Saturday, June 18, 1994

SDS-7

 1987-015A


USA 21, launched in Feb 1987, was the final Titan 34B Agena D. It was probably the seventh and last SDS satellite.


SDS 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Feb 11  0640 Launch by Titan 34B Agena D  V SLC4W 
 0642?  Stage 2 burn 
 0645?  Stage 2 MECO 
 0646?  Agena MES-1 
 0650? Agena MECO-1  
 0717?  MES-2 
 0719? MECO-2 
 0725? Agena sep 
1988 Dec 15  718.1 610 x 39750 x 63.4 


Kosmos 1706

 1985-112A


This mission involved observations of the US fleet in the Mediterranean near Libya.


Kosmos-1706 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Dec 11  1440 Launch by Soyuz  PL 
 1448  Blok-I sep 
1985 Dec 11    89.53 177 x 325 x 67.1 
1985 Dec 17    89.17 161 x 305 x 67.1 
1985 Dec 22 
89.71 171 x 348 x 67.1 
1985 Dec 31   SpK-1 fiducial 
 0648?  Deorbit 
 0658?  Entry 
 0710?  Landed 
1986 Jan 2    88.75 157 x 268 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 2   
89.47 173 x 323 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 5    89.36 171 x 313 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 6   
89.67 177 x 339 x 67.2 
1986 Jan 11    89.31 175 x 304 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 11   
89.57 175 x 330 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 20   SpK-2 fiducial 
 0031?  Deorbit 
 0041?  Entry 
 0053?  Landed
1986 Jan 21    89.08 171 x 286 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 22   
89.56 175 x 329 x 67.1 
1986 Jan 31    89.13 171 x 291 x 67.1 
1986 Feb 1 
89.50 173 x 326 x 67.1 
1986 Feb 2    89.40 172 x 316 x 67.1 
1986 Feb 6 
89.75 173 x 350 x 67.1 
1986 Feb 8  
 89.54 172 x 331 x 67.1 
1986 Feb 9   
 1820?  Deorbit 
 1832?  Entry 
 1844? Landed 

Progress M-12

 1992-022A


Progress M No. 213 (Progress M-12) was launched in Apr 1992.


Progress M-12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1992 Apr 19  2129:25  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2138  Blok-I sep 
1992 Apr 21  2322:59  Docked with Mir DP1 
1992 Jun 3  1912   92.51 381 x 413 x 51.66 
1992 Jun 27  1900   388 x 410 x 51.6 
 2134:44  Undocked  

2310? Deorbited 
1992 Jun 28  0002:51  Reentered 

Friday, June 17, 1994

DFH-20

 1987-067A


FSW No. 10 was launched in Aug 1987. The capsule was recovered in central Sichuan province five days after launch. 


FSW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Aug 5  0639  Launch by CZ2  JQ 
 0641  T+2:10 MECO 
 0641  Stage 2 burn 
 0643?  T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO 
 0646?  Stage 2 VECO 
 0646? CZ-2C sep 90.24 173 x 400 x 62.96 
1987 Aug 5  2241  90.16 171 x 393 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 6    90.12 172 x 389 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 6  1200  Orbit trim? 90.19 171 x 396 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 7    90.15 171 x 392 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 9  1950   90.06 170 x 384 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 10  0520? Capsule sep 
 0530  Capsule landed in Sichuan 
 1220   90.03 171 x 380 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 11  1700   89.92 171 x 370 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 16    89.30 165 x 314 x 63.0 
1987 Aug 22    88.04 148 x 207 x 62.9 
1987 Aug 23   Reentered 

Thursday, June 16, 1994

Kosmos 8

 1962-038A


The DS-K-8 No. 1 payload was primarily an ELINT technology satellite. It carried a publicly acknowledged payload for studying micrometeorites. It also studied electron density and the upper atmosphere. It was launched as Kosmos-8 in Aug 1962 and operated for 5 days until the thermal regulation system failed.


Kosmos-8 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Aug 18  0500  Launch by Kosmos 63S1  GTsP4 Mayak-2 
 0502  S2 burn  
 0507?  S2 MECO 244 x 598 x 49.0 
1962 Aug 23   end of ops
1963 Aug 17  2130?  Reentered 

May 13,2026

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