Intelsat 302

  1968-116A

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The Intelsat III F-2 satellite was the first of the series to reach orbit, and it replaced Early Bird and Intelsat II F-3 as the prime Atlantic region (AOR) satellite. Initially tested at 35W, it was moved in 1969 to 24W. The satellite had a temperature-related problem with the despin system, and had to be turned upside down every six months to keep the sun shining on the antennas and stop the system from locking up. When the problem first surfaced in June 1969, Early Bird was brought out of retirement and some traffic was rerouted around the world via the Indian and Pacific satellites. 

Intelsat III F-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Dec 19	0032:00	Launch by Delta M	CK LC17A
		T+1:15 Castor II SRM sep
		T+3:42 MECO
		St 1 sep
	0035	T+3:44s SES 6:17
		T+4:00 Fairing
	0042	T+10:03 SECO 336 km
	0051	T+19m? St 2 sep
	0051:54	T+19:54 Star 37D burn 41s
	0052:39	T+20:39 TECO
	0053?	T+21m? Star 37D sep	642.9 261 x 36338 x 28.8
1968 Dec 19	0630?	Apo 1 at 69E
1968 Dec 19	1700?	Apo 2 at 91W
1968 Dec 20	0400?	Apo 3 at 104E
	1440?	Apo 4 at 56W
1968 Dec 20	1410?	SVM-2 burn	GEO 51W+3.25E/d
1968 Dec 21		Reverse E drift
1968 Dec 27	2319		1435.90 35773 x 35792 x 0.8 GEO 35.0W+0.04W
1969 Jan		In service AOR	GEO 24W
		Replaced I F-1 and II F-3
1969 Jun 3?			GEO 32.8W
1969 Jun 29		Temporary malfunction, replaced by Early Bird
1969 Dec 1	0000		1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 0.3 GEO 24.1W+0.0E
1970 Feb 9			1536.28 35774 x 35805 x 0.4 GEO 25.3W+0.05E
1970 Mar 9			1436.54 35781 x 35809 x 0.5 GEO 27.6W+0.12E
1970 Apr		Replaced by III F7
1970 Apr 20			GEO 30.7W+0.15W drift
1971 May 25			1436.79 35775 x 35824 x 1.5 GEO 49.2W+0.18E
1974 Feb 28			1436.3 35785 x 35795 x 4.0 (SSR)
1975 Dec 30			GEO 80W (Morgan)
		Orbit raised
1977 Jan 25			1475.14 35988 x 37106 x 6.1 GEO 116W+9.5E
1977 May		end of ops

August 30,1989

 https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.23.txt

Club Management: August 1991

 https://welib.org/md5/058ddcf331e663f4e263a42272cc0665

Kosmos 1962

 1988-068A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1962
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Aug 8	0925:00	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0929	Blok-I burn
	0933	Blok-I sep
1988 Aug 8			89.32 211x270x70.0
1988 Aug 9			89.35 209x275x70.0
1988 Aug 16			89.67 231 x 285 x 70.0
1988 Aug 21			89.57 228x279x70.0
1988 Aug 22
	0620?	Deorbit
	0629?	PO sep
	0637?	Entry	-176 x 250
	0652?	Landed

Kosmos 186

  1967-105A

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7K-OK No. 6 was launched in Oct 1967 without a crew on board. It was named Kosmos-186. The ship was maneuvered in orbit for three days, testing the redesigned systems. On Oct 30, 7K-OK No. 5 was launched as Kosmos-188, and the two craft successfully completed a docking. This was the first automatic docking and the first docking of any kind carried out by the USSR. Kosmos-186 and Kosmos-188 separated after three hours and the descent module of Kosmos-186 was recovered the following day. 

Kosmos-186
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Oct 27	0929:59	Launch by 11A511	KB
	0934	Blok-I burn
	0939	Blok-I sep	88.33 175 x 209 x 51.66
	1600?	Rev 5 TCM
	1700		88.73 204 x 219 x 51.66
1967 Oct 28	0500		88.26 178 x 199 x 51.66
	1900		88.11 173 x 189 x 51.67
1967 Oct 29	1200		88.72 171 x 251 x 51.71
1967 Oct 30	0230		88.71 178 x 243 x 51.66
	0310	Orbit trim burn for launch of s/c 5
			88.63 164 x 250 x 51.69
	0500		88.69 180 x 240 x 51.67
	0920	Docked with 7K-OK No. 5
	1250	Undocked
	2300		88.96 192 x 255 x 51.64
1967 Oct 31	0738	Deorbit rev 65
	0742	PAO, BO sep
	0750	Ballistic descent mode
	0812	Landed in Kazakhstan

Kosmos 199

  1968-003A

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Zenit-2 No. 59 was launched in Jan 1968 from Plesetsk into a 65.6 degree orbit. The Blok-I third stage entered orbit with the Zenit-2 attached, but the payload then failed to separate for the first 38 to 42 orbits, as noted in the RAE tables, because the pyro separation charges failed. This resulted in the depletion of the attitude control fuel and the flight was carried out in unstabilized mode. Reentry was attempted on Jan 24, but the trajectory was off course and the SA and PO remained in orbit with a low perigee. The APO system destroyed the SA over the Sea of Okhotsk on orbit 126. The PO continued transmitting until Jan 25. Many pieces of debris were tracked by NORAD, most of which reentered between Jan 30 and Feb 2.

Kosmos-199
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jan 16	1200:01	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1204	Blok-I burn
	1209	Blok-I cutoff
	1210?	Blok-I failed to sep
			90.2 204 x 386 x 65.7 (TASS)
1968 Jan 17	0930		90.11 202 x 362 x 65.64 (RAE)
1968 Jan 19	0400?	Blok-I separated
	0720		90.19 205 x 361 x 65.6
1968 Jan 20	0500		90.15 204 x 364 x 65.63 (RAE)
1968 Jan 24	0603		90.08 199 x 356 x 65.6
	0718		89.00 178 x 271 x 65.6
	0735?	Deorbit burn
	0750?	SA separated from PO
1968 Jan 24	0802	SA destroyed by APO
1968 Jan 30		Main debris reentry begins
1968 Jan 30	0930?	PO (03C) reentered
1968 Jan 31	1949		87.93 154 x 189 x 65.6
1968 Feb 2		Main debris reentry complete

Molniya 321

 1983-090A

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Molniya-3 (F23, N21) was launched in 1983 Aug from Plesetsk and placed in plane E. In Sep 1984, the satellite was relocated by 90 deg; it was suggested by Flight International that the satellite might have been used for an experiment in maritime communications.

Molniya-3 No. 32
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Aug 30	2249	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	2257	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	2342	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	2345	T+56:54 ML sep
			735.5 429 x 40803 x 62.7
1983 Sep			718.3 428 x 39957 x 62.9
1984 Sep		Orbit adjust

Kosmos 13

  1963-006A

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Zenit-2 No. 9 came a full 3 months after the previous flight, and also flew an 8 day mission.

Kosmos-13
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Mar 21	0830:01	Launch by 8A92	KB
	0839?	Blok E sep
			89.65 192 x 324 x 65.0 (RAE)
			89.8 205 x 337 x 65.0 (TASS)
	1850		89.69 214 x 303 x 65.2
1963 Mar 23	0814		89.71 201 x 318 x 65.0
1963 Mar 27	1645		89.66 194 x 320 x 64.9
1963 Mar 29	0615?	Deorbit burn
	0621?	PO sep
	0635?	Landed