Saturday, May 15, 1993
Faith 7
1963-015A
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
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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