TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : November 1993

Monday, November 29, 1993

Spaceflight: July 1993

https://welib.org/md5/60a7e585c9a8093476956e4c44238887

Sunday, November 28, 1993

STS-9 (Columbia)

1983-116A

Columbia's 6th flight was the first Spacelab mission. It was launched on 1983 Nov 28 into a 249 x 250 km orbit. At 1942 on Nov 28 the hatch to the Spacelab module was opened for the first time.

On Dec 8, as the RCS jets were tested in preparation for retrofire, one of the GPC computers crashed. Deorbit was delayed after another computer crashed, although it was later restarted. The deorbit burn was sucessful, but at 2345, only 2 minutes before landing, fire broke out in the APUs in the rear fuselage. Despite the close shaves, Columbia landed safely and the fires went out.

A few months after the STS-9 mission, Columbia was transferred back to California for a major refit.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

STS-9



1983 Jul 2		Begin processing
1983 Sep 23		Rollover	VAB/3
1983 Sep 28		ET mate
1983 Sep 28		Rollout	LC39A
1983 Oct 17		Rollback	VAB/3
1983 Oct 19		Demate, rollover	OPF
1983 Nov 3		Rollover	VAB/3
1983 Nov 7		ET mate
1983 Nov 8		Rollout	LC39A
1983 Nov 28	1600:00	Launch	LC39A
	1602:06	SRB sep, 49.3 km
	1608:29	MECO, 113.5 km
	1608:47	ET sep, 115.4 km	86.67 29 x 189 x 57.0 (dV)
	1610:29	OMS 1 (1:04) 33.8m/s	83 x 250
	1611:33	OMS-1 CO	87.80 81 x 249 x 57.0 (dV)
	1630	ET apogee 189 km
	1640:37	OMS 2 (1:41) 49.8m/s
	1642:19	OMS 2 CO
	1701	ET-11 reentry
	1729	PLBD open	89.49 243 x 255 x 57.0
	2031	SL-1 activation complete
	2115	RCS
1983 Nov 29	0159		89.47 242 x 253 x 57.0
1983 Nov 30	0311	To cold attitude
1983 Nov 30	1239		89.45 242 x 252 x 57.0
1983 Dec 1	0230	End of cold soak
1983 Dec 2	1646		89.37 238 x 248 x 57.0
1983 Dec 5	1443		89.27 235 x 241 x 57.0
	1825	Hot soak test
1983 Dec 6	0126	End of hot soak
1983 Dec 6	1858		89.25 233 x 240 x 57.0
1983 Dec 8		RCS tests
	0936	SL-1 deactivated
	1110	GPC-1 computer failed
	1116	GPC-2 computer failed
	1335	GPC-2 restarted
	1642	IMU-1 failed
	2252:00	OMS DO (156s) 81.4m/s
	2254:36	OMS DO CO
	2316:00	Entry
	2347:24	Landed	RW17 EAFB
	2347:38	NGTD
	2348:17	Wheels stop
	2354	APU-1 failed
	2358	APU-2 failed
1983 Dec 14	1655	SCA	Biggs AAF, TX
1983 Dec 14		SCA	Kelly AFB TX
1983 Dec 15		SCA	Eglin AFB FL
1983 Dec 15	1953	SCA arr.	KSC
1983 Dec 16		Rollover	OPF
1984 Jan 26		SCA	Kelly AFB TX
1984 Jan 27		SCA	Edwards
1984 Jan 28		Road transfer	Palmdale
1984 Jan 31		Begin OMDP

Friday, November 26, 1993

Kosmos 372

1970-083A

Kosmos-371 was a standard Tsiklon mission, transmitting signals at 149 MHz.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-371



1970 Oct 12	1357:00	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	1359?	Stage 2 burn
	1405?	Stage 2 coast
	1452?	Stage 2 burn 2
	1452?	Stage 2 sep
1970 Oct 28	0700		99.92 750 x 758 x 74.0

Beware the Baby-Sitter

https://welib.org/md5/7ff9b56605006648be7b4c9171a0a2b9

Thursday, November 18, 1993

Molniya 166

1985-103A

Molniya-1 (F72, N66) was launched on 1985 Oct 27 from Plesetsk, within a few days of the previous Molniya-1 launch from Baikonur.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Molniya-1 F72



1985 Oct 28	1724:58	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1733	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1819?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1822?	T+56:54 ML sep
1985 Oct 28			460 x 39132 x 62.8

Molniya 131

1975-079A

Molniya-1 (F36, N31) was launched on 1975 Sep 2 into the C plane. It replaced F33.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Molniya-1 F36



1975 Sep 2	1309	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1317	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1402?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1405?	T+56:54 ML sep
1975 Sep			736.7 623 x 40667 x 62.9
1975 Sep			717.8 606 x 39749 x 62.9
1986 Nov 19		Reentered

Intelsat 402

1971-006A

The first Intelsat IV, F-1, was kept in storage until 1975. F-2 was the first to be launched, and was primary Atlantic satellite from 1971 to Sep 1973 when it was replaced by F7. It remained over the Atlantic in a backup role until it was switched off in 1983.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat IV F-2



1971 Jan 26	0036:03	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:32 BECO
		T+2:35 Booster sep
		T+3:17 Insulation panels
		T+3:58 SECO, VECO
	0040	T+4:01 Atlas sep
		T+4:12 Centaur MES-1
		T+4:24 Fairing
	0046	T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1	109.83 185 x 2252 x 29.4
	0100?	T+24? Centaur MES-2
	0101?	T+25? Centaur MECO-2
	0104	T+28:47 Centaur sep	640.52 547 x 35924 x 28.2
	0700?	Apo 1
	1800?	Apo 2
1971 Jan 27	0330?	Apo 3 over 125E
1971 Jan 27	0344	AKM 3.6W/d
1971 Mar 26		Operational, AOR Primary with III F7	GEO 24.5W
1971 Apr 22			1436.34 35785 x 35797 x 0.5 GEO 34.3W+0.07E
1971 Oct 25			1436.04 35775 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 23.4W
1972		AOR Primary
1973 Sep		Replaced by IV F7
1975 Dec			GEO 19W (Morgan)
1976 Feb		AOR Backup	GEO 1W
1977 Feb 26			1435.98 35770 x 35798 x 0.02 GEO 5.1W
1977 Dec			GEO 4W (Morgan)
1978 Mar 27			1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 0.82 GEO 4.8W
1978 Sep		AOR Backup	GEO 4W
1979 Apr		Available as backup	GEO 6W
1979 Oct		mv in	GEO 4W
1979 Oct 12			1435.93 35777 x 35789 x 1.9 GEO 3.6W
1980 Mar 3			1436.02 35779 x 35790 x 2.2 GEO 3.7W
1980 May		mv out	GEO 4W
1980 May		mv in	GEO 1W
1980 May 30			1436.02 35773 x 35796 x 2.3 GEO 0.4W
1982 Aug 9		mv out	GEO 1W
1982 Aug 27			1435.97 35776 x 35792 x 4.0 GEO 0.5E
1982 Oct		Engineering tests	GEO 3E
1982 Dec 19			1436.27 35766 x 35813 x 4.3 GEO 3.83E
1983 May 10			1435.89 35752 x 35812 x 4.6 GEO 4.6E
1983 May 11		Orbit raise 300 km	35969 x 36009
1983 May 11		Decommissioned
1983 May 12			1446.26 35965 x 36005 x 4.6
1985 Nov 16			1456.88 36121 x 36261 x 6.7
1986 Dec 3			1456.90 36125 x 36259 x 7.6
1998 Aug 5			1456.96 36115 x 36272 x 15.1

Tuesday, November 16, 1993

Go for the Gold

https://welib.org/md5/563f8549fca213b51d6e88d95476c24a

Monday, November 15, 1993

Nova 3

1984-110A

Nova 3 (NNS 30500) was launched in Oct 1984. Its mass was 120 kg (or 166 kg).

Mass 173 kg (MOR). Mass at St 4 burnout 210 kg; St 4 ignition 486 kg. Conclude St 4 is mass 313 full 37 empty.

1.1m high 0.52m dia cyl bus with 4 panels and 79.2m gravity boom. Despin via magnets?

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Nova 3



1984 Oct 12	0143:34	Launch by Scout	V SLC5
		T+1:23 St 1 burnout
	0145:02	T+1:28 St 1 sep
	0145:09	T+1:35 St 2 burn	-6302 x 63 x 76.9
	0145:40	T+2:06 St 2 burnout
	0146:10	T+2:36 St 2 sep	-5831 x 166 x 86.3
	0146:14	T+2:40 Fairing sep	-5831 x 166 x 86.3
	0146:16	T+2:42 St 3 burn
	0147:04	T+3:30 St 3 burnout	-4040 x 339 x 89.1
		T+7:30 St 1 impact
	0151:35	T+8:01 St 3 sep
	0151:40	T+8:06 St 4 burn, 33s	-4040 x 335 x 89.1 (MOR)
	0152:13	T+8:39 St 4 burnout	334 x 1007 x 90.0 (MOR)
	0155?	St 4 sep
		T+11:16 St 2 impact 121.3W 24.2N
		T+19:02 St 3 impact at 123.0W 1.63S
1984 Oct 13		Activate DISCOS	323 x 1053
		Orbit raise	357 x 1064
1984 Oct 15			102.21 648 x 1076 x 89.8
1984 Oct 16			104.32 818 x 1104 x 89.8
1984 Oct 17			1023 x 1157 x 89.9
1984 Oct 19			1160 x 1200 x 90.0
1984 Nov 10	0400	Op frequency on
1993 Nov 8	0237	Retired from service

Sunday, November 14, 1993

Kosmos 453

1971-090A

Kosmos-453 was a subgroup 1 DS-P1-Yu mission launched in Oct 1971 by 11K63 from Plesetsk.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-453



1971 Oct 19	1240	Launch by 11K63	PL
	1242	Stage 2 burn
	1247?	Stage 2 sep
1971 Oct 26	0500		92.19 271 x 493 x 71.0 (RAE)
1972 Jan 1	0000		91.47 259 x 434 x 71.0 (RAE)
1972 Mar 3		End of operations
1972 Mar 19	0155?	Reentered

Interkosmos 18

1978-099A

The Magnetospheric Interkosmos (Mag-IK) satellite was launched on 1978 Oct 24 by Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk. The satellite was named Interkosmos-18 once in orbit. The lead science institute for the Interkosmos-18 project was IZMIRAN, the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism and Aeronomy of the Academcy of Sciences. Interkosmos-18 carried a set of particles and fields instruments to study the magnetosphere in the 400 to 800 km altitude range. It also ejected the Czechoslovak satellite Magion to provide comparative data. Mag-IK operated until reentry in Mar 1981.

Mass was 990 kg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Interkosmos-18



1978 Oct 24	1900	Launch by 11K65M Kosmos-3M	NIIP-53
	1902	Stage 1 sep
		Stage 2 burn
	1908?	Stage 2 MECO
	1930?	Stage 2 MECO-2
			96.4 406 x 764 x 83.0
1981 Mar 15		End of transmissions
1981 Mar 17		Reentered

Payload:

SG-R1 magnetometer
Low energy particle flux
Particle angular distances
Electric and magnetic fields
Double probe investigation of electrostatic fields
Electron and ion densities and temperatures

Monday, November 8, 1993

Intelsat 405

1972-041A

The Intelsat IV F-5 satellite was placed over the Indian Ocean in 1972. It was the IOR Primary until around 1976 when it moved to a backup role. In 1980 it moved to the Pacific, staying there until 1981 when it was retired.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat IV F-5



1972 Jun 13	2153:04	Launch by Atlas Centaur AC-29	CC LC36
		T+2:32 BECO
		T+2:35 Booster sep
		T+3:17 Insulation panels
		T+3:58 SECO, VECO
	2157	T+4:01 Atlas sep
		T+4:12 Centaur MES-1
		T+4:24 Fairing
	2203	T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1
	2218	T+25:20 Centaur MES-2
	2219	T+26:33 Centaur MECO-2
	2221	T+28:47 Centaur sep
		Payload orbit	639.94 538 x 35903 x 27.00 (Flash)
		T+31:37 Blowdown
		T+35:46 End blowdown
		Centaur orbit	653.31 549 x 36575 x 27.00 (RAE)
1972 Jun 14	0500?	Apo 1
	1500?	Apo 2
1972 Jun 15	0101	AKM Apo 3	GEO 124E dr
1972 Jul		IOR Primary	GEO 61.4E
1975		IOR Primary	GEO 61E
1975 Dec 30			GEO 60.3E (Morgan)
1977 Feb 24			1436.15 35786 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 60.13E+0.00
1978 Sep 30		IOR Backup	GEO 60.2E
1978 Oct 26			1436.04 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 60.2E+0.0
1978 Dec 21			1436.18 35780 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 57.0E+0.0
1979 Jan 31			GEO 57E
1980 Apr 21			1436.01 35778 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 57.8E+0.0
1980 May		mv out	GEO 57E
1980 May 25			1430.77 35572 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 100.5E+1.3W
1980 Jul 19			1431.17 35576 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 171.4E+1.2W
1980 Jul		mv in	GEO 179E
1980 Aug 8			1435.97 35780 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 179.3E+0.0
1980 Oct 5			1436.05 35776 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 178.8E+0.0
1981 Jun			GEO 179.2E+0.03 0.6
1981 Jun 17		mv out	GEO 179E
1981 Jun 19			1435.92 35782 x 35784 x 0.6 GEO 179.5E+0.04
1981 Jul 24			1435.80 35779 x 35781 x 0.7 GEO 178.5W+0.07
1981 Sep 29			1435.46 35773 x 35775 x 0.8 GEO 170.7W+0.15
1982 Apr 19			1434.42 35745 x 35761 x 1.3 GEO 108.0W+0.42W
1982 Jun		Drifting	GEO 87W
1982 Oct		Slow drift	GEO 39W
1982 Nov 4			1435.31 35757 x 35785 x 1.7 GEO 40.8W+0.19W
1983 Jan 14			1436.33 35758 x 35823 x 1.9 GEO 39.6W+0.06E
1983 Feb 23		mv out	1437.18 35789 x 35825 x 2.0 GEO 43.2W+0.3E
1983 May 10			1438.65 35820 x 35852 x 2.2 GEO 88.4W+0.6E

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