Intelsat 405

  1972-041A

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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.

Intelsat IV F-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
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

Gambit-3 41

 1974-007A

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KH-8 no. 41 (GAMBIT 4341) was launched on 1974 Feb 13 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg. THe mission lasted 32 days.

KH-8 41
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Feb 13	1800?	Launch by Titan 23B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1802	Titan stage 1 sep
	1805	Titan stage 2 sep
	1805	Agena burn
	1810?	Agena MECO
1974 Feb 13	2029		89.88 129 x 406 x 110.4
		Raise perigee
1974 Feb 14	1128		89.80 131 x 397 x 110.4
1974 Feb 15	0226		89.76 132 x 391 x 110.4
		Raise apogee
	2319		89.79 126 x 401 x 110.4
		Raise perigee
1974 Feb 16	2319		89.81 130 x 401 x 110.4
1974 Feb 18	0046		89.79 129 x 398 x 110.4
1974 Feb 18	2143		89.81 134 x 395 x 110.42
1974 Feb 19	2309		89.81 130 x 399 x 110.42
1974 Feb 20	0938		89.76 129 x 394 x 110.42
		Raise perigee
1974 Feb 20	2136		89.81 135 x 394 x 110.41
1974 Feb 21	0206		89.78 129 x 397 x 110.42
1974 Feb 21	2303		89.77 130 x 396 x 110.42
		Raise perigee
1974 Feb 22	2259		89.81 138 x 391 x 110.41
		Adjust orbit
1974 Feb 23	0159		89.78 126 x 400 x 110.41
1974 Feb 23	2255		89.82 135 x 396 x 110.42
		Adjust orbit
1974 Feb 24	0325		89.79 126 x 401 x 110.41
1974 Feb 24	2252		89.82 135 x 396 x 110.41
		Adjust orbit
1974 Feb 25	2149?	SRV-1 recovery opp
	2156?	Entry
	2225?	SRV-1 recovered?
1974 Feb 26	0019		89.82 127 x 403 x 110.40
1974 Feb 26	1646		89.71 127 x 392 x 110.41
		Raise apogee
1974 Feb 26	2246		89.86 126 x 408 x 110.41
1974 Feb 27	0145		89.84 126 x 407 x 110.40
1974 Feb 28	1040		89.65 127 x 386 x 110.42
		Raise perigee
1974 Mar 1	0007		89.92 145 x 395 x 110.40
1974 Mar 1	0307		89.89 144 x 393 x 110.40
		Lower perigee, raise apogee
1974 Mar 1	0907		89.83 126 x 405 x 110.39
1974 Mar 2	0005		89.83 126 x 405 x 110.41
1974 Mar 3	0002		89.82 127 x 403 x 110.42
1974 Mar 3	2358		89.82 126 x 403 x 110.40
1974 Mar 4	0128		89.79 127 x 400 x 110.40
1974 Mar 4	0428		89.79 126 x 401 x 110.39
1974 Mar 4	2355		89.81 129 x 400 x 110.40
1974 Mar 5	2351		89.83 127 x 404 x 110.39
		Raise perigee
1974 Mar 7	0118		89.81 134 x 394 x 110.39
		Lower perigee
1974 Mar 8	0244		89.70 126 x 392 x 110.39
1974 Mar 8	1910		89.60 126 x 383 x 110.40
		Raise apogee
1974 Mar 9	0109		89.93 126 x 415 x 110.42
1974 Mar 9	1908		89.82 126 x 403 x 110.39
1974 Mar 10	0237		89.80 128 x 400 x 110.38
		Raise perigee
1974 Mar 11	0234		89.82 136 x 394 x 110.39
1974 Mar 13	0227		89.78 129 x 397 x 110.39
		Adjust perigee
1974 Mar 14	0224		89.81 131 x 399 x 110.40
1974 Mar 14	2021		89.72 131 x 389 x 110.38
1974 Mar 15	0220		89.79 130 x 397 x 110.39
1974 Mar 15	2018		89.70 130 x 389 x 110.39
1974 Mar 15	2348?	SRV-2 eject after 30 photo days
1974 Mar 16	0124?	Lower perigee
1974 Mar 16	0346		89.50 116 x 383 x 110.38
1974 Mar 16	1243		89.48 114 x 382 x 110.39
1974 Mar 17	0038		89.29 114 x 364 x 110.42
1974 Mar 18	0112?	Reentered