Soyuz 27

 1978-003A

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Soyuz-27 (7K-T No. 44) was launched on 1978 Jan 10 and docked with the front port of Salyut-6 on Jan 11. Crew Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov transferred to Soyuz-26, leaving the fresh craft for the EO-1 crew of Romanenko and Grechko.

Soyuz-27
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jan 10	1226:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1228	Blok BVGD sep
	1230	Blok A sep
	1234	Blok I MECO
	1234	Blok I sep
			88.7 190 x 237 x 51.6
			89.9 241 x 304 x 51.6
			257 x 302 x 51.6
1978 Jan 11			91.3 330 x 350 x 51.6
	1406	Docked with Salyut-6 -X
	1625	Crew transfer
1978 Mar 15	1100	Crew entry
	1134	Test burn
1978 Mar 16	0800	Undocked
	1030?	Retrofire
	1033?	DO CO
	1048?	Modules sep
	1054?	Entry
	1118:47	Landed

Canadian Almanac & Directory, 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/01b0c7a99c51232c01e7254dea41a47f

Satcom 1R

 1983-030A

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The RCA F payload, an Advanced Satcom bus built by RCA Astro Electronics, was launched in 1983 to replace Satcom 1 and was named Satcom 1R on reaching orbit. In 1988 the satellite became the property of GE Americom.

The post launch MOR records the apogee burn time as Apr 14 1430 EST (well, it says EDT but that is an obvious error). The final transfer orbit TLE from Apr 13 puts the spacecraft at 140W at that time at 7th apogee, while the first post-burn TLEs from Apr 15 put it at 90W. Perhaps a further burn occurred prior to the Apr 15 data - those TLEs put the vehicle at 103-107W on Apr 15-16. More likely, however is that the MOR document, despite its almost contemporary nature (dated 1984 Jul 26) and official provenance, is in error and the burn was delayed to 9th apogee on Apr 15 at 1700 UTC.

Satcom 1R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Apr 11	2239	Launch by Delta 3924	CC LC17B
		T+0:59 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:03 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:04 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:02 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+2:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+3:43 MECO
		T+3:52 St 1 sep
		T+3:57 SES
		T+4:19 Fairing
	2249	T+9:53 SECO-1	163 x 211 x 29?
	2259	T+20:30 SES-2
	2301	T+22:37 SECO-2	163 x 3997
	2301	T+22:39 St 2 sep
	2302	T+23:21 TES
	2303	T+24:05 TECO	172 x 35786 (s)
1983 Apr 11	2304	T+25:32 Star 37E sep	634.16 173 x 35977 x 24.12
	2342	T+1:03:21 SES-3 depletion
	2342	SECO-3	304 x 4025 x 25.4
1983 Apr 12	0500	Apo 1 over 88E
	1600	Apo 2 over 75W
1983 Apr 13	0200	Apo 3 over 130E	191 x 36048 x 24
	1300	Apo 4 over 40W
	2300	Apo 5 over 173E
1983 Apr 14	1000	Apo 6 over 12E
	2000	Apo 7 over 144W
1983 Apr 14	1930	Star 30B burn (MOR)
1983 Apr 15	0700	Poss. Apo 8 over 55E
	1704?	Star 30B burn (TLEs)
	1730	Poss Apo 9 over 105W
1983 Apr 15			1483.09 36030 x 37380 x 0.3 GEO 101.5W+11W/d
1983 Apr 16			1472.1
1983 Apr 18			1450
1983 Apr 22			1432
1983 Apr 23			1436.1 35734 x 35846 x 0.2 GEO 139W
1983 Apr			GEO 139W
1984 Nov 12			1436.00 35768 x 35801 x 0.3 GEO 138.8W
1986 Oct			GEO 139W
1987 Jan 9			1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 139.0W
1990 Feb 14			1436.06 35784 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 139.1W
1991 Jan 29			1436.02 35778 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 138.9W
1991 Jan 30		move to 131W	1436.07 35778 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 130.9W
1992 Jan 16			1436.04 35767 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 131.0W
1992 Dec 27		orbit raise	1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 131.0W

Macsat 1/2

 1990-043A

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DARPA's MACSATs (Multiple Access Comsats) were followons to the GLOMR payloads and demonstrated tactical communications relays. The 70kg satellites, built by DSI, were launched together on a single Scout G-1 from Vandenberg in May 1990. They reached a 612 x 768 km orbit comparedwith the planned 740 km circular one. The MACSATs were 0.61m in diameter and 0.36m high, with a 6.1m gravity gradient boom.

The Master Control Station was in McLean, Virginia.

Macsat 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 May 9	1750	Launch by Scout G-1	V SLC5
		T+1:18 St 1 burnout
		T+1:18 St 2 burn
		T+1:59 St 2 burnout
		T+2:03 Heatshield sep
		T+2:05 Stage 3 burn
		T+3:53? Stage 3 burnout
	1801?	T+11m? Stage 3 sep
	1801?	T+11m? Stage 4 burn
	1802	T+12m? Stage 4 burnout
	1803?	T+13m? sep from Stage 4
			98.57 612 x 768 x 89.9

1990-043B

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Macsat 2 was intended for experimental use but was pressed into service to support the US Marine Corps during the Persian Gulf conflict. The 68kg UHF communications store-forward satellite was built by DSI for DARPA.

Macsat 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 May 9	1750	Launch by Scout G-1	V SLC5
			98.57 612 x 768 x 89.9
1990 Aug 22		Used for USMC Persian Gulf support
1991 Apr		Persian Gulf support concluded