Tuesday, February 11, 1992

Kosmos 1704

 1985-110A


Plane C


Kosmos-1704 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Nov 28  1312:41 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 
 1320?  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 
 1415?  T+1:02:50 St 2 sep 
1985 Nov 28    962x1009x82.9 

Monday, February 10, 1992

Kosmos 153

  1967-030A


Zenit-2 No. 48 was launched in Apr 1967, again to a 64.6 degree orbit from Plesetsk. The spacecraft landed 240 km SE of Kustanai. 


Kosmos-153
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Apr 4  1400 Launch by Vostok 8A92  NIIP-53 LC41/1 
 1404? Blok-E burn 
 1410? Blok-E sep 
   89.3 202 x 291 x 64.6 (TASS) 
1967 Apr 5  0607   89.27 198 x 277 x 64.6 
1967 Apr 12  0305   89.06 194 x 261 x 64.6 
1967 Apr 12  0730? Deorbit 
 0755 Landed after 7.74d 

Mars 4

  1973-047A


The first of the 1973 Mars probes was 3MS No. 52S, named Mars-4 after launch. A propellant leak in the Mars-4 propulsion system meant that plans for Mars orbit insertion had to be cancelled, and the spacecraft was reprogrammed to make flyby observations from its periapsis of 2200 km. It returned a small number of images.


Mars-4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Jul 21  1930:59  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 1933  Stage 1 sep 
 1935  Stage 2 sep 
 1940  Stage 3 MECO 
 1940  Stage 3 sep 
 1945  Blok-D MES-1 
 1947? Blok-D MECO-1 
1973 Jul 21  2107  Blok-D burn 2, solar orbit 
 2113? Blok-D MECO-2 
 2113? Blok-D sep 
1973 Jul 30   TCM 29.4m/s 
1974 Jan 31   TCM-2? 5.5m/s 
1974 Feb 10  1528Scheduled MOI  
 1534  Mars flyby, 2200 km 
 1609  Begin occultation (ERT) 
 1711  End occultation (ERT) 

Sunday, February 9, 1992

DMSP 2

  1967-010A


The second Thor Burner 2 satellite was launched on 1967 Feb 8 into a noon-midnight sun-synchronous orbit. DMSP F18 carried a video system. This was the last SAC Thor launch until 1980.


DSAP 02418 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Feb 8  0800:52 Launch by Thor Burner 2  V 4300B6 
 0803:30? Thor VECO 
 0803:34? Thor sep  -5650? x 850? x 98.8 
 0811?  Burner 2 burn 42s 
  Burner 2 sep  101.6 796 x 868 x 98.84 
1967 May 18   End of operations 

Lunar Orbiter 3

  1967-008A


Lunar Orbiter 3 was launched on 1967 Feb 5 at 0117 by Atlas Agena D from Cape Kennedy. After a 15 min Earth orbit coast, the Agena reignited at around 0140 to insert Lunar Orbiter III on a translunar trajectory. The midcourse maneuver was made on Feb 6 and the LOI-1 burn was made at 2155 on Feb 8, inserting LO-3 in a 216 x 1791 km orbit. On Feb 12 it was altered to a 55 x 1847 km x 20.9 deg orbit. The photo mission was concluded early due to problems with the readout system - and on March 4 the readout system failed entirely, with 72 of 211 frames still to be downlinked. The mission imaged several Apollo sites and spotted the Surveyor I spacecraft on the lunar surface. From Apr 17 to 21, LO-3 and LO-2 were used in tests for operating multiple spacecraft using the same frequency band. More orbit adjustments were made at 1745 on Apr 12 to shorten an eclipse, on Jun 17 to lengthen orbital life, and on Aug 30 to lower the orbit to simulate an Apollo mission reference orbit. Lunar Orbiter III was finally deorbited on 1967 Oct 9 at 1027.


Lunar Orbiter III 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Feb 5  0117:01 Launch by Atlas Agena D  CK LC13 
 0119:10T+2:09 BECO 
 0121:49T+4:48 SECO  
 0122:10T+5:09 VECO 
 0122:12T+5:11 Fairing 
 0122:15T+5:14 Atlas 5803 sep  -4091 x 182 x 29.5 
 0123:12T+6:11 Agena 6632 burn 1 
 0125:48  T+8:47 Agena MECO-1  88.2 180 x 202 x 29.5 
 0135:26  T+18:25 Agena burn 2 
 0136:55  T+19:54 Agena MECO-2  172 x 408662 x 29.8  
 0139:39 T+22:38 Agena sep 
 0150  T+33m Agena retro 
   180 x 412065 x 29.8  
1967 Feb 6  1502  TCM 5.1m/s 
 1715   40 x 404120 x 30.2 
1967 Feb 8  2154:19  LOI-1 burn 9:03 704.3m/s 
 2204  LOI  200 x 1802 x 20.93 
1967 Feb 8    213 x 1796 x (32.4) B1950 
1967 Feb 12  1813:26  LOI-2 50.7m/s 33.7s  55 x 1847 x 20.9 
  209.0 63 x 2120 x 20.93 (MOR) 
1967 Feb 15   Photo mission begins 
1967 Feb 23   Photo mission ends 
1967 Mar 4   Readout system failed 
1967 Mar 9   Begin extended mission  55 x 1845 x 21.05 
1967 May 25   Solar proton event, 40 rad 
1967 Apr 12    59 x 1841 x 21.3  
1967 Apr 12  1745  TCM 5m/s 3.5s phasing  59 x 1824 x 22.7 
1967 May    
   60 x 1824 x 21.05 
1967 Jul 17 0121:46  TCM 14.4m/s 8.9s height adj 143 x 1824 x 21.05 
1967 Aug   
   144 x 1824 x 20.9 
1967 Aug 30 
1939:19  TCM 198.3m/s 128.5s  144 x 316 x 20.9 
1967 Oct 9    102 x 358 x 21.2 
1967 Oct 9  0933:05  Deorbit 32s, 53m/s  -15.8 x 334 x 21.2  
 0933:38  Deorbit burn complete 
 1027:11  Impact at 14.32N 92.70W 

Kosmos 780

  1975-108A


Kosmos-780 carried a 20KS capsule.


Kosmos-780 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 Nov 21  0920  Launch by Soyuz-U  Baikonur 
 0924  Blok-I burn 
 0928  Blok-I sep 
1975 Nov 22    89.30 201 x 278 x 65.0 
1975 Nov 30   Capsule sep 
1975 Dec 2    89.18 199 x 268 x 65.0 
1975 Dec 3   
 0514?  Deorbit 
 0524? PO sep 
 0530? Entry 
 0545? Landed 

May 13,2026

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