Friday, November 25, 1983

Mars 5

  1973-049A


Mars-5 (3MS No. 53S) entered orbit around Mars successfully in Feb 1974, but after three weeks its main instrument compartment depressurized and the spacecraft fell silent. IKI used a Mars-centric-solar coordinate system with X the Mars-center/Sunline and Y,Z in the plane perpendicular to it.


Mars-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Jul 25  1855:48  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 1858  Stage 1 sep 
 1901  Stage 2 sep 
 1905  Stage 3 MECO 
 1905  Stage 3 sep 
 1909  Blok-D MES-1 
 1911?  Blok-D MECO-1 
1973 Jul 25  2015  Blok-D burn 2, solar orbit 
 2021? Blok-D MECO-2 
 2021?  Blok-D sep 
1973 Aug 3   TCM 4.5m/s 
1974 Feb 2   TCM 6.8m/s 
1974 Feb 12  1544:25 KDU burn MOI, 1.188 km/s 
  Mars orbit insertion 
   1760 x 32560 x 35.3 
  Peri at lat -35 deg, LT = 1700 
1974 Feb 18 Airglow spectrometer activated 
1974 Mar 1   End of transmissions

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