Saturday, March 5, 1994

Osumi

  1970-011A


The fifth orbital attempt by ISAS was at last successful. The L-4S-5 final stage entered orbit with a small instrument package attached to it; it was given the name Osumi after a local district. The 24 kg satellite transmitted for 16 hrs.


Osumi
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Feb 11  0425 Launch by L-4S-5 KASC 
  T+7s SB-310 burnout 
  T+8s SB-310 sep 
  T+0:29 St 1 burnout 
  T+0:32 St 1 sep, 17 km 
  T+0:37 St 2 burn 
 0426 T+1:15 St 2 burnout, 58 km, 2.6 km/s 
  T+1:38 Fairing, 87 km 
  T+1:40 St 2 sep 
  T+1:43 St 3 burn 93 km 
  T+2:10 St 3 burnout 141 km, 4.6km/s  -5400 x 525 x 31.1 
 0427 T+2:30 St 3 sep 
 0433 T+7:57 St 4 burn 3.81 km/s 
 0433 T+8:29 St 4 burnout 525 km 8.13km/s 
   144.2 339 x 5138 x 31.1 
1970 Feb 11  2030? End of transmissions 
2003 Aug 1  2020? Reentered 

Friday, March 4, 1994

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/246/246-0.txt

Molniya 146

 1980-002A


Molniya-1 (F51, N46) was launched in Jan 1980 from Plesetsk into plane C.


Molniya-1 F51 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Jan 11  1228 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 
 1236  T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 1321?  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 1324?  T+56:54 ML sep   
   736.5 435 x 40842 x 62.8 
1980 Jan    717.9 442 x 39920 x 62.8 
1992 Oct 22   Reentered 


Monday, February 28, 1994

Zond 4A

  1967-F11


11F91 No. 4 was launched on 1967 Sep 27 but the Proton-K first stage failed. The descent module was recovered using the launch escape system, landing 65 km north of Baikonur. This vehicle would have been the first circumlunar attempt of the Zond program.


L-1 No. 4L 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Sep 27  2211:54Launch by Proton-K  KB LC81L 
 2213:21 Stage 1 failure T+87s (25 km?) 
 2213 Escape system used 
 2215? L-1 SA landed 

Kosmos 496

  1972-045A


A year after the Soyuz-11 tragedy, a modified spacecraft, 11F615A8 No. 33A (A for automatic), was launched on a mission to test out changes made in the wake of the accident. It was given the cover name Kosmos-496. The six day flight seems to have been successful.


Kosmos-496 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Jun 26  1453:00  Launch by 11A511  KB  
 1458  Blok-I burn  
 1502  Blok-I sep, LEO  89.34 190 x 294 x 51.73 (TLE) 
 1700   89.65 184 x 331 x 51.72 (TLE) 
 2130   89.64 185 x 329 x 51.6 (TLE) 
1972 Jun 28    89.57 189 x 318 x 51.6 
 1730   89.20 185 x 285 x 51.74 (TLE) 
1972 Jul 2  0230   88.80 177 x 254 x 51.6 (TLE)  
 1200?  BO sep (45C?) 
 1310?  Retrofire  
 1313? DO CO 
 1326?  Modules sep 
 1331?  Entry 
 1355  Landed  

November 20,2006

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