep
	0143?	Blok-2BL burn
	0143?	Blok-2BL failed
1980 Feb 12			92.4 212x570x62.8
	0150?	Oko/Blok-2BL reentered??	-4500? x 490? x62.8
1980 Feb 12		Blok-L misfire
1980 Feb 12		? object reentered
1980 Feb 13			92.37 211 x 570 x 62.8
1980 Mar 11		end of tx
1980 Aug 26?		13D cataloged in orbit, small RCS	421 x 613 x 62.8
1980 Oct			243 x 253 x 62.8
1980 Nov 8		13D reentered

Friday, July 10, 1992

Gemini 11

1966-081A

After the M=1 rendezvous, thrusters were used to determine the total mass of the docked system (D-3 experiment). Next came docking practice. First the commander undocked to carry out the S-26 ion wake experiment, and carried out a second docking; then Gordon repeated the exercise twice more.

The umbilical EVA used a 9-meter umbilical (shorter than the GTA-10 one to make stowage easier). In the event only about 2 meters were deployed while Gordon was outside. During the EVA, Gordon retrieved the S-9 experiment, and attached the GATV tether to Gemini's nose. He unstowed the tether from its container on the TDA and looped it over Gemini's docking bar. He then attached a clamp to the bar keeping the tether in place. During this process, Gordon discovered the difficulty of anchoring an astronaut during spacewalks. He was unable to remain in place on the spacecraft and had to float freely hanging on to the Agena with one hand and attaching the tether with the other hand. Overheated and exhausted, he cut the EVA short. This experience eventually led to modern EVA practice of multiple tether attachment points and handholds.

Retrofire was 92m/s aft, 36m/s down. Splashdown was at 24 15 04 N, 70 W in the Atlantic.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

GTA-11



1966 Sep 12	1442:26	Launch
	1445:00	T+2:34 Stage 1 sep	-5943 x 122 x 29.6
	1447:38	T+5:12 mark 0.8
	1448:06	T+5:40 SECO
	1448	Orbit insertion	160 x 253 x 29.0
	1448:26	T+6:00 Stage 2 sep	161 x 229 x 28.9
	1448:26	2s sep burn
	1448:56	IVAR burn 53s (11.9, -0.3, 0.0)m/s
	1449:49	IVAR complete
	1449:56	radial burn 15s 1.7m/s down
	1450:11	T+7:45 OAMS off
	1451:09	T+8:43 Fairings jettisoned
	1454	Window pane jettison
			88.92 160 x 276 x 28.85
	1512:06	Plane change	88.92 160 x 276 x 28.85
	1532:24	TPI	90.44 279 x 307 x 28.85
	1546:07	MCC1
	1558:09	MCC2
	1600:07	TPF	90.55 285 x 302 x 28.85
	1606	At 160m
	1607	M=1 rendezvous with GATV 5006
	1610	Skeep at 15m
	1616:42	Docked with TDA (Conrad)
	1637:55	D-3 experiment; GT/Ag docked thrust
	1652	Undocked
		S-26 ion wake experiment
	1800	At 23 m from Agena
	1801:46	T+3:19:20 Docked
	1806	Undocked for S-26 experiment
	1840	Docked
	1911:14	Plane change burn (docked PPS 3s)	90.55 286 x 304 x 28.85
	2130	Undocked for night docking practice (Gordon)
	2135	Docked
1966 Sep 13	1230?	PLT on ELSS for 10 min
	1400?	PLT on ELSS
1966 Sep 13	1435	Cabin depress
	1446:34	HO
	1447	PLT standing in hatch
	1448	2 garbage bags ejected
	1448	Retrieve S-9 experiment
	1449	Egress
	1449	Attach camera
	1450?	Utility light filter jettisoned by CDR
	1452	Attach tether from TDA to Gemini
	1459?	Return to hatch
	1507	Resting standing in hatch
	1515?	EVA camera demounted
	1515?	Ingress
	1518	Hatch closed (21m)
	1518:36	Repress (33:54)
	1616	In depress
	1618:44	Depress complete
	1619:00	Hatch open, eqpt. dump
		Jettison ELSS
		Jettison umbilical stowage bag with:
		Jettison ELSS straps (2), Y connectors (2)
		Jettison 10-m umbilical
		Jettison debris cutter tool
		Jettison camera cables and mount, wrist mirror
		Jettison Apollo tank covers (2), lanyards
	1621:30?	Hatch closed
	1622:11	Repress (03:27)
1966 Sep 14	0712:46	Ullage SPS burn, 68s, total 1:50?
1966 Sep 14	0714	Raise apo 279.8 m/s (docked PPS 25s?)	101.52 289 x 1373 x 28.85
	1035:04	Lower apo burn begins, SPS ullage 70s, PPS 25s total 1:48
	1035:21	Lower apo 278 m/s (docked PPS 22s)	90.45 289 x 304 x 28.83
	1246	Begin depress
	1248:37	Depress
	1249	Hatch open
		PLT SEVA, S013 UV photos, S005 terrain photos
	1455	PLT returns to seat
	1457	Hatch closed (2:09)
	1458:30	Repress (2:09:53)
	1637:26	Undock from TDA, tether connected
		Gravity gradient test not completed
	1655	Rotation begun 38 deg/min
	1824	Burn to 55 deg/min, slack in tether
	1940:26	Gemini jettisoned tether
	2007:24	Sep burn 2.7m/s, raise height	90.47 288 x 306 x 28.82
	2119:54	Lower height 11s, 2.7m/s standoff burn (range 30 km)	90.41 283 x 303 x 28.83
		(used as D-3 cal burn), mass 3357 kg
1966 Sep 15	0809:48	Intercept burn (TPI)	90.33 274 x 300 x 28.84
	0912:52	MC1
	0917:09	Braking TPF	90.45 288 x 304 x 28.83
	0922	Rendezvous with TDA/Agena 5006 at 12m
	0934:57	Sep burn 1m/s	90.38 280 x 302 x 28.84
	1322:12	AM sep	283 x 300?
	1324:02	Retrofire 99.1m/s
	1325:27?	RM sep
	1344:13	Entry 400K	-7 x 297 x 28.8
			-13 x 289 x 28.83
	1353:54	Drogue parachute deploy 15 km
	1355:30	Pilot parachute deploy
	1355:32	R/R section sep, main parachute deploy
	1355:45	Main parachute fully deployed
	1359:34	Splashdown
	1425	Recovered by USS Guam

GATV-6

1966-080A

TDA 6, aboard Gemini Agena Target Vehicle 5006, was the target for Gemini 11 in Sep 1966.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

TDA 6



1966 Sep 12	1305:02	Launch from LC14
		T+2:11 BECO
		T+2:14 Booster sep	-5948 x 128 x 29.01
		T+4:40 SECO
		T+4:48 VECO
		T+5:01 Atlas sep	-4404 x 292 x 29.00
		T+5:54 Agena SPS burn
		T+6:13 Agena PPS burn, SPS cutoff
		T+6:23 Fairing
	1314:20	T+9:18 PPS cutoff	90.46 289 x 306 x 28.84
	1607	Rendezvous by GTA 11
	1616:42	Docked with TDA
	1652	Undocked
	1801	Docked
	1806	Undocked
	1840	Docked
	2130	Undocked
	2135	Docked
	1911:14	Plane change/cal burn (docked PPS 3s)
		(72s 33m/s per MR tab 4.3.7)
1966 Sep 14	0712:31	Raise apogee (docked PPS 25s) 280m/s 94s	289 x 1373 x 29?
	1035:21	Lower apogee (docked PPS 22s) 280m/s 91s	286 x 304
	1637:26	Undock Gemini from TDA, tether connected
		Gravity gradient test
	1940:26	Gemini jettisoned tether
1966 Sep 14			91.44 332 x 352 km x 28.84
1966 Sep 15	0932	Gemini re-rendezvous with TDA/Agena 5006
	0934:57	Gemini sep burn 1m/s
1966 Sep 15	1814:52	SPS height adjust 14.5m/s 16s
	1858:04	SPS height adjust 19.3m/s 21s
1966 Sep 16	1058:24	SPS plane change 65.8m/s 69s	332 x 351 x 28.8
1966 Sep 20	0100?	End of transmissions
1966 Nov 8			90.77 309 x 315 x 28.8
1966 Nov 11			90.72 303 x 316 x 28.8
1966 Dec 23			89.25 229 x 245 x 28.8
1966 Dec 28			88.38 194 x 194 x 28.8
1966 Dec 30		Reentered

Kosmos 1612

1984-120A

The first 17F45 Meteor-3 satellite, Meteor-3 No. 1, was launched on 1984 Nov 27. However, the S5M upper stage failed to restart at apogee to circularize the orbit, and the failed mission was announced as Kosmos-1612. Mass was 1750 kg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1612



1984 Nov 27	1422:00	Launch by Tsiklon-3 11K68	PL LC32
	1414	T+2:00 Stage 1 MECO
	1416	T+4:37 Stage 2 off, sep
	1417	T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	1419	T+7:03 S5M cutoff 1	135? x 1230? x 82.5
	1500?	T+48m? S5M burn 2, failed
	1501?	S5M sep
1984 Nov 27			98.2 135x1223x82.6
1984 Dec 6			97.3 130x1134x82.6
1984 Dec 18			95.6 130x967x82.6

Thursday, July 9, 1992

Kosmos 30

1964-023A

Zenit-4 No. 2 was launched on 1964 May 18 and named Kosmos-30 after successfully reaching a standard 65 degree orbit. It flew a 7.9 day mission, a profile identical to that of the standard Zenit-2 satellites.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-30



1964 May 18	0942	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0946	Blok I burn
	0951	Blok I MECO	206 x 366 x 64.9
1964 May 20			90.19 205 x 361 x 64.9
1964 May 21			90.22 202 x 368 x 64.9
1964 May 26	0655?	Deorbit	-160? x 290? x 64.9
	0715?	Landed

The Hunting of Salyut 7

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Saturday, July 4, 1992

Putting on Perfect Proms, Programs, and Pageants

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Friday, July 31, 1992

January 30,1989

The 21st Century In Space

Seventeen: February 1992

Reference Books Bulletin, 1989-90