Spaceflight: October 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/95e1a356c865c18a220378f7f468bf3d

Kosmos 2022

 1989-039A

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Uragan No. 28L (231) was launched into GLONASS plane C.

Kosmos-2022
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 May 31	0746	Launch by Proton	KB
1989 May 31			87.32 132x152x64.8
1989 Jun 12			675.73 19137x19123x64.8
1989 Jul 10			675.73 19124x19135x64.8
1989 Jul 4		In service
1994 Jan 25		end of ops

Soyuz 31

 1978-081A

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The EP-4 Interkosmos crew were Valeriy Bykovskiy and researcher-astronaut Sigmund Jahn of the DDR. They were launched in 7K-T No. 47 (Soyuz-31) on 1978 Aug 26. After docking with Salyut-6 the craft was assigned to the EO-2 crew, Kovalyonok and Ivanchenkov. They moved it to the forward Salyut port in Sep 1978 and used it to return to Earth in Nov 1978.

Soyuz-31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Aug 26	1451:30	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1454	Blok BVGD sep
	1456	Blok A sep
	1500	Blok I MECO
	1500	Blok I sep
			88.8 193 x 243 x 51.6
			271 x 371 x 51.6
1978 Aug 27	1637:38	Docked with Salyut-6 +X
	1800	EP-4 crew to Salyut-6
1978 Sep 7	1025	EO-2 crew to Soyuz-31
	1053	Undocked +X
	1132	Docked -X
	1210	EO-2 crew to Salyut-6
1978 Nov 2	0520	EO-2 crew to Soyuz-31
	0746	Undocked
	1015:17	Retrofire
	1019?	DO CO
	1037?	Modules sep
	1042?	Entry
	1104:17	Landed 180 km SE of Dzezkazgan

Seventeen: December 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/96394fe765aca903d483270cb33abf39

Kosmos 1200

 1980-059A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1200
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Jul 9	1240	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1244	Blok-I burn
	1248	Blok-I sep
1980 Jul 9			89.53 199x302x72.85
1980 Jul 10			89.57 198x307x72.86
1980 Jul 12			89.66 225 x 289 x 72.86
1980 Jul 20			89.55 222 x 281 x 72.86
1980 Jul 21			90.17 224 x 340 x 72.9
1980 Jul 23			90.15 224 x 338 x 72.9
1980 Jul 23
	0652?	Deorbit
	0702?	PO sep
	0709?	Entry
	0724?	Landed

Kosmos 1881

 1987-076A

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On this mission the perigee raise burn came only 20 hours after launch. Two objects were cataloged at deorbit.

Kosmos-1881
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Sep 11	0206:00	Launch by Soyuz	Baikonur 63.47E
	0215?	Blok-I sep
1987 Sep 11			89.20 180x290x64.76
	2205?
1987 Sep 12			89.70 227x292x64.8
1987 Sep 12			89.58 232x276x64.8
1987 Sep 24			89.83 240x292x64.8 from 89.32 223x260
1987 Oct 18			89.85 240x295x64.7 from 89.27 221x257
1987 Nov 14			89.85 241x293x64.7 from 89.29 219x260
1987 Nov 30			89.51 229x272x64.7
1987 Dec 10			89.74 231x293x64.7 from 222x258
1987 Dec 26			220x268x64.7
1987 Dec 30			89.78 230x297x64.7 from 218x264
1988 Jan 21			89.76 230x296x64.7
1988 Feb 6			89.76 232x294x64.7 from 219x276
1988 Mar 19			89.79 232x296x64.7 from 211x258
1988 Mar 29			229x277x64.7
1988 Mar 30
	1350?	Deorbit (fiducial)
	1417?	Entry

Kosmos 1874

 1987-072A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1874
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Sep 3	1025	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1029	Blok-I burn
	1034	Blok-I sep
1987 Sep 3			89.56 195 x 307 x 72.9
1987 Sep 3	2030?	Orbit raise	89.67 224 x 291 x 72.9
1987 Sep 10			89.62 225 x 286 x 72.9
1987 Sep 17			89.59 223 x 284 x 72.9
1987 Sep 17			(72C-F)
1987 Sep 18
	0420?	Deorbit
	0430?	PO sep
	0436?	Entry	-171 x 245
	0452?	Landed

Kosmos 692

  1974-087A

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Kosmos-692 carried the FEU-170 No. 4L recovery capsule test.

Kosmos-692
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 Nov 1	1420	Launch	PL
	1424	Blok-I burn
	1428	Blok-I MECO
	1701		89.42 195 x 295 x 62.8
1974 Nov 8	2316		89.31 193 x 287 x 62.8
1974 Nov 11
	0621?	Deorbit
	0631?	Entry
	0647?	Landed
1974 Nov 12	0900		89.25 190 x 283 x 62.8
1974 Nov 16
	0550?	Deorbit
	0600?	PO sep
	0605?	Entry
	0622?	Landed

Kosmos 1316

 1981-104A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1316
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Oct 15	0919	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0924	Blok-I burn
	0930	Blok-I sep
1981 Oct 15			90.46 209x385x70.35
1981 Oct 16			90.64 234x377x70.35
1981 Oct 19			89.59 232x276x70.33
1981 Oct 25			89.61 231x279x70.33 from 89.49 228x270
1981 Oct 26			89.55 229x276
1981 Oct 29
	0602?	Deorbit
	0614?	PO sep
	0621?	Entry
	0637?	Landed

Navstar 11

 1985-093A

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Navstar 11 (SVN 11, PRN 3) was the last Rockwell Block I GPS launch. It was placed in the C plane. By this time, operations with GPS were being supervised by USAF Space Command. In Mar 1990 it was reported to be operating on the rubidium clock without temperature control. It was then rephased to an alternate position in the plane.

Navstar 11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Oct 9	0253	Launch by Atlas E/SGS II	V SLC3
	0255	T+2:04 Booster sep
		T+2:24 Fairing sep
		T+5:21 MECO
	0259	T+6:00? Atlas sep
		T+6:21? Star 48 burn
		T+7:46? Star 48 burnout
	0300	T+7:46? Star 48 sep
	0300	T+7:50? SGS upper Star 48 burn
	0302	T+9:15? Star 48 burnout
	0304	T+11m Star 48 sep
1985 Oct 9			542 x 20740 x 63.0
1985 Oct 10	1225?	Star 27 burn
1985 Oct			717.0 ...
1985 Oct 30		In nav service
1990 Mar		Op on Rb clock, C-9
1990 Mar 20		Rephase burn
1990 Oct 17		On station
1994 Feb 27		end of nav service

Men From Earth

https://welib.org/md5/f102bc43eb0dccbf72d1f476eb27c3a7

Vega 2

 1984-128A

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Vega-2 (Venera-Galley 2, 5VK No. 902) was launched on 1984 Dec 21.

Vega-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Dec 21	0913:52	Launch by Proton	KB
	0923?	Stage 3 MECO
	0927?	11S824M burn 1
	0929?	11S824M MECO1
	1027?	11S824M burn 2
	1031	Asc node
	1035?	11S824M MECO2	Solar orbit
	1035?	11S824M sep
	1947?	Pass EL1:4
1984 Dec 26	1730?	Pass L1
1985 Jan?		TCM-1
1985 Jun ?		TCM-2
1985 Jun 11	2200?	Enter Venus sphere
1985 Jun 14		Venus encounter, 24500 km
1985 Jun 18	0815?	Leave Venus sphere
1986 Mar 9	0720:06	Halley encounter, 8036 km at 0.8341 AU from Sun
1987		Decommissioned

1984-128E

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The Vega-2 Spuskaemiy Apparat landed on Venus on 1985 Jun 15. Landing site was 6 27 S, 181 05E, at 2.6 km below mean 6050 km radius. (other sources give 8.5S 164.5E (NSSDC);27 0S 181 05 (unk); 7.2S 179.4E (KI25-643)). Conditions were 90 atm, 729K.

Vega-2 SA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Dec		Launch by Proton	KB
1985 Jun 13		Sep from Vega-2
1985 Jun 15	0159:30	Entry, 10.80 km/s 19.08 deg 125 km	-480 x -68300
		93 km begin science data
	0200:05	Drogue para deploy 65 km 280 m/s
		Begin 64 min descent
	0200:16	E+1 min Heat shield upper half sep, 64 km 160 m/s
	0200:16	Balloon sep and parachute, (w upper half) 57 km 30m/s
	0200:16	Deploy main chute 64.5 km
	0200:20	Lower half shell sep 63 km, 100 m/s
	0209:15	Main chute release 47 km 20 m/s
	0300:50	Landed on Venus
	0322	End of transmission, 21 min

1984-128F

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The 3-m balloon was deployed at an altitude of 55 km from the Vega-2 SA and transmitted for 46 hr.

Vega-2 AZ
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jun 14		Sep from Vega-2 SA
1985 Jun 15	0200:16	E+1 min Heat shield upper half sep, 64 km 160 m/s
	0200:38	Balloon sep 62 km
	0200:46	Balloon drogue parachute, 57 km 30m/s
	0203:16	Balloon main para
	0206:04	Input at 179.8E 7.5S
	0206:16	Toroidal lower half sep
	0206:36	Fill balloon envelope 55 km 8m/s
	0210:26	Parachute and filling system sep 53 km, 5m/s
	0211?	Ballast release H=50 km
	0215?	Begin drift after 15 min, 54 km
1985 Jun 16	0910	Terminator passage at 111.0E 7.5S, 7400 km range
1985 Jun 17	0038:01	End of transmissions, 76.3E 7.5S, 11100 km range

Vega 1

 1984-125A

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The final probes in the 4MV series were the Venera-Galley (VeGa) probes, 5VK No. 901 and No. 902. Vega 1 (spacecraft 901) was launched on 1984 Dec 15 from Baikonur by Proton-K with an 11S824M fourth stage.

Vega-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Dec 15	0916:24	Launch by Proton	KB
	0925	Stage 3 MECO
	0929?	11S824M burn 1
	0931?	11S824M MECO1	181 x 217 x 51.6
	1030?	11S824M burn 2
	1034	Asc node
	1038?	11S824M MECO2	Solar orbit
	1038?	11S824M sep
	1950?	Pass EL1:4
1984 Dec 18		TCM-1
1984 Dec 20	1730?	Leave Earth sphere
1985 Jun?	TCM-2
1985 Jun 7	1900?	Enter Venus sphere
1985 Jun 11	0330?	Venus encounter, 39000 km
1985 Jun 14	0930?	Leave Venus sphere
1985?		TCM
1986 Mar 6	0720:06	Halley encounter, 8912 km at 0.7923AU from Sun
1987		Decommissioned

Payload:

• Vidicon camera

• Plasma wave analyser

• Dust counter

• Neutral mass spectrometer

• Plasmag ion/solar wind analyser

• Opt-UV spectrometer

• IKS IR spectrometer 2.5-12mu,7-14 mu

• Magnetometer

1984-125E

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The Vega-1 Spuskaemiy Apparat separated from Vega-1 on 1985 Jun 9 and entered on a -430 km periapsis trajectory. It landed on Venus on Jun 10, at +07 11 latitude, 177 48 longitude and 1.5 km below mean 6050 km radius. It transmitted for 21 minutes and surface conditions were 95 atm, 738 K. During descent, it deployed a balloon, the Aerostatniy Zond.

Vega-1 SA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jun 9		Sep from Vega-1
1985 Jun 11	0159:49	Entry, 10.75 km/s 18.23 deg 125 km
		93 km begin science data
	0200:27	Drogue para deploy 65 km 280 m/s
		Begin 64 min descent
	0200:38	E+1 min Heat shield upper half sep, 64 km 160 m/s
	0200:38	Balloon sep and parachute, (from upper half) 57 km 30m/s
	0200:38	Deploy main chute 64.5 km
	0200:42	Lower half shell sep 63 km, 100 m/s
	0209:37	Main chute release 47 km 20 m/s
	0232	18 km, valve failed, XRFS deploy
	0302:54	Landed on Venus
	0324	End of transmission, 21 min
1985 Jun 13	0100?	AZ failed

Payload:

• Aerostatniy Zond (deployed)

• Temp, pressure

• ISAV UV spectrometer

• VM-4 hygrometer, H20 concentration

• IPF aerosol analyser

• ISAV-A particle size spectrometer/nephelometer

• Sigma-3 gas phase chromatograph

• BDRP-AM25 XR spectrometer

• Malachit GCMS mass spectrometer

• Orage: electrical storms analyser 

• GS-15-SCV gamma ray spectrometer (surface)

• Sample scoop (surface)

• X-ray flourescence spectrometer (surface)

1984-125F

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The 3-m balloon was ejected from the Vega-1 Spusakaemiy Apparat during its descent at an altitude of 55 km. It operated in the Venusian atmosphere for 47 hours.

The AZ (Cruising Balloon) consists of the nacelle and a 3.4m diameter, 12 kg balloon made of Ftorlon fabric covered with varnish and inflated with helium, attached to the nacelle with a 12 m cable. The nacelle is 1.0m long, 0.13m dia and 7 kg mass, and the total AZ mass is 21 kg.

There is a toroidal container on the upper surface of the lander's upper aerodynamic stabilizer which contains the balloon wrapped around the central science cylinder. The toroid cover and balloon are ejected with the upper half reentry shell.

After travelling 9000 km, the balloon entered the Venus dayside, and solar heating caused the envelope to expand and burst.

Vega 1 AZ
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jun 10		Sep from Vega-1 SA, alt 55 km
1985 Jun 12	0200:38	E+1 min Heat shield upper half sep, 64 km 160 m/s
	0201:00	Balloon sep 62 km
	0201:08	Balloon drogue parachute, 57 km 30m/s
	0203:38	Balloon main para
	0206:10	"Input" at 176.9 8.1N
	0206:38	Toroidal lower half sep
	0206:58	Fill balloon envelope 55 km 8m/s
	0210:48	Parachute and filling system sep 53 km, 5m/s
	0211?	Ballast release H=50 km
	0215?	Begin drift after 15 min, 54 km
1985 Jun 13	1220	Terminator passage 97.5E 8.1Nm after 8500 km range
1985 Jun 14	0038	End of transmissions at 68.8E 8.1N after 11600 km range

Payload:

• Temperature and pressure sensors

• Wind velocity sensor

Korabl-Sputnik 3

  1960-017

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Vostok-1 No. 3 (1K No. 3, Korabl'-Sputnik-3) was launched on 1960 Dec 1. It carried two dogs, Pchelka and Moucka, but they were killed when the spacecraft was destroyed during reentry. The attitude of the vehicle at retrofire was in error, with an effective underburn putting the descent trajectory on course for China, and the SA was destroyed by the auto destruct system.

Korabl'-Sputnik-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Dec 1	0730:04	Launch by 8K72	KB LC1
	0735?	Blok-A sep
	0740?	Blok-E MECO
	0741?	Blok-E sep	166 x 232 x 65.0
1960 Dec 2	0657	Retrofire rev 17, underburn
	0710?	Reentry, PO sep
	0712	SA destroyed on reentry

DSAP-2

 1962-039A

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The second Scout X-2M launch was more successful, and placed FTV 3502 in a 620 x 858 km x 98.7 deg orbit on 1962 Aug 23. The designation FTV 3502 given in the SATCAT is my basis for using the FTV 3500 series nomenclature for the whole series.

The mission got to orbit by luck: an attitude error cancelled out a late fourth stage burn and a perfect sun-synchronous orbit was achieved. The satellite provided cloud cover data for the Soviet Union and over Cuba during the October 1962 missile crisis.

FTV 3502
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Aug 23	1133?	Launch by Scout X-2M
	1134?	Stage 1 burnout late
	1134?	Stage 2 burn
	1135?	Stage 3 ignition (late)
		Attitude error
	1142?	Stage 4 burn
	1143?	Stage 4 sep
			620 x 858 x 98.7
1963 Jan 7		Still operating

Seventeen: November 1993

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Fortune: autumn 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/ba8f3383e3176ea2567adc6000a07735

Progress 32

 1987-082A

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Progress No. 139 (7K-TG No. 139, Progress-32) was launched on 1987 Sep 23 and docked with Kvant on Sep 26. On Nov 10 it undocked from Kvant and redocked one orbit later in a test of rendezvous software. It remained docked at the station a further week and was then undocked again and deorbited.

Progress-32
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Sep 23	2343:54	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	2352	Blok-I sep
1987 Sep 24	0000		88.88 187 x 249 x 51.6
	0700		88.96 191 x 256 x 51.6
1987 Sep 26	0108:15	Docked with Mir Kvant DP2
1987 Sep 27			91.04 295 x 356 x 51.6
1987 Nov 10	0409:10	Undocked from Kvant
1987 Nov 10		Rerendezvous with Mir
1987 Nov 10	0547:25	Redocked with Kvant DP2
1987 Nov 17	1924:37	Undocked from Kvant
1987 Nov 19	0010	Deorbited
	0058	Reentry

Kosmos 147

  1967-022A

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Zenit-2 No. 44 was launched from Plesetsk on 1967 Mar 13 to a 64.6 degree orbit.

Kosmos-147
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Mar 13	1211	Launch by 8A92	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1214	Blok-E burn
	1220?	Blok-E sep
			89.5 198 x 317 x 65 (TASS)
1967 Mar 14	0250		89.45 194 x 300 x 64.57
1967 Mar 15	0838		89.42 193 x 297 x 64.57
1967 Mar 21	0612?	Deorbit
	0633?	Landed