TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : July 1994

Thursday, July 28, 1994

Apollo 12 (Intrepid)

1969-099C

Lunar Module 6 was flown on the second landing mission, Apollo 12. Crewmembers Charles Conrad and Alan Bean named it `Intrepid'. This time, the landing came a full 60 seconds before the abort point.

Conrad reported from the LM footpad - "Whoopee, man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me". His first words from the surface were, "Off the footpad - ooo, is that soft and queasy".

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intrepid (LM 6)



1969 Nov 14	1622	Launch aboard Saturn V (SA-507)	KSC LC39A
	2035	Extracted from S-4B-507 by CSM 108
	2320	Hatch open, crew entry
	2358	Power up
1969 Nov 15	0042	Crew return to CSM
	0257	Crew entry to switch off light
	0300?	Crew return to CSM
1969 Nov 17	0700	Crew entry for checkout
	0800	Crew return to CSM
1969 Nov 18		Crew entry, return
1969 Nov 19	0100	Crew entry
	0416:10	Undocked from CSM 108
	0545:40	DPS DOI burn	15 x 112
	0546:08	DOI cutoff
	0642:39	RCS ullage burn
	0642:46	DPS PDI 12:26
	0654:44	Landed at Surveyor Crater, Mare Insularum
	1128	Depress at 3.5 psi (Apollo rule)
	1129	Depress valve full open
	1130:10	Depress LEVA-1 at 0.2psi
	1132:45	Hatch open
	1139	CDR egress
	1144	CDR on surface
	1212	LMP egress
	1214	LMP on surface
	1222	Camera pointed at Sun
	1222	S-band deployed
	1234	SWC deploy
	1254:48	Deploy ALSEP package 1
	1257	Deploy ALSEP package 2
	1314	Carrying ALSEP
	1320	Arrive at ALSEP site
	1421	Complete installation of ALSEP
	1427	Traverse to Head Crater
	1512	LMP off surface
	1514	LMP ingress
	1524	CDR off surface
	1525	CDR jettisons waste bag
	1527	CDR ingress
	1528	119:06:38 Hatch closed
	1529	119:08:00 Repress after 03:57:23 (04:01 from 3.5psi)
	1530	Repress complete
1969 Nov 20	0351	Depress LEVA-2 from 3.5psi
	0354	At 0.2psi
	0354	Hatch open
	0357	Jettison bag ejected
	0359	CDR egress
	0359	Left stowage bag 1 jettisoned
	0400:50	CDR on surface
	0408	LMP egress
	0410	LMP on surface
	0430	Sampling at Head crater
	0500	Sampling at Bench crater
	0516	Sharp crater, 360 m from LM
	0543	Near Halo crater
		Traverse to Surveyor-3
	0618	At Surveyor 3
	0640	Retrieve parts of Surveyor
	0655	Leave Surveyor
	0702	At Block crater
	0718	At LM, retrieve SWC
	0730	LMP off surface
	0732	LMP ingress
	0741	CDR off surface
	0743	CDR ingress
	0744	Hatch closed
	0745	Repress after 03:49
	0849	Ready for ED
	0855?	Depress for equipment dump
		Jettison left stowage bag 2 (LHSSC)
		(with boots, forearm rest, water bags, scale)
		Jettison 2 PLSS
	0900?	ED repress initiated
	0907	ED repress completed

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

LM 6



1969 Nov 20	1425:56	Launch from LM6 DS, Surveyor Crater
	1433:08	APS shutdown, LOI	17 x 115?
	1434?	Corrective burn	16 x 86
	1523:51	CSI burn
	1524:32	CSI	77 x 94
	1622:11	CDH	75 x 82
	1658:26	TPI	81 x 111
	1741:37	TPF	108 x 115
	1758:28	Dock with CSM 108
		Crew and cargo transfer
	2021:40	Undocked from CSM 108
	2150:14	Deorbit burn ignition	105 x 123 x 165.5
	2151:36	Deorbit burn cutoff	-115 x 106 x 164.4
	2217:25	Impact Montes Riphaeus, 5.3S 23.4W

Kosmos 300

1969-080A

E-8-5 No. 403 was launched on 1969 Sep 23 but it was stranded in Earth orbit and announced only as Kosmos-300. Two objects were tracked by the US with reentry 4 days later. The second burn of the Blok-D stage may not have occurred, but according to Sokolov the Blok-D did burn but in the wrong direction, with reentry near Australia. However, this doesn't square with the object tracked until Sep 27, as no other objects were expected in orbit except the rapidly-reentering SOZ units. Another interpretation is that although US intelligence sources believed they were tracking stage 4 and the payload, it's possible that objects A and B were just the small SOZ units, ejected prior to the TLI burn, and the major objects both reentered.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-300



1969 Sep 23	1407:36	Launch by Proton-K	KB LC81
	1409?	Stage 2 burn
		Stage 3 burn
	1416	Stage 3 sep
	1417	Blok-D burn 1
	1422?	Blok-D cutoff 1, parking orbit	88.16 184 x 189 x 51.52
	1529?	Blok-D burn 2 failed
	1532?	Blok D sep
	1530?	Kosmos-300 reenters?
1969 Sep 27		1969-080C reentered

DMSP 10

1976-091A

The Block 5D-1 F-1 satellite, DMSP 12535, was launched on 1976 Sep 11 from SLC10W at Vandenberg. The spacecraft separated from the Thor DSV-2U (USAF designation LV-2F) and the first of two solid stages ignited (administratively the upper stages were considered part of the payload, not the launch vehicle). The second stage was a Star 37XE, a modified version of the TE-M-364-4 used in Burner 2. The third stage was a further modified version of the same motor, the Star 37S. The Star 37XE placed the DMSP/Star 37S in a suborbital transfer trajectory, and the Star 37S burned at apogee to circularize the orbit. The Star 37S remained attached, but a number of small pieces of debris were cataloged which are thought to be sensor covers.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

DMSP 12535



1976 Sep 11	0800:55	Launch by Thor LV-2F	V SLC10W
	0803:28?	Thor MECO
	0803?	Fairing sep
	0803?	Thor sep
	0804?	Star 37XE burn
		Coast
	0809?	Stage 2 sep
	0809?	Star 37S burn
	0809?	Star 37S burnout
		RCS burn
		System deployment
			101.6 818 x 848 x 98.7
1976 Oct 15?		Cooler covers ejected
1977 May 1		Operational
1977 Oct 5			101.54 817 x 845 x 98.7

Wednesday, July 27, 1994

Hilat

1983-063A

The Transit O-16 satellite, originally built by RCA, was modified for auroral research and studies of ionospheric irregularities, and renamed Hilat. It was launched in Jun 1983 as Space Test Program flight P83-1.

Hilat used a Scout D-1 launch vehicle with a Castor IIA second stage (S/N 795M) originally assigned as a strapon in the USAF Thor inventory.

The AIM had two visible-light photometers and a vacuum UV Ebert-Fastie spectrometer with focal length of 1m, a parabolic telescope, and a PMT detector.

The Hilat satellite was built by APL for the Defense Nuclear Agency. Principal investigators for the beacon experiment were M. Cousins and C. Rino of SRI International (Menlo Park). Control was by the Naval Astronautics Group.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Hilat



1983 Jun 27	1537:08	Launch by Scout	V SLC5
		T+1:23 St 1 burnout
		T+1:28 St 1 sep
		T+1:35 St 2 burn 39s
		T+2:14 St 2 burnout
		T+2:35 Fairing sep
		T+2:36 St 2 sep
		T+2:37 St 3 burn
		T+3:10 St 3 burnout
		T+9:49 Spinup
	1548:19	T+10:06/11:11 St 3 sep
	1548:58	St 4 burn 33s	-4740 x 831 x 80.9
	1549:31	St 4 burnout
	1553:46	St 4 sep
			101.0 770 x 837 x 82.0
1983 Jul 3		Gravity boom deploy
1983 Jul 11		Doppler transmitters used for DMA gravity model
1983 Jul 22		Auroral obs from Kiruna
1983 Jul 23		Auroral mapper experiment failed
1983 Aug 26		Control to NAVASTROGRU
1989 Jun 5		end of mission

Monday, July 25, 1994

Ekran 10

1983-016A

Ekran No. 18L, also known as Ekran 10, was launched on 1983 Mar 12 by Proton from Baikonur. The spacecraft had been held in storage for several years owing to launch scheduling issues, but once on orbit it functioned for more than a year before its replacement. It was being utilized as an orbital spare as late as 1990.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Ekran 18



1983 Mar 12	1400	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	1409	Stage 3 sep
	1517?	DM burn 1
	2033?	DM burn 2
	2037?	DM sep
1983 Mar 13			1435.46 35768 x 35780 x 0.1 GEO 90.0E+0.15E
1983 Mar 23			1436.07 35755 x 35817 x 0.1 GEO 98.6E
1983 Apr 1			1435.93 35752 x 35814 x 0.1 GEO 98.9E
1983 Aug 11			1436.36 35763 x 35820 x 0.4 GEO 98.2E
1983 Oct 31			1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.6 GEO 99.7E
1984 Apr 17			1436.24 35774 x 35804 x 1.0 GEO 99.1E
1984 Jul 8			1436.21 35772 x 35805 x 1.2 GEO 99.3E
1984 Oct 1			1436.21 35778 x 35798 x 1.4 GEO 99.6E
1984 Oct 19?		Orbit raise
1984 Oct 26		Orbit raise	1515.32 37153 x 37493 x 1.5 GEO 36.38W+18.9W
1986 Apr 18			1515.33 37135 x 37512 x 2.9
1990 May 29			1515.31 37156 x 37490 x 7.0
1995 Aug 9			1515.32 37157 x 37489 x 11.3

Saturday, July 23, 1994

Space Centers

https://welib.org/md5/dd72d7f6610a7069072638f0a30f6d7a

Tuesday, July 19, 1994

Guide to opera & dance on videocassette

https://welib.org/md5/826b030701b56b12184e4a286d72bdef

Monday, July 18, 1994

Voskhod 1 (Ruby)

1964-065A

Spacecraft 3KV No. 3 was launched a week after the 3KV No. 2 flight test. The stripped down Vostok craft carried three men in underwear instead of one person in a spacesuit and ejector seat. The Korolev team thus beat NASA to the first multi-person space crew. Commander was Vladimir Komarov of the Air Force cosmonaut detachment; his crewmates were the first civilian cosmonauts. The Nauchniy Sotrudnik (Scientific Coworker) was Konstantin Feoktistov, one of Korolev's engineers, and the Vrach (Physician) was Boris Yegorov. The 3KV spacecraft was named Voskhod (Sunrise). The ship was launched aboard an 11A57 (Voskhod) launch vehicle, the first use of the Blok-I third stage for a piloted flight.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Voskhod



1964 Oct 12	0730:01	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0734?	Blok I burn
	0739?	Blok I MECO
1964 Oct 12			90.04 177 x 377 x 64.9 (RAE)
	0851		89.65 177 x 336 x 64.72 (TLE)
1964 Oct 13	0655:39	Orient for retro
	0718:58	Retrofire 5N 37E
	0725	PO sep, reserve retro sep
	0731	Reentry
	0747:04	Landed 13 km NE Kustanai, 54 02 N 68 08E

Sunday, July 10, 1994

Kosmos 1941

1988-035A

Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1941



1988 Apr 27	0910:00	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0914	Blok-I burn
	0918	Blok-I sep
1988 Apr 27			89.27 207 x 268 x 70.34
1988 Apr 28			89.32 224 x 257 x 70.34
1988 Apr 30			90.29 224 x 254 x 70.3
1988 May 1			90.13 224 x 337 x 70.3
1988 May 5			90.11 224 x 335 x 70.3
1988 May 8			89.29 218 x 260 x 70.3
1988 May 11
	0614?	Deorbit
	0624?	PO sep
	0632?	Entry	-206 x 250 x 70.4
	0647?	Landed

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-429



1971 Jul 20	1000:00	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1004	Blok-I burn
	1008	Blok-I sep
	1842		89.04 204 x 249 x 51.8
1971 Jul 21	0505		89.02 204 x 247 x 51.8
	1657		89.06 203 x 252 x 51.8
1971 Jul 22	1430		88.98 202 x 252 x 51.76 (RAE)
		Lower perigee
1971 Jul 23	1326		88.89 181 x 257 x 51.8
	1752		88.90 179 x 260 x 51.8
1971 Jul 24	0500		88.81 179 x 258 x 51.76 (RAE)
1971 Jul 31	0448		88.67 177 x 240 x 51.8
	0610?	Orbit raise
	1043		88.96 185 x 261 x 51.8
1971 Aug 1	2216		88.92 183 x 258 x 51.8
	2330	Engine sep
1971 Aug 2	0410?	Retrofire
	0420?	PO sep
	0426?	Entry
	0442?	Landed