Tiros 8

  1963-054A

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The fourth enlarged hatbox Tiros, Tiros VIII (A-53, Tiros H) was launched at 0930 on 1963 Dec 21 and inserted into orbit at 0941. It operated until 1967 Jun 30. In addition to the usual 2 TV cameras, it carried an APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) experiment. Its Dec 1993 orbit was 667 x 706 km x 58.5 deg.

Tiros 8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Dec 21	0930:00	Launch by Delta B	CK LC17
	0932:25	T+2:25 MECO
	0932	T+2:45 Thor sep
	0932:45	M+0:20 Delta 20007 SES 2:44?
		Left yaw manuever
	0935:00	M+2:35 Delta SECO	-4010 x 713 x 58.5
	0940:26	M+8:01 Altair 20008 burn
	0941:18	T+8:53 Altair cutoff
	0951:26	Altair sep
	0951:28	Despin weights release
1963 Dec 22			99.36 692 x 763 x 58.49
1967 Jun 30		End of tx	99.34 706 x 747 x 58.50
1993 Dec			667 x 706 x 58.5

Aviation Week: October 16,1995

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Ranger 3

  1962-001A

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The 336 kg Ranger III (P-34) was launched at 2030:11 by Atlas Agena B from Cape Canaveral. The Atlas failed to respond to ground commands and flew on autopilot, hotter than planned. The first Agena burn was successful, but the vehicle entered a higher than planned 200 x 507 km x 29.4 deg parking orbit. The Agena B reignited and inserted the Ranger into translunar coast at 2050:09. The trajectory would miss the Moon by 32000 km. A course correction at 1000 on Jan 27 was made in the wrong direction; at 1729 on Jan 28 the probe made its terminal orientation maneuver. The probe made its closest approach to the Moon, 37000 km, at 2348 on Jan 28, and went out into solar orbit. The last transmissions from Ranger III were returned on Feb 2.

Ranger 3 had 6 kg of prop for the midcourse engine. Retro was 97 kg and capsule was 45 kg.

Ranger 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Jan 26	2030:11	Launch by Atlas Agena
		BECO
	2032	T+2:10? Booster sep
	2032:31	57 km, 2.94 km/s
	2034	T+4:40? Fairing
	2034	T+4:43? Atlas sep
	2034	T+4:56? Agena B MES-1
	2037?	T+7:23? Agena B MECO-1	200 x 507 x 29.4
	2049?	MES-2
	2050:09	MECO-2	275 x -1006572 x 29.54
	2052?	Agena sep
	2100?	Agena solid retro
1962 Jan 27	1000	TCM	-5984 x -1337582 x 31.50
1962 Jan 28	1729	Terminal mvr
1962 Jan 28	2324:53	Flyby Moon 35134 km over 227.8, -45.2	35132 x -41633 x 133.75
1962 Feb 2		End of transmissions	0.98 x 1.16 AU x 0.40

Payload:

• TV camera

• Gamma Ray Spectrometer

• Radar Altimeter

Town and Country: August 1995

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Zond 9B

  1972-F07

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The final N-1 test flight was 7L, launched from Baikonur on 1972 Nov 23. It carried an L-3S LOK orbital craft, together with a mockup of the LK lander. After an almost-complete first stage burn, the oxygen pump on engine no. 4 exploded; fire spread through all engines and the vehicle exploded. The LOK was pulled free by the SAS. Stage 2 was meant to separate and ignite at 1:53.

L-3S
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Nov 23	0611:55	Launch by N-1 (7L)	KB
	0613:30	T+1:35 Central six engines shut down per plan
	0619:41?	Engine 4 explosion
	0613:42	T+1:47 Destroyed alt. 40 km T+107s
	0616:37	T+4:42 End of tx from Blok B
	0619?	Debris impact 180 km downrange

Kosmos 2287

 1994-050A

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Uragan No. 767 (Kosmos-2287) was launched in Aug 1994.

Kosmos-2287
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Aug 11	1527:46	Launch by Proton-K/DM-2	KB LC81
		T+2:07 St 1 sep
		T+3:20 GO sep
		T+5:38 St 2 sep
	1537	T+9:40 St 3 MECO?
	1537	T+9:52 St 3 sep
	1537	T+10? Perekhodnik sep from DM2
	1629	T+1:01:58 DM burn 1
	1635	T+1:07:50 DM MECO1
	1922	T+3:54:48 DM burn 2
	1925	T+3:57:14 DM MECO2
	1925	T+3:57s KA-1 sep

"V" Is for Victory

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