Saturday, August 3, 1996

Prognoz 5

  1976-112A


Prognoz-5 was launched in Nov 1976. 


Prognoz-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Nov 25  0359 Launch by Molniya-M  KB 
 0408  Blok-I MECO 
 0408  Blok I sep 
 0500? Blok-L burn 
 0504? Blok-L MECO 
 0504?  Blok-L sep 
 2331  Pass EL1:4 
1977 Jan 1    775 x 198560 x 65.2 
1977 Jul 20   end of ops 

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.


Insat 1B 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

 1983-085A


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.


Progress-17 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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  2350Deorbited 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.


Kosmos-1049 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

May 13,2026

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