Kosmos 49

 1964-069A

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DS-MG No. 2 was the second magnetic field survey satellite,named Kosmos-49 on reaching orbit. It operated for 10 days until the telemetry system failed. A US source claimed it also studied the IR and UV flux from the Earth but I haven’t found this confirmed from Soviet sources. Kosmos-45 did carry such experiments so this US source may have confused or conflated the two satellites.

Kosmos-49
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Oct 24	0517	Launch by 63S1	GTsP4
	0519	Stage 2
	0524	Stage 2 sep	91.78 264 x 466 x 49.0
1964 Nov 3		End of operations
1965 Aug 21		Reentered

Kosmos 1944

 1988-041A

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Kosmos-1944 was the first Kometa flight of 1988.

Kosmos-1944
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 May 18	1030:01	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	1039	Blok-I sep
1988 May 18			89.37 198x290x64.8
1988 May 18			89.24 214x260x64.8 from 89.13 226x237 via 89.36 198x289
1988 May 23			89.27 213x264x64.78
1988 May 31			89.50 225x275x64.8
1988 Jun 1			89.28 206x272x64.8
1988 Jun 7			89.40 215x276x64.8 from 89.18 204x264
1988 Jun 14			89.30 214x266x64.8 from 89.20 206x264
1988 Jun 22			89.13 210x253x64.8
1988 Jun 23
	2338?	Deorbit
	2357?	Entry
1988 Jun 24	0014?	Landed

Interkosmos 20

 1979-096A

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The Interkosmos-20 satellite was the USSR's first oceanographic satellite. The AUOS-Z class spacecraft, known as Okean-IK, was launched on 1979 Nov 1 by Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk.

Mass was 995 kg.

Interkosmos-20
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Nov 1	0805	Launch by 11K65M (Kosmos-3M)	NIIP-53
	0807	S3 burn
	0813?	T+8m? S3 MECO-1
	0838?	T+33m? S3 MES-2
			94.4 462 x 519 x 74.1
1981 Mar 3		Reentered

Payload:

• IR radiometer (sea surface temperatures)

• DCS data collection system

• SG-R2 magnetometer

Kiku 4

 1982-087A

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ETS-3 was the fourth Engineering Test Satellite to be launched, and was renamed Kiku-4. Its N-I launch vehicle placed it in a 107 minute orbit. ETS-3 tested new methods of attitude control.

Kiku-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Sep 3	0517	Launch by N-I	TNSC
		T+38s SOB burnout
		T+1:20 SOB sep
		T+3:38 MECO
		T+3:44 VECO
		T+3:46 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:48 SES
	0521	T+4:02 Fairing
	0524	T+7:50 SECO	-2200? x 980 x 31.1
	0525	S-13s St 2 sep
	0525	S+0s TES
	0525	S+40s TECO
	0527	S+145s St 3 sep
1982 Sep 3	0527	Despin
1982 Sep 3			107.1 965 x 1228 x 44.6
1985 Mar 8		end of ops

Kosmos 772

  1975-093A

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The three day flight of Kosmos-772 in Sep 1975 was a cover for the second test flight of the new 7K-S spaceship, 11F732 No. 2L. 

Kosmos-772
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Sep 29	0415:00	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0417	Blok BVGD sep
	0419	Blok A sep
	0423	Blok I MECO
	0423	Blok I sep
1975 Sep 29.42			88.49 154x246x51.81
1975 Sep 29.54			89.14 193x270x51.74
1975 Sep 30.41			89.45 195x300x51.78
1975 Oct 1.47			89.25 196x329x51.76
1975 Oct 1.59			89.46 196x300x51.80
1975 Oct 2	0328?	DO ignition
	0332?	DO CO
	0344?	BO, PAO sep
	0352?	Entry
	0415:46	Landed

Kosmos 1628

 1985-012A

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Kosmos-1628
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Feb 6	1100	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1104	Blok I burn
	1108	Blok I MECO
	1108	Blok I sep
			206 x 393 x 72.9
1985 Feb 14			368 x 434 x 72.9
1985 Feb 20
	0501?	Deorbit
	0512?	PO sep
	0528?	Entry
	0543?	Landed

The Perfect Girl

https://welib.org/md5/34a19b1d84103e5a4d802ce44f8504f2

Parcae 8

 1986-014A

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This was the first of two PARCAE missions to utilize a USA designation.

PARCAE 8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Feb 9	1006	Launch by Atlas H	V SLC3
	1008	BECO
	1011	Atlas VECO, sep
	1033?	Star 20 burn
	1035?	Plume shield sep
			1058 x 1158 x 63.0
1986 Feb 27?		USA 16-17 cataloged
1986 Mar		USA 18 cataloged

Kosmos 2051

 1989-092A

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Kosmos-2051 ended up in a low perigee orbit after the 11K69 rocket apparently reached too low an altitude; multiple burns were used to raise the orbit. RCS was 23m2.

Kosmos-2051
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Nov 24	2322:00	Launch by Tsiklon from Baikonur
	2324	Stage 1 sep
	2326	Stage 2 sep
1989 Nov 25	0010?	AKM burn
1989 Nov 25.0			91.54 280x420x64.8
1989 Nov 25.3			91.77 278x444x64.9
1989 Nov 27.5			92.74 327x489x65.0 from 91.80 279x446 via 280x489
1989 Nov 28.3			92.79 352x470x64.9 from 92.73 332x483
1989 Nov 29.2			92.85 360x468x64.9
1989 Nov 29.9			92.90 370x463x64.9
1989 Dec 2.4			92.77 367x452x64.9
1989 Dec 5.7			92.77 370x450x64.9
1989 Dec 12.1			92.78 405x415x64.9 from 92.77 373x447
1990 Aug 10.7			92.77 404x416x64.9
1990 Aug 11.2			92.71 398x416x64.9 from 92.77 404x416x64.9; end of active life
1990 Aug 14.6			92.67 396x414x64.9
1990 Aug 27.1			92.50 389x404x64.9
1990 Oct 2.1			92.22 374x391x64.9
1991 Jan 1			90.64 297x314x64.9
1991 Jan 17			89.22 229x242x64.9
1991 Jan 21			86.90 115x125x64.8
1991 Jan 29		reentered

Mariner 7

  1969-030A

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NASA's Mariner G (Mariner VII) was JPL's M69-2 spacecraft. (M69-1 was a test model, M69-4 was a flight backup). Atlas 5402 was damaged during launch preps on 1969 Feb 14 and replaced by Atlas 5105. M69-3, originally intended for the mission, became Mariner 6 instead and M69-2, with a launch mass of 383 kg, was used for Mariner 7. Launch was at 2222:01 on 1969 Mar 27 from LC36 at Kennedy. Again, the Centaur made a single burn to enter solar orbit without entering Earth parking orbit first. A course correction at 2021(?) on Apr 8 put Mariner VII on course for its Mars encounter. Mariner flew past Mars at 0500:49 on 1969 Aug 5. This flyby was targeted to allow observations of the south polar cap. Mariner 7 was reported as still transmitting on 1970 May 25.

Mariner 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Mar 27	2222:01	Launch by Atlas Centaur
	2224:31	BECO
	2224:34	Booster sep
	2225:16	Insulation sep
	2225:53	Fairing sep
	2226:16	Atlas SECO
	2226:18	Atlas sep
	2226:27	Centaur MES1
	2233:53	Centaur MECO	112 x Inf x 31.0
	2235:28	Centaur sep
1969 Mar 27	2239:22	Solar panels deployed
	2248:04	Centaur venting
1969 Apr 8	2022:09	TCM 8s 4.3m/s
1969 May 8	1527E	Scan plaform unlatched
1969 Jul 30	1407	Battery problems
	2206	Loss of signal
1969 Jul 31	0515	Reacquired
1969 Aug 2	0906	Far encounter begins
1969 Aug 3	1544	Centaur flyby Mars at 637019 km
1969 Aug 4	0615	Enter Mars sphere
1969 Aug 5	0219	Near encounter begins
1969 Aug 5	0500:49	Mars flyby 3430 km
1969 Aug 6	0345	Leave Mars sphere
1969 Sep		UVS astronomy obs.
1969 Nov 1		Begin extended mission
1970 May 25		end of tx