Friday, August 12, 1994
Corona 98
1965-067A
Mission 1023-1 operated from 1965 Aug 17 to 22, follwed by Mission 1023-2 from Aug 22 to Aug 26. The forward camera shut down for a period during the second mission (rev 103-132). The satellite was launched by TA Thor Agena D from PALC-1-1. (The official VAFB history office launch list designates the launch complex at that time as PALC-1, but the contemporary Launch Summary for the flight records it as ``South Vandenberg Complex I''.
| KH-4A Mission 1023 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Aug 17 | 2059:57 | Launch by TA Thor Agena D | V PALC-I Pad 1 |
| 2100:52 | Castor sep (T+0:55) | ||
| 2102:26 | Thor MECO (T+2:29) | ||
| 2102:35 | Thor VECO (T+2:38) | ||
| 2102:40 | Thor sep (T+2:43) | ||
| 2102:47 | Agena burn (T+2:50) | ||
| 2106:48 | Agena MECO (T+6:51) | 90.55 186 x 427 x 70.0 (VCR) | |
| 1965 Aug 19 | 2130 | 90.4 180 x 407 x 70.0 (RAE) | |
| 1965 Aug 22 | 2300:05 | SRV-1 ejected rev 81 | |
| 2300:15 | Retro | ||
| 2300:27 | T/C sep | ||
| 1965 Aug 22 | 2340? | SRV-1 recovered midair | |
| 22 33N 166 10W | |||
| 1965 Aug 24 | Forward camera shut down rev 103 | ||
| 1965 Aug 26 | Forward camera reactivated rev 132 | ||
| 1965 Aug 26 | 2147:05 | SRV-2 ejected rev 144 | |
| 2147:28 | T/C sep | ||
| 1965 Aug 26 | 2220? | SRV-2 recovered midair | |
| 25 49N 164 36W | |||
| 1965 Sep 1 | 90.3 179 x 389 x 70.0 (SSR) | ||
| 1965 Sep 15 | 90.7 206 x 405 x 70.0 (SSR) | ||
| 1965 Sep 18 | 0730 | 90.33 200 x 381 x 70.0 | |
| 1965 Sep 30 | 90.3 201 x 351 x 70.0 (SSR) | ||
| 1965 Oct 8 | 0230 | 88.83 176 x 255 x 70.0 (RAE) | |
| 1965 Oct 11 | 0630? | CORONA/Agena reentered | |
Wednesday, August 10, 1994
Tuesday, August 9, 1994
Echo 2A
1962-S14
The AVT-1 launch used a DSV-2D Thor to launch an A-12 balloon on a suborbital mission. Flight Canister 5 was originally planned for the mission, but after a launch scrub on Jan 11 Flight Canister 6 was used.
The canister was an oblate spheroid 1.1m dia 0.64m high containing a 41m diameter balloon. A camera and recovery capsule were attached to the Thor forward adapter.
| AVT-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Jan 15 | 1107:01 | Launch by Thor DSV-2D | CCAFS LC17A |
| 1109 | T+2:21 MECO 4.27km/s(rel) 200 km? | ||
| T+2:26 Fairing sep | |||
| T+2:33 VECO | |||
| T+2:44 Canister ejected 1.6m/s | |||
| T+2:45 Thor retro 2.4m/s | |||
| 1110:06 | T+3:05 Capsule halves separate at 15.2 m/s | ||
| 1110 | A-12 inflation | ||
| A-12 ruptured | |||
| 1119? | T+12m? Apogee 1480 km? | ||
| 1129 | T+22:35 Data capsule sep | ||
| 1152 | Data capsule recovered | ||
Monday, August 8, 1994
STS-28 (Columbia)
1989-061A
Columbia flew again in Aug 1989. The STS-28R mission was highly classified. It deployed two satellites, one large NRO communications satellite which is thought to have been boosted to Molniya orbit, and one small GAS-can-deployed experiment that may have been a GLOMR follow-on or an NRO sigint payload.
| STS-28 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Jun 10 | Processing | OPF/1 | |
| 1988 Oct 7 | Storage | OMRF | |
| 1988 Nov 9 | Processing | OPF/2 | |
| 1988 Dec 12 | Storage | OMRF | |
| 1989 Jan 23 | Processing | OPF/1? | |
| 1989 Jul 3 | Rollover | VAB | |
| 1989 Jul 14 | Rollout | LC39B | |
| 1989 Aug 8 | 1237:00 | Launch | LC39B |
| 1239:04 | SRB sep | ||
| 1245:36 | MECO | ||
| 1245:54 | ET sep | 88.43 90? x 303 x 57.0 | |
| 1314:52 | OMS 2 1:46 60m/s?? | ||
| 1316:38 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1330? | 90.49 290 x 307 x 57.0 | ||
| 1415:53 | PLBD open | ||
| 1830 | 90.49 290 x 306 x 57.0 | ||
| 1835? | SPDS deploy USA-40 | ||
| 1900? | RCS? sep | ||
| 1900 | 90.56 295 x 308 x 57.0 | ||
| 1989 Aug 9 | 1249:00 | OMS 3 | |
| 1249:11 | OMS 3 CO | ||
| 1410? | GAS deploy USA-41 on rev 18 (s) | ||
| 1419:00 | OMS 4 | ||
| 1419:11 | OMS 4 CO | ||
| 1989 Aug 11 | 0000 | 90.55 295 x 307 x 57.0 | |
| 1989 Aug 12 | 1600? | 90.54 295 x 306 x 57.0 | |
| 1989 Aug 13 | 1004:54 | PLBD close | |
| 1236:56 | OMS DO 2:19 79 m/s | ||
| 1239:14 | OMS DO CO | ||
| 1305:57 | Entry | ||
| 1337:09 | Landed | RW17 EAFB | |
| 1337:14 | NGTD | ||
| 1337:51 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1989 Aug 20 | 1045 | SCA | Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX |
| 1600 | SCA | Warner-Robbins ALC, GA | |
| 1989 Aug 21 | 1430 | SCA | KSC SLF |
| 1805 | OPF/2 | ||
Sunday, August 7, 1994
Molniya 175
1989-014A
The final Molniya-1 launch from Baikonur was on 1989 Feb 15.
| Molniya-1 F81 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Feb 15 | 1100:00 | Launch by 8K78M | KB |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 1108 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 1153 | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 1156 | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 91.49 233 x 462 x 62.95 | |||
| 1989 Feb 16 | 698.37 450 x 38943 x 62.9 | ||
| 1989 Feb 24 | On station | 717.86 458 x 39901 x 62.9 | |