Bhaskara 2

 1981-115A

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SEO-b, the Bhaskara-2 satellite, was launched on 1981 Nov 20 by Kosmos-3M from Kapustin Yar. The 435 kg ISRO/HAL built satellite was 1.19m high and 1.55m diameter.

Bhaskara 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Nov 20	0830	Launch by Kosmos-3M	KY
	0832	Stage 2 burn
	0839	Stage 2 MECO-1
	0839	Stage 2 VECO-1
	0854?	Stage 2 MES-2
	0854?	Stage 2 MECO-2
	0854?	Stage 2 VECO-2
	0855	Stage 2 sep (T+25:00)	95.20 521 x 543 x 50.6
1983 Jul		End of SAMIR operations
1984 Apr		end of ops
1991 Nov 30		Reentered

Payload:

• TV cameras (2) 0.54-0.66 micron, 0.75-0.85 micron

• SAMIR Microwave radiometers (3) 19.24, 22.235 and 31.4 GHz , 125 km res.

• Data Collection system

• Solar cell experiments

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Kosmos 842

 1976-070A

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Kosmos-842 was launched into an orbit similar to the Parus navigation satellites, but did not transmit navigation telemetry. In the post-Soviet era it was confirmed to be a Sfera geodetic payload.

Kosmos-842
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jul 21	1020	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	1022	Stage 2 burn
	1028?	Stage 2 MECO
	1123?	Stage 2 restart
	1123?	Stage 2 sep
1976 Jul 21			105.0 972x1011x83.0

Molniya 206

  1973-045A

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Molniya-2 F6 was launched on 1973 Jul 11 from Plesetsk. It entered the A plane.

Molniya-2 F6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Jul 11	0958:00	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
	1006	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1051	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1054	T+56:54 ML sep
1973 Jul 20	0648		705.13 474 x 39254 x 65.4
1973 Jul 23	1704		705.12 432 x 39295 x 65.4
1973 Jul 27	0319		705.04 440 x 39283 x 65.4
1973 Aug 7	1347		717.87 443 x 39915 x 65.5
1973 Oct 31	0739		717.83 427 x 39930 x 65.7
1974 Nov 11	1451		717.86 340 x 40018 x 66.0
1975 Feb 12		End of ops
1976 Aug 18	0226		717.78 649 x 39705 x 65.5
1977 Oct 28	0553		717.72 450 x 39901 x 65.0
1978 Jun 28	1845		468.28 107 x 27087 x 64.9
1978 Jul 7?		Reentered

Kosmos 779

  1975-104A

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Kosmos-779
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Nov 4	1520	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1524	Blok-I burn
	1528	Blok-I sep
1975 Nov 4			89.54 170 x 332 x 62.9
1975 Nov 6			89.71 179 x 340 x 62.8
1975 Nov 8			89.68 178 x 338 x 62.8
1975 Nov 9		Lower orbit	89.26 173 x 302 x 62.8
1975 Nov 14			88.96 169 x 276 x 62.8
1975 Nov 15		Raise apogee	89.10 168 x 291 x 62.8
1975 Nov 16		Engine sep
1975 Nov 17			89.03 168 x 284 x 62.8
1975 Nov 18
	0624?	Deorbit
	0630?	PO sep
	0635?	Entry
	0655?	Landed

Explorer 7

  1959-009

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The S-001A satellite was developed by ABMA and JPL, and transferred to NASA when the agency was formed. It was launched on 1959 Oct 13 at 1530 by a Juno II (Round AM-16A/19A with JPL Cluster 13) from Cape Canaveral into a 101 min, 556 x 1088 km x 50 deg orbit. S-1A, renamed Explorer VII, transmitted until 1961 Feb 17. 

The AM-19A launch vehicle was damaged on 1959 Sep 16 when Jupiter AM-23 was destroyed after launch from a nearby pad, but repairs took only two weeks. The Assembly 3 and 4 stages were upgraded structurally to support the heavier payload.

S-1A was a double cone with a short equatorial cylinder. The Van Allen cosmic ray detector was mounted at the top, with the X-ray and Lyman alpha detectors on the upper cone and the heavy nuclei chamber along the central axis. The micrometeorite and heat balance experiments were on the outside of the cylinder. Four 3.6m antennae were deployed around the satellite's ‘equator’.

Explorer 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1959 Oct 13	1530:04	Launch by Juno II	CC
		Ascent on azimuth 44.0 deg
		T+2:58 MECO
		T+3:05 Jupiter sep
		T+3:34 Fairing sep
	1539:07	Assembly 2 ignition (T+9:02) at 557 km
	1539:07	Cover assembly sep
		T+9:11 Assembly 3 burn
		T+9:20 Assembly 4 burn	-2132? x 561 x 50.3
	1539:33	T+9:29 Payload sep
	1540?	Antenna extension 20MHz
1959 Oct 17			101.40 560 x 1089 x 50.27
1961 Feb 17		End of ops

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Kosmos 1843

 1987-039A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1843
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 May 5	0915	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0919	Blok-I burn
	0923	Blok-I sep
1987 May 5			(39B) 206x278x70.4
1987 May 5			89.43 205 x 287 x 70.4
1987 May 5	2340?	Orbit raise	92.18 347 x 415 x 70.4
1987 May 16			92.18 347 x 415 x 70.4
1987 May 18		91.75 342 x 415 x 70.4
1987 May 19
	0550?	Deorbit
	0605?	PO sep
	0622?	Entry	-77 x 395 x 70.37
	0637?	Landed

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Explorer 45

 1971-096A

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The SSS-A (SSS 1, Small Scientific Satellite 1) payload was a lightweight magnetospheric studies satellite, only 52 kg in mass and 0.69m long, 0.74m diameter, with two 0.8m and one 0.6m booms, as well as two 2.7m electric field booms. The project was managed by NASA Langley and the satellite was built by NASA-GSFC.

Launch was at 0552 by Scout B from the San Marco Platform in the Indian Ocean. It was delivered to a 466.9 min, 233 x 26895 km x 3.6 deg orbit.

SSS 1 operated until 1974 Sep 30, and reportedly reentered on 1992 Jan 10. However, the archival orbital data shows it close to reentry in March 1987.

Data associated with object 5598 issued in Dec 1991 showing it in a 200 x 1200 km orbit are no longer in the archive. This latter data seems likely to be an error and I conclude reentry was in 1987 Mar. The final stage is recorded as entering on 1987 Mar 3, but probably this was the payload. The fourth stage was in rapid decay in May 1979 and probably reentered in 1979 Jun-Jul.

Objects associated with Ex 45
	Date	Orbit
5598 (96A)
	1987 Mar	129 x 572 x 3.7
5973 (96B)	1972 Mar	270 x 26381 x 3.3
	1979 May 27	169 x 9232 x 3.5
5598 (UNK1)	1989 Oct	241 x 18489 x 3.7
5598 (UNK2)	1991 Dec	209 x 1281 x 3.7

An object was cataloged in 1989 Oct in a 241 x 18489 km x 3.7 deg orbit, which reentered in Jun 1992; by late 1991 it had a 5545 km apogee. These elements are also not in the public archive. The object may have been a despin weight from Explorer 45; Longanecker and Hoffman (1973, JGR 78, 4711) give a mass breakdown which includes 0.2 kg for despin weights and cables.

Explorer 45
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Nov 15	0552:00	Launch by Scout B S163CR	SM
		T+1m St 1 burnout
		T+1:20 St 2 burn
		T+2:40 Fairing sep, 104 km
		T+2:41 Stage 3 burn
		T+3:17? Stage 3 burnout
	0559:16	T+7:16 St 4 burn
	0559:46?	T+7:46? St 4 burnout	466.9 233 x 26895 x 3.6
		T+7:51 Injection
	0604?	Despin
	0605?	St 4 sep
1974 Sep 30		End of ops
1979 Jun?		Stage 4 reentered
1987 Mar 3		reentered
1989 Oct 30		71-96C cataloged
1991 Dec 25		71-96A	206 x 1203 x 3.7
1991 Dec 25		71-96C	244 x 5545 x 3.7
1992 Jan 10		reported reentry date
1992 Jun 26		1971-96C reentered

Payload:

• Aerodynamic heating expts

• Radiation damage

• Data recovery test

• Fluxgate magnetometer

• Search coil magnetometer

• Proton,alpha detector 25-872 keV p

• AC E field detector

• e/p analyser 0.8-25keV

• DC E field detector

• Electron solid state detector 35-400 keV

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Inez Metella, a woman of fashion…………Heather Mallone

Michael, 27th Baron of Gondremarck………..Bill Chase

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Harry Terrecaise, a rich American………Cole McAvity

Alfonse, his valet…………..Randy Mason

Gabrielle, head servant………Tessa Campanelli 

Prospér, servant………Jordan Brentwood

Urbain, servant………Theo Collins

Alfred, head waiter at the Hôtel Gallia………Nick Morrow

Caroline, waitress……………Amy Holmes

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OGO 2

  1965-081A

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 The first POGO (Polar Orbiting Geophysical Observatory) was launched by Thrust Augmented Thor Agena D from Vandenberg on 1965 Oct 14. The orbit was 104.4 min, 415 x 1517 km x 87.4 deg. This orbit was significantly higher than the planned 97.33 min, 333 x 932 km x 86.0 deg one beacuse of a radio guidance failure. Attitude control was again lost early in the mission, on Oct 23, and the satellite was declared a failure. Nevertheless it sent back data until 1967 Nov 1 when it was shut down. It was reactivated for two weeks in 1968 Feb, then put on standby until 1971 Nov 1. The satellite reentered on 1981 Sep 17.

OGO 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Oct 14	1311:55	Launch by TAT Agena D	V 75-1 Pad 1
	1313:00	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	1314:25	Thor MECO, LOX depletion (T+2:30)
	1314:34	Thor VECO (T+2:39)
	1314:42	Thor sep (T+2:47)
	1316:04	Agena 6801 burn (T+4:09)
	1320:05	Agena MECO (T+8:10)
	1320:17	Pitch sensor operation
		Agena sep
			104.00 411 x 1454 x 87.35 (VCR)
	1700		104.41 415 x 1517 x 87.43 (RAE)
1965 Oct 23		Attitude control lost
1967 Nov 1		Deactivated
1968 Feb		Reactivated
1968 Jun		Standby mode
1970 Sep 1	0000		102.36 409 x 1333 x 87.3 (RAE)
1971 Nov 1		Deactivated
1981 Sep 17		Reentered

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Kosmos 1923

 1988-015A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1923
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Mar 10	1030	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1034	Blok-I burn
	1038	Blok-I sep
1988 Mar 10			89.48 194x305x72.8
1988 Mar 11			89.65 227x288x72.8
1988 Mar 14			90.28 227x349x72.9
1988 Mar 17			90.26 226 x 347 x 72.9
1988 Mar 20			89.35 221 x 263 x 72.9
1988 Mar 22
	0532?	Deorbit
	0542?	PO sep
	0550?	Entry
	0607?	Landed

Venera 2A

  1962-040A

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2MV-1 No. 1 was the first of a new generation of planetary probes developed by OKB-1. The 8K78 rocket was modified with an improved 8D727K engine in the Blok A stage and a longer fairing. The Blok-L stage failed to work correctly, stranding the satellite in orbit. One of the four BOZ ullage motors failed to ignite, causing the vehicle to tumble. The Blok-L S1.5400A1 engine shut down after 45s of a planned 240s burn. The spacecraft would have carried out a Venus landing if successful.

2MV-1 No. 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Aug 25	0218:45	Launch by 8K78	KB
	0223	Blok-A sep
	0227	Blok-I sep	173 x 252 x 64.88
	0319:35	BOZ burn
	0319	BOZ motors failed
	0319	Blok-L burn
	0319	Tumbling
	0319	Blok-L cutoff at 45s
1962 Aug 28		Reentered

Payload:

• 2MV-1 Venus landing capsule

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Kosmos 1833

 1987-027A

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Kosmos-1833 was EPN No. 03.694, a Tselina-2 test launch.

Kosmos-1833
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Mar 18	0830:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
	0832:23	T+2:23 St 1 MECO
	0832:25	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	0832:25	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	0832:40	T+2:40 GO sep
	0836:42	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO	150? x 850? x 71.0
	0845?	T+15m? Stage 2 VECO
	0845?	Stage 2 sep motor covers
	0845?	T+15m? Stage 2 sep
1987 Mar 18			(27B) 101.78 839x847x71.0
1987 Mar 18			101.92 848x851x71.0
1987 Mar 23			849x853x71.01
1987 Mar 29		end of ops

Arabsat 1B

 1985-048C

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The second Arabsat was launched on mission 51-G. The satellite was leased to ISRO in 1989.

Arabsat 1B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jun 18	1356:56	Arabsat deploy from OV-103
	1442	PAM-D burn
	1443	PAM-D burnout
	1445	PAM-D sep
1985 Jun 18			628.69 382 x 35481 x 26.7
1985 Jun 19			628.85 383 x 35488 x 26.7
1985 Jun 19		LAM-1?
1985 Jun 21	1100?	LAM-2
1985 Jun 22			1424.20 35268 x 35838 x 0.1 GEO 16.2E+3.0E
1985 Jun 25		mv in
1985 Jun 26			1436.25 35779 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 26.0E+0.05W
1985 Jul 9			1436.04 35720 x 35850 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E
1986 Dec 1			1436.04 35549 x 36021 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E
1989 Jan 25			1436.07 35768 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E
1989 Aug 29			1436.02 35675 x 35894 x 0.1 GEO 26.2E
1989 Oct 1		ISRO lease
1990 Apr 23			1436.07 35736 x 35835 x 0.1 GEO 25.8E
1990 Aug 25			1436.03 35734 x 35835 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E
1991 May 31			1436.02 35748 x 35821 x 0.1 GEO 26.1E

Kosmos 422

  1971-046A

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Kosmos-422 was launched in May 1971 to join the Tsiklon navsat constellation.

Kosmos-422
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 May 22	0051:31?	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	0055?	Stage 2 burn
	0059?	Stage 2 cutoff
	0153?	Stage 2 burn 2
	0154?	Stage 2 sep
1971 May 23	1430		105.10 988 x 1014 x 74.03

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Raduga 15

 1984-063A

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Raduga (Gran') No. 27 was launched to the 128E position in Jun 1984.

Raduga No. 27L
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Jun 22	0020	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	0029	Stage 3 sep
	0137?	DM burn 1
	0653?	DM burn 2
	0657?	DM sep
1984 Jun 22			1397.73 35016 x 35047 x 1.3 GEO 97.1E+9.9E
1984 Jun 25			1425.07 35520 x 35620 x 1.3 GEO 122.6E+2.8E
1984 Jun 30			1435.74 35752 x 35807 x 1.3 GEO 127.0E
1984 Aug 5			1436.07 35763 x 35808 x 1.2 GEO 128.5E
1985 Jul 2			1436.34 35781 x 35801 x 0.3 GEO 128.1E
1986 Dec 10			1436.17 35786 x 35789 x 1.0 GEO 128.5E
1988 Apr 7		last mv	1436.36 35778 x 35804 x 2.3 GEO 127.0E+0.05E
1988 Aug 7			1436.21 35782 x 35795 x 2.6 GEO 128.7E+0.03W
1988 Sep?		retired
1988 Oct 8			1436.67 35782 x 35813 x 2.7 GEO 123.4E+0.15W
1991 Apr 14			1435.84 35758 x 35805 x 5.1 GEO 127.9E+0.06E
1992 Aug 25			1436.43 35703 x 35882 x 6.2 GEO 18.7E+0.09W

Giotto

 1985-056A

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Giotto was based on the Geos bus and built by the same BAe/STAR consortium. The probe was built from the Geos engineering model. ESA controlled Giotto from ESOC. Flyby velocity was 68.4 km/s with 596 km closest approach.

Giotto
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jul 2	1123:13	Launch by Ariane I	CSG
		T+2:25 St 1 MECO
		T+2:30 Stage 2 burn
		T+4:14 Fairing
		T+4:51? St 2 sep
		T+4:55? Stage 3 burn 9:21?
	1137	T+14:16? Stage 3 MECO
	1138?	Stage 3 sep	203 x 35421 x 7.0
	1139	Perigee
	1145	AOS by Malindi
	1650	Spin axis slew
1985 Jul 2	1700?	Apogee 1
1985 Jul 2	2110	Perigee 1, 202 km
	2210	Perigee 1 from TLE
1985 Jul 3	0230?	Apogee 2
	0844	Perigee 2 from TLE
	1400?	Apogee 2
		Spinup
	1914	Perigee 3 from TLE 2
	1918	Perigee 3 from TLE 1
	1923:47	Mage 1S perigee burn 1.40km/s	Solar orbit
	1924:42	Burnout (55s)
1985 Jul 4	0333?	Pass EL1:4
1985 Jul 4	0730	Nozzle cover closed
1985 Jul 6	0947	HGA release
		Begin cruise, mass 578.5 kg
1985 Jul 8	0230?	Pass L1
1985 Jul 15		3.43Mkm range
1985 Aug 26		TCM-1, 7.27m/s, 92 min
1985 Oct 2		Range 20.235Mkm to Earth
1986 Jan 24		Antenna lock loss, recovered by DSN
1986 Mar 12	0053	TCM 2.5m/s
	0125	TCM complete
1986 Mar 13	1816	(ERT) PKS gets signal
1986 Mar 13		Encounter P/Halley at 0.90AU, vrel 68.4 km/s
		Mass 573.9 kg
	2356:58	First bumper shield penetration
1986 Mar 14	0002:52	Last image
	0002:52	Hit by 1g of particles
	0002:55	Loss of signal
1986 Mar 14	0003:02	Passed 596 km from nucleus
	0003:19	Signal recovered
	0004:34	Spacecraft nutating
	0034:58	Spacecraft recovered
1986 Mar 19		TCM 4h30m, 63 m/s, 19 kg
1986 Mar 20		TCM 4:10min, 46m/s, 14 kg
1986 Mar 21		TCM 16min, 2.6m/s, 1 kg	0.833 yr 0.733 x 1.04 AU
1986 Apr 1		TCM 1.5m/s
1986 Apr 2		TCM 1.3m/s?
1986 Apr 2	0225	Deactivated
1990 Feb 20		Reactivated by DSN/Madrid, R=102.9 Mkm Rdot=14.54km/s Vsun=37.36km/s
1990 Feb 21		HGA despin attempts
1990 Feb 25	1745	ESOC resumes control
		HMC and NMS deactivates
1990 Mar 3		Perihelion
1990 Mar 13		TCM to retarget for Grigg-Skjellerup
1990 Jul 2	1001:18	Flyby Earth, 22730 km over Australia	390d?
		Inc = 45 deg
1990 Jul 16		TCM 0.5m/s
1990 Jul 22		Hibernation mode
1992 Apr		Reactivated
1992 May 22		TCM, 3.5m/s targeting to 800 km
1992 Jul 1		Science instruments on
1992 Jul 8		TCM, 2m/s targeting to 200 km
1992 Jul 10	1519	Encounter P/Grigg-Skjellerup 200 km, at 1.01 AU from Sun LT=24min
		Rel 13.99 km/s
1992 Jul 11		Experiments off
1992 Jul 21		TCM, target to Earth swingby, 4h burn 33m/s
1992 Jul 23		TCM correction 3m/s
1992 Jul 23		In hibernation mode

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