Korabl-Sputnik 2A

   1960-F09

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Spacecraft 1K No. 1 (Vostok-1 No. 1) was launched in Jul 1960, but failed to reach orbit. The SAS escape system fired and the cabin was safely recovered near tracking station IP-1, but the dogs died due to acceleration-induced stress. It carried two dogs, Bars (`Snow Leopard'; or possibly Chayka `Seagull') and Lisichka (`Little Fox').

Varlomeyev gives the date as Jul 23. The Vostok PO was 2.5m dia, length of SA plus PO was 5.04m. Mass was 4600 kg.

Vostok-1 No. 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Jul 28	0712	Launch by 8K72	KB LC1
	0712	T+53s First stage failure
	0714	SAS fired
	0720?	SA recovered

Elektron 1/2

  1964-006A/B

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In 1964 the OKB-1 returned to Earth orbital science satellites. The 2D satellites were further developments of the third Soviet satellite, and were launched in pairs on 8K72 Vostok launch vehicles. The first satellite of each pair (2D No. 1 and 2D No. 3) was ejected while the Blok-E stage was still burning, and entered medium altitude orbits, while the second satellite (2D No. 2 and 4) were inserted in high apogee orbits. The 2D satellites were given the public name Elektron.

Starting in 1983 various objects were tracked with Elektron-1 which are probably not associated with the launch.

Elektron 1 was 350 kg, 1.5l 0.650 dia with antennae and solar panels spanning around 4.0m. E-2 was 460 kg. with 0.85m dia 1.8?m long and about 5.0m when antennae deployed. E-1 was mounted on a tube perpendicular to the Blok E axis and ejected with a solid motor of 33 kN thrust. E-2 was mounted on top of the tube

Elektron-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jan 30	0945:09	Launch by 8K72 Vostok	KB
	0947	Blok BVGD sep
	0949	Blok A sep
	0949	Blok-E burn
	0955?	Blok-E MECO
		2D No. 1 sep	394 x 7126 x 60.83
1964 Mar 27		End of ops

Payload:

• Trapped radiation detectors (IFA/Galperin)

• Ionospheric beacon (Mayak)

• Micrometeor expt

• Mass spectrometer

The 2D No. 2 (Elektron-2) satellite was inserted into a 23-hour elliptical orbit to study the magnetosphere. E-2 was 0.80 m dia, 0.85m long for cylindrical section; 2.4 l 1.8 dia overall.

Elektron-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jan 30	0945:09	Launch by 8K72 Vostok	KB
	0947	Blok BVGD sep
	0949	Blok A sep
	0949	Blok-E burn
		2D No. 1 sep	394 x 7126 x 60.83
	0955?	Blok-E MECO
	0956?	2D No. 2 sep	1356.40 441 x 67988 x 60.9

Payload:

• Radiation detectors

• Electrostatic analyser

• Magnetometers

• Solar X ray spectrometer

• Cosmic ray spectrometer

• Ion mass spectrometer

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Kosmos 1772

 1986-063A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite. The vehicle was recovered on Sep 8 with a debris object F in a high orbit. A further debris object, G, separated from F in Jan 1987 and reentered quickly.

Kosmos-1772
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Aug 21	1104:59	Launch by Soyuz from Plesetsk 40.51E
	1108	Blok I burn
	1112	Blok I MECO
1986 Aug 21			89.91 199 x 340 x 72.86
1986 Aug 22	0220?	Orbit raise	92.24 354 x 414 x 72.9
			92.27 357 x 413 x 72.9
1986 Sep 3			92.28 357 x 415 x 72.86
1986 Sep 3		63C-F (engine is D)
1986 Sep 3		F orbit:	388 x 584 x 72.9
1986 Sep 8
	0555?	Deorbit
	0605?	PO sep
	0620?	Entry	-73 x 400 x 72.86
	0635?	Landed
1987 Jan 19		63G sep from F	370 x 510

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Progress 28

 1987-023A

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Progress 7K-TG No. 137 (Progress-28) was launched on 1987 Mar 3 and docked with Mir on Mar 5. It delivered 2084 kg of cargo including the Sever earth resources camera. It also carried the final Model'-2 VLF antenna.

Progress-28
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Mar 3	1114:05	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1122	Blok-I sep
	1430		185 x 254 x 51.6
	2130		198 x 274 x 51.6
1987 Mar 5	0000		257 x 339 x 51.6
	1242:36	Docked with Mir
1987 Mar 8			344 x 367 x 51.6
1987 Mar 26	0506:48	Undocked from Mir
	0835	Antenna deployed
	1256	Antenna jettisoned
1987 Mar 28	0159	Deorbited
	0230	Reentered

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Faith 7

  1963-015A

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The MA-9 mission was flown by Major Gordon Cooper, USAF, who named the spaceship Faith Seven.

At 1629 the first deployment of a subsatellite from a piloted spaceship occurred - the subsatellite carried a 5 kg flashing light to see if the astronaut could observe it - he did not for some time, but picked it up at 1810. On the sixth orbit, a Mylar balloon was meant to be deployed, but it failed to eject.

Toward the end of the mission, the electrical power system failed. Cooper made a manual reentry and landed close to the target point.

MA-9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 May 15	1304:13	Launch by Atlas 130D
	1306:25	BECO, staging
	1309:16	SECO, orbit insertion
	1309	Atlas sep
	1629	Flashing light subsat deploy
	1700		88.79 163 x 265 x 32.5
	2205	Mylar balloon failed to deploy
	2210	Second attempt to deploy
1963 May 16	2304:06	Retrofire
	2305:06?	Retropack jettison
	2311	Entry
	2324:02	Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean
	2355	Recovered by USS Kearsage

Kosmos 1792

 1986-087A

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On Dec 31-Jan 2 the spacecraft was raised into an unusually high apogee orbit before returning to its regular orbit prior to recovery.

Kosmos-1792
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Nov 13	1059:59	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	1108	Blok-I sep
1986 Nov 13			(87B) 174x327x64.9 d Nov 19
1986 Nov 13			89.54 175 x 327 x 64.9
1986 Nov 13			89.60 173 x 335 x 64.9
1986 Nov 20			89.24 167 x 306 x 64.9
1986 Nov 21		Apogee raise	89.74 173 x 349 x 64.9
1986 Nov 29			89.27 165 x 310 x 64.9
		Orbit raise	89.60 175 x 334 x 64.9
1986 Dec 3		SpK-1 fiducial
	0517? Deorbit
	0527?	Entry
	0539?	Land
1986 Dec 6			89.27 168 x 308 x 64.9
1986 Dec 7		Perigee raise	89.37 180 x 306 x 64.9
1986 Dec 16			89.08 176 x 281 x 64.9
1986 Dec 17		Orbit raise	89.50 180 x 318 x 64.9
1986 Dec 23		SpK-2 fiducial
	0620?	Deorbit
	0630?	Entry
	0642?	Land
1986 Dec 25			89.15 176 x 288 x 64.9
1986 Dec 26		Orbit raise	89.61 187 x 323 x 64.9
1986 Dec 31			89.46 185 x 310 x 64.9
	1115	Orbit raise, perigee burn
1987 Jan 1			90.33 186 x 393 x 64.9
1987 Jan 1			90.30 186 x 391 x 64.9
1987 Jan 2			89.40 186 x 303 x 64.9
1987 Jan 4			89.34 185 x 297 x 64.9
1987 Jan 5
	1916?	Deorbit
	1932?	Entry
	1944?	Landed

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