Kosmos 167

  1967-063A

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The second Venera-67 probe was V-67 No. 311. It was stranded in Earth orbit and named Kosmos-167 instead of Venera-5. The BOZ ullage section fired and separated but the Blok-L main engine failed to ignite. The Blok-L appears to have separated from the V-67 payload, although there is some confusion about the identity of objects from the launch.

Kosmos-167 (V-67)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jun 17	0236:38	Launch by Molniya 8K78M	KB LC1
	0241	Blok-A sep
	0241	Blok-I burn
	0245	Blok-I sep	88.10 149 x 215 x 51.9
	0357?	Blok-L BOZ sep
	0358?	Blok-L ignition
	0402?	Blok-L sep
		89.22 211 x 264 x 51.79 (RAE)
		89.0 188 x 262 x 51.8 (SATCAT)
1967 Jun 18	0339		89.08 189 x 269 x 51.8
	2255		89.00 187 x 262 x 51.8
1967 Jun 25	0224?	Reentered

Raduga 20

 1987-028A

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Raduga No. 31 was launched in Mar 1987 to the 85E position.

Raduga No. 31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Mar 19	0354:00	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	0403	Stage 3 sep	189 x 197 x 51.6
	0510?	DM burn 1
	1027?	DM burn 2
	1030?	DM sep
1987 Mar 19			1445.95 35857 x 36101 x 1.3 GEO 90.7E+2.4W
1987 Mar 25			1436.70 35774 x 35822 x 1.3 GEO 84.6E+0.1W
1987 Mar 28			GEO 84.4E-0.14/d
1987 Apr 9	2130		GEO 84.4E+0.03/d
1987 Apr 30			1436.00 35764 x 35804 x 1.2 GEO 85.0E
1988 Mar 16			1436.28 35772 x 35808 x 0.7 GEO 83.9E
1989 Mar 13			1436.10 35769 x 35803 x 1.0 GEO 85.5E
1989 Nov 22			1436.24 35774 x 35804 x 1.6 GEO 84.3E
1991 Feb 18			1436.19 35777 x 35799 x 2.7 GEO 85.1E
1991 Dec 2			1436.00 35779 x 35790 x 3.4 GEO 85.2E
1992 Mar 25			1436.01 35776 x 35793 x 3.5 GEO 85.5E

The making of middlebrow culture

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The Bucolics and Eclogues

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The Stolen Diary

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Chalet 8

 1978-058A

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The first Program 366 payload was launched in Jun 1978. A burn at first descending node seems most probable, with a good match to insertion into elliptical GEO over the Indian Ocean, the preferred location for CANYON-type operations over the USSR.

CHALET 8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jun 10	1908	Launch by Titan IIIC	CC LC40
		T+1:50 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:35 St 1 sep
	1912	T+4:45 Fairing sep
	1916	Stage 2 MECO
	1916	Stage 2 sep
	1930?	Transtage burn 1, desc node guess
	2017?	Transtage burn 1, asc node
1978 Jun 11	0150?	Burn 2 (desc node case)
	0152?	MECO-2
	0155?	Transtage sep
1978 Jun 11	0240?	Transtage burn 2 (asc node case)
	0242?	MECO-2
	0245?	Transtage sep
		Deploy antenna	1446.3 29929 x 42039 x 12.0 (UN)

Kosmos 867

 1976-111A

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The first Zenit-6U set the pattern, insertion into elliptical orbit followed by circularization at 400 km a day or two later.

Kosmos-867
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Nov 23	1627	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1635	Blok-I sep
			91.1 250x402x62.8
	1716?
1976 Nov 25	0851	Orbit raise	92.06 350 x 400 x 62.8
1976 Dec 6
	0720?	Deorbit
	0744?	Entry
	0758?	Landed

Kosmos 1782

 1986-074A

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Plane 300 deg

Kosmos-1782
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 30	1834	Launch by 11K68	Plesetsk 41.16E
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33? GO sep
		T+4:38? St 2 sep
		T+5:20? S5M burn 1
	1840	T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km	60? x 650 x 82.5
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
		T+41:08? S5M MECO2
	1915?	T+41:38? S5M sep
1986 Oct 7			636x663x82.5

Gambit 6

 1964-012A

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KH-7 GAMBIT flight 6 was launched on 1964 Mar 11 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello into a 96 degree inclination orbit. According to the SATCAT, NORAD tracked the Agena D rocket stage in a separate orbit with a much higher apogee. Various OCV orbital burns were made. This flight was considered to be the first on which important intelligence data was collected. The vehicle operated for 3 days and 170 targets were imaged.

Program 206 SV 956
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Mar 11	2014:24	Launch by Atlas Agena D	NMFPA
	2016:41	BECO (T+2:17)
	2018:53	SECO (T+2:29)
	2019:12	VECO (T+2:48)
	2019:12	Atlas sep (T+2:48)
	2020:25	Agena burn (T+6:01)
	2024:28	Agena MECO (T+10:04)	88.41 184 x 234 x 95.69 (VCR)
		Agena D 4804 sep, rev 1
1964 Mar 11			89.9 182 x 386 x 95.8 (SATCAT)
1964 Mar 12	0137		88.47 166 x 231 x 95.7
1964 Mar 12	2130		88.2 163 x 203 x 95.73 (RAE)
			88.14 160 x 204 x 95.7
1964 Mar 12		Agena D orbit	92.2 178 x 582 x 95.7 (SATCAT)
1964 Mar 12		Agena D reentered (12B)
1964 Mar 14		Rev 49 last image
1964 Mar 14	2313?	SRV deorbit
1964 Mar 14	2348?	RV recovered on rev 51
1964 Mar 15		OCV orbit adjust tests	222 x 250 x 95.7
		TCM-1	374 x 381 x 95.7
		TCM-2	176 x 210
		TCM-3	106 x 130
		TCM-4	167 x 196
1964 Mar 16	0427		88.61 170 x 241 x 95.7
1964 Mar 16	0200?	Reentered

Kosmos 1645

 1985-029A

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Foton No. 1 (Kosmos-1645) had a mass of 5698 kg. The mission returned much valuable data on materials behavior in zero-g.

Kosmos-1645
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Apr 16	1715	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC41/1
	1719	Blok-I burn
	1723	Blok-I sep
1985 Apr 16			90.57 215 x 389 x 62.8
1985 Apr 28			90.44 213 x 378 x 62.8
1985 Apr 30
	0802?	Deorbit
	0812?	PO sep
	0820?	Entry
	0835?	Landed

Kosmos 235

  1968-067A

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Zenit-2 No. 61 used the 51.8 degree profile and flew a standard 8 day mission. However, the descent module parachute failed to fully inflate and the SA was damaged on landing. About 25% of the film was destroyed. Landing was 65 km S of Orenburg at 51 03 N 55 44 E.

Kosmos-235
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Aug 9	0700	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-5 LC31
	0705	Blok-I burn
	0709	Blok-I sep
			89.4 207 x 303 x 51.8 (TASS)
	1843		89.44 208 x 284 x 51.8
1968 Aug 12	2130		89.27 201 x 281 x 51.81 (RAE)
1968 Aug 15	2206		89.32 201 x 279 x 51.8
1968 Aug 17	0508?	Retrofire
	0512?	PO sep
	0544	Landed

SDS-7

 1987-015A

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USA 21, launched in Feb 1987, was the final Titan 34B Agena D. It was probably the seventh and last SDS satellite.

SDS 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Feb 11	0640	Launch by Titan 34B Agena D	V SLC4W
	0642?	Stage 2 burn
	0645?	Stage 2 MECO
	0646?	Agena MES-1
	0650?	Agena MECO-1
	0717?	MES-2
	0719?	MECO-2
	0725?	Agena sep
1988 Dec 15			718.1 610 x 39750 x 63.4

Kosmos 1706

 1985-112A

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This mission involved observations of the US fleet in the Mediterranean near Libya.

Kosmos-1706
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Dec 11	1440	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1448	Blok-I sep
1985 Dec 11			89.53 177 x 325 x 67.1
1985 Dec 17			89.17 161 x 305 x 67.1
1985 Dec 22			89.71 171 x 348 x 67.1
1985 Dec 31		SpK-1 fiducial
	0648?	Deorbit
	0658?	Entry
	0710?	Landed
1986 Jan 2			88.75 157 x 268 x 67.1
1986 Jan 2			89.47 173 x 323 x 67.1
1986 Jan 5			89.36 171 x 313 x 67.1
1986 Jan 6			89.67 177 x 339 x 67.2
1986 Jan 11			89.31 175 x 304 x 67.1
1986 Jan 11			89.57 175 x 330 x 67.1
1986 Jan 20		SpK-2 fiducial
	0031?	Deorbit
	0041?	Entry
	0053?	Landed
1986 Jan 21			89.08 171 x 286 x 67.1
1986 Jan 22			89.56 175 x 329 x 67.1
1986 Jan 31			89.13 171 x 291 x 67.1
1986 Feb 1			89.50 173 x 326 x 67.1
1986 Feb 2			89.40 172 x 316 x 67.1
1986 Feb 6			89.75 173 x 350 x 67.1
1986 Feb 8			89.54 172 x 331 x 67.1
1986 Feb 9
	1820?	Deorbit
	1832?	Entry
	1844?	Landed

Progress M-12

 1992-022A

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Progress M No. 213 (Progress M-12) was launched in Apr 1992.

Progress M-12
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Apr 19	2129:25	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	2138	Blok-I sep
1992 Apr 21	2322:59	Docked with Mir DP1
1992 Jun 3	1912		92.51 381 x 413 x 51.66
1992 Jun 27	1900		388 x 410 x 51.6
	2134:44	Undocked
	2310?	Deorbited
1992 Jun 28	0002:51	Reentered

DFH-20

 1987-067A

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FSW No. 10 was launched in Aug 1987. The capsule was recovered in central Sichuan province five days after launch. 

FSW
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Aug 5	0639	Launch by CZ2	JQ
	0641	T+2:10 MECO
	0641	Stage 2 burn
	0643?	T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO
	0646?	Stage 2 VECO
	0646?	CZ-2C sep	90.24 173 x 400 x 62.96
1987 Aug 5	2241		90.16 171 x 393 x 63.0
1987 Aug 6			90.12 172 x 389 x 63.0
1987 Aug 6	1200	Orbit trim?	90.19 171 x 396 x 63.0
1987 Aug 7			90.15 171 x 392 x 63.0
1987 Aug 9	1950		90.06 170 x 384 x 63.0
1987 Aug 10	0520?	Capsule sep
	0530	Capsule landed in Sichuan
	1220		90.03 171 x 380 x 63.0
1987 Aug 11	1700		89.92 171 x 370 x 63.0
1987 Aug 16			89.30 165 x 314 x 63.0
1987 Aug 22			88.04 148 x 207 x 62.9
1987 Aug 23		Reentered

Kosmos 8

 1962-038A

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The DS-K-8 No. 1 payload was primarily an ELINT technology satellite. It carried a publicly acknowledged payload for studying micrometeorites. It also studied electron density and the upper atmosphere. It was launched as Kosmos-8 in Aug 1962 and operated for 5 days until the thermal regulation system failed.

Kosmos-8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Aug 18	0500	Launch by Kosmos 63S1	GTsP4 Mayak-2
	0502	S2 burn
	0507?	S2 MECO	244 x 598 x 49.0
1962 Aug 23		end of ops
1963 Aug 17	2130?	Reentered

The Aeneid

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Zond 7

  1969-067A

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L-1 No.11 was launched on 1969 Aug 7. This was the most successful Zond flight, returning spectacular color photos of the Moon and Earth.

Zond-7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Aug 7	2348:06	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	2357	Stage 3 MECO
	2358	Coast
1969 Aug 8
	0001?	Blok D MES-1
	0003?	Blok D MECO-1	194 x 212 x 51.6
	0103	Blok D MES-2
	0106	Asc node
	0110?	Blok D MECO-2	200 x 400000? x 51.6
1969 Aug 8	0552	Begin Earth photos
	0626	End Earth photos
1969 Aug 9	0328	TCM
1969 Aug 11	0430?	Lunar flyby 2200 km
1969 Aug 12	0646	TCM
1969 Aug 14	1740?	PAO sep
	1746	Skip reentry begins over 44S 67E
	1754	Apogee
	1801	Second entry
	1820	Landed south of Kustanai

Kosmos 1220

 1980-089A

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Kosmos-1220 carried out a standard mission and was maneuvered out of the operational orbit after 4 months. 

Kosmos-1220
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Nov 4	1504	Launch by 11K69	Baikonur
	1506	Stage 1 sep
	1508	Stage 2 sep
	1552?	AKM burn
1980 Nov 4			93.3 427x440x65.0
1981 Mar 27			mv 406x465x65.0, inactive
1981 Apr 2			571x883x65.0
1982 Jun 20	1835	Exploded 878 km above 10.0S 28.2W, in 73 pieces
1982 Dec 15	0600	89AS reentered
1989 Feb 16	0140	Kosmos-1220 reentered over Arabia

Kosmos 2021

 1989-037A

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Kometa No. 11 flew as Kosmos-2021 in May 1989. It was object 20000 in the US satellite catalog.

Kosmos-2021
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 May 24	1030:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	1034	Blok-I burn
	1039	Blok-I sep
1989 May 24			89.23 196x278x70.0
1989 May 25			89.52 218x284x70.0 from 89.23 195x278
1989 May 25			89.39 213x276x70.0
1989 May 28			89.33 211x272x70.0
1989 May 31			89.43 214x279x70.0
1989 Jun 6			89.49 215x283x70.0 from 89.21 207x265
1989 Jun 11			89.62 232x280x70.0 from 89.21 207x265
1989 Jun 18			89.65 214x299x69.9 from 89.28 199x278
1989 Jun 25			89.58 209x298x69.9 from 89.34 201x282
1989 Jul 4			89.75 223x301x69.9 from 89.37 206x280
1989 Jul 5			89.55 212x292x69.9
1989 Jul 6
	2308?	Deorbit
	2328?	Entry
	2342?	Landed

TV-Sat 1

 1987-095A

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The Deutsche Bundespost (DBP Telekom) ordered two direct broadcast satellites from MBB and Aerospatiale's Eurosatellite consortium. The Spacebus 300 class TV-SAT was launched in Nov 1987 but a solar panel failed to open. The satellite was used for systems tests by GSOC.

TV-SAT
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Nov 21	0219:03	Launch by Ariane V20	CSG
		T+2:22 St 1 sep
		T+2:25 St 2 MES
		T+3:35 Fairing
		T+4:33 St 2 sep
	0223:41	T+4:38 St 3 MES
	0235:40	T+16:37 St 3 MECO
	0238:22	T+19:19 TVSAT H10 sep
	0239:22	T+20:19 H10 avoidance
	0244	Solar panel failed to deploy
			200 x 36136 x 4.0
	0800?	Apo 1
	1300?	Peri 1
	1800?	Apo 2
	2330?	Peri 2
1987 Nov 22	0500?	Apo 3
	1030?	Peri 3
	1600?	Apo 4
1987 Nov 22	1459s	T+36:40s Apo 4 LAM-1 burn 60min	12200? x 35780?
	2300?	Peri 4
1987 Nov 23	0600?	Apo 5 over 108E
	1400?	Peri 5
	2100?	Apo 6 over 112W
1987 Nov 23	2039s	T+66:20 LAM-2 burn 35min	19200? x 35780?
1987 Nov 24	0700?	Peri 6
	1500?	Apo 7 over 15W
	2330?	Peri 7
1987 Nov 25
	0800?	Apo 8 87E
	1700?	Peri 8
1987 Nov 26	0100?	Apo 9
	1000?	Peri 9
	1700?	Apo 10
1987 Nov 26	1619s?	T+134h LAM-3 burn
1987 Nov 30			1422.72 35216 x 35831 x 0.1 GEO 1.1W+3.4E
1987 Dec 27			1422.62 35222 x 35822 x 0.1 GEO 89.4E+3.4E
1988 Feb 4			1435.08 35713 x 35819 x 0.1 GEO 33.2W+0.2E
1988 Feb		Turned over to GSOC for engineering tests
1988 Apr 13		mv in
1988 Apr 14			1436.02 35772 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 19.2W+0.01E
1988 May 23			1435.93 35778 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 18.5W
1988 Jun 27		orbit raise
1988 Jul 13			1447.68 36002 x 36024 x 0.1
1988 Sep 18			1435.34 35569 x 35973 x 0.1 GEO 41.7W+0.2E
1988 Oct			1433.68 35482x35996x0.1 GEO23W+0.6/d
1988 Dec 10			1433.70 35473 x 36006 x 0.1 GEO 5.1E+0.6E
1989 Feb 18			1433.18 35448 x 36011 x 0.2 GEO 51.6E+0.7E

Molniya 218

  1976-116A

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Molniya-2 F18 was launched in Dec 1976; the 8K78M launch vehicle placed the satellite in a 736 min transfer orbit in plane C.

Molniya-2 F18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Dec 2	0245	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
	0253	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0338	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0341	T+56:54 ML sep
			735.7 637 x 40599 x 62.9
1976 Dec			717.9 575 x 39789 x 62.6
1978 Jan		end of ops
1990 Feb 21		Reentered

Kosmos 1778

 1986-071A

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Uragan No. 24L (203) was Kosmos-1778, on the first launch with three active satellites.

Kosmos-1778
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 16	1138:09	Launch by Proton	KB
		T+2:07? Stage 1 sep
		T+3:18? Fairing
		T+5:38? Stage 2 sep
	1147	T+9:40? Stage 3 MECO	(71E) 164x428x64.8
	1148	T+9:53? Stage 3 sep
1986 Sep 16	1302?	T+1:24? MES-1
1986 Sep 16			(71G) 406x19135x64.8 (Sep 29)
	1552?	MES-2
	1554?	MECO-2
	1555?	T+4:17? DM sep
1986 Sep 16			19086x19162x64.8
1986 Sep 21			19133x19143x64.8
1986 Sep 23			19082x19143x64.8
1986 Sep 29			19116x19143x64.8
1986 Oct 19		In service
1994 Apr 25		end of ops

Mariner 9

  1971-051A

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Mariner IX, the MM71-2 (Mariner 71I, Mariner I) payload, was launched at 2223 on 1971 May 30 by Atlas Centaur from Cape Kennedy in a single burn direct ascent trajectory on azimuth 92.7 deg to solar orbit. There was one course correction, on 1971 Jun 7. Mars orbit insertion was on Nov 14; planned orbit was 1200-1500 km periapsis, 12 h period, 65 deg inc.

Mariner IX mapped the planet until 1972 Apr 2. It was reactivated on 1972 Jun 4 and transmitted until 1972 Oct 27. The Mariner IX mission gave us the first detailed look at the planet Mars in its entirety.

Mariner 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 May 30	2223:04	Launch by Atlas Centaur
	2225:34	T+2:30 BECO
		Atlas MECO
	2227?	Atlas sep
	2227?	Centaur MES1
	2235	MECO, solar orbit
	2236	Centaur sep T+13:18
	2240	Solar panels deploy
1971 Jun 5	0022:00	TCM, 5s burn 6.7m/s
1971 Nov 14		Centaur miss by 30000 km
1971 Nov 14	0017:39	Mars orbit insertion burn, 15:15 1.6005 km/s
	0033:05	MOI	754.01 1398 x 17915 x 64.36
	0650?	Apoapsis 1
	1307?	Periapsis 2
	1924?	Apoapsis 2
1971 Nov 15	0141?	Periapsis 3
	0758?	Apoapsis 3
	1415?	Periapsis 4
	2032?	Apoapsis 5
1971 Nov 16	0237:53	OTM-1 6s, 15.3m/s	718.23 1387 x 17094 x 64.4
1971 Nov 16	0249?	Periapsis 5
	0850?	Apoapsis 6
1971 Nov 26		Recon 1 mapping phase
1971 Dec 15		Recon 2 mapping phase
1971 Dec 30	1900?	OTM-2, Apo 94 17s 41.8m/s	719.47 1650 x 16860 x 64.4
1971 Dec 31	0700?	Apoapsis 95
1972 Jan 2		Cycle 1 mapping
1972 Jan 22		Cycle 2 mapping
1972 Feb 10		Cycle 3 mapping
1972 Mar 1		Special science targeting
1972 Apr 2		End of standard mission
1972 Jun 4		Reactivated
1972 Oct 27		End of transmissions

Kosmos 1206

 1980-069A

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Kosmos-1206
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Aug 15	0534	Launch by 8A92M	Plesetsk
	0539?	Blok E burn
	0544?	Blok E sep
1980 Aug 15			97.4 630x634x81.2

Kosmos 1781

 1986-072A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1781
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 17	0759	Launch by Soyuz from Baikonur 63.51E
	0803	Blok I burn
	0807	Blok I MECO
1986 Sep 17			90.40 205 x 381 x 70.4
1986 Sep 17	2109?	Orbit raise	92.17 345 x 416 x 70.4
1986 Sep 22			92.17 349 x 413 x 70.4
1986 Sep 30			92.18 346 x 416 x 70.4
1986 Oct 1		(72D-H)
1986 Oct 5
	0452?	Deorbit
	0502?	PO sep
	0518?	Entry	-78 x 396
	0532?	Landed