Friday, February 12, 1993

Kosmos 161

  1967-049A


Zenit-4 No. 31 was launched in May 1967 from Plesetsk and it was the second Zenit-4 flight at 65.6 degrees.


Kosmos-161 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 May 22  1400:00  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1404  Blok-I burn 
 1409  Blok-I sep  89.71 201 x 321 x 65.64 (RAE) 
1967 May 23  0743   89.73 200 x 321 x 65.6 
1967 May 29  1131   89.60 196 x 312 x 65.6 
1967 May 30  0834? Deorbit 
 0856?  Landed 

Wednesday, February 10, 1993

Kosmos 145

  1967-019A


DS-U2-M No. 2 carried a maser clock like that on the first DS-U2-M satellite (Kosmos-97). It was used to measure the gravitational redshift predicted by Einstein's general theory.


Kosmos-145
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Mar 3  0645 Launch by 11K63  GTsP4 
 0647 Stage 2 burn 
 0652? Stage 2 sep, orbit insertion 108.60 215 x 2116 x 48.4 
1967 Aug 30   End of ops 
1968 Mar 8   Reentered 

Monday, February 8, 1993

Kosmos 126

  1966-068A


Zenit-4 No. 21 was launched from Baikonur into a 51.8 degree orbit in Jul 1966, beginning a rapid series of Zenit-4 launches over the next several months. 


Kosmos-126 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Jul 28  1050 Launch by 11A57  KB 
 1054? Blok-I burn 
 1059? Blok-I sep  90.0 204 x 350 x 51.8 
1966 Jul 28  1808  90.05 207 x 346 x 51.8 
1966 Jul 29  2238   90.05 209 x 343 x 51.8 
1966 Aug 5  1803   89.97 207 x 338 x 51.8 
1966 Aug 6  0600? Retrofire 
 0601? PO sep 
 0620? Landed after 8.9d 

Sunday, February 7, 1993

GATV-3

  1966-019A


GATV 5003 comprised Agena 5003 mated with the TDA 3 payload. After the Gemini 8 mission the Agena propulsion systems were used for several orbit-changing burns.


TDA 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Mar 16  1500:03  Launch from LC14  
 1502:12  T+2:09 BECO 
 1502:14  T+2:11 58 km booster sep  -5954 x 124 x 28.8  
 1504:46  T+4:43 SECO 
 1505:07  T+5:04 VECO 
 1505:11  T+5:08 Atlas sep  -4398 x 293 x 29.0  
  -4406 x 288 x 28.85 (SR6)  
 1506:01  T+5:58 Agena SPS burn 
 1506:20  T+6:17 Agena PPS burn  -4401 x 294 x 29.0 
 1506:21  T+6:18 SPS shutdown 
 1506:29  T+6:26 Fairing 
 1509:23  T+9:20 PPS MECO, Orbit insertion  298 x 298 x 28.9  
  Rendezvous by Gemini 8 
 2315:24  Docking by Gemini 8 
 2357:14  Undocking  
   291 x 298 x 29.02 
1966 Mar 17  1423:49  PPS-1 Orbit raise  298 x 407 x 28.86 
1966 Mar 17  1944:37  PPS-2 Orbit raise 31m/s 407 x 407 x 28.88  
1966 Mar 18  0757:28  PPS-3 Plane change 488m/s  407 x 618 x 30.6  
 1242:25  PPS-4 Min impulse 29m/s 407 x 515 x 30.6 
 1620:21  PPS-5 Plane change 477 x 710 x 29.0 
 1927:54  PPS-6 HA  410 x 476 x 29.0 
 2320:10  PPS-7 HA  410 x 753 x 29.0 
1966 Mar 19  0409:01 PPS-8 HA  410 x 413 x 29.0  
 0911:49  SPS-II-1 Cal burn 21s  
1966 Mar 19  1120   407 x 411 x 28.9  
 1219:50  SPS-II-2 Inc adjust 50s  
1966 Mar 25  0300?  End of transmissions 
1966 Jul 20  2220?  Rendezvous by Gemini 10 
  EVA contact by Collins 
1966 Nov 4  1127   92.31 382 x 392 x 28.9 
1967 Jul 23    90.60 303 x 304 x 28.9 
1967 Sep 14    88.33 188 x 195 x 28.9 
1967 Sep 15  2010?  Reentered 

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