1976-006A
Molniya-1 F37 was launched on 1976 Jan 22 from Baikonur. It opened a new plane, the E plane.
| Molniya-1 F37 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Jan 22 | 1138 | Launch by 8K78M | KB |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 1147 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 1231? | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 1234? | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 1976 Jan | 698.4 465 x 38927 x 62.9 | ||
| 1976 May | 717.7 476 x 39879 x 63.0 | ||
1980-010A
Mission 3 was launched on 1980 Feb 7 to a 1252LTDN SSO (the `East plane' in Ted Molczan's analysis) and raised its perigee on Feb 9 to 309 km, the highest initial orbit yet. At the end of 1981 the spacecraft moved to an even higher orbit.
| KENNEN 3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Feb 7 | 2110 | Launch by Titan 23D | V |
| 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 | |||
| 2117? | T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 2118? | T+8:00 Stage 2 sep | ||
| 2208 | 91.81 224 x 500 x 97.0 | ||
| 1980 Feb 9 | 2132 | Perigee raise | |
| 1980 Feb 9 | 92.7 309 x 501 x 97.1 | ||
| 1980 May 7 | 92.63 293x512x97.0 from 91.90 290x442 | ||
| 1980 Jun 11 | 92.42 291x493x97.0 from 92.20 286x476 | ||
| 1980 Aug 25 | 91.94 297x439x97.0 from 91.74 276x440 | ||
| 1980 Sep 5 | 92.40 298x481x97.0 from 91.82 294x431 | ||
| 1980 Oct 8 | 92.58 341x457x97.0 from 92.06 292x455 | ||
| 1980 Dec 9 | 92.14 335x421x97.0 from 92.04 325x421 | ||
| 1981 Jan 15 | 91.7 321x387x97.0 from 91.75 322x395 | ||
| 1981 Feb 11 | 91.43 318x367x97.0 from 91.38 311x370 | ||
| 1981 Mar 2 | 91.48 320x370x97.0 from 91.17 307x353 | ||
| 1981 Apr 3 | 91.20 328x336x97.0 from 90.79 294x330 | ||
| 1981 Apr 20 | 91.31 312x362x97.0 from 90.77 304x314 | ||
| 1981 Apr 27 | 91.37 324x356x97.0 from 91.20 307x356 | ||
| 1981 May 26 | 91.17 326x336x97.0 from 90.89 298x335 | ||
| 1981 Jun 16 | 91.07 321x330x97.0 from 90.91 314x321 | ||
| 1981 Jul 10 | 90.84 308x320x97.0 from 90.78 305x317 | ||
| 1981 Aug 7 | 90.54 284x314x97.0 from 90.41 285x301 | ||
| 1981 Aug 18 | 90.41 279x306x97.0 from 90.33 278x298 | ||
| 1981 Aug 30 | 92.44 281x504x97.0 from 90.00 263x282 | ||
| 1981 Sep 17 | 92.39 284x497x97.0 from 92.25 277x489 | ||
| 1981 Oct 10 | 92.53 319x474x97.0 from 92.07 275x473 | ||
| 1981 Oct 20 | 92.51 326x467x97.0 from 92.43 317x466 | ||
| 1981 Nov 19 | 92.43 336x447x97.0 from 92.29 332x438 | ||
| 1981 Dec 30 | 92.61 367x434x97.0 from 92.16 326x432 | ||
| 1982 Feb 26 | 92.53 370x424x97.0 from 92.39 368x412 | ||
| 1982 May 11 | 92.48 378x410x97.0 from 92.15 354x403 | ||
| 1982 May 27 | 92.53 379x414x97.0 from 92.15 379x407 | ||
| 1982 Jun 25 | 92.25 379x410x97.0 | ||
| 1982 Oct 30 | deorbited after 992d from 91.91 347x385x97.0 | ||
1969-036A
The second CANYON was launched under tight secrecy in Apr 1969.
| CANYON 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Apr 13 | 0224? | Launch by Atlas Agena D | CC LC13 |
| BECO | |||
| Atlas sep | |||
| 0229? | Agena MES-1 | ||
| 0234? | Agena MECO-1 | 190? x 190? x 28.5 | |
| 0250? | Agena MES-2 | ||
| Agena MECO-2 | |||
| 0900? | Agena MES-3 | ||
| Agena MECO-3 | |||
| 1445.0 32670 x 39270 x 9.9 GEO W USSR? | |||
| 1969 Apr? | Agena sep | ||
