Saturday, March 18, 1995
Soyuz T-13 (Pamir)
1985-043A
The repair mission to the crippled Salyut-7 was launched in Jun 1985 using spacecraft 7K-STM No. 19L. After launch the spaceship was named Soyuz T-13.
- Komandir Pol. Vladimir Dzhanibekov, VVS
- Bortinzhener Viktor Savinykh, NPO Energiya
Crew
| Soyuz T-13, Flight 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Jun 6 | 0640 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB |
| 0642 | Blok-BVGD sep | ||
| 0644 | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0648 | Blok-I cutoff | ||
| 0648 | Blok I sep | ||
| 199 x 224 x 51.6 | |||
| 1215 | 299 x 335 x 51.6 | ||
| 1985 Jun 8 | 0515 | 299 x 335 x 51.6 | |
| Rendezvous with Salyut-7 | |||
| Flyaround Salyut-7 | |||
| 0850 | Docked Salyut-7 -X | ||
| Hatch open | |||
| 1985 Jun 13 | 357 x 360 x 51.6 | ||
- Komandir Pol. Vladimir Dzhanibekov, VVS
- Bortinzhener Georgiy Grechko, NPO Energiya
Crew
| Soyuz T-13, Flight 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Sep 25 | 0358 | Undocked Salyut-7 -X | 337 x 351 x 51.6 |
| Rendezvous with Salyut-7 | |||
| Maneuvering tests | |||
| 1985 Sep 26 | 0736? | BO sep | |
| 0900? | Deorbit | ||
| 0904? | DO CO | ||
| 0925? | PAO sep | ||
| 0930? | Entry | ||
| 0951:58 | Landed | ||
Molniya 342
1992-067A
Molniya-3 F44 (N42) was launched on 1992 Oct 14.
| Molniya-3 No. 50 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Oct 14 | 1958:00 | Launch by Molniya | PL |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 2006 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 2051 | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 2054 | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 1992 Oct 14 | 701.37 423 x 39119 x 62.80 | ||
Kosmos 1129
1979-083A
Bion 5 carried US samples as well as Soviet ones.
| Bion 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Sep 25 | 1530 | Launch by Soyuz-U | PL |
| 1532 | Blok-BVGD sep | ||
| 1534 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1539 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 90.53 217 x 382 x 62.8 | |||
| 1979 Oct 9 | Quail incubator failed | ||
| 1979 Oct 10 | 90.14 211 x 351 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Oct 14 | 90.07 210 x 344 x 62.8 | ||
| 0257? | Deorbit | ||
| 0307? | PO sep | ||
| 0315? | Entry | ||
| 0332? | Landed | ||
Salyut 3
1974-046A
The second Almaz station, OPS 11F71 No. 101-2, was launched on 1974 Jun 24, becoming Salyut-3. Almaz/OPS 2 met with more success than its predecessor.
The station reached its operational orbit of 265 x 271 km on Jun 28 and on Jul 4 the Soyuz-14 transport ship docked with it, bringing aboard the first Almaz crew of Pol. Pavel Popovich and Podpol. Yuriy Artyukhin. The significance of the all-military crew, and of the relative lack of details given out about the mission, was not lost on Western observers of the program. The Soyuz-14 crew returned to Earth on Jul 19.
On Aug 24 the orbit of the station was raised again, heralding launch of a new mission. However the Soyuz-15 spaceship failed to dock on Aug 27, and astronauts Sarafanov and Dyomin made an emergency return to Earth without boarding Almaz.
On Sep 23 the Kapsul Spuskaemiya Informatisionaya (11F76 KSI, Data Landing Capsule) was ejected and recovered in the USSR.
On Dec 25, 1974, TASS announced that the mission of Salyut-3 had been completed (Salyut-4/DOS 4 was launched the next day) and on 1975 Jan 24 the second Almaz station was deorbited over the Pacific.
It has been suggested lthat this Almaz station carried and tested a `space cannon', probably the same one designed for Soyuz-VI.
| Salyut-3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Jun 24 | 2238:00 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 2247 | 8S812 stage sep | ||
| 46C,D sep | |||
| 1974 Jun 25 | 0130 | 211 x 244 x 51.6 | |
| 0400 | 208 x 240 x 51.6 | ||
| 1700 | 213 x 253 x 51.6 | ||
| 1974 Jun 27 | 213 x 252 x 51.6 | ||
| Orbit raise | 251 x 268 x 51.6 | ||
| 1974 Jun 28 | Orbit raise | 265 x 271 x 51.6 | |
| 1974 Jul 2 | 266 x 269 x 51.6 | ||
| 268 x 272 x 51.6 | |||
| 1974 Jul 4 | 2100 | Soyuz-14 docked | |
| 1974 Jul 5 | 0130 | Soyuz-14 crew entry | |
| 1974 Jul 10 | Object 74-51C tracked | ||
| 1974 Jul 18 | 265 x 269 x 51.6 | ||
| 265 x 273 x 51.6 | |||
| 1974 Jul 19 | Crew transfer to Soyuz-14 | ||
| 0903 | Soyuz-14 undocked | ||
| 1974 Aug 21 | 258 x 261 x 51.6 | ||
| 1900 | Orbit trim | 258 x 263 x 51.6 | |
| 1974 Aug 24 | 258 x 261 x 51.6 | ||
| Orbit raise | 263 x 285 x 51.6 | ||
| 1974 Aug 27 | Soyuz-15 rendezvous | ||
| Soyuz-15 failed to dock | |||
| 1974 Aug 28 | 258 x 284 x 51.6 | ||
| 257 x 286 x 51.6 | |||
| 1974 Sep 23 | 0700? | KSI ejected | |
| 0936 | KSI landed | ||
| 1974 Sep 23 | 249 x 280 x 51.6 | ||
| 1974 Oct 24 | 253 x 259 x 51.6 | ||
| 0230 | Orbit raise | 261 x 285 x 51.6 | |
| 0500 | 255 x 295 x 51.6 | ||
| 1974 Dec 25 | Mission completion announced by TASS | ||
| 1975 Jan 22 | 0930 | 218 x 239 x 51.6 | |
| 1975 Jan 24 | |||
| 0630? | Deorbit | -73? x 233 | |
| 0655? | Impact | ||
Friday, March 17, 1995
Kosmos 2106
1990-104A
1990-104J was redesignated 1990-81CJ; it was probably a spurious cataloging.
| Kosmos-2106 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Nov 28 | 1633:58 | Launch by Tsiklon-3 | PL |
| 1640? | S5M MECO-1 | ||
| 1709? | S5M MECO-2 | ||
| 95.18 517x537x82.51 | |||
| No | Object | RCS | Release (approx) | Decay |
| Kosmos-2106 | 2.87 | - | in orbit | |
| S5M rocket | 5.05 | - | in orbit | |
| 1 | C | 0.01 | 1990 Nov 28 | 1991 Feb 21 |
| 2 | D | 5.43 | 1990 Nov 28 | 1991 Feb 23 |
| 3 | E | 0.01 | 1990 Nov 28 | 1991 Mar 6 |
| 4 | F | 0.12 | 1991 Jan 18 | 1991 Mar 10 |
| 5 | G | 0.12 | 1991 Jan 18 | 1991 Mar 11 |
| 6 | H | 0.11 | 1991 Jan 18 | 1991 Mar 10 |
| J | 1991 Jan 18? | |||
| 7 | K | 0.11 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 15 |
| 8 | L | 0.12 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 10 |
| 9 | M | 0.11 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 10 |
| 10 | N | 0.11 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 10 |
| 11 | P | 0.13 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 21 |
| 12 | Q | 0.13 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 14 |
| 13 | R | 0.14 | 1991 May 12 | 1991 Jul 20 |
| 14 | S | 0.15 | 1991 May 17 | 1991 Jul 21 |
| 15 | T | 0.13 | 1991 May 17 | 1991 Jul 22 |
| 16 | U | 0.12 | 1991 May 17 | 1991 Jul 15 |
| 17 | V | 0.14 | 1991 May 17 | 1991 Jul 15 |
| 18 | X | 0.15 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Oct 7 |
| 19 | Y | 0.10 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Sep 17 |
| 20 | Z | 0.12 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Sep 17 |
| 21 | AA | 0.11 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Oct 11 |
| 22 | AB | 0.15 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Sep 23 |
| 23 | AC | 0.12 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Sep 22 |
| 24 | AD | 0.13 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Oct 2 |
| 25 | AE | 0.15 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Oct 6 |
| 26 | AF | 0.12 | 1991 Jun 23 | 1992 Oct 6 |
| 27 | AG | 0.14 | 1993 Feb | 1993 Apr 5 |
Wednesday, March 15, 1995
Soyuz TM-8 (Knight)
1989-071A
The Soviet Union resumed flights to the Mir station in Sep 1989, with the launch of 7K-STM 11F732 No. 58 as Soyuz TM-8. At 4 meters from docking problems with the automatic system forced the crew to back off to 20m and complete the docking manually.
| Soyuz TM-8, Flight 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Sep 5 | 2138 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB |
| 2140 | Blok-BVGD sep, T+1:58 | ||
| 2142 | Blok-A sep, T+4:48 | ||
| 2146 | Blok-I cutoff | ||
| 2147 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1989 Sep 7 | 2215 | Manual final approach | |
| 2225:26 | Docked with 37KE +X | ||
| 2355 | Hatch open, crew entry | ||
| 1989 Sep 12 | 92.30 380 x 393 x 51.62 | ||
| Soyuz TM-8, Flight 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Dec 12 | 0745 | Hatch closed | |
| 0833 | Undocked from 37KE +X | ||
| 0853 | Docked Mir -X | ||
On the return to Earth, the astronauts brought along Payload Systems' crystal growth experiment.
| Soyuz TM-8, Flight 3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Feb 11 | 92.46 381 x 407 x 51.6 | ||
| 1990 Feb 19 | 0106 | Undocked from Mir -X | |
| 0329? | Deorbit | ||
| 0332? | DO CO | ||
| 0357 | BO sep | ||
| 0410 | PAO sep | ||
| 0415 | Entry | ||
| 0436 | Landed | ||