1984-002A
Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite
| Kosmos-1530 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Jan 11 | 1220 | Launch by Soyuz-U | Plesetsk |
| 1224 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1228 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1984 Jan 11 | 90.1 193x367x72.9 | ||
| 1984 Jan 12 | 90.1 196x366x72.9 | ||
| 1984 Jan 19 | 92.3 358x417x72.9 | ||
| 1984 Jan 24 | 92.27 356 x 414 x 72.8 | ||
| 1984 Jan 25 | |||
| 0615? | Deorbit | ||
| 0625? | PO sep | ||
| 0644? | Entry | ||
| 0701? | Landed | ||
1977-074A
| Bion 4 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Aug 3 | 1401 | Launch by Soyuz-U | PL |
| 1403 | Blok-BVGD sep | ||
| 1405 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1410 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 90.6 219 x 396 x 62.8 | |||
| 1977 Aug 18 | 90.1 215 x 383 x 62.8 | ||
| 1977 Aug 22 | 0300? | Deorbit | |
| 0310? | PO sep | ||
| 0318? | Entry | ||
| 0334? | Landed | ||
1979-015A
The third Ekran to reach orbit was launched on 1979 Feb 21 by Proton from Baikonur. The satellite was Ekran No. 16L. The Ekran had some problems deploying its solar arrays but these appear to have been resolved by Feb 27.
| Ekran No. 16L | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Feb 21 | 0749 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 0758 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 0906? | DM burn 1 | ||
| 1422? | DM burn 2 | ||
| 1426? | DM sep | ||
| 1979 Feb | Solar array deployment problems | ||
| 1979 Mar 21 | 1436.01 35634 x 35935 x 0.3 GEO 99.4E | ||
| 1979 Jun | GEO 99.5E | ||
| 1979 Dec 15 | 1436.34 35665 x 35917 x 0.2 GEO 98.7E | ||
| 1980 Feb 16 | 1436.28 35636 x 35943 x 0.3 GEO 98.8E+0.05W | ||
| 1981 May 6 | 1436.29 35666 x 35914 x 1.3 GEO 99.0E+0.05W | ||
| 1981 May 24 | drifting | 1436.37 35668 x 35915 x 1.3 GEO 98.0W+0.08W | |
| 1982 Mar | GEO 53E dr | ||
| 1982 Sep | GEO 63E dr | ||
| 1984 Sep 23 | 1435.60 35618 x 35934 x 4.1 GEO 55.6E+0.1E | ||
| 1987 Nov 29 | 1436.53 35649 x 35941 x 7.0 GEO 95.6E-0.1W | ||
1978-112A
Navstar 4 was launched into the C plane in Dec 1978, becoming operational a month later.
| Navstar 4 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Dec 11 | 0359 | Launch by Atlas F/SVS | V SLC3 |
| T+2:04 Booster sep | |||
| T+5:21 SECO | |||
| 0405 | T+6:00? Atlas sep | -2622 x 172 (nominal) | |
| 0405 | T+6:21? SVS burn 1 42s? | ||
| 0406 | T+7:03? burnout | 36? x 172? x 63.1 | |
| T+7:04? sep | |||
| T+7:05? SVS burn 2 | 163 x 20144 | ||
| 0406 | T+7:47? burnout | ||
| 0410 | SVS-2 sep | ||
| 1978 Dec 13 | 1200? | Star 27 burn | |
| 1978 Dec | 722.4 20267 x 20316 x 63.3 | ||
| 1978 Dec | 720.1 20182 x 20288 x 63.3 | ||
| 1978 Dec | 717.9 20165 x 20199 x 63.2 | ||
| 1978 Dec 14 | Nav system on | ||
| 1979 Jan 8 | Operational | ||
| 1986 Oct 27 | end of operational nav use | ||
1979-057A
The first operational Tiros N was called NOAA A (NOAA 6 after launch). The Atlas F launch vehicle took off at 1522 on 1979 Jun 27 on azimuth 192.8 deg. NOAA 6 separated from the Atlas at 1529, and the integral Star 37S motor fired at 1532. After an orbit trim at 1534, the satellite was in an 812 x 828 km x 98.8 deg orbit at 0730 LTDN with a period of 101.3 min. NOAA 6 completed its checkout on Jul 16. In Jan 1986 it was reactivated after NOAA 8's failure.
| NOAA 6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Jun 27 | 1551:59 | Launch by Atlas | |
| T+2:01 BECO | |||
| T+2:04 BPJ Booster Package Jettison | |||
| T+2:23 NFJ Nose Fairing Jettison | |||
| T+5:21 SECO | |||
| T+5:40 VECO | |||
| 1557:43 | T+5:44 Atlas sep | ||
| 1602:19 | T+10:20 Star 37 burn | ||
| 1603:02 | T+11:03 Star 37 burnout | ||
| T+11:08 RCS start | |||
| T+11:32 RCS stop | |||
| T+14min Hydrazine blowdown? | |||
| 1622? | T+30min arrays and booms deployed | ||
| 101.3 812 x 828 x 98.8 | |||
| 1979 Jul 16 | Operational | ||
| 1983 Sep 19 | HIRS failed | ||
| 1986 Jan | Reactivated to replace NOAA 8 | ||
| 1987 Mar 31 | Decommissioned | ||
1960-011
Vostok-1 No. 2 (1K No. 2) was launched in Aug 1960 and named Korabl'-Sputnik-2 (Second Spaceship Satellite). It carried two dogs, Belka and Strelka, which became the first living beings to be recovered from orbit. when Vostok-1 No. 2 landed in the Soviet Union a day after launch.
| Korabl'-Sputnik-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 Aug 19 | 0844:06 | Launch by 8K72 | KB LC1 |
| 0849? | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0854? | Blok-E MECO | ||
| 0855? | Blok-E sep | 297 x 324 x 65.0 | |
| 1960 Aug 20 | 0732 | Retrofire | |
| 0733? | PO sep | ||
| 0739 | PO signal detected | ||
| 0744 | Entry | ||
| 0800 | Dog container ejected | ||
| 0802:00 | Landed in USSR | ||
1989-026A
The third of the SDIO Delta missions was Delta Star, again with an APL payload, this time separate from the McDonnell Douglas Delta second stage. McDonnell Douglas made the spacecraft bus. The hydrazine propulsion system was adapted from Block II GPS. The first target was its own second stage which made a deorbit burn. The reentry was reported to be at 2336 UTC over the Indian Ocean; this is not consistent with the orbit data, and must mean that the burn was at 2336 UTC over N America, but the entry was at around 0015 UTC over the Indian Ocean. The Black Star sounding rocket missions were also observed.
| Delta Star | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Mar 24 | 2150:49 | Launch by Delta 3920 | CC LC17 |
| 2154:29 | Thor MECO (T+3:40) | ||
| 2154:43 | Delta burn (T+3:54) | ||
| 2201:02 | Delta SECO (T+10:13) | 182? x 524? x 36.4? | |
| 2230? | Delta SES-2 4s | ||
| 2230? | Delta SECO-2 | 482 x 503 x 47.7 | |
| 2235? | Delta sep | ||
| 2237? | Delta deorbit burn 9s | ||
| 2310? | Delta depletion burn 4s | ||
| 2336 | T+1:45:55 Delta reentry burn | ||
| 1989 Mar 25 | 0015? | Delta reentry | |
| 1989 Mar 29 | 94.47 482 x 503 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Apr 2 | 94.57 485 x 512 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Apr 25 | 94.46 483 x 502 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Apr 26 | 94.51 488 x 502 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 3 | 94.50 488 x 501 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 4 | 94.54 491 x 502 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 7 | 94.60 496 x 504 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 9 | 94.63 497 x 505 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 24 | 94.60 488 x 511 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 25 | 94.79 497 x 519 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 May 27 | 94.76 497 x 517 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jun 2 | 94.43 471 x 511 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jun 10 | 94.40 471 x 509 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jun 16 | 94.53 477 x 515 x47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jun 21 | 94.52 476 x 514 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jun 24 | 94.47 475 x 509 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jul 8 | 94.44 474 x 508 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jul 21 | 94.51 480 x 509 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Jul 30 | 94.49 479 x 507 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Aug 16 | 94.53 483 x 508 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Aug 25 | 94.40 481 x 497 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Aug 28 | 94.86 484 x 539 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Sep 1 | 94.85 483 x 538 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Oct 15 | 94.48 483 x 503 x 47.7 | ||
| 1989 Dec | orbit lowering burns | ||
| 1989 Dec 27 | end of ops | ||
| 1992 Jun 23 | Reentered | ||
1963-029A
KH-4 Mission 9057 was launched on 1963 Jul 19 by a Thor with upper stage Agena D no. 1412 into an 83 degree orbit. It was still operating on Jul 21. This mission was the only KH-4 flight to use a 1400 series Agena instead of an 1100 series one; it was the first of four follow-on MURAL flights.
| KH-4 Mission 9057 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 Jul 19 | 0000:11 | Launch by Thor Agena D | V Pad 1 |
| 0002 | Thor MECO (T+2:25) | ||
| 0002 | Thor VECO (T+2:34) | ||
| 0002:51 | Thor sep (T+2:40) | ||
| 0003:19 | Agena burn (T+3:08) | ||
| 0007:17 | Agena cutoff (T+7:06) | 90.44 206 x 400 x 82.8 (VCR) | |
| 1963 Jul 19 | 0359 | 90.34 197 x 384 x 82.7 | |
| 1963 Jul 20 | 1700 | 90.44 194 x 387 x 82.9 (RAE) | |
| 1963 Jul 20 | 1741 | 90.34 195 x 387 x 82.9 | |
| 1963 Jul | 90.4 197 x 382 x 82.9 (SATCAT) | ||
| 1963 Jul 23 | 0155? | SRV sep, deorbit rev 64 | |
| 0237 | SRV recovered Pacific (midair) | ||
| 1963 Jul 23 | 0559 | 90.30 194 x 384 x 82.9 | |
| 1963 Jul 26 | 1900 | 90.37 189 x 367 x 82.9 (RAE) | |
| 1963 Jul 29 | Deb 29B (RCS 0.32) reentered | 89.4 201 x 281 x 82.8 (SATCAT) | |
| 1963 Aug 11 | 1430 | 88.65 178 x 215 x 82.9 (RAE) | |
| 1963 Aug | 88.0 174 x 180 x 82.9 (SATCAT) | ||
| 1963 Aug 12 | 1730 | 88.04 174 x 180 x 82.9 | |
| 1963 Aug 13 | 1900? | CORONA 67/Agena 1412 reentered | |
1982-114A
Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite
| Kosmos-1422 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 Dec 3 | 1200 | Launch by Soyuz-U | Plesetsk |
| 1204 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1208 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1982 Dec 3 | 89.38 198x289x72.8 | ||
| 1982 Dec 4 | 89.71 229x290x72.8 | ||
| 1982 Dec 12 | 89.45 220x274x72.8 | ||
| 1982 Dec 17 | |||
| 0700? | Deorbit | ||
| 0710? | PO sep | ||
| 0716? | Entry | ||
| 0733? | Landed | ||
1959-008A
The next probe, object E-2A or Luna 3, had a somewhat different design. It carried a camera and developing equipment, and was stabilized. The original E-2 design was modified when a change to the planned trajectory required a new communications design and the Yenisey-1 TV system was replaced by Yenisey-2. The system used special radiation-hardened film, and it was revealed later on that this film was actually captured from American Genetrix spy balloons. The probe was placed in an orbit around the Earth-Moon system, allowing it to photograph the far side of the lunar surface. The photographs were developed on board and transmitted back to Earth by radio. Unfortunately, the secrecy in which the probe was developed meant that astronomers were not fully included in the planning; the probe was launched at a time when the illumination of the far side was too high, and as a result there was very little contrast in the pictures. Cartographers spent several years giving names to entirely spurious features. Nevertheless, Luna-3 did return the first farside images, and enough true detail was visible to reveal that the far side had far fewer maria (dark plains) and more highland regions than the nearside. The probe was launched on Oct 4, the second anniversary of the first Sputnik, and passed the lunar farside at a distance of 6200 km at 1416 UTC on Oct 6. The imaging was done at aroud 0330 UTC on Oct 7. The craft returned to perigee on Oct 18 and continued transmitting from its elliptical orbit until Nov 15. It probably reentered in March or April 1960. As well as the photo experiment, Luna-3 also carried a micrometeoroid detector and radiation detectors.
| AMS Luna-3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Oct 4 | 0043 | Launch by 8K72 | KB |
| 0048? | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0048? | Blok-E burn | ||
| Fairing sep? | |||
| 0055? | Blok-E sep | 200? x 476500 x 65 | |
| 1000 | 108000 km over 80E 5S | ||
| 1500 | 145000 km over 8.6S 5.8E | ||
| 1959 Oct 5 | 0900 | 248000 km over 14 20S 98.0 E | |
| 1700 | 284000 km over 20.5S 21.5W | ||
| 1959 Oct 6 | 1416 | Farside flyby, 6200 km | |
| 1959 Oct 6 | 1525 | Farside flyby, 6732 km (US calculation) | |
| 1700 | 371700 km over 17.5S 22.8W | ||
| 1700 | 15000 km over lunar coords 137 -12 | ||
| 1959 Oct 7 | 0330 | Farside imaging at 65600 km distance | |
| 0410 | End of imaging | ||
| 1700 | 417000 km from Earth at RA 16:31:37 -11:36 | ||
| 1959 Oct 8 | 1700 | 448000 km | |
| 1959 Oct 9 | 1700 | 466000 km 3S 22W | |
| 1959 Oct 10 | Apogee 1 | 47490 x 480500 x 80 | |
| 1700 | 470000 km over 1.4N 22.6W | ||
| 1959 Oct 12 | 1700 | 456000 km over 22 42W 9.4N | |
| 1959 Oct 13 | 1700 | 430500 km over 22.7W 13.9N | |
| 1959 Oct 15 | 1700 | 339200 km over 22.1W 25.6N | |
| 1959 Oct 16 | 1700 | 267000 km | |
| 1959 Oct 17 | 1700 | 166500 km | |
| 1959 Oct 18 | 1650 | Perigee 1 4 km/s | 41100 x 470100 |
| 1959 Oct 21 | 1700 | 342000 km over 37W 21S | |
| 1959 Oct 26 | 1759 | Apogee 2 | 47490 x 489000 |
| 1959 Oct 27 | 1700 | 484000 km over 38 06W 6 30N | |
| 1959 Nov 15 | End of ops | ||
| 1960 Jan 21 | 1252 | Perigee 7 | 18225 x ? |
| 1960 Jan 24 | 0237 | Second lunar flyby 50545 km | |
| 1960 Mar 8 | 0510? | Entry? | |
1988-063A
The third Insat was launched in Jul 1988 on an Ariane 3. A month after launch, a power system failure crippled half of the C-band payload transponders and the two S-band transponders. The meteo imager and data relay operated until late 1989.
| Insat 1C | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Jul 21 | 2312:03 | Launch by Ariane 3 V24 | CSG ELA1 |
| T+0:07 PAP burn | |||
| T+0:40 PAP sep | |||
| T+2:23 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:26 Stage 2 burn | |||
| T+3:49 Fairing | |||
| T+4:29 St 2 MECO | |||
| T+4:34 St 2 sep | |||
| 2316 | T+4:39 Stage 3 burn | ||
| 2328:38 | T+16:35 St 3 MECO | ||
| T+17:56? spinup | |||
| 2331:15 | T+19:12 Insat sep | 638.6 282 x 36089 x 7.3 | |
| 2333:34 | T+21:31 Sylda 4400 upper section sep | ||
| 2333:39 | T+21:36 ECS sep | ||
| 1988 Jul 22 | 0500? | Apo 1 | |
| 1000? | Peri 1 | ||
| 1600? | Apo 2 | ||
| 2100? | Peri 2 | ||
| 1988 Jul 23 | 0200? | Apo 3 over 128E, LAM-1? | |
| 1988 Jul 24 | LAM burn? | ||
| 1988 Jul 29 | 1445.65 35958 x 35988 x 0.2 GEO 103.E+2.4W | ||
| 1988 Aug 6 | 1440.13 35758 x 35973 x 0.2 GEO 86E-1/d | ||
| 1988 Aug 8 | 1434.8 35707 x 35816 x0.2 GEO 93E+0.3/d | ||
| 1988 Aug | Power systems partially failed | ||
| 1988 Aug 16 | 1436.15 35763 x 35811 x 0.1 GEO 93.5E | ||
| 1988 Oct 16 | 1436.17 35764 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 93.2E | ||
