Molniya 118

  1970-013A

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Molniya-1 F18 was the first C-plane satellite. It was also the first Molniya to be launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. 

Molniya-1 F18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Feb 19	1857:15	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1906	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1951?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1954?	T+56:54 ML sep
1970 Feb 24			703.17 464 x 39167 x 65.4
1970 Mar 5			703.08 464 x 39162 x 65.4
1970 Mar 11			702.60 462 x 39141 x 65.5
1970 Apr 6			717.66 474 x 39873 x 65.5
1970 Apr 8			717.70 475 x 39875 x 65.5
1970 Jun 28			717.84 431 x 39926 x 65.6
1970 Nov 6			717.70 430 x 39920 x 65.8
1970 Nov 29			717.58 412 x 39932 x 65.9
1971 Feb 17			717.50 413 x 39927 x 66.0
1971 Jun ?		End of stabilization
1975 Aug 18			711.09 150 x 39873 x 65.4
1975 Sep 29		Reentered

Kosmos 2102

 1990-092A

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Kosmos-2102 was launched two weeks after the recovery of Kosmos-2089. Nine days after launch it moved to a low orbit for a series of passes over Iraq, but resumed its standard orbit a week later.

Kosmos-2102
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Oct 16	1900:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1908	Blok-I sep
1990 Oct 16.9			89.64 183x330x62.84
1990 Oct 17.4			89.75 184x338x62.84
1990 Oct 19.3			90.04 191x361x62.8 from 89.64 183x330 via 90.38 214x371
1990 Oct 25		mv down to observe Iraq
1990 Oct 25.1			89.03 182x270x62.8 from 89.73 185x336
1990 Oct 28.2			89.02 177x274x62.8 from 88.78 176x252
1990 Nov 1		SpK-1 fiducial
1990 Nov 2		mv up, resume standard orbit
1990 Nov 2.1			89.74 179x343x62.8 from 88.64 169x244
1990 Nov 11.8			89.12 170x292x62.8 from 88.82 163x269
1990 Nov 14.8			89.70 180x338x62.8 from 88.87 164x273
1990 Nov 20		SpK-2 fiducial
1990 Nov 22.2			89.68 180x337x62.8 from 89.14 171x292
1990 Nov 29			90.10 181x377x62.8 from 89.20 172x297
1990 Dec 8.5			89.08 168x289x62.8 from 88.61 167x244
1990 Dec 11.5			89.16 160x305x62.8 from 88.82 163x268
1990 Dec 12.7			88.99 158x290x62.8
1990 Dec 14
	1902?	Deorbit
	1917?	Entry
	1929?	Landed

OSO 4

  1967-100A

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The fourth Orbiting Solar Observatory satellite carried an improved set of experiments including an early celestial x-ray astronomy experiment. Launch was at 1558 on 1967 Oct 18 by Delta from Cape Canaveral. It reached a 95.6 min, 546 x 560 km x 33.0 deg orbit at 1610. OSO IV operated until 1972 Feb; it was reactivated in 1974. The satellite reentered on 1982 Jun 15.

OSO 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Oct 18	1558:00	Launch by Delta	CC LC17B
		T+2:29 MECO
		St 1 sep
		T+5:08 SES-1 2:34
		T+7:42 SECO
	1609	T+11:24 St 2 sep
	1609	T+11:37 FW4D burn
	1610	T+12:08 TECO
	1610	FW4D sep
1967 Nov 30		HCO spectrometer off
1967 Dec 13		XR experiment off
1971 Dec 7		Raise to retirement orbit
1972 Feb		End of ops
1974		Reactivated
1982 Jun 15		Reentered