TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : July 1996

Tuesday, July 30, 1996

Insat 1B

1983-089B

The second Insat was launched with a PAM-D from the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-8. The satellite was replaced by Insat 1D in 1990 and retired in 1993 after the launch of Insat 2B.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Insat 1B



1983 Aug 30	0632:00	Launch	LC39A
	0634:05	SRB sep, 46.4 km
	0640:42	MECO, 110.0 km
1983 Aug 31	0748:54	Insat 1 deploy from OV-099
	0749	Hit by small fragment secs after deploy
	0833:54?	PAM-D burn 1:25
	0835:19?	PAM-D burnout
	0911	PAM-D sep
	0941	Solar array deploy?
		Solar panels failed to deploy
			686.1 295 x 38940 x 25.0
1983 Sep 1			659.31 288 x 37141 x 24.3
1983 Sep 1	1246	LAM-1 25:42	808.07 7615 x 37104 x 10.5
1983 Sep 2	1430	LAM-2 24:45
1983 Sep 2			1412.1 33429 x 37158 x 0.5
1983 Sep 7			1430.9 34084 x 37291 x 0
1983 Sep 9			1416.35 33556 x 37242 x 0.5
1983 Sep 10		Solar panels deployed
1983 Nov 14		On station	1436.08 35782 x 35798 x 0 GEO 74.1E
1984 Mar 26			1436.17 35767 x 35808 x 0.0 GEO 73.9E
1987 Mar 3			1436.18 35752 x 35824 x 0.1 GEO 73.8E
1989 Sep 11			1436.09 35742 x 35830x 0.1 GEO 74.0E
1990 Jul 17		Moved to spare status
1991 Jan 30			1436.10 35769 x 35804 x 1.3 GEO 73.9E
1992 Mar 4			1435.96 35769 x 35798 x 2.3 GEO 74.7E
1992 Apr 8		mv out	1435.07 35739 x 35794 x 2.4 GEO 87.2E+0.25E
1992 May 30		mv in	1436.13 35765 x 35808 x 2.5 GEO 93.5E
1992 Dec 14			1436.12 35760 x 35813 x 3.0 GEO 93.6E
1993 Jul 29			1436.16 35761 x 35814 x 3.5 GEO 93.4E
1993 Aug 3?		orbit raise, retired
1993 Aug 9			1437.63 35802 x 35830 x 3.5 GEO 90.7E+0.4W

Progress-17 (11F615A15 No. 119, 7K-TG No. 119) was launched on 1983 Aug 17. It carried the Kant SAR antenna with an experimental radio-location experiment to detect cargo surface ships and possibly submarine vessels.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress-17



1983 Aug 17	1208:23	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1500		88.81 180 x 242 x 51.6
	1900		90.23 250 x 322 x 51.6
1983 Aug 18	1700		90.30 257 x 321 x 51.6
1983 Aug 19	1200		90.29 257 x 321 x 51.6
	1347	Docked with Salyut-7
1983 Aug 24			91.11 319 x 339 x 51.6
1983 Aug 27			91.12 322 x 338 x 51.6
		Orbit raise	91.43 334 x 355 x 51.6
1983 Sep 4			91.45 334 x 358 x 51.6
1983 Sep 8			91.47 335 x 359 x 51.6
1983 Sep 17			91.39 333 x 353 x 51.6
	1144	Undocked from Salyut-7
1983 Sep 18	2350	Deorbited over Pacific
1983 Sep 19	0037	Reentered

Monday, July 29, 1996

Kosmos 1049

1978-107A

Three debris objects were cataloged at reentry, but one (1978-107E, 11127) lacks archival elsets and the SSR orbit has an inclination and height that suggest it was a Salyut jettison bag.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1049



1978 Nov 21	1200	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1204	Blok-I burn
	1208	Blok-I sep
1978 Nov 22			89.59 168 x 339 x 72.9
1978 Nov 24			89.68 168 x 348 x 72.9
1978 Dec 4			89.48 166 x 330 x 72.9
1978 Dec 5
	0554?	Deorbit
	0602?	PO sep
	0609?	Entry
	0627?	Landed

Wednesday, July 24, 1996

Molniya 111

1967-101A

Molniya-1 F11 (N7) was a development satellite and partially stabilized its ground track. In the summer of 1968 its orbit was raised by 1000 km.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Molniya-1 F11



1967 Oct 22	0840	Launch by Molniya	KB
	0844	Blok I burn
	0849	Blok I MECO
	0849	Blok I sep
	0936	Blok L burn
	0937?	Blok L MECO
	0938?	Blok L sep
1967 Oct 22	1004		715.29 460 x 39771 x 64.8
1967 Oct 27	0903		713.98 423 x 39743 x 64.6
1968 Feb 19			716.27 523 x 39757 x 64.8
1968 Jun 24			717.09 579 x 39741 x 64.8
1968 Jun?		Orbit raise
1968 Sep 29			733.58 540 x 40590 x 64.7
1969 Sep 23			732.33 197 x 40872 x 64.8
1969 Dec 10			534.39 71 x 31288 x 64.8

L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/397/397.txt

Tuesday, July 23, 1996

Westar 4

1982-014A

Western Union Telegraph Co. launched the HS-376 Westar IV satellite to replace its earlier HS-333 based system.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Westar 4



1982 Feb 26	0004:44	Launch by Delta 3910	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:02 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:03 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:11 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+1:59 SRM 6-9 burnout
		T+2:05 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:44 MECO
		T+3:51 St 1 sep
		T+3:57 SES-1 5:04
	0008	T+4:01 Fairing
	0013	T+9:01 SECO-1	-750? x 300? x 28.0?
	0024	T+19:33 Spinup to 50 rpm
	0024	T+19:35 St 2 sep
	0024:57	T+20:13 TES 85s
	0026:22	T+21:38 TECO
1982 Feb 26	0028:17	T+23:33 PAM-D sep
	0600?	Apo 1 84E
	1700?	Apo 2 78W
1982 Feb 27	0300?	Apo 3 127E
	1400?	Apo 4 35W
1982 Feb 28	0030?	Apo 5 170E
	1100?	Apo 6 7E
1982 Feb 28			635.69 221 x 36002 x 27.1
	2100?	Apo 7 147W
1982 Mar 1	0800?	Apo 8 50E
	1900?	Apo 9 110W
1982 Mar 1	1822	Star 30 AKM	1420.96 34993 x 35994 x 0.23
1982 Mar 12			1436.43 35785 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 79.4W+0.09W
1982 Apr 9		mv in	1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1982 Apr		Replaced Westar 1	GEO 99W
1984 Jan 19			1436.13 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 99.1W
1986 Jan 2			1436.12 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 99.0W
1988 Jan 5			1436.06 35773 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 98.9W
1990 Jan 6			1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 98.9W
1991 Oct 30		Orbit raise?
1991 Nov 9			1436.17 35771 x 35805 x 0.2 GEO 99.1W
1991 Nov 9		Orbit raise
1991 Nov 15			1443.71 35928 x 35942 x 0.2 GEO 114.1W+1.9W

Sunday, July 21, 1996

Kosmos 1672

1985-067A

Kosmos-1672 was Resurs F-1 17F41 No. 57. It flew a 14 day mission in Aug 1985.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1672



1985 Aug 7	0950	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC43/4
	0958	Blok-I sep	186 x 259 x 82.3
1985 Aug 8			260 x 274 x 82.3
1985 Aug 14			265 x 277 x 82.3
1985 Aug 21
	0602?	Deorbit
	0612?	PO sep
	0623?	Entry
	0642?	Landed

Tiros 3

1961-017A

Tiros III (A-03 or Tiros C before launch) left the pad at 1026 on 1961 Jul 12, reaching orbit at 1038. It was similar in design to Tiros I, and transmitted until 1962 Feb 27. In Dec 1993 the orbit was 723 x 790 km x 47.9 deg.

Tiros 3 was the first satellite to discover a hurricane - Hurricane Esther - and observed all six of the major Atlantic hurricanes of the 1961 season.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Tiros 3



1961 Jul 12	1025:06	Launch by Delta 5	CC LC17A
	1027:44	T+2:38 Thor 286 MECO
	1027:49	T+2:43 Delta S/N 2014 SES, 1:50
	1028:10	T+3:04 Fairing
	1029:38	T+4:32 Delta SECO, coast
		T+11:59 Spin
		T+12:01 Altair S/N 3014 burn 42s	-3901 x 738 x 47.9
	1037:49	T+12:43 Altair burnout
	1047:41	Altair sep	100.41 734 x 821 x 47.90
	1052:20	Despin
1962 Feb 27		End of tx

Saturday, July 20, 1996

Kosmos 1447

1983-021A

Civilian Tsikada navsat, carried KOSPAS-2

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1447



1983 Mar 24	2055:50	Launch by 11K65M	Plesetsk
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
		T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
		T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	2104?	T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1003? x 83
		T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2
		T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2
	2159?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1983 Mar 24			104.88 961x1015x82.95
1989 Dec		end of ops

Kosmos 517

1972-067A

Kosmos-517 was launched from Baikonur in Aug 1972 to a 65.0 deg orbit. The Zenit-2M mission lasted 12 days.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-517



1972 Aug 30	0819:59	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0824	Blok-I burn
	0828	Blok-I sep
1972 Aug 31	0230		89.42 204 x 288 x 65.0 (RAE)
1972 Aug 31	0334		89.40 203 x 286 x 65.0
1972 Sep 11	0302		89.20 198 x 271 x 65.0
1972 Sep 11	0426?	Retrofire
	0436?	PO sep
	0443?	Entry
	0458?	Landed

Thursday, July 18, 1996

Kosmos 350

1970-050A

Kosmos-350 was the 9th Gektor flight, repeating the 51.6 degree Baikonur profile of Kosmos-228 with the usual PDM telemetry being tracked.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-350



1970 Jun 26	1200:01	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1204?	Blok-I burn
	1209?	Blok-I sep
1970 Jun 27	1302		89.10 202 x 257 x 51.75
1970 Jul 3	1717		88.93 199 x 243 x 51.74
1970 Jul 6	1323		88.83 196 x 237 x 51.74
1970 Jul 8	0947?	Retrofire
	0957?	PO sep
	1004?	Entry
	1020	Landed after 11.93d

Monday, July 8, 1996

Shijian 4

1994-010A

SJ4, launched on the first Chang Zheng 3A test flight, carried a scientific payload from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The 396 kg satellite studied the radiation belts at synchronous altitudes, probably to support future comsat design. SJ4 was a 1.6m dia 2.2m long octahedral cylinder with a small boom.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

SJ 4



1994 Feb 8	0834	Launch by CZ-3A	XSC
		T+2:25 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:27 Stage 2 MES, Stage 1 sep
		T+3:52 Fairing
		T+4:15 St 2 MECO
		T+4:20 St 2 VECO
		T+4:21 St 2 sep, St 3 MES
	0840	T+10:19? St 3 MECO-1
	0850	T+20:00? St 3 MES-2
	0852	T+22:00? St 3 MECO-2
	0853	T+23:40? Stage 3 sep	637.09 208 x 36086 x 28.6
1994 Feb 16			189 x 36152 x 28.7
1994 Apr 1			165 x 36114 x 28.5