Sunday, September 26, 1993

Kosmos 1946

 1988-043A


The launch of Uragan No. 39L (235) represented the Proton’s return to operational service in 1988.


Kosmos-1946 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 May 21  0845 Launch by Proton  KB 
1988 May 21    87.78 158x171x64.9 
1988 May 22  674.5 19071x19126x64.9 
1988 May 29  675.38 19109x19133x64.91 
1988 Jun 15  In service 
1991 Apr 7  end of ops 

Saturday, September 25, 1993

Luna 7

  1965-077A


E-6 No. 11 (Luna-7) was the closest yet to success. It returned to use of the 8K78 rocket. Launch was originally attempted on 1965 Sep 4 but delayed due to a malfunction on the pad during launch preparations. Launch came in the next window on Oct 4. Western reports indicated the retro burn occurred at too high an altitude, but Russian sources now reveal that the burn did not take place because of an attitude determination problem. The Military Industrial Commission threatened to cancel the program but Korolyov personally promised them that the next mission would succeed.


Luna-7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1965 Oct 4  0736:48  Launch by 8K78 Molniya  KB 
 0741  Blok-A sep 
 0741  Blok-I burn 
 0745  Blok-I MECO 
 0746  Blok-I sep 
 0835?  BOZ burn 
 0836?  Blok-L burn 
 0840?  Blok-L sep, translunar 
1965 Oct 5   TCM 
1965 Oct 7  2208:24  Impact, 9N 49W 

Wednesday, September 22, 1993

Hexagon 7

 1973-088A


Flight 7 repeated the orbital pattern of earlier missions, in a 160 x 260 km orbit.


HEXAGON 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Nov 10  2012? Launch by Titan IIID  V SLC4E 
  T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27 
  T+1:55 SRM burnout  
  T+1:55 SRM sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 2 burn 
  T+5:05? Fairing sep
 2019? T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO 
 2020? T+8:00 Stage 2 sep 
   88.9 159 x 275 x 96.9 
1973 Nov 24  2308? SRV-1 deorbit 
1973 Dec 17  2315?  SRV-2 deorbit 
1974 Jan 1  1625   88.77 160 x 266 x 96.9 
1974 Jan 7   Last mapping image (op 149) 
1974 Jan 8 2335? SRV-5 deorbit opp 
1974 Jan 9 0010? SRV-5 recovered 
1974 Jan 9   DB-9 turned off 
1974 Jan 11  0848   88.73 161 x 261 x 96.9 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Jan 13  2329? SRV-3 recovered 
1974 Jan 28  0036   88.83 162 x 270 x 96.8 
1974 Jan 30  1316   88.80 160 x 268 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 1  2001   88.83 161 x 271 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 6  0805   88.73 158 x 264 x 96.8 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Feb 7  2104   88.87 165 x 271 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 9  1134   88.68 161 x 257 x 96.9 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Feb 10  1708   88.81 162 x 268 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 11  0926   88.78 160 x 267 x 96.8 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Feb 13  1908   88.86 162 x 273 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 16  1048   88.67 157 x 259 x 96.8 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Feb 17  0007   88.83 163 x 269 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 20  2323? SRV-4 recovered 
 1029?  Orbit tweak 
1974 Feb 25  1218   88.71 158 x 263 x 96.8 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Feb 25  1813   88.88 161 x 276 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 26  1924   88.91 160 x 281 x 96.8 
1974 Feb 28    88.8 163 x 277 x 96.8 (SSR) 
1974 Mar 1  0933   88.66 158 x 257 x 96.8 
1971 Mar 2  0914   88.73 160 x 263 x 96.8 
  Orbit raise 
1974 Mar 3  1918   88.94 160 x 283 x 96.8 
1974 Mar 4  0839   88.89 160 x 278 x 96.8 
1974 Mar 4  2158   88.67 161 x 255 x 96.8 
  Orbit adjust 
1974 Mar 6  0631   88.70 160 x 260 x 96.8 
1974 Mar 8  1016   88.70 163 x 256 x 96.8 
1974 Mar 12  2032   88.58 161 x 246 x 96.8 
1974 Mar 13  0005?  Deboost over Pacific 

Maclean’s: April 5,1993

 https://welib.org/md5/7b0dbe442c35e2f46c305a645ab2355b

Booster Boycott

 https://welib.org/md5/9191da8e3ab7d799a727975940b87dd4

Spaceflight: April 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/fa7a549340c00c507a21ecb690211f71

Tuesday, September 21, 1993

Resurs 44

 1990-047A


Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 50 was the sixth named Resurs F.


Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 50 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 May 29  0720  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC43/4 
 0728  Blok-I sep  88.62 178 x 234 x 82.35 
1990 May 30    88.59 177 x 232 x 82.35 
 0500? Orbit raise  88.89 179 x 260 x 82.33 
 0930? Orbit raise  89.83 258 x 272 x 82.33 
1990 Jun 21200   89.79 258 x 270 x 82.33 
1990 Jun 9  0700 89.81 258 x 271 x 82.33 
1990 Jun 14    
 0305?  Deorbit 
 0315?  PO sep 
 0325?  Entry 
 0339?  Landed 

Monday, September 20, 1993

Kosmos 1405

 1982-088A


31 debris objects were cataloged. The largest RCS values were 88AF, 88A and 88AC (84, 34 and 15m2). All other objects with known RCS were less than 1m2.


Kosmos-1405 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Sep 4  1750 Launch by 11K69  Baikonur 
 1752 Stage 1 sep 
 1754  Stage 2 sep  
 1838? AKM burn 
1982 Sep 4    93.3 429x445x65.0

Wednesday, September 8, 1993

Meteor 206

 1980-073A


Meteor-2 (F6) was launched in Sep 1980, carrying a set of multispectral scanners. 


Meteor-2 F6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Sep 9  1100 Launch by Vostok 8A92M  PL 
 1105? Blok E burn 
 1110? Blok E sep 
   102.4 848 x 894 x 81.3 
1986 May end of ops 

Wednesday, September 1, 1993

Kosmos 1775

 1986-066A


Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite


Kosmos-1775 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1986 Sep 3  0759:59 Launch by Soyuz from Baikonur 63.54E 
 0804 Blok I burn 
 0808  Blok I MECO 
1986 Sep 3    90.38 207 x 379 x 70.4  
1986 Sep 3  2110?  Orbit raise  92.17 350 x 411 x 70.4 
1986 Sep 16    92.18 348 x 413 x 70.4 
1986 Sep 18 
  
 0450?  Deorbit 
 0500?  PO sep 
 0516? Entry  -76 x 393 x 70.4 
 0531?  Landed 

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