Saturday, April 9, 1994
DSAP-2
1962-039A
The second Scout X-2M launch was more successful, and placed FTV 3502 in a 620 x 858 km x 98.7 deg orbit on 1962 Aug 23. The designation FTV 3502 given in the SATCAT is my basis for using the FTV 3500 series nomenclature for the whole series.
The mission got to orbit by luck: an attitude error cancelled out a late fourth stage burn and a perfect sun-synchronous orbit was achieved. The satellite provided cloud cover data for the Soviet Union and over Cuba during the October 1962 missile crisis.
| FTV 3502 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Aug 23 | 1133? | Launch by Scout X-2M | |
| 1134? | Stage 1 burnout late | ||
| 1134? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1135? | Stage 3 ignition (late) | ||
| Attitude error | |||
| 1142? | Stage 4 burn | ||
| 1143? | Stage 4 sep | ||
| 620 x 858 x 98.7 | |||
| 1963 Jan 7 | Still operating | ||
Thursday, April 7, 1994
Progress 32
1987-082A
Progress No. 139 (7K-TG No. 139, Progress-32) was launched on 1987 Sep 23 and docked with Kvant on Sep 26. On Nov 10 it undocked from Kvant and redocked one orbit later in a test of rendezvous software. It remained docked at the station a further week and was then undocked again and deorbited.
| Progress-32 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Sep 23 | 2343:54 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB |
| 2352 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1987 Sep 24 | 0000 | 88.88 187 x 249 x 51.6 | |
| 0700 | 88.96 191 x 256 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Sep 26 | 0108:15 | Docked with Mir Kvant DP2 | |
| 1987 Sep 27 | 91.04 295 x 356 x 51.6 | ||
| 1987 Nov 10 | 0409:10 | Undocked from Kvant | |
| 1987 Nov 10 | Rerendezvous with Mir | ||
| 1987 Nov 10 | 0547:25 | Redocked with Kvant DP2 | |
| 1987 Nov 17 | 1924:37 | Undocked from Kvant | |
| 1987 Nov 19 | 0010 | Deorbited | |
| 0058 | Reentry | ||
Kosmos 147
1967-022A
Zenit-2 No. 44 was launched from Plesetsk on 1967 Mar 13 to a 64.6 degree orbit.
| Kosmos-147 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Mar 13 | 1211 | Launch by 8A92 | NIIP-53 LC41/1 |
| 1214 | Blok-E burn | ||
| 1220? | Blok-E sep | ||
| 89.5 198 x 317 x 65 (TASS) | |||
| 1967 Mar 14 | 0250 | 89.45 194 x 300 x 64.57 | |
| 1967 Mar 15 | 0838 | 89.42 193 x 297 x 64.57 | |
| 1967 Mar 21 | 0612? | Deorbit | |
| 0633? | Landed | ||