Kosmos 2047

 1989-082A

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Kosmos-2047
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Oct 3	1459:59	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1508	Blok-I sep
1989 Oct 4.4			89.43 166x326x67.1
1989 Oct 5.9			88.81 161x269x67.1
1989 Oct 8.2			89.19 175x293x67.1 from 88.59 157x252
1989 Oct 12.1			89.18 180x287x67.1 from 88.70 163x256
1989 Oct 15.1			89.52 179x322x67.1 from 88.91 173x267
1989 Oct 23	0641?	SpK-1 fiducial
	2018?	Large orbit change	89.98 156x390x67.1 from 88.29 153x226
1989 Oct 27.0			89.67 169x347x67.1 from 89.45 151x343
1989 Oct 31			89.25 164x309x67.1
1989 Nov 1			89.09 161 x 297 x 67.1
1989 Nov 2		Orbit raise	89.88 177 x 358 x 67.1
1989 Nov 6			89.80 189x339x67.1
1989 Nov 6		SpK-2 fiducial
1989 Nov 12.0			90.01 186x364x67.1 from 89.33 180x302
1989 Nov 20		reentered

Soyuz TM-5

 1988-048A

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Anatoli Solov'yov, Viktor Savinykh, and Bulgarian astronaut Alexander Alexandrov flew 7K-STM No. 55 (Soyuz TM-5) to Mir in Jun 1988.

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Crew

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• Komandir Anatoli Solov'yov, VVS

• Bortinzhener Viktor Savinykh, NPO Energiya

• Kosmonavt-issledovatel' Alexander Alexandrov, Bulgaria

Soyuz TM-5, Flight 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Jun 7	1403	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1405	Blok-BVGD sep
	1407	Blok-A sep
	1411	Blok-I cutoff
	1411	Blok-I sep
		Blok-I sep	88.62 196 x 216 x 51.6
	2100		89.57 214 x 293 x 51.6
1988 Jun 8	0015		90.74 282 x 341 x 51.6
	2130		90.78 287 x 339 x 51.6
1988 Jun 9	1700		91.58 349 x 355 x 51.6
	1557	Docked +X

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Crew

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• Komandir Vladimir Titov, VVS

• Bortinzhener Musa Manarov, NPO Energiya

Soyuz TM-5, Flight 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Jun 18	0835	Hatch closed; crew Titov, Manarov
	1011	Undocked +X
	1027	Docked -X

The third flight of TM-5 saw the return of visiting crew EP-3-2 to Earth. 30 seconds before deorbit, an IR horizon sensor alarm cancelled the burn. A 7s burn a few minutes later didn't work right and was aborted. After several more tries, the orbit was somewhat changed but still no deorbit. Automatic separation of the service module was cancelled only a minute before it would have occurred. Finally a day later a successful deorbit burn was made.

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Crew

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• Komandir Vladimir Lyakhov, VVS

• Kosmonavt-issledovatel' Capt. Abdul Ahad Mohmand, Afghan AF

Soyuz TM-5, Flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Sep 5	2030	Hatch closed; crew Lyakhov, Mohmand
	2255	Undocked -X
	2257	RUD burn
	2335	BO sep	332 x 364 x 51.6
1988 Sep 6	0123:38	Deorbit cancelled by software 30s
	0131:10	SKD Deorbit burn 7s, manual abort
			334 x 363 x 51.6
	0435:34	14s burn, from June rendezvous program
	0436:04	Burn cutoff
	0436:06	33s manual burn, auto cutoff	90.42 250 x 341 x 51.6
	0436:39	Auto cutoff
	0500	PAO sep cancelled
1988 Sep 7	0000:54	Deorbit burn
	0005?	DO CO
	0026?	PAO sep
	0030?	Entry
	0049:38	Landed

Kosmos 897

 1977-017A

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Kosmos-897 made one maneuver, raising apogee unusually high a few days before recovery.

Kosmos-897
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Mar 10	1100	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1104	Blok-I burn
	1108	Blok-I sep
1977 Mar 10			89.6 171x340x72.9
1977 Mar 11			89.58 170 x 336 x 72.9
1977 Mar 19			89.43 168 x 324 x 72.8
1977 Mar 20			90.35 168 x 415 x 72.8
1977 Mar 21			90.30 167 x 410 x 72.8
1977 Mar 23
	0534?	Deorbit
	0544?	PO sep
	0548?	Entry
	0605?	Landed

Gemini 9A

  1966-047A

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After the loss of TDA 5 during launch, the GTA-9 mission was redesigned to use the ATDA (TDA 4) satellite. The rescoped mission was designated GTA-9A.

The rendezvous sequence introduced a corrective combination maneuver which adjusted orbit height, phasing and plane all at once.

A second rendezvous with ATDA used a passive approach with an equiperiod orbit. The third rendezvous used a coelliptic method with approach from above.

On this mission the ELSS was a new model with enhanced capability.

On Jun 5 at 1502 Cernan opened the hatch, set up cameras and mirrors, and deployed the EVA handrails. Next he moved to the Adapter Module. The test of the AMU was cancelled when he became exhausted and his visor fogged. He worked at the AMU work station, and then returned to the cabin at 1648. At 1710 the hatch was closed and the cabin repressurized after a 2 hr 7 min EVA. It was decided not to jettison the AMU from the adapter as originally planned.

Splashdown was at 27 52 N, 75 00 04 W in the Atlantic.

GTA-9A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Jun 3	1339:33	Launch
	1342:04	T+2:31 BECO 64 km	-5943 x 125 x 28.6
	1342:04	Stage 1 sep
	1345:12	T+5:39 SECO Orbit insertion	158.5 x 236.7 x 28.8
	1345:30	Stage 2 sep, tailoff 31m/s
	1345:30	IVAR burn 10m/s	159 x 270 x 28.8
	1346:12	IVAR OAMS off
	1350:30	Window covers jettison
	1428:38	Phase adjust 22m/s 1:39	230 x 270 x 28.8
	1534:50	NCC Corrective combination 4.5m/s 19s
	1604:24	NSR Coelliptic, apo 2 16m/s 1:11	274 x 276 x 28.8
	1700	Tally ho ATDA
	1715:25	TPI
	1745	Braking at 2 km	294 x 298 x 28.8
	1746	At 1km, 6m/s R-dot
	1750	At 180m, 1m/s
	1753	At 35m
	1754:33	Rendezvous-1 with ATDA
		Flyaround inspection
	1840:33	Sep burn 6m/s 35s	294 x 302 x 28.8
	1924	HA burn
	1934	burn 11m/s
	1954:45	TPI Burn
	2000	At 1.5 km?
	2009	At 1 km
	2013:31	Braking
	2015	Rendezvous 2 with ATDA at 30m	296 x 296 x 28.8
	2054:31	Sep burn 1m/s 6s	289 x 296 x 28.8
1966 Jun 4	0802:52	Phase adjust 6m/s 3s	289 x 309 x 28.8
	0847:49s	Ht Adjust 5m/s 22s
	0934:00	NSR circ 4m/s 25s	307 x 309 x 28.8
	1042:01	TPI
	1059	At 5 km
	1107:30	Braking
	1115?	Rendezvous 3 with ATDA	295 x 298 x 28.8 (MSC)
	1121	Reported rendezvous 3 with ATDA
	1130	At 30m
	1206	ATDA shake test fails to free nose
	1221	At 1 m
	1224	Begin drift away
	1238:33	Sep burn 1m/s	292 x 298 x 28.8 (MSC)
1966 Jun 5	1457	Begin depress
	1459	Cabin depressurized
	1502:25	HO
	1503	PLT SEVA
	1504:00	Jettison EVA bag 1kg (left aft foot well pouch)
	1506?	Cernan egress
	1506	PLT to AM
	1507	S-12 retrieve
	1507	S-12 housing jettison
	1508	Set up handrails, movie camera
	1524	PLT to AM
	1530	PLT near cabin
	1534	AMU thermal cover jettison
	1550	PLT at AM
	1610	PLT in AMU
	1643	AMU test cancelled
	1645?	Tether discarded
	1651	PLT back near cabin
	1659	PLT ingress
	1709	HC
	1710	Repress
	1920	31s 8m/s Retro phasing burn	270 x 291 x 28.8
			267 x 290 x 28.9 (MR)
1966 Jun 6	1325:23	Adapter module sep
	1326:17	Retrofire 90 aft, 38 down
	1327:30?	Retro module sep
	1331:00?	264 km	-25? x 290? x 28.9
	1346?	122 km	-23? x 306? x 28.9
	1400:23	Splashdown
	1445?	Recovered by USS Wasp

GTDA-1

  1966-046A

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After the early failures with the Agena, TDA 4 was modified to become the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), with the addition of a simple stabilization package instead of the Agena. The ATDA could be launched by a simple Atlas SLV-3 without an upper stage. It was pressed into service when TDA 5 was lost in a launch accident, but although it made orbit successfully its nose fairing failed to separate. Gemini 9-A used it as a rendezvous target, but the intended docking was called off.

TDA 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Jun 1	1500:02	Launch from LC14
	1501:59	BECO
	1502:02	Booster sep	-6150 x 201 x 28.92
	1505:50	T+5:48 SECO
	1506:09	T+6:07 VECO
	1506:09	Orbit insertion	90.2 292 x 296 x 28.9
		T+6:17 nose fairing ft sep
	1506:25	T+6:23 Atlas sep from ATDA
1966 Jun 3	1754	GTA 9-A rendezvous
	1824	Rigidize TDA
	1840	GTA 9-A end rendezvous
	2016	GTA 9-A rendezvous
	2054	GTA 9-A end rendezvous
1966 Jun 4	1121	GTA 9-A rendezvous
	1238	GTA 9-A end rendezvous
1966 Jun 14	1115	Last comms
1966 Jul 11		Reentered

GATV-4

  1966-F07

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Agena 5004 was launched on 1966 May 17, but three minutes after launch the Atlas' engine pitched over and the stage broke up. The Agena separated and transmissions were received for a further 7 minutes; it fell in the Atlantic together with its TDA 5 payload. The booster impacted 552 km E of the Cape; the Atlas hit 200 km NE of the Cape.

TDA 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 May 17	1515:03	Launch from LC14
	1517:03	B2 engine pitchover
	1517:14	T+2:11 BECO
	1517:17	Booster sep 61 km	-5990 x 91 x 28.3
	1518	Atlas engine pitch over
	1518	Atlas breakup
	1519:37	SECO, LOX depletion
	1520:03	Horizon sensor fairing sep
	1520:04	Agena sep 116 km	-6340 x 116 x 28.1
	1521	Booster impact 28.6N 75.5W
	1522:19	At 30 km, descending
	1522:39	Agena end of transmissions
	1523?	Agena debris impact 28.9N 78.9W

Kosmos 524

 1972-080A

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Kosmos-524 (DS-P1-Yu No. 49) was the second of the Oct 1972 triplet of DS-P1-Yu calibration satellite launches.

Kosmos-524
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Oct 11	1320	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1322	Stage 2 burn
	1327?	Stage 2 sep
1972 Oct 12	1900		92.33 267 x 512 x 71.0 (RAE)
1973 Jan 1	0000		91.37 251 x 434 x 71.0 (RAE)
1973 Jan 18		end of ops
1973 Mar 25	0448?	Reentered

Anik A1

  1972-090A

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Telesat Canada contracted with Hughes to build Anik and with NASA to launch it on a Delta. The first Anik series of satellites used the Hughes HS-333 spin-stabilized platform, with an FW5 solid kick motor. Anik was operated by Telesat Canada from Telesat Satellite Control Centre, Ottawa. The Anik A-1 satellite was known to NASA as Telesat A prior to launch. Anik is Inuit for `brother'. The satellite was stationed at 114W and moved to 104W in around 1976, swapping with Anik A3. It was retired in 1982. NORAD orbital data in the 1983-1984 period, and occasionally up to 1995, are misidentified with another Anik satellite.

Anik A-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Nov 10	0114:03	Launch by Delta 1914	CK LC17B
		SRM sep
	0118:29	T+4:26 MECO
		St 1 sep
1972 Nov 10	0118:34	Stage 2 burn (T+4:31)
	0123?	Stage 2 SECO
	0136?	St 2 sep
	0137:03	Star 37E burn 44s (T+23:00)
	0137:47	Star 37E burnout
	0138	Star 37E sep	189 x 36470 x 26.9
	0220?	SES-2 experimental
		SECO-2	10389 204 x 1680 x 28.6
1972 Nov 13	2055	FW5 burn, 7th apogee	3E/d drift
1972 Nov 25		On station	GEO 114W
1975 Dec 30			GEO 110W
1977 Jan 28			1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 0.3 GEO 104.0W
1978 Mar 29			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 104.0W
1980 Aug 1			1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 104.0W
1980 Dec 17			1436.10 35770 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 104.0W
1981 Jun 3			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.7 GEO 104.0W
1982 Jul 12			1436.11 35780 x 35793 x 1.6 GEO 104.1W
1982 Jul 14		mv out	1457.0 36140 x 36256
1982 Jul 15		Decommissioned
1982 Jul 27			1456.99 36136 x 36252 x 1.6
1983 Jul 6			1457.06 36141 x 36250 x 2.4
1991 Sep 11			1457.03 36127 x 36263 x 9.6
1994 May 20			1457.11 36144 x 36249 x 11.6
1998 Aug 2			1457.08 36159 x 36233 x 13.7

Soyuz 39

 1981-029A

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7K-T No. 55 (Soyuz-39) was launched in Mar 1981 and flew an 8 day mission to Salyut-6 carrying the Soviet-Mongolian crew of Pol. Vladimir Dhzanibekov, Soviet VVS astronaut detachment, and Capt. Jugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, Mongolian People's Army.

Soyuz-39
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Mar 22	1459	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1501	Blok BVGD sep
	1503	Blok A sep
	1507	Blok I MECO
	1507	Blok I sep
1981 Mar 23			271 x 320 x 51.6
	1628	Docked with Salyut-6
	1930	Hatch open
1981 Mar 30	0615	Hatch closed
	0822	Undocked
	1051	Retrofire
	1055?	DO CO
	1117	Modules sep
	1120?	Entry
	1140:58	Landed

Kosmos 375

  1970-091A

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The second Oct 1970 test seems to have been a success. The spacecraft entered an orbit with a 1000 km apogee and after the explosion the main debris was in a 2100 km apogee orbit. Analysis of TLEs suggests the explosion happened at 0552 UTC over 4W 29N at around 580 km.

Kosmos-375
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Oct 30	0237	Launch by 11K69	KB
	0239	Stage 2 burn
	0242?	Stage 2 sep	145? x 530? x 62.9
	0330?	DU burn	530? x 565? x 62.9
	0403		100.44 565 x 993 x 62.9
	0415	DU burn 2?
	0425	Intercept orbit perigee at 565 km over 48E 54N
	0511	Intercept orbit apogee over 144W 55S
	0549?	Flyby Kosmos-373
	0552	Exploded
1970 Nov 3	0103		111.83 524 x 2097 x 62.8