TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : March 1994

Saturday, March 26, 1994

Seventeen: June 1993

https://welib.org/md5/7173742b9c70d7108a00d6464efe25b4

Friday, March 25, 1994

TKS No 165-01 was originally the backup for Kosmos-1443. It was converted to a military research module TKS-M for Salyut-7, with return capsule VA No. 103/8 converted to special NM74P (NM = science module) with the OPK Pion-K military camera system. Pion-K had a "laser-electronic telescope". The Proton launch vehicle was enhanced for the high mass of the payload.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1686



1985 Sep 27	0841:42	Launch by Proton	KB
	0851:26?	Stage 3 sep
1985 Sep 27			171x301x51.6
1985 Sep		86C	349x357x51.6 d Feb 1
1985 Sep 30			284x318x51.6
1985 Oct 2			290x336x51.6
1985 Oct 2			338x348x51.6
1985 Oct 2	1016	Docked with Salyut-7
1985 Oct 5	0700	HO
1985 Oct 14			357x359x51.6
1985 Dec 10			353x359x51.6
1986 Aug 22		Orbit raise
1989 Dec		end of ops
1991 Feb 7	0647	Reentry

Progress 8

1980-024A

Progress 7K-TG No. 108 (Progress-8) was launched in Mar 1980 to Salyut-6 and unloaded by the EO-4 crew.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress-8



1980 Mar 27	1853:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1901	Blok I MECO
1980 Mar 29	1700		89.18 227 x 241 x 51.6
	1900		89.16 228 x 238 x 51.6
	2001	Docked with Salyut-6
1980 Mar 31	1700		91.35 339 x 343 x 51.6
1980 Apr 3			91.39 341 x 345 x 51.6
1980 Apr 7			91.46 338 x 354 x 51.6
1980 Apr 11	0945	Hatch open, unloading
1980 Apr 25	0804	Undocked
1980 Apr 26	0651	Deorbited over Pacific
	0720?	Reentered

Wednesday, March 23, 1994

Intelsat 403

1971-116A

F-3 joined F-2 over the Atlantic, replacing Intelsat III F-7 as the Atlantic Primary 2 satellite. It was replaced in that role in 1976 by an Intelsat IVA satellite.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat IV F-3



1971 Dec 20	0110:04	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
	0114	T+4:01 Atlas sep
		T+4:12 Centaur MES-1
		T+4:24 Fairing
	0120	T+10:18 Centaur MECO-1	190? x 1800? x 28?
	0135	T+25:20 Centaur MES-2
	0136	T+26:33 Centaur MECO-2
	0138	T+28:47 Centaur sep	640.05 550 x 35898 x 28.22
		Centaur orbit	640.66 547 x 35391 x 28.2 (RAE)
	0700?	Apo 1
	1800?	Apo 2
1971 Dec 21	0500?	Apo3
1971 Dec 21	0339	AKM
1972 Jan 23		Checkout	GEO 88W
1972 Feb 19		AOR Primary 2, replaced III F7	GEO 19.5W
1975 Dec			GEO 23W (Morgan)
1976 Feb 1		Replaced by IVA F-1	GEO 25W
1976 Feb		AOR Backup	GEO 34.5W
1977 Jan 13			1436.19 35779 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 34.1W+0.0
1977 May 13			1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 34.4W+0.01
1977 Sep 1			1435.98 35778 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 20.3W+0.0
1977 Dec 15			1436.18 35776 x 35799 x 0.4 GEO 20.0W+0.03
1978 Sep 30		AOR Contingency	GEO 19.5W
1979 Jan 31			GEO 19W
1979 Jul 27			1436.04 35782 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 18.4W+0.0W
1980 Jan			GEO 18.5W
1980 Feb			GEO 18.5W
1980 Feb			GEO 22W
1980 Sep			GEO 22W
1980 Nov 10			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.42 GEO 21.0W+0.01E
1980 Nov 14			1437.69 35777 x 35858 x 0.42 GEO 22.6W+0.41E
1980 Nov 24			1437.71 35776 x 35860 x 0.5 GEO 26.6W+0.41E
1980 Nov		mv out	GEO 22W
1980 Dec 8			1436.29 35777 x 35803 x 0.5 GEO 27.5W+0.06E
1981 Apr 13			1436.13 35784 x 35790 x 0.2 GEO 27.4W+0.0E
1981 Apr		mv out
1981 Apr 22			1437.93 35785 x 35859 x 0.2 GEO 32.0W+0.4E
1981 Jun 3			1438.05 35786 x 35863 x 0.3 GEO 51.0W+0.5E
1981 Jun		Arrive 53W
1981 Jun 17			1436.03 35782 x 35788 x 0.4 GEO 52.9W+0.01W
1982 Jul 25		mv out	GEO 53W
1982 Oct			GEO 50W
1982 Jul 4			1435.95 35778 x 35788 x 1.0 GEO 49.0W+0.0
1982 Nov 5		mv out	GEO dr
1983		Retired	GEO 38-44W
1984 Jan 10			1435.74 35761 x 35798 x 2.3 GEO 41.9W+0.1
1984 Feb 22			1436.00 35773 x 35796 x 2.4 GEO 39.3W+0.1
1984 Feb 23		Orbit raise, decommissioned
1984 May 30			1445.52 35910 x 36031 x 2.7
1992 Apr 4			1445.50 35939 x 36001 x 9.8
1998 Aug 5			1445.52 35915 x 36025 x 13.4

Monday, March 21, 1994

Kosmos 1674

1985-069A

This satellite was placed in Plane C,with an AOP of 278 deg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1674



1985 Aug 8	1149	Launch by 11K68	Plesetsk
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33? GO sep
		T+4:38? St 2 sep
		T+5:20? S5M burn 1
	1155	T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km	60? x 650 x 82.5
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
		T+41:08? S5M MECO2
	1230?	T+41:38? S5M sep
1985 Oct 14			630x661x82.5

Saturday, March 19, 1994

Kosmos 488

1972-034A

The seventh Zenit-4MK flight was launched in May 1972 and may have been used to support SALT treaty verification.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-488



1972 May 5	1120:00	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1124	Blok-I burn
	1128	Blok-I sep
	1833		89.53 183 x 319 x 65.4 (?)
1972 May 6	0031		89.50 206 x 293 x 65.4
1972 May 6	0000		89.50 207 x 204 x 65.41 (RAE)
1972 May		Lower perigee
1972 May 10	1600		89.01 176 x 274 x 65.4
		Raise apogee
1972 May 11	0652		89.77 175 x 350 x 65.4
1972 May 13	2137		89.61 177 x 332 x 65.4
		Orbit raise
1972 May 14	0635		89.80 174 x 354 x 65.4
1972 May 14	1430		89.79 176 x 353 x 65.41 (RAE)
1972 May 17	0756	Engine sep
1972 May 17	1223		89.71 178 x 341 x 65.4
1972 May 18	0445?	Retrofire
	0455?	PO sep
	0459?	Entry
	0516?	Landed after 12.7d

Friday, March 18, 1994

Kosmos 195

1967-124A

Zenit-2 No. 57 continued the series of Plesetsk launches, with a slightly higher apogee than normal. The mission was successful, landing 240 km W of Tselinograd at 51 17 N 67 50 E.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-195



1967 Dec 16	1201	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1205	Blok-I burn
	1210	Blok-I sep
			90.1 211 x 375 x 65.7 (TASS)
	1617		90.09 202 x 354 x 65.7
1967 Dec 22	1021		89.99 200 x 346 x 65.7
1967 Dec 24	0550?	Deorbit
	0615	Landed after 7.76d

Kosmos 1890

1987-086A

RCS was 40m2.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1890



1987 Oct 10	2148:30	Launch by 11K69	Baikonur
	2150	Stage 1 sep
	2152	Stage 2 sep
	2236?	AKM burn
1987 Oct 10			89.38 113x375x65.0
1987 Oct 10			92.9 402x430x65.0
1987 Oct 11			92.77 403x417x65.0
1988 Oct 20			92.78 404x418x65.0
1988 Dec 7.8			92.38 366x416x65.0 from 92.78 402x420
1988 Dec 8.0			91.05 238x414x65.0
1988 Dec 18			225x363x65.0
1988 Dec 26			119x155x65.0
1988 Dec 29	0200	reentered over 12S 47E

Thursday, March 17, 1994

Kosmos 1519

1983-127A

Uragan No. 14L was launched as part of the second GLONASS flight.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1519



1983 Dec 29	0052:24	Launch by Proton	KB
		T+2:07? Stage 1 sep
		T+3:18? Fairing
		T+5:38? Stage 2 sep
	0102:04?	T+9:40? Stage 3 MECO	170 x 193 x 51.6
	0102:17?	T+9:53? Stage 3 sep
	0210?	T+1:18? DM MES-1	404 x 19159 x 52.0
	0500?	DM MES-2
	0503?	DM MECO-2
	0504?	T+4:12? DM sep	676.76 19147 x 19163 x 64.9
1983 Dec 29			673.0 18989x19137x64.9
1983 Dec 31			673.6 19011x19141x64.8
1983 Dec			673.8 19026x19139x64.8
1984 Jan 7		In service
1986 Sep		end of ops

Molniya 182

1991-053A

Molniya-1T (F88, N82) was launched in Aug 1991.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Molniya-1T F88



1991 Aug 1	1153:00	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
	1201	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1246	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1249	T+56:54 ML sep
1991 Aug 4			737.13 627 x 40677 x 62.8
1991 Aug 11			718.90 626 x 39783 x 62.9

Kosmos 432

1971-066A

Kosmos-432 continued the rapid series of Zenit-4M launches, reaching orbit a few hours after the landing of Kosmos-430.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-432



1971 Aug 5	1000:00	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1004	Blok-I burn
	1008	Blok-I sep
1971 Aug 6	1656		89.03 193 x 259 x 51.74
1971 Aug 12	0320		88.91 187 x 253 x 51.8
		Orbit raise
1971 Aug 14	0244		89.00 187 x 263 x 51.8
1971 Aug 17	2236		88.93 187 x 255 x 51.8
1971 Aug 17		Engine sep
1971 Aug 18	0737?	Retrofire
	0745?	PO sep
	0752?	Entry
	0810?	Landed

Saturday, March 12, 1994

A Tale of Two Cities

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/98/98-0.txt

Corona 81

1964-032A

Mission 1007 was launched on 1964 Jun 19 by TAT Agena D from Vandenberg; it was the 81st in the CORONA program and the 7th KH-4A. Mission 1007-1 and Mission 1007-2 each lasted 4 days with recovery of both SRVs being successful. The mission used Agena 1609, the first S-01B model.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

KH-4A Mission 1007



1964 Jun 19	2318:07	Launch by TAT Agena D	V Pad 75-1-1
	2319	Castor sep(T+1:05)
	2320	Thor MECO (T+2:34)
	2320	Thor VECO (T+2:42)
	2320	Thor sep (T+2:48)
	2320	Agena burn (T+2:56)
	2324	Agena MECO (T+6:59)	91.02 185 x 479 x 85.0 (VCR)
1964 Jun 20	0147		90.94 191 x 450 x 85.0
1964 Jun 21	0303		90.92 177 x 462 x 85.0
1964 Jun 21	0230		90.95 176 x 462 x 85.0 (RAE)
1964 Jun 23	0103		90.88 178 x 457 x 85.0
1964 Jun 24	0148:58	SRV-1 ejected rev 65
	0149:08	Retro
	0149:22	T/C sep
	0158:25	Para cover off
1964 Jun 24	0226	SRV-1 recovered	-100? x 290? x 85.0
1964 Jun 27		Rev 120 last photo pass
1964 Jun 28	0113:28	SRV-2 ejected rev 128	-150? x 326? x 85.0
	0113:38	Retro
	0113:50	T/C sep
	0124:17	Main parachute deployed
1964 Jun 28	0150	SRV-2 recovered
1964 Jun 30	0842		90.63 180 x 430 x 85.0
1964 Jul 10	1200		89.60 173 x 332 x 85.0 (RAE)
1964 Jul 15	1107		88.30 155 x 226 x 85.0
1964 Jul 16	1845?	Reentered

Saturday, March 5, 1994

Osumi

1970-011A

The fifth orbital attempt by ISAS was at last successful. The L-4S-5 final stage entered orbit with a small instrument package attached to it; it was given the name Osumi after a local district. The 24 kg satellite transmitted for 16 hrs.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Osumi



1970 Feb 11	0425	Launch by L-4S-5	KASC
		T+7s SB-310 burnout
		T+8s SB-310 sep
		T+0:29 St 1 burnout
		T+0:32 St 1 sep, 17 km
		T+0:37 St 2 burn
	0426	T+1:15 St 2 burnout, 58 km, 2.6 km/s
		T+1:38 Fairing, 87 km
		T+1:40 St 2 sep
		T+1:43 St 3 burn 93 km
		T+2:10 St 3 burnout 141 km, 4.6km/s	-5400 x 525 x 31.1
	0427	T+2:30 St 3 sep
	0433	T+7:57 St 4 burn 3.81 km/s
	0433	T+8:29 St 4 burnout 525 km 8.13km/s
			144.2 339 x 5138 x 31.1
1970 Feb 11	2030?	End of transmissions
2003 Aug 1	2020?	Reentered

Friday, March 4, 1994

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/246/246-0.txt

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