Saturday, March 20, 1993

Kosmos 454

 1971-094A


Kosmos-454 was the 25th Zenit-4M flight, launched in Nov 1971 on a long duration 14 day mission from Plesetsk at 65.4 degrees. On the second day of the mission the spacecraft moved to a relatively high orbit and remained there until recovery on Nov 16.


Kosmos-454 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Nov 2  1425:02  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1429 Blok-I burn  
 1433 Blok-I sep  
 2136   89.13 202 x 260 x 65.48 
 2130   89.14 203 x 262 x 65.42 (RAE) 
1971 Nov 3  1824   89.12 202 x 259 x 65.4 
  Raise orbit 
1971 Nov 4  1046   90.03 199 x 352 x 65.4 
1971 Nov 4  2130   90.03 203 x 350 x 65.45 (RAE) 
1971 Nov 11  0619   90.00 203 x 345 x 65.4 
1971 Nov 14   Engine sep (94D) 
1971 Nov 14  0017   90.00 203 x 345 x 65.5 
  Orbit adjust? 
1971 Nov 16  0319   89.98 190 x 356 x 65.5 
1971 Nov 16  0615? Retrofire 
 0625? PO sep 
 0630? Entry 
 0646? Landed

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