1967-054A
Zenit-4 No. 30 was launched two days after the landing of No. 31. The mission was the second of the year to the Baikonur 51.8 degree slot.
| Kosmos-162 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Jun 1 | 1040:02 | Launch by 11A57 | KB |
| T+4:55 Blok-I burn | |||
| 1048 | T+8:45 MECO | ||
| 1048 | Blok-I sep | 89.19 196 x 275 x 51.81 (RAE) | |
| 1967 Jun 1 | 1157 | 89.89 212 x 325 x 51.9 | |
| 2053 | 89.22 202 x 269 x 51.8 | ||
| 1967 Jun 6 | 89.12 198 x 263 x 51.8 | ||
| 1967 Jun 9 | 1210? | Deorbit | |
| 1244? | Landed | ||
1989-053A
ESA's experimental heavy communications technology satellite, L-SAT, was built by British Aerospace. The L-SAT program was renamed Olympus prior to launch. The satellite provided experimental direct broadcast TV and commercial services, and carried out 30/20 GHz propagation studies and tests of Italian inter-city communications.
| Olympus | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Jul 12 | 0014:03 | Launch by Ariane 3 | CSG ELA1 |
| T+0:07 PAL burn | |||
| T+0:40 PAL sep | |||
| T+2:23 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:26 St 2 MES | |||
| T+3:51 Fairing sep | |||
| T+4:34 St 2 sep | |||
| 0018:42 | T+4:39 St 3 MES | ||
| 0030:44 | T+16:41 St 3 MECO | ||
| 0034:06 | T+20:03 St 3 sep | 200 x 36084 x 6.2 (PK) | |
| 0052 | Perth acquires signal | ||
| 0120 | Solar arrays deploy | ||
| 1989 Jul 13 | 1230 | Apogee burn 103.5 min | |
| 1413 | Apogee burn complete | ||
| 1989 Jul 13 | 1381.97 33304 x 36136 x 0.2 GEO 29.3W+14.1E | ||
| 1989 Jul 15 | 1054 | Station acq, reverse drift, 50 min | |
| 1989 Jul 16 | 1381.33 33303 x 36112 x 0.2 GEO 11.8E+14.3E | ||
| 1989 Jul 20 | braking | 1437.71 35522 x 36113 x 0.3 GEO 1.7W+0.4W | |
| 1989 Jul 25 | Station acq burn | ||
| 1989 Aug 3 | mv in | 1435.88 35754 x 35810 x 0.1 GEO 19.0W | |
| 1989 Aug 25 | 1436.15 35776 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 19.1W | ||
| 1989 Sep | Payload commissioning | GEO 19W | |
| 1989 Oct | Spacecraft commissioning from ESOC | ||
| 1989 Oct 10 | Control to Fucino for op mission | ||
| 1990 Jun 9 | 1436.10 35771 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 19.0W | ||
| 1991 May 26 | 1436.13 35775 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 19.0W | ||
| 1991 May 29 | Attitude control failed | ||
| 1991 Jun 2 | 1415.92 34994 x 35786 x 0.1 GEO 1.4E+5.1E | ||
| 1991 Jun 17 | 1415.87 34994 x 35784 x 0.1 GEO 77.3E+5.1E | ||
| 1991 Jul 3 | 1415.93 34992 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 163.4E+5.1E | ||
| 1991 Jul 15 | 1415.89 34991 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 141.0W+5.1W | ||
| 1991 Jul 31 | Spacecraft recovered | ||
| 1991 Aug 1 | Drifting | 1414.81 34926 x 35811 x 0.2 GEO 49.0W+5.2E | |
| 1991 Aug 2 | Burn 7m/s E | GEO +2.9/d | |
| 1991 Aug 6 | Inclination burn, 15 m/s | ||
| 1991 Aug 9 | Burn | 1424.16 35300 x 35805 x 0.2 GEO 22.8W+3.0E | |
| 1991 Aug 13 | Burn to keep in 0.1deg box | GEO 19W | |
| 1991 Aug 14 | Payload recommissioning | 1435.72 35769 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 19.0W | |
| 1991 Sep 29 | 1436.06 35775 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 19.0W | ||
| 1992 Oct 28 | 1436.10 35776 x 35796 x 0.5 GEO 18.9W | ||
| 1993 Aug 8 | 1436.13 35759 x 35814 x 1.2 GEO 19.1W | ||
| 1993 Aug 12 | Lost attitude control, safemode | ||
| 1993 Aug 23 | 1436.17 35729 x 35847 x 0.6 GEO 19.3W | ||
1991-081A
| Kosmos-2173 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Nov 27 | 0330:26 | Launch by 11K65M | Plesetsk |
| T+2:10 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:12 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km | |||
| T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km | |||
| 0338? | T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km | 150 x 1003? x 83 | |
| T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 | |||
| T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 | |||
| 0433? | T+1:02:50 St 2 sep | ||
| 1991 Nov 28 | 104.75 947x1018x82.9 | ||
1977-050A
US sources, reported by Nick Johnson, said that a successful intercept of Kosmos-909 happened on the first orbit at an altitude of about 1575 km. Based on the target orbit, the possible intercept times are around 0809 UTC over 105W 60S, and 0908 UTC over 42E 51N.
| Kosmos-918 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Jun 17 | 0723:10 | Launch by 11K69 | KB |
| 0725 | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0728 | Stage 2 sep | 88.19 127 x 243 x 65.1 | |
| 0800? | Move to eccentric orbit | ||
| 1977 Jun 17 | 245x1630x65.9? (NLJ) | ||
| 243 x 1760? x 65.9 | |||
| 1977 Jun 17 | 0908 | Intercepted K909 on rev 1 at 1575 km | |
| 0922? | Deorbit | ||
| 1977 Jun 17 | 0950? | reentered | |
1975-089A
Kosmos-770 returned to use of the 1200 km altitude orbit.
| Kosmos-770 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Sep 24 | 1200 | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 1202 | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1208? | Stage 2 MECO | ||
| 1253? | Stage 2 restart | ||
| 1253? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 1975 Sep 24 | 109.2 1169 x 1210 x 83.0 | ||
1974-051A
The long delayed first piloted flight to an Almaz space station began on 1974 Jul 3 when veteran Vostok astronaut Pavel Popovich and rookie Yuriy Artyukhin boarded Soyuz 11F615A9 No. 62 for launch into orbit. The 7K-T ferry was announced as Soyuz-14.
| Soyuz-14 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Jul 3 | 1851:08 | Launch by Soyuz | KB |
| 1853 | Blok BVGD sep | ||
| 1855 | Blok A sep | ||
| 1859 | Blok I MECO | ||
| 1859 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 195 x 217 x 51.6 | |||
| Orbit raise | 255 x 277 x 51.5 | ||
| 1974 Jul 4 | Rendezvous with Salyut-3 (Almaz 2) | ||
| Stationkeeping for several hours | |||
| 2105 | Docked with Salyut-3 | ||
| 1974 Jul 5 | 0130 | Hatch open | |
| 1974 Jul 19 | 0903 | Undocked from Salyut-3 | |
| 1132 | Retrofire | ||
| 1135 | DO CO | ||
| 1154? | Modules sep | ||
| 1200? | Entry | ||
| 1221:36 | Landed | ||
