Saturday, October 28, 1995
Thursday, October 26, 1995
Transat
1977-106A
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
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 | ||
Tuesday, October 24, 1995
Progress M-14
1992-055A
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 | ||
Sunday, October 22, 1995
Kosmos 2050
1989-091A
| 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 | ||