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.
| Molniya-1 F72 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
1975-079A
Molniya-1 (F36, N31) was launched on 1975 Sep 2 into the C plane. It replaced F33.
| Molniya-1 F36 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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.
| Intelsat IV F-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
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?
| Nova 3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
1971-090A
Kosmos-453 was a subgroup 1 DS-P1-Yu mission launched in Oct 1971 by 11K63 from Plesetsk.
| Kosmos-453 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
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.
| Interkosmos-18 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
