Friday, March 10, 1995

Kosmos 935

 1977-073A


This was a Zenit-2M flight and it was in space for 13 days. There does not seem to have been a capsule on this flight.


Kosmos-935 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Jul 29  0800 Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 0804  Blok-I burn 
 0808  Blok-I sep 
1977 Jul 29    89.15 214 x 250 x 81.3 
1977 Aug 10    89.01 210 x 240 x 81.3 
1977 Aug 11   
 0443? Deorbit 
 0453? PO sep 
 0500? Entry 
 0514? Landed 

OSO 3

  1967-020A


OSO E was launched at 1612 on 1967 Mar 8 by a Delta C and reached a 95.5 min, 534 x 564 km x 32.9 deg orbit at 1624, becoming Orbiting Solar Observatory 3. It operated continuously until 1968 Jun 28 and in real time thereafter. It reentered on 1982 Apr 4. It successfully observed solar X-rays and galactic gamma rays.


OSO 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Mar 8  1612:00  Launch by Delta C  CK LC17A 
 1614:28 T+2:28 Thor S/N 20106 MECO 
 1614  St 1 sep 
 1614 Delta S/N 20106 burn 2:32 
 1617 Delta SECO 
 1624 X-258 RH-140 burn 22s 
 1624 X-258 cutoff  95.5 534 x 564 x 32.9 
 1625? X-258 sep 
1967 Dec 13   XR telescope turned off 
1968 Jun 28   end of recorder ops 
1969 Nov 10   End of ops 
1982 Apr 4   Reentered 

Monday, March 6, 1995

Hexagon 4

 1972-079A


HEXAGON Mission 4 was launched in Oct 1972 and remained in orbit for 3 months. The orbit was manintained regularly until the last orbit of the mission, when the satellite was placed in a more elliptical path.


HEXAGON 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1972 Oct 10  1803  Launch by Titan IIID  V SLC4E 
  T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27 
  T+1:55 SRM burnout  
  T+1:55 SRM sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO 
  T+4:16 Stage 1 sep 
  T+4:16 Stage 2 burn 
  T+5:05? Fairing 
 1810 T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO 
 1811 T+8:00 Stage 2 sep 
 2029   88.76 156 x 269 x 96.50 
1972 Oct 10  2104?  Subsat eject opportunity 
1972 Oct 11  1135?  Subsat eject, best guess 
1972 Oct 11  2141   88.85 154 x 280 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 13  0446   88.72 152 x 270 x 96.5 
  Raise perigee 
1972 Oct 14  1449   88.75 161 x 263 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 17  1218   88.53 157 x 245 x 96.5 
  Raise apogee 
1972 Oct 18  1159   88.78 152 x 275 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 20  0228   88.64 159 x 255 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
 2013   88.82 165 x 267 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 21  2028? SRV-1 recovery 
1972 Oct 24  1256   88.48 154 x 244 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
 1723   88.86 174 x 262 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 26  0327   88.76 159 x 266 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 28  0544   88.56 155 x 251 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
 1902   88.90 166 x 273 x 96.5 
1972 Oct 31  2232   88.60 156 x 253 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Nov 1  1744   88.85 176 x 258 x 96.5 
1972 Nov 2  1002   88.78 158 x 269 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 3  2133   88.65 157 x 258 x 96.4 
  Raise apogee 
1972 Nov 5  2054   88.79 154 x 275 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 5  1959? SRV-2 recovery 
1972 Nov 8  0932   88.52 152 x 250 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 1953   88.89 159 x 279 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 12  1113   88.59 154 x 255 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Nov 13  1948   88.76 158 x 267 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 16  0528   88.55 155 x 250 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
 1847   88.87 164 x 273 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 19  1323   88.62 156 x 256 x 96.4 
  Orbit raise 
1972 Nov 20  1856   88.89 164 x 274 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 23  2002?  SRV-3 recovery opp 
1972 Nov 24  0253   88.60 159 x 250 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 1739   88.88 167 x 270 x 96.4 
1972 Nov 28  0303   88.56 159 x 247 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 1749   88.87 170 x 266 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 1  1523   88.60 163 x 246 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Dec 4  1554   88.75 164 x 260 x 96.5 
1972 Dec 5  1237   88.69 164 x 254 x 96.5 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Dec 6  1812   88.84 167 x 266 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 10  0038   88.60 161 x 248 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 1822   88.85 177 x 257 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 13  2320   88.61 160 x 250 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Dec 15  1220   88.80 163 x 267 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 17  0248   88.65 160 x 254 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Dec 17  2121? SRV-4 deorbit 
1972 Dec 18  0643   88.78 174 x 254 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 20  0444   88.57 163 x 244 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
1972 Dec 24  0152   88.87 167 x 269 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 27  0352   88.59 163 x 246 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 1838   88.77 173 x 254 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 29  0440   88.66 168 x 248 x 96.4 
  Raise orbit 
 2057   88.93 184 x 258 x 96.4 
1972 Dec 30  1911   88.85 169 x 265 x 96.4 
1973 Jan 1    88.74 167 x 256 x 96.4 
1973 Jan 3    88.85 172 x 263 x 96.4 
1973 Jan 8  1611  88.64 172 x 242 x 96.4 
 1909  89.03 120 x 332 x 96.4 
 1936? SRV-4 deorbit opp 
1973 Jan 102110? deorbited

The 1994 CIA World Factbook

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/180/180-0.txt

May 13,2026

  https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.855.txt