Leave It to Christy

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DMSP 1983

 1983-113A

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The second Block 5D-2, satellite S-7 or 18541, was launched in Nov 1983 to become F-7. The primary mission ended in Oct 1987 when the OLS bearing failed.

DMSP 18541 (S-7)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Nov 18	0632	Launch by Atlas E	V SLC3W
	0634	T+2:04 Booster sep
	0634	T+2:24 Fairing sep
	0637	T+5:21 SECO
	0637	Atlas sep
	0643	Star 37S burn 43.4s
	0643	EOI (T+11.5min)
			101.4 816 x 833 x 98.7
1983 Dec 20?		OLS cover ejected
1987 Oct 17		End of ops
1989 Jun		End of transmissions

Payload:

• OLS Operational Linescan System 0.4-1.1 mu, 8-13 mu

• SSM/T Microwave temperature sounder

• SSJ/4 Precipitating electron spectrometer

• SSI/E Ionospheric plasma monitor

• SSM Magnetometer 

• SSJ* Space radiation dosimeter

• SSB Sandia atmospheric gamma ray detector

Hollywood High

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Kosmos 2087

 1990-064A

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Kosmos-2087
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Jul 25	1813:56	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1822	T+8:50 Blok-I sep	92.24 211 x 557 x 62.8
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	1913?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	1916?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1990 Jul 25			92.22 211x555x62.82
1990 Jul 28			705.23 587x39146x62.9
1992 Sep 14			717.98 620x39743x62.9

Fleetsatcom 5

 1981-073A

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FLTSATCOM F5 was launched in Aug 1981 from Cape Canaveral. The orbit was more eccentric than planned. It was positioned at 73W for tests, but its antenna failed to deploy. The satellite was not used operationally but it was stored in GEO until 1986. A failure review concluded that the spacecraft support adapter had structurally failed, causing the satellite to hit the inner skin of the Atlas Centaur nose fairing, damaging the spacecraft.

FLTSATCOM F5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 6	0816:00	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:25 Booster sep
		T+4:15 SECO
		T+4:16 Atlas sep
		T+4:23 MES-1
		T+4:30 Fairing sep
	0826	10:10 MECO-1	148 x 363
	0842	T+26:50 MES-2 1:38
	0844	T+28:28 MECO-2	630.08 172 x 35763 x 26.6
	0845	T+29:05 Centaur sep
	0846	T+30:30? Centaur venting
	1400?	Apo 1 99E
1981 Aug 7	0000?	Apo 2 60W
	1100?	Apo 3 145E
	2200?	Apo 4 15W
1981 Aug 8	0800?	Apo 5 168W
	1900?	Apo 6 28E
1981 Aug 9	0500?	Apo 7 125W
	1600?	Apo 8 75E
1981 Aug 10	0100?	Apo 9 80W
1981 Aug 10	0146?	Star 37 burn 9th apo	1558.0 35102 x 41185 x 0
1981 Aug 10			1558.18 35102 x 41185 x 6.3 82.2W+29W/d
1981 Aug 11		Despin
1981 Aug 12			GEO 73W
1981 Aug 14		Solar panels deployed
1981 Aug 14		Antenna failed to deploy
1981 Sep 1			1553.77 34949 x 41169 x 6.3
1981 Sep 3		Orbit lower	1470.73 34863 x 38060 x 6.4 GEO 46.8W+8.5W
1981 Sep 8		Orbit lower	1436.25 34776 x 36805 x 6.3 GEO 90.2W
1981 Sep 14			1436.20 34770 x 36806 x 6.4 GEO 90.3W
1981 Oct	D
1981 Oct			GEO 93W
1981 Dec			GEO 95W
1982 Mar			GEO 104W
1982 May			GEO 109W
1982 Jul			GEO 114W
1982 Jul 1			1436.38 34793 x 36790 x 5.8 GEO 112.8W+0.08W
1982 Aug		Move to 44W
1982 Aug 31			1435.90 35653 x 35912 x 5.7 GEO 44.8W+0.04E
1982 Sep		In storage	GEO 44W
1983 Dec 10			1436.01 35687 x 35882 x 5.0 GEO 44.6W+0.02E
1985 Apr 20			1435.99 35754 x 35814 x 4.4 GEO 44.6W+0.02E
1986 Jun 8			1436.26 35778 x 35801 x 4.3 GEO 44.7W+0.05W
1986 Jun 10		Raise orbit
1986 Jun 12			1450.10 35802 x 36317 x 4.3
1986 Jul 12		Raise orbit	1459.90 36231 x 36270 x 4.3
1988 Dec 1			1459.96 36209 x 36294 x 5.1

Kosmos 1978

 1988-097A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1978
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Oct 27	1131:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1135	Blok I burn
	1139	Blok I MECO
1988 Oct 27			90.12 193x367x72.9
1988 Oct 28			89.64 230x284x72.9
1988 Nov 4			89.49 225x274x72.9
1988 Nov 10
	0521?	Deorbit
	0531?	PO sep
	0538?	Entry	-179 x 244
	0553?	Landing

Progress 33

 1987-094A

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Progress No. 140 carried 2082 kg of cargo to Mir in Nov 1987.

Progress-33
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Nov 20	2347:12	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	2356	Blok-I sep
1987 Nov 21	0000		88.86 183 x 245 x 51.6
1987 Nov 21	0700		90.15 224 x 331 x 51.6
1987 Nov 22	0230		90.63 269 x 334 x 51.6
1987 Nov 23	0139:13	Docked with Mir Kvant DP2
	0700		91.22 321 x 339 x 51.6
1987 Dec 19	0815:46	Undocked
	1255	Deorbited
	1330	Reentered

Kosmos 2104

 1990-098A

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Kosmos-2104
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Nov 16	1630:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1634	Blok-I burn
	1638	Blok-I sep
1990 Nov 16			90.59 241 x 365 x 62.81
1990 Nov 21			90.55 240 x 362 x 62.81
1990 Nov 21			89.65 231 x 282 x 62.8
1990 Nov 25			89.61 230 x 279 x 62.8
1990 Nov 26			89.46 230 x 264 x 62.8
1990 Nov 27			89.10 204 x 254 x 62.8
1990 Dec 2			88.97 200 x 247 x 62.8
1990 Dec 2			89.11 203 x 256 x 62.8
1990 Dec 3			89.09 203 x 256 x 62.8
1990 Dec 4		98G-H sep
1990 Dec 5
	0515?	Deorbit
	0525?	PO sep
	0532?	Entry	-223 x 253
	0549?	Landed

STS-2 (Columbia)

 1981-111A

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Columbia's second mission, STS-2, began at 1510:00 on 1981 Nov 12. SRB separation was at 1512:13 after 2 min 10 sec. Main engine cutoff was at 1518:34. After the OMS 1 and OMS 2 burns, a problem arose: one of the fuel cells developed a fault. The mission rules required a minimum duration mission, and the planned flight was cut short from 5 days 5 hr to only 2 days. The OSTA 1 science payload was activated at 1910 UT. The next day, the RMS (Remote Manipulator System) arm was unberthed for the first time and put through a series of tests, including a special firing of the RCS jets to check the arm's steadiness during a rocket firing. The science instruments were deactivated at 1426 on Nov 14 and the pallet was switched off at 1635, quickly followed by payload bay door closing. The OMS engines were reignited for the deorbit burn, and Columbia streaked across the California sky for another successful touchdown at Edwards Air Force Base at 2123 on Nov 14.

STS-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 10		Rollover	VAB
1981 Aug 31	0844	Rollout	LC39A
1981 Nov 4		RSLS Hold
1981 Nov 12	1510:00	Launch, LC39A
	1512:10	SRB separation
	1518:34	MECO
	1518:51	ET sep	86.34 29 x 155 x 38.0 (dV)
	1520:34	OMS 1 (77 s) 43.1m/s
	1521:51	OMS 1 CO	87.73 101 x 222 x 38.0
			87.77 100 x 227 x 38.0
			126 x 222 x 38.0 (MOR)
	1533	ET apogee
	1551:42	OMS 2 (69 s) 36.9m/s	88.98 219 x 228 x 38.0
	1553:01	OMS 2 CO
	1600	ET breakup
	1725	PLBD open	89.02 222 x 229 x 38.0
	1910	OSTA activation
	1945	Fuel Cell 1 begins to malfunction
	2015	FC 1 shutdown
	2015	MDF declared?
	2255	OMS 3A (LH, 12s) 3.7m/s	89.11 227 x 233 x 38.0
	2259	OMS 3B (LH, 24s) 6.4m/s	89.33 227 x 255 x 38.0
	2343	OMS 4 (RH, 39s) 10.6m/s	89.70 254 x 264 x 38.0
1981 Nov 13	1425	RMS unberth
		RCS	254 x 263 x 38
1981 Nov 14	1702	PLBD closed (by 1705)	89.71 255 x 264 x 38.0
	2023:14	OMS DO (2:51) 95.5m/s
	2026:06	OMS DO CO	86.51 -53 x 255 x 38.0
	2050:39	Entry Interface
	2123:13	Landing	RW23 EAFB
	2123:26	Nose gear down
	2124:03	Wheels stop
1981 Nov 24	2228	SCA from EAFB	Bergstrom AFB, TX
1981 Nov 25		SCA from Bergstrom
	1819	SCA arr. KSC
1981 Nov 26		OPF/1

Payload:

• OSTA-1 OSTA-1/Pallet

• DFI Development Flight Instrumentation

  • DFI pallet

  • DFI container 1,2,3

  • IECM Induced Environment Contamination Monitor Mass spectrometer, camera/photometer, microbalance Optical effects module, Passive sample array, air sampler, dew point, humidity, plume pressure gauge

• ACIP Aerodynamic Coefficient Indentification Package

• Middeck

  • NOSL Night/Day optical survey of lightning

ATS 1

  1966-110A

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Applications Technology Satellite 1, the first ATS to be launched, was actually ATS B. Launch of Atlas SLV-3 no. 5101 from complex 12 at Cape Canaveral came at 0212 UT on 1966 Dec 7. Agena D 6151 separated from the spent Atlas stage and fired to insert the ATS B payload into a 183 x 36758 km x 31 deg transfer orbit. At 1846 UT the apogee motor fired, leaving the payload in near-geostationary orbit drifting 7 deg W/d. Within a few days, ATS I was on station at 151 deg W. By 1968 it had been moved to 149 deg W, where it would remain for 14 more years. The inclination of the orbit was increased by perturbations, reaching 10 deg by 1981. On 1982 Jan 20 the satellite was moved off station, and transferred to 164-170 deg E to serve the US Pacific Island territories. It remained within a few degrees of this position until 1985 Mar 29 and was decommissioned in Apr 1985.

ATS 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Dec 7	0212:01	Launch by Atlas Agena D
		T+2:09 BECO
		T+2:12 Booster jettison
		T+4:53 SECO
		T+5:12 VECO
	0217:16	T+5:15 Atlas sep	-4097 x 182 x 30.97
	0218:01	T+6:00 Agena 6151 MES-1
	0218:10	T+6:09 Fairing sep
	0220:42	T+8:41 Agena MECO-1	88.25 185 x 195 x 31.1
	0231:31	T+19:30 Agena MES-2
	0232:49	T+20:48 Agena MECO-2	650.4 183 x 36795 x 31.3
	0235:08	T+23:07 Agena D sep	644.4 184 x 36583 x 31.29 (TM-X-1784)
	0258	Agena D perigee?
	1846	AKM fired
	1847		1465.97 35852 x 36886 x 0.23 GEO 85.1W+7.5W/d
1966 Dec 8	1600	Reorient burn 10.5W/d
1966 Dec 9	1600	Reorient burn
1966 Dec 12	2242	Braking, 5.5 deg/d	GEO 136.5W+5.5/d
1966 Dec 16	0330	Braking	GEO 151W
1966 Dec 16	1530	Braking on station	GEO 151 W+0.09W/d
1966 Dec			151 W
1966 Dec 20	0020	Stationkeeping burn	GEO +0.01E/d
1967 Jan 10	0845		35762 x 35758 x 0.33 GEO 150.8W+0.04E/d
1967 Apr 3			1436.09 35780 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 150.2W+0.0E
1968 Dec 8			x 1.1 149.5W
1969 May 3			1436.15 35775 x 35799 x 1.5 GEO 150.0W+0.0E
1969 Jun 11			x 1.6 149.8W
1970 Jan 2			1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 2.4 GEO 149.1W+0.02E
1970 Oct 20			x 2.8 148.9W
1971 Apr			x 3.3 148.9W
1974 Sep 15			x 6.2 149.1W
1975 Jan 12			x 6.5 149.0W
1976 Dec 30			x 8.0 149.1W
1977 Mar 27			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 8.1 GEO 149.0W
1981 Jun 9			x 10.3 149.0W
1982 Jan 4			1435.97 35758 x 35809 x 10.5 GEO 148.8W
1982 Jan		Move out of GEO
1982 Jan 20			1437.13 35777 x 35836 x 10.5 GEO 156.1W+0.2E
1982 Aug			170E
1982 Sep 8		Braking	1436.37 35770 x 35813 x 10.8 GEO 169.7E+0.1E
1982 Oct			168E
1983 Jun			164E
1984 Sep			166E
1984 Nov 16			1435.84 35751 x 35811 x 11.5 GEO 169.7E+0.05W
1985 Feb			178E+0.1E/d
1985 Feb 22			GEO 179.8E
1985 Mar 29		Moved out of 179E slot
1985 Apr		Decommissioned
1985 Apr 26			1435.19 35732 x 35805 x 11.7 GEO 168.3W+0.2W
1990?		Drifting, control from Kaena Pt./Hawaii
1993 Feb 20			1435.86 35753 x 35809 x 14.3 GEO 164.7E+0.05W
1998 May 11			1434.40 35732 x 35774 x 14.3 GEO 121.8W+0.42W

Town and Country: August 1992

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Kosmos 2100

 1990-083A

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Kosmos-2100
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Sep 14	0559:07	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
	0607?	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
	0702?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1990 Oct 23			961x1014x82.9

Sunset Island

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Kosmos 1127

 1979-080A

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The first Resurs F-1 spacecraft, 17F41 No. 11, was launched on 1979 Sep 5 and announced as Kosmos-1127. It landed on Sep 18 after a 13-day flight.

Kosmos-1127
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Sep 5	1020	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC41
	1028	Sep from Blok-I	89.41 215 x 273 x 81.35
1979 Sep 6		Orbit raise	89.86 260 x 271 x 81.35
1979 Sep 14			89.78 256 x 269 x 81.35
		Orbit trim	89.92 264 x 275 x 81.34
1979 Sep 18			89.91 262 x 275 x 81.35
	0622?	Deorbit
	0632?	PO sep
	0640?	Entry	-162 x 260
	0654?	Landed

Nadezhda 1

 1989-050A

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Nadezhda was the first named satellite in the series, carrying out navigation, search and rescue missions.

Nadezhda
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Jul 4	1521:36	Launch by Kosmos 3M	PL
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	1529?	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
	1624?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1989 Oct 25			960 x 1013 x 83.0

Kosmos 2036

 1989-065A

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Kosmos-2036
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Aug 22	1259:59	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1304	Blok-I burn
	1308	Blok-I sep
1989 Aug 22			89.57 245 x 260 x 62.8
1989 Aug 23			90.06 255 x 298 x 62.8
1989 Aug 26			89.79 230 x 298 x 62.8
1989 Aug 31			89.72 228 x 292 x 62.8
1989 Sep 1			89.02 205 x 245 x 62.8
1989 Sep 4			88.92 202 x 239 x 62.8
1989 Sep 6
	0317?	Deorbit
	0327?	PO sep
	0334?	Entry	-215 x 227
	0349?	Landing

Paradise Regained

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