Progress M-13

 1992-035A

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Progress M 11F615A55 No. 214 was announced as Progress M-13 after launch. It failed to dock with Mir on Jul 2 due to a rendezvous software problem, but a second attempt on Jul 4 was successful.

Progress M-13
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Jun 30	1643:13	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1652	Blok-I sep
			88.5 189 x 244 x 51.6 (ITAR)
1992 Jul 1			90.89 307 x 328 x 51.61
1992 Jul 2	1840	failed to dock with Mir
1992 Jul 4	1655:13	Docked with Mir, DP1
1992 Jul 21		Orbit raise
1992 Jul 24	0414:00	Undocked
	0730	Deorbited over Pacific
	0803:35	Reentered

DSP 8

 1979-053A

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DSP Flight 8 was launched in Jun 1979 by Titan IIIC from Cape Canaveral and placed over the East Pacific. It was the first MOS/PIM (Multi Orbit Satellite/ Performance Improvement) class DSP. The MOS/PIM satellites were capable of operating in highly elliptical orbits but weren’t used in that mode. They had extra electronic packages for hardened survivability and added RCS fuel to extend lifetime.

DSP 11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Jun 10	1330:00	Launch by Titan IIIC	CC
	1332	SRM sep
	1334?	Stage 1 sep
	1335?	Fairing
	1337?	Stage 2 MECO	151? x 398? x 28.6
	1338?	Stage 2 sep
	1450?	Transtage MES-1
	2000?	MES-2
	2000?	MECO-2
	2030?	Transtage sep
1979 Jun 11?		Cover sep
1979 Jun			GEO 135W
1980 Apr			GEO 134W
1980 Sep			GEO 135W
1980 Oct			GEO 122W
1981 Aug			GEO 134W
1982 Apr			GEO 134.4W 35717 x 35853
1982 Apr 12			35611 x 35718 GEO +1.57E/d
1982 May 12			1435.9 35723 x 35843 GEO 86.5W
1982 Oct			GEO 85W
1984 Jun			GEO 85W
1984 Nov		DSP WPAC	GEO 135W
1985 Mar 10			GEO 125W

Rich Friends

https://welib.org/md5/080dee0a80bed4dbcc13b6985297ef97

Transat

 1977-106A

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The Transit O-11 (Oscar-11) navigation satellite was modified to carry an additional SATRACK targeting experiment for the Trident missile. A `penthouse' was added to the Transit 5 class airframe containing GPS receivers. Trident missile tests from Canaveral carried GPS receivers replacing one RV, to measure the trajectory accurately. Transat would simulate all the error sources in a Trident test by switching to GPS receiver SATRACK mode for a 15 minute pass over Cape Canaveral, simulating a Trident missile in its coast phase. This enabled validation of the Trident tracking software. It was used later as a test tool for the Eastern Range.

The satellite was known as Transat (Translator Satellite according to the APL history but, more plausibly, TRANSIT + SATRACK in other sources). Transat was launched in Oct 1977 and operated as a SATRACK satellite until Jan 1984 when it joined the operational Navy Navigation Satellite System as NNS O-11 (30110-32). It was reported as still partially operational for SATRACK mode in 1992.

Transat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Oct 28	0452:04	Launch by Scout D-1	V SLC5
		T+1:21 Stage 1 burnout
	0453:25	T+1:21 Stage 2 burn	-6322 x 92 x 74.3
		T+2:00 Stage 2 burnout
	0454:07	T+2:03 Heatshield
	0454:14	T+2:10 Stage 3 burn	-5973 x 349 x 85.5
	0454:48	T+2:44 Stage 3 burnout
	0504:41	T+12:37 Stage 3 sep
	0504:46	T+12:42 Stage 4 burn	-4888 x 1112 x 88.5
	0505:21	T+13:17 Stage 4 burnout	1111 x 1114 x 90.0 (MOR)
	0506?	Stage 4 sep
	0507?	Despin weights sep
			107.0 1069 x 1107 x 89.9
1984 Jan		end of SATRACK experiment
1984 Mar 20		In service as O-11
1988 Apr 6		Switched to maintenance frequency
1988 Sep 12		Switched to op freq for tests
1988 Sep 16		Switched to maintenance freq
1988 Sep 17	0950	end of operations

Kosmos 2185

 1992-025A

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Kosmos-2185 was a 43-day Kometa flight in 1992.

Kosmos-2185
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Apr 29	1050:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	1059	Blok-I sep
1992 Apr 29			89.37 196 x 289 x 70.0
1992 Apr 30
1992 May 1			89.40 210 x 279 x 70.0
1992 May 5			89.29 208 x 270 x 70.0
1992 May 6			89.42 212 x 279 x 70.0
1992 May 10			89.31 209 x 271 x 70.0
1992 May 11			89.68 226 x 290 x 70.0
1992 May 20			89.47 219 x 276 x 70.0
1992 May 25			89.63 220 x 291 x 70.0
1992 Jun 3			89.52 220 x 281 x 70.0
1992 Jun 5			89.67 225 x 291 x 70.0
1992 Jun 11			89.61 223 x 285 x 70.0
	2245?	Deorbit
	2256?	PO, SB sep
	2305?	Entry
	2320?	Landed

Spaceflight: May 1995

 https://welib.org/md5/8d4f3c323926b2faa971a242562d3d7f

Progress M-14

 1992-055A

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The next 7K-TGM spacecraft was Progress M 11F615A55 No. 209, which had been modified to replace the Otsek komlonyemntov dozapravki (fuel section) with an unpressurized structure containing the VDU (Vynosnoy Dvigatel'noy Ustanovki, External Engine Unit). Spacecraft 209 was named Progress M-14 after launch.

Progress M-14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Aug 15	2218:32	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	2227	Blok-I sep
			191 x 251 x 51.6
1992 Aug 18	0020:48	Docked with Mir KDP2
1992 Sep 2		VDU deployed to external surface
1992 Sep 3		VDU removed by EVA
1992 Oct 21	1646:01	Undocked
	2230	Deorbit
	2255	VBK ejected
	2309	VBK landed

Kosmos 2050

 1989-091A

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Kosmos-2050
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Nov 23	2035:44	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	2044	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	2135?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	2138?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1989 Nov 23.9			92.47 211x579x62.8 (B)
1989 Nov 28.3			717.84 593x39764x63.0
1989 Dec 27.7			717.98 614x39750x63.0

Mir news

 https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/mirnews

Radsat

 1972-076B

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The P72-1 satellite, nicknamed Radsat, was launched on 1972 Oct 2 by Atlas Burner 2A from Vandenberg. A passive radar calibration target, Radcat, was also carried on the launch. P72-1 was built by Boeing. The satellite had a mass of 566 kg and was 2.1m long and 1.4m in diameter. The ARPA-501 instrument returned data on the gamma ray background and X-rays from the earth. ML-101 validated a new thermal coating later used on DSCS.

The satellite was in a noon-midnight 11:49 LTDN orbit.

Launch lists indicate this was probably an Atlas Burner 2. A Thiokol motor list shows a Star 26 (for a Burner 2A) launched on this date, but I think it may be an error as it omits the Oct 1971 Thor Burner 2A launch which we are confident had a Star 26.

P72-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Oct 2	2011?	Launch by Atlas Burner 2	V BMRS A1
		T+2:18?? BECO
		T+4:37?? SECO
		T+4:54?? VECO
	2016	T+5:00? Atlas sep	-1250 x 740? x 98.4
	2017	Coast
	2016	T+5:00?
	2026?	Star 37B burn, 42s	-1250? x 740 x 98.5
	2029?	Star 37B sep
			99.7 732 x 753 x 98.5

Aviation Week: June 5,1995

 https://welib.org/md5/bb6e26e0f871295c2a6f7467560878a5

The astronauts : Canada's voyageurs in space

 https://welib.org/md5/2dbb391fdc83adf94b9026ed590f2a4c

Seventeen: May 1995

 https://welib.org/md5/4dcf44802671a78ead0307707a9583d9

Vostok 5 (Hawk)

  1963-020A

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The pilot of Vostok-5, launched in Jun 1963, was Podpol. Valeriy Bykovskiy. The spacecraft ws 3KA No. 7 (Vostok-3A No. 7). After a record 5 day flight, Vostok-5's deorbit engine was ignited to return Bykovskiy to Earth. The Priborniy Otsek was meant to separate 20 seconds after its engine fired, but in fact it did not come loose until ten minutes later. Bykovskiy landed at 53 23 45N 67 36 41E, 540 km northwest of Karaganda in Kazakhstan.

Mass was 4700 kg.

Vostok-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Jun 14	1158:58	Launch by 8K72K	KB LC1
	1203	Blok A sep
	1208	Blok E sep	162 x 209 x 64.97
1963 Jun 16	1000?	Flyby Vostok-6, 6km
1963 Jun 19	1039?	Deorbit
	1041?	PO failed to sep
	1049?	PO sep (10 min late)
	1055:39	Pilot ejected 118:56
	1059	Cabin landed
	1106	Pilot landed 119:06

A Brief History of the DoD Space Test Program

 http://www.astronautix.com/data/spacetestprogram.pdf

DMSP 1990

 1990-105A

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Block 5D-2 S-10 (DMSP 21544, USA 68) was launched on 1990 Dec 1 by Atlas E from Vandenberg. The Star 37S kick stage underperformed when the nozzle failed during the last second of the burn, and S-10 (now F-10) entered an elliptical orbit. The hydrazine was used to partly correct the orbit, but was depleted in the operation. Initially tumbling, the spacecraft attained three-axis stabilization by the second orbit. The shock of the kick motor failure caused the solar array initially to deploy only partly, but later on rev 2 it popped fully open. The spacecraft operated for 4 years.

DMSP 21544 (S-10)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Dec 1	1557:35	Launch by Atlas E	V SLC3W
	1559:39	T+2:04 Booster sep
	1559:59	T+2:24 Fairing sep
	1603:00	T+5:21 SECO
	1603	Atlas sep
	1609	T+10:27? Star 37S burn 43.4s
	1610	Star 37S nozzle failed T+42s	610 x 850 x98.9
	1610	Hydrazine burn, 32 m/s
			100.71 734 x 850 x 98.9
1990 Dec?		OLS cover sep
1991 Apr 8			100.64 731 x 846 x 98.8
1993 Aug		Still operational
1994 Sep 26		end of ops
1994 Dec?		OLS off
1995 Aug 11			100.52 725 x 840 x 98.6

Mission to Mars

 https://welib.org/md5/8738440ec258f67b948586eb0010c257

Pioneer 2

  1958-F19

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The third Pioneer lunar orbiter was launched on 1958 Nov 7 by Thor Able I from Canaveral. The third stage failed to ignite and the probe only reached an apogee of 1550 km. Burnout velocity was 7.15 km/s. Impact was in central Africa.

Pioneer II was the first probe launched after the formation of NASA but remained under the direction of the USAF.

The planned trajectory envisaged a vernier burn of 22m/s after Altair sep. Planned lunar orbit was 2250 x 23000 km.

Pioneer 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Nov 7	0730:21	Launch by Thor Able 1	CC
	0733:00	T+2:39 Thor MECO
	0733:01	Able burn
	0733:02	T+2:41 Thor sep
	0733:11	T+2:50 Fairing sep
	0734:51	T+4:30 Able MECO
	0734:53	T+4:32 Able sep
	0734:51	Altair failure
	0738:29	T+8:08 Altair sep	-2483 x 1544 x 32.12
	0740	Vernier burn
	0752	Apogee 1550 km
	0816	Reentry 28.7E 1.85N

Kosmos 2103

 1990-096A

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RCS was 17.6m2; no debris tracked.

Kosmos-2103
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Nov 14	0633:40	Launch by 11K69	Baikonur
	0636	Stage 1 sep
	0638	Stage 2 sep
	0722?	AKM burn
1990 Nov 14			92.76 402x417x65.0
1990 Nov 19			92.78 404x416x65.0
1991 Jan 3		begin orbit decay
1991 Jan 21			92.65 398x409x65.0 from 92.72 401x413
1991 Feb 17			92.13 372x385x65.0
1991 Apr 2.6			88.49 193x205x65.0
1991 Apr 3.5			87.60 149x161x65.0
1991 Apr 6		reentered

Aviation Week: April 17,1995

 https://welib.org/md5/5e4c4b050e3ad281f02e92c3744a942d

Maclean’s: June 19,1995

 https://welib.org/md5/a11fab26b96166cd4702784bfa333c22

The Princess Aline

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/327/327.txt

Kosmos 1599

 1984-102A

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Kosmos-1599
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Sep 25	1430	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1438	Blok I sep
1984 Sep 26			89.64 167 x 247 x 67.1
1984 Sep 26		Orbit raise	89.57 180 x 326 x 67.1
1984 Oct 4			89.13 173 x 289 x 67.1
1984 Oct 5		Orbit raise	89.79 177 x 349 x 67.1
1984 Oct 16			89.17 168 x 298 x 67.1
		Orbit raise	89.64 177 x 336 x 67.1
1984 Oct 27			88.91 166 x 274 x 67.1
		Orbit raise	89.81 175 x 354 x 67.1
1984 Oct 29			89.73 174 x 346 x 67.1
		Orbit lower	89.01 175 x 275 x 67.1
1984 Nov 1			88.77 170 x 256 x 67.1
1984 Nov 1		Orbit raise	89.62 176 x 334 x 67.1
1984 Nov 10			89.08 170 x 287 x 67.1
1984 Nov 10		Orbit raise	89.28 176 x 300 x 67.1
1984 Nov 12			89.14 174 x 289 x 67.1
1984 Nov 13		Orbit raise	89.34 181 x 302 x 67.1
1984 Nov 18			88.83 173 x 259 x 67.1
1984 Nov 18			88.94 15 x 268 x 67.1
1984 Nov 20	1130		88.78 169 x 258 x 67.1
1984 Nov 21
	1854?	deorbit
	1908?	entry
	1920?	Landing

Kosmos 27

  1964-014A

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3MV-1 No. 3 was to test new systems for space probes and was to be launched toward Venus. It reached Earth orbit and the Blok-I third stage separated but the fourth stage control system failed. 3MV-1 No. 3 was given the cover name Kosmos-27; it would have been Zond-1 if successful. The USSR reported that Kosmos-27 `required only one orbit to complete its flight plan'.

Kosmos-27
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Mar 27	0324:42	Launch by 8K78M	KB
	0329	Blok-A burn
	0329	Blok-I burn
	0333	Blok-I sep	167 x 198 x 64.8
		Blok-L control system failed
1964 Mar 27	1337		88.56 197 x 208 x 64.8 (TLE)
1964 Mar 28	0700?	Reentered

STS-41 (Discovery)

 1990-090A

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STS-41 deployed the Ulysses probe. After a last-minute hold at T-31s launch took place at 1147 UTC on 1990 Oct 6. On Oct 7 the crew executed the OMS-4 burn to phase the orbit for improved landing conditions.

DTO 827, a test of the digital autopilot's ability to operate at high pitch rates, ran into cross-coupling problems and was terminated after 40s after using up 137 kg of RCS fuel.

STS-41
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Aug 27		Tow to VAB
1990 Aug 28		ET mate
1990 Sep 5		Rollout	LC39B
1990 Oct 6	1147:15	Launch from LC39B
	1149:19	SRB sep
	1155:46	MECO	65 x 291 x 28.5 (PK)
	1156:03	ET sep	88.17 72 x 294 x 28.5 (OMS dV)
	1227:08	OMS-2 (2:25) 68.1m/s
	1229:32	OMS-2 CO
	1300		90.51 295 x 302 x 28.5
	1311	PLBD open
	1707	Tilt table deploy
	1748:15	ULS/IUS/PAM-S deploy
	1749:13	RCS sep 1
	1803	OMS-3 sep burn 23s
	2030		90.83 300 x 329 x 28.5
1990 Oct 7	1043:53	OMS 4 phasing, 44s 12m/s
	1100		90.39 285 x 301 x 28.5
	1407	RMS uncradle
	1522	RMS parked for ISAC
1990 Oct 9	0600		90.38 283 x 303 x 28.5
	1502	RMS cradle
1990 Oct 10	1020	PLBD closed
	1300:05	OMS DO (2:38) 90.4m/s	90.37 281 x 303 x 28.5
	1302:33	OMS DO CO	-3? x 285 x 28.5
	1326	Entry
	1357:18	Landing RW22 EAFB
	1357:32	NGTD
	1358:10	Wheels stop
1990 Oct 15	1230	SCA takeoff	EAFB
	1715	SCA landing	Sheppard AFB TX
	1900	SCA takeoff
	2140	SCA landing	Eglin AFB FL
1990 Oct 16	1055	SCA takeoff
	1140	SCA landing	KSC SLF
	1500	Tow to OPF/1

Kosmos 950

 1977-086A

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Kosmos-950
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Sep 13	1510	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1514	Blok-I burn
	1518	Blok-I sep
1977 Sep 18			89.38 203 x 284 x 62.8
1977 Sep 26			89.15 198 x 265 x 62.8
1977 Sep 27
	0608?	Deorbit
	0618?	PO sep
	0624?	Entry
	0639?	Landed