Kosmos 1778

 1986-071A

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Uragan No. 24L (203) was Kosmos-1778, on the first launch with three active satellites.

Kosmos-1778
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 16	1138:09	Launch by Proton	KB
		T+2:07? Stage 1 sep
		T+3:18? Fairing
		T+5:38? Stage 2 sep
	1147	T+9:40? Stage 3 MECO	(71E) 164x428x64.8
	1148	T+9:53? Stage 3 sep
1986 Sep 16	1302?	T+1:24? MES-1
1986 Sep 16			(71G) 406x19135x64.8 (Sep 29)
	1552?	MES-2
	1554?	MECO-2
	1555?	T+4:17? DM sep
1986 Sep 16			19086x19162x64.8
1986 Sep 21			19133x19143x64.8
1986 Sep 23			19082x19143x64.8
1986 Sep 29			19116x19143x64.8
1986 Oct 19		In service
1994 Apr 25		end of ops

Mariner 9

  1971-051A

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Mariner IX, the MM71-2 (Mariner 71I, Mariner I) payload, was launched at 2223 on 1971 May 30 by Atlas Centaur from Cape Kennedy in a single burn direct ascent trajectory on azimuth 92.7 deg to solar orbit. There was one course correction, on 1971 Jun 7. Mars orbit insertion was on Nov 14; planned orbit was 1200-1500 km periapsis, 12 h period, 65 deg inc.

Mariner IX mapped the planet until 1972 Apr 2. It was reactivated on 1972 Jun 4 and transmitted until 1972 Oct 27. The Mariner IX mission gave us the first detailed look at the planet Mars in its entirety.

Mariner 9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 May 30	2223:04	Launch by Atlas Centaur
	2225:34	T+2:30 BECO
		Atlas MECO
	2227?	Atlas sep
	2227?	Centaur MES1
	2235	MECO, solar orbit
	2236	Centaur sep T+13:18
	2240	Solar panels deploy
1971 Jun 5	0022:00	TCM, 5s burn 6.7m/s
1971 Nov 14		Centaur miss by 30000 km
1971 Nov 14	0017:39	Mars orbit insertion burn, 15:15 1.6005 km/s
	0033:05	MOI	754.01 1398 x 17915 x 64.36
	0650?	Apoapsis 1
	1307?	Periapsis 2
	1924?	Apoapsis 2
1971 Nov 15	0141?	Periapsis 3
	0758?	Apoapsis 3
	1415?	Periapsis 4
	2032?	Apoapsis 5
1971 Nov 16	0237:53	OTM-1 6s, 15.3m/s	718.23 1387 x 17094 x 64.4
1971 Nov 16	0249?	Periapsis 5
	0850?	Apoapsis 6
1971 Nov 26		Recon 1 mapping phase
1971 Dec 15		Recon 2 mapping phase
1971 Dec 30	1900?	OTM-2, Apo 94 17s 41.8m/s	719.47 1650 x 16860 x 64.4
1971 Dec 31	0700?	Apoapsis 95
1972 Jan 2		Cycle 1 mapping
1972 Jan 22		Cycle 2 mapping
1972 Feb 10		Cycle 3 mapping
1972 Mar 1		Special science targeting
1972 Apr 2		End of standard mission
1972 Jun 4		Reactivated
1972 Oct 27		End of transmissions

Kosmos 1206

 1980-069A

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Kosmos-1206
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Aug 15	0534	Launch by 8A92M	Plesetsk
	0539?	Blok E burn
	0544?	Blok E sep
1980 Aug 15			97.4 630x634x81.2

Kosmos 1781

 1986-072A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1781
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Sep 17	0759	Launch by Soyuz from Baikonur 63.51E
	0803	Blok I burn
	0807	Blok I MECO
1986 Sep 17			90.40 205 x 381 x 70.4
1986 Sep 17	2109?	Orbit raise	92.17 345 x 416 x 70.4
1986 Sep 22			92.17 349 x 413 x 70.4
1986 Sep 30			92.18 346 x 416 x 70.4
1986 Oct 1		(72D-H)
1986 Oct 5
	0452?	Deorbit
	0502?	PO sep
	0518?	Entry	-78 x 396
	0532?	Landed