Saturday, December 9, 1995
Thursday, December 7, 1995
Raduga 16
1985-070A
Raduga (Gran') 11F638 No. 26 was launched in Aug 1985 to the 45E location (Statsionar 9).
| Raduga No. 26 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Aug 8 | 2101:00 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 2110 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 2218? | T+1:17? DM burn 1 | ||
| 1985 Aug 9 | 0332? | T+6:33? DM burn 2 | |
| 0337? | T+6:37? DM sep | ||
| 1985 Aug 9 | 1476.21 36530 x 36605 x 1.2 GEO 83.7E+9.8W | ||
| 1985 Aug 15 | mv in | 1436.06 35739 x 35832 x 1.3 GEO 45.5E | |
| 1985 Sep 6 | 1436.00 35705 x 35863 x 1.3 GEO 45.9E | ||
| 1986 Nov 16 | 1436.43 35788 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 45.4E | ||
| 1987 May 19 | 1436.05 35774 x 35797 x 0.4 GEO 46.1E | ||
| 1987 Jun 22 | 1435.84 35770 x 35793 x 0.4 GEO 47.3E+0.06E | ||
| 1987 Jun 24 | mv out | ||
| 1987 Jul 2 | 1423.21 35382 x 35685 x 0.5 GEO 69.8E+3.2E | ||
| 1987 Aug 9 | brake | 1435.61 35759 x 35794 x 0.6 GEO 170.3W+0.1E | |
| 1987 Sep 2 | 1436.30 35778 x 35802 x 0.6 GEO 169.9W | ||
| 1987 Oct 28 | mv in | 1436.07 35771 x 35800 x 0.8 GEO 171.4W | |
| 1988 Jul 16 | 1436.30 35781 x 35799 x 1.4 GEO 169.7W | ||
| 1988 Oct 21 | 1436.30 35782 x 35799 x 1.7 GEO 169.4W+0.05W | ||
| 1989 Feb 24 | 1435.82 35776 x 35785 x 2.0 GEO 170.1W+0.06E | ||
Wednesday, December 6, 1995
Soyuz 6
1969-085A
Spacecraft 7K-OK 11F615 No. 14 was modified to replace the docking system with a welding experiment. The crew of No. 14 (Soyuz-6 after launch) was commander Georgiy Shonin and flight engineer Valeriy Kubasov. After orbit insertion a pressurization problem with the PAO's engines threatened the mission, but they were later manually pressurized. On Oct 12 the crew observed Soviet ballistic missile launches using the Svinets device. On Oct 16 they depressurized the BO and carried out the Vulkan welding experiment. According to Kamanin's diaries, the experiment nearly burnt a hole through the structure of the BO. The BO was repressurized and the samples were retrieved.
| Soyuz-6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Oct 11 | 1110:00 | Launch by Soyuz 11A511 | KB |
| T+1:55 SAS sep | |||
| T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep | |||
| T+2:45 Fairing | |||
| T+4:45 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:48 St 3 MES | |||
| 1118:50 | T+8:50 St 3 MECO | ||
| 1119 | St 3 sep | ||
| 1230 | 88.42 169 x 224 x 51.70 | ||
| 1520 | 88.38 167 x 222 x 51.68 | ||
| 1708 | Orbit adjust | ||
| 2245 | 88.74 192 x 232 x 51.69 | ||
| 1969 Oct 12 | 0600 | 88.74 195 x 229 x 51.68 | |
| 1330 | Orbit change | ||
| 1969 Oct 13 | 0130 | 88.80 201 x 230 x 51.68 | |
| 1969 Oct 14 | 1245 | 88.64 203 x 212 x 51.69 | |
| 1969 Oct 15 | 1645 | 89.07 215 x 242 x 51.65 | |
| Near-rendezvous with Soyuz-7 | |||
| 1969 Oct 16 | 0551 | Depress BO for welding experiment | |
| 0912:41 | Retrofire | ||
| 0915? | DO CO | ||
| 0925? | Modules sep | ||
| 0932? | Entry | ||
| 0952:47 | Landed 180 km NW of Karaganda | ||