February 21/28,1989

https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.4.txt

https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.5.txt

Kosmos 1617

 1985-003A

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Kosmos-1617 introduced a new longer-lived type of Strela satellite.

Kosmos-1617
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jan 15	1450:59	Launch by Tsiklon-3	Plesetsk
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33 GO sep
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+6:00 S5M burn 1 96s
	1458	T+7:36 S5M MECO-1	-200? x 1300 x 82.6
	1533?	T+41:50 S5M burn 2 22s
		T+42:10 S5M low thrust
		T+42:43 S5M sep first KA
	1535?	T+44:09 S5M sep last KA
1985 Jan 15			1420x1430x82.5