Kosmos 50

  1964-070A

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Zenit-2 No. 25 was launched on 1964 Oct 28, 8 days after the previous flight landed. It was the fourth 51 degree mission. On Nov 5 after completing a standard 8 day flight the deorbit burn was attempted, but the DU did not operate correctly. The APO-2 system was activated and the spacecraft exploded. NORAD cataloged hundreds of debris fragments, all of which reentered rapidly. Pieces of the Kosmos-50 payload were recovered in Malawi.

Kosmos-50
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Oct 28	1040?	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB
	1044?	Blok-E burn
	1050?	Blok-E sep
			88.7 196 x 241 x 51.3 (TASS)
	1325		89.03 186 x 265 x 51.4
1964 Oct 28	1920		88.74 190 x 233 x 51.23
	1729		88.71 187 x 233 x 51.2
1964 Nov 5	1030?	Attempted reentry
	1036?	APO-2 destruct

Solar Maximum Mission

 1980-014A

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The Solar Maximum Mission satellite, known colloquially as Solar Max, was a spacecraft based on the Fairchild MMS bus. The GSFC payload was designed to observe the Sun during the 1980 maximum of the sunspot cycle. It was the first satellite to be specifically designed for refurbishment or retrieval by the Shuttle and the first to carry a TDRS data link.

SMM was launched at 1557:00 on 1980 Feb 14 by a Delta 3910 from pad 17A at Cape Canaveral. It entered a 95.9 min, 566 x 569 km x 28.5 deg orbit. The first few months of observations were successful, but on Nov 13 the roll axis fuse in the attitude control module blew. Yaw control was lost on Nov 22 and pitch on Dec 11; SMM now could no longer make accurate observations of the Sun, although the magnetic torquer could keep it within 2 degrees, adequate for some of the instruments.

On 1984 Apr 8 astronaut George Nelson flying the MMU from the orbiter Challenger attempted to capture SMM, but was unsuccessful. Challenger's RMS captured the satellite on Apr 10, and on Apr 11 a new ACS module was installed while SMM was attached to the Fixed Service Structure in the payload bay. The coronagraph also underwent repairs. On Apr 12, SMM was redeployed in orbit and operated successfully for over 5 more years.

By 1989 Nov 6 its orbit had decayed to 90.78 min, 311 x 314 km x 28.5 deg, and end of life engineering tests were begun. The HGA (High Gain Antenna) was jettisoned on 1989 Nov 21 at 1852 when SMM was in a 89.74 min, 260 x 262 km x 28.5 deg orbit. The solar panels were jettisoned on Nov 24 at 1648 (only one was tracked) and at 2207 SMM was declared non-functional. By Nov 25.6 the orbit was 89.26 min, 236 x 239 km x 28.5 deg; at Dec 1.8 it was 87.9 min, 167 x 171 km x 28.5 deg. Reentry over the Indian Ocean occurred at 1026 on 1989 Dec 2.

SMM
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Feb 14	1557:00	Launch by Delta
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 out
		T+1:04 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:05 SRM 4-5 sep
		T+2:01 SRM 6-9 out
		T+2:08 SRM 6-9 sep, 47 km
		T+3:45 Stage 1 MECO 111 km
	1601	T+3:53 Stage 1 sep
	1601	T+3:58 SES-1
		T+4:55 Fairing, 144 km
	1605:41	T+8:41 SECO-1	195? x 573 x 28.50
	1651:41	T+54:41 SES-2 dV = 0.112 km/s
	1651:53	T+54:53 SECO-2
	1708:00	T+1:11:00 Stage 2 sep	95.99 562 x 569 x 28.51
1980 Feb 15			95.99 562 x 570 x 28.5
1980 Mar 6			96.03 567 x 569 x 28.5
1980 Nov 13		Attitude control fuse problem
1980 Nov 22		Yaw control lost
1980 Dec 11		Pitch control lost
1981 Mar 7			95.69 550 x 552 x 28.51
1984 Apr 7			94.54 495 x 497 x 28.51
1984 Apr 8		Rendezvous by STS-41-C
1984 Apr 10			94.53 494 x 497 x 28.51
1984 Apr 12		Redeploy
1984 Apr 13			94.54 495 x 496 x 28.51
1987 Dec 8			94.24 479 x 483 x 28.51
1989 Jan 8			93.69 454 x 456 x 28.50
1989 Nov 6			90.78 311 x 314 x 28.5
1989 Nov 21	1852	HGA jettison	89.74 260 x 262 x 28.5
1989 Nov 24	1651:39	Solar panel jettison
	2040	Final telem contact via Bermuda
	2207	unsuccessful contact attempt via MILA
1989 Dec 1			87.9 167 x 171 x 28.5
1989 Dec 2	1026	Reentry

Payload:

• XRP Soft X-ray polychromator 0.14-2.25nm (LPARL/Acton)

• GRE Gamma ray spectrometer 0.3-10 MeV (UNH/Chupp)

• HXIS Hard X-ray imaging spectrometer 3.5-30 keV (Utrecht/DeJager)

• HXRBS Hard X ray burst spectrometer <300 keV (GSFC/Frost)

• Coronagraph/polarimeter 1.7 to 6 Rsun 400-700nm; 1100-3000A reflector F=1.8m (HAO/House)

• UVSP UV spec/polarimeter (active areas and Earth aeronomy) (MSFC/Tandberg-Hanssen)

• ACRIM Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (FUV-FIR) (JPL/Willson)

Soyuz 1

  1967-037A

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The first piloted test flight of the Soyuz was Soyuz-1, flown by Pol. Vladimir M. Komarov on 1967 Apr 23. The spacecraft was 11F615 (7K-OK) No. 4, with an active docking system.

Mass of Soyuz-1 at insertion was 6450 kg. The mission was in trouble from the beginning; one solar panel failed to deploy, and the spacecraft was not correctly stabilized; an attitude control sensor malfunctioned. It was reported that the first attempt at deorbit on Apr 23 was unsuccessful. A second burn two orbits later on Apr 24 was successful, but the vehicle was off course and soon an onboard signal indicated a ballistic reentry. The main parachute stuck in its deployment container due to errors in preflight testing of the craft. It failed to release, and the backup parachute tangled with the main one's drogue. At an altitude of 6 km the capsule tumbled, crashing into the ground near Orenburg at a speed of 150 km/h. The heat shield was not jettisoned at the usual 3 km altitude, and after impact the retro-rockets detonated and the spacecraft exploded, leaving only smoking wreckage for the recovery crews. Location of the crash site was at 51N 58E, 65 km E of Orsk.

Soyuz-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Apr 23	0035	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	0044	T+9:00 Orbit insertion
			88.70 197 x 224 x 51.81
	0700		88.60 197 x 214 x 51.64
	1020	Mission abort, preparation for landing
	1900		88.55 195 x 211 x 51.63
1967 Apr 23	2356:12	Retro failed to burn
1967 Apr 24	0257:15	Retrofire, 146s
	0259:38	Retro cutoff
	0314:09	Accident-2 signal, to ballistic mode
	0315:14	BO and PAO sep
	0315	Reentry
	0319	Parachute tangled
	0322:52	Impact

Kosmos 791

  1976-008A

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Kosmos-791 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 14.

Kosmos-791
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jan 28	1039	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	1041	Stage 2 burn 1
	1046	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	1137?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
			114.81 1402 x 1490 x 74.05

Aviation Week: April 7,1997

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Meteor 305

 1991-056A

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Meteor-3 No. 5 was launched in Aug 1991. The 2150 kg satellite built by VNII-EM was placed in a 1200 km orbit. It was 4.2m long and 1.4m diameter. The local time of the orbit was 3 hr later than usual to support the US supplied ozone monitoring instrument. Control was from TsUP NNKhN (Nauchnovo i narodnokhozayistvennovo Naznacheniya), management by Goskogidromet SSSR.

Size is 4.2m long 4.6m dia 6.5m span with antenna

Meteor-3 No. 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Aug 15	0914:59	Launch by Tsiklon-3 11K68	PL
	0916:15	T+2:00s Stage 1 sep
	0918:33	T+3:33s Fairing
	0918:53	Stage 2 cutoff
	0919:38	T+4:38s St 2 sep
		Coast
	0920:13	T+5:20s S5M ignited (2:20)
	0923:33	T+7:00s (0922) S5M cutoff
		Coast
	1003:58	T+48:58 S5M burn 2 (0:55)
	1004:13	T+49:13 S5M MECO
	1004:43	T+49:43 S5M sep	109.36 1183 x 1210 x 82.6
1994 Dec		TOMS FM-2 failed

Payload:

• Meteo cameras, swath 3100 km, 1 km res.

• IR imager, swath 3100 km, 3 km res.

• Spectrometer, 8 channels

• Radiometer, 12 channels

• IR cloud temperature system

• TOMS FM-2 Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (NASA GSFC/Krueger) 28 kg

Kosmos 2078

 1990-044A

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Kometa No. 12 flew as Kosmos-2078 in May-Jun 1990.

Kosmos-2078
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 May 15	0955:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0959?	Blok I burn
	1004?	Blok I sep
1990 May 15			89.31 198x282x70.0
1990 May 16			89.75 231x292x70.0
1990 May 18			89.39 211x276x70.0
1990 May 21			89.50 218x281x70.0 from 209x268x70.0
1990 May 22			89.41 210x280x70.0
1990 May 25			89.41 213x277x70.0 from 89.31 209x271x70.0
1990 May 29			89.41 210x280x70.0 from 89.57 220x285x70.0
1990 Jun 3			89.58 220x287x70.0 from 89.32 207x274x70.0
1990 Jun 8			89.40 205x284x70.0
1990 Jun 14			89.61 219x291x69.9 from 89.36 203x281x70.0
1990 Jun 15			89.43 209x283x70.0
1990 Jun 19			89.48 214x283x70.0 from 89.34 207x276x70.0
1990 Jun 24			89.60 222x286x70.0 from 89.34 208x276x70.0
1990 Jun 27			89.38 211x275x70.0
1990 Jun 28
	2200?	Deorbit
	2220?	Entry
	2234?	Landed

Gambit 2

  1963-036A

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SV 952, the second GAMBIT mission was launched on 1963 Sep 6 by Atlas Agena D from Point Arguello and reentered on Sep 13 from its 168 x 263 km x 94.4 deg orbit. With the attached OCV roll control was apparently not possible. The Agena 4701 upper stage separated from the OCV at the end of the mission, and it may have been one of four pieces of debris associated with the launch which reentered between Sep 8 and Sep 13. At separation the OCV stabilization system suffered an open valve and its control gas was lost,after which the OCV was deorbited.

Program 206 SV 952
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Sep 6	1930:18	Launch by Atlas Agena D	NMFPA
	1932:33	BECO (T+2:15)
	1934:44	SECO (T+4:26)
	1935:03	VECO (T+4:45)
	1935:05	Atlas sep (T+4:47)
	1936:18	S01A burn (T+6:02)
	1940:23	Agena MECO (T+10:05)	89.17 189 x 305 x 94.36 (VCR)
1963 Sep 7	0354		89.02 182 x 270 x 94.2
1963 Sep 8		Rev 31 last image
1963 Sep 8	2200?	RV recovered on Rev 34
	2210?	OCV separated from Agena	174 x 277 x 94.4
	2235?	RV landed
1963 Sep 8		Debris 36D reentered
1963 Sep 10	1900		89.06 168 x 263 x 94.37 (RAE)
1963 Sep 10		Debris 36C reentered	88.0 160 x 193 x 94.3 (SATCAT)
1963 Sep 10		Debris 36E reentered	87.9 170 x 171 x 94.3 (SATCAT)
1963 Sep 10		Debris 36F reentered	88.5 171 x 227 x 94.4 (SATCAT)
1963 Sep		OCV orbit	88.7 171 x 243 x 94.4 (SATCAT)
1963 Sep 13	2040?	36A OCV  reentered after 7.05d
1963 Sep 13		Debris 36B reentered

Tiros 7

  1963-024A

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Tiros VII (A-52,Tiros G) was an enlarged hatbox Tiros launched for the 1963 hurricane season. Liftoff came at 0950:02 on 1963 Jun 19, with orbit insertion at 1001. Tiros VII was the most successful of the early Tiros satellites, deactivated on 1968 Jun 1 after taking 125000 pictures. In Dec 1993 its orbit was 341 x 351 km x 58.2 deg, and it reentered in 1994. The satellite's orbit ensured that it operated in the opposite hemisphere to Tiros VI and was observing the northern hemisphere during the Atlantic hurricane season.

Tiros 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1963 Jun 19	0950:01	Launch by Delta	CK LC17
	0952:25	T+2:24 MECO
	0952:29	Thor sep
	0952:29	Delta S/N 20004 SES
	0952:44	Fairing
	0955:15	M+2:50 Delta SECO
	1000:46	M+8:21 Altair SV-355 burn
	1001:26	M+9:03s Altair burnout
	1003	Perigee
	1011:13	T+21:20 Altair sep	618 x 646 x 58.2
	1015:45	Despin
1968 Jun 1		Deactivated
1994 Nov 3		Reentered

Kosmos 2210

 1992-062A

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Kosmos-2210
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Sep 22	1610:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1618	Blok-I sep
1992 Sep 22			89.69 162 x 355 x 67.15
1992 Sep 26			89.41 159 x 331 x 67.2
1992 Sep 26		Orbit raise	89.69 174 x 344 x 67.1
1992 Oct 7			88.76 159 x 266 x 67.1
1992 Oct 7		Orbit raise	89.42 159 x 331 x 67.2
1992 Oct 8		Orbit raise	89.78 189 x 337 x 67.2
1992 Oct 10		SpK-1 fid
1992 Oct 15			89.35 179 x 305 x 67.2
1992 Oct 15		Orbit raise	89.96 179 x 365 x 67.2
1992 Oct 26			89.15 168 x 296 x 67.2
1992 Oct 27		Orbit raise	89.79 187 x 340 x 67.1
1992 Nov 1		SpK-2 fid
1992 Nov 4			89.22 177 x 294 x 67.1
1992 Nov 4		Orbit raise	89.76 179 x 346 x 67.1
1992 Nov 10			89.35 175 x 309 x 67.1
1992 Nov 10		Orbit raise	89.97 181 x 363 x 67.1
1992 Nov 14			89.76 179 x 345 x 67.1
1992 Nov 14		Orbit raise	90.03 179 x 372 x 67.1
1992 Nov 20			89.69 175 x 342 x 67.1
1992 Nov 23
	1951?	Deorbit
	2005?	Entry
	2017?	Landed

Kosmos 2048

 1989-083A

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Kosmos-2048 was a 62.8 deg flight which spent a few days in high orbit and the remainder of the mission in a low apogee orbit.

Kosmos-2048
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Oct 17	1300	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1304	Blok-I burn
	1308	Blok-I sep
1989 Oct 17			89.54 244 x 258 x 62.8
1989 Oct 18			89.53 243 x 258 x 62.8
1989 Oct 18			90.49 238 x 358 x 62.8
1989 Oct 21			90.47 237 x 357 x 62.8
1989 Oct 22			89.08 201 x 255 x 62.8
1989 Oct 24			89.01 200 x 251 x 62.8
1989 Oct 24			89.15 202 x 261 x 62.8
1989 Oct 26			89.12 202 x 259 x 62.8
1989 Oct 27
	0552?	Deorbit
	0602?	PO sep
	0609?	Entry	-226 x 258
	0624?	Landed

Mariner 1

  1962-F07

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The design of the Mariner R probes was based on the Ranger series. They were targeted at flybys of Venus.

The first probe in the series, Mariner R-1, was launched at 0921:23 by Atlas Agena B from LC12 at Cape Canaveral. At 0926 (T+290s) the Atlas went off course due to a single character typo in the guidance equation and the rocket was destroyed. The R-1 probe was nevertheless assigned the name Mariner I.

Mariner 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Jul 22	0921:23	Launch by Atlas Agena B
		BECO
		Booster sep
	0926:13	T+4:50 Off course

Kosmos 1915

 1988-004A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1915
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Jan 26	1120	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1124	Blok-I burn
	1128	Blok-I sep
1988 Jan 26			90.20 193x376x72.9
1988 Jan 31			90.67 227x388x72.9
1988 Feb 2			90.67 228x387x72.9
1988 Feb 8			90.65 227x386x72.9
1988 Feb 9
	0538?	Deorbit
	0548?	PO sep
	0555?	Entry	-112 x 284
	0610?	Landed

MSTI-1

 1992-078A

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MSTI 1 was built by JPL and Spectrum Astro for the USAF Phillips Lab and SDIO. The 147 kg satellite was powered by solar panels. Its primary mission was to obtain IR images of the oceans. Shortly after launch by Scout from Vandenberg in Nov 1992, a fuel leak depleted its cold gas attitude control system, and the satellite was placed in spin stabilized mode. On Dec 4 it was announced to have met its objectives, and to be continuing to collect IR data. It ceased operating in the spring of 1993 after returning 100000 exposures of the infrared background in the 4.4-4.8 micron band.

MSTI 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Nov 21	1345	Launch by Scout G-1 (S210C)	V SLC5
		T+1:24 Stage 1 burnout
		T+1:28 St 1 sep
		T+1:28 St 2 burn
		T+2:09 St 2 burnout
		T+2:20 Fairing
		T+2:22 St 2 sep, St 3 burn
		T+3:10 St 3 burnout
		T+10? St 3 sep
	1355?	T+10? St 4 burn
	1355?	T+10? Stage 4 burnout
	1359	Star 20 sep, in orbit
	1438	Announced reached planned orbit
		Fuel leak, spin stabilization
1992 Nov 22	1215		92.30 331 x 443 x 96.75
1992 Dec 4		Announced objectives met
1992 Dec 6			92.03 321 x 427 x 96.8
1993 Apr		end of ops
1995 Jul 18		reentered

NOAA 3

  1973-086A

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NOAA 3 (ITOS F) was launched at 1702 on 1973 Nov 6 by Delta from Vandenberg. The Delta stage ignited at 1706 and cutoff at 1711 to place itself in elliptical transfer orbit. At 1759 it reignited to circularize the orbit, and separated at 1806, leaving NOAA 3 in a 116.1 min, 1500 x 1509 km x 102.1 deg orbit. Delta test burns at 1818 and 1838 left the Delta in a 1503 x 1512 km orbit. NOAA 3 deployed its solar panels on the 6th orbit and began its NASA checkout phase. It was delivered to NOAA later in the month. On 1976 Aug 31 NOAA 3 was decommissioned and replaced by NOAA 5.

NOAA 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Nov 6	1702:00	Launch by Delta	V
	1702:38	SRM burnout
		SRM sep
	1705:43	T+3:43 MECO
	1705	St 1 sep
	1706	Delta S/N 20009 burn 5:16
	1711	Delta SECO	175? x 1500 x 102.1
	1759	SES-2 12s
	1759	SECO-2	116.1 1500 x 1509 x 102.1
	1806	St 2 sep
	1818	SES-3 test
	1818	SECO-3
	1838	SES-4 test
	1838	SECO-4	1503 x 1512
1976 Aug 31		Decommissioned

Molniya 204

  1972-098A

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Molniya-2 F4 was launched in Dec 1972. It was the first Molniya-2 to enter one of the standard Molniya orbital planes, plane C.

Molniya-2 F4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Dec 12	0651:01	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0659	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	0744	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	0747	T+56:54 ML sep
1972 Dec 12			706.5 495 x 39300 x 65.3
1973 Jan 8			717.70 464 x 39886 x 65.4
1973 Apr 1			717.78 492 x 39862 x 65.5
1973 Dec 5			717.65 406 x 39941 x 65.5
1974 Jul 7			714.61 170 x 40027 x 65.6
1974 Aug 19		End of ops
1974 Dec 15			686.53 106 x 38695 x 65.6
1975 Jan 22		Reentered

Surveyor SM-2

  1966-030A

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The Surveyor Mass Model mission carried a Surveyor mass model in another test of Centaur restart capability. Launch was on 1966 Apr 8 at 0100:01. Atlas SECO was 8 sec early when fuel ran out. Centaur 6D (AC-8) reached a 167 x 167 km parking orbit at 0111, burning 8 s long to compensate. The second ignition of the RL10YA3-3 engines was meant to inject M-2 into a 178 x 926000 km orbit and then make a retroburn to place AC-8 in a 180 x 481000 km path, but the Centaur shut down after 17 seconds when only one engine ignited. The final orbit was only 175 x 344 km x 30.7 deg. Surveyor M-2 reentered on 1966 May 5, and Centaur AC-8 reentered on Apr 17.

AC-8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Apr 8	0100:02	Launch by AC-8	CKAFS LC36B
	0102:25	T+2:23 Atlas BECO 57 km?
	0102:59	T+2:57 Insulation panels sep
	0103:26	T+3:24 Fairing sep
	0103:51	T+3:49 Atlas SECO 145 km?
	0104:01	T+3:59 Atlas sep
	0104:06	T+4:05 Centaur MES-1
	0109:41	T+9:39 Centaur MECO-1	88.06 161 x 186 x 30.84
			88.071 165 x 193 x 30.83 (GD)
	0134:36	T+34:34 Centaur MES-2
	0134:53	T+34:51 Centaur MECO-2, 17s	175 x 344 x 30.7
	0137:30s	T+37:30s Surveyor Model sep
	0141:32	T+41:30 Centaur blowdown
1966 Apr 17		AC-8 reentered
1966 May 5		SM-2 reentered

Seventeen: March 1997

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Kosmos 1370

 1982-049A

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The second Siluet mission was in May-Jul 1982 and it flew a full 44 day design mission.

Kosmos-1370
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 May 28	0910	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0919	Blok-I sep
1982 May 28			89.24 198x276x64.9
1982 May 31			89.28 209x269x64.9 from 89.14 196x269
1982 Jun 7			89.28 211x267x64.9 from 89.13 205x259
1982 Jun 13			89.28 206x272x64.9 from 89.07 205x253
1982 Jun 21			89.29 208x271x64.9 from 89.13 203x260
1982 Jun 27			89.27 214x264x64.9 from 89.13 208x255
1982 Jul 4			89.27 214x264x64.9 from 89.14 210x255
1982 Jul 10			89.14 212x253x64.9
1982 Jul 11
	2018?	Deorbit
	2038?	Entry
	2053?	Landed

Brooke’s Little Lies

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Progress M-20

 1993-064A

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Progress M (7K-TGM) No. 220 was launched on 1993 Oct 11 and announced as Progress M-20.

Progress M-20
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Oct 11	2133:19	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	2142:07	Blok-I MECO
		Blok-I sep, 7050 kg	194 x 243 x 51.67
1993 Oct 12			264 x 327 x 51.64
1993 Oct 13	2324:46	Docked with Mir Kvant
1993 Nov 17	0844	TCM
1993 Nov 21	0238:43	Undocked
	0820?	Deorbited
	0845?	VBK ejected
	0906	VBK landed

Kosmos 1659

 1985-046A

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Kosmos-1659
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Jun 13	1220	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1224	Blok I burn
	1228	Blok I MECO
1985 Jun 13			200x354x72.9
1985 Jun 14	0410?	Orbit raise
1985 Jun 14			358x416x72.9
1985 Jun 20			358x417x72.9
1985 Jun 27
	0617?	Deorbit
	0627?	PO sep
	0642?	Entry
	0656?	Landing

Early Bird

  1965-028A

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The Intelsat I (Early Bird) satellite was the first commercial geostationary communications satellite. The spacecraft was built by Hughes and given the model number HS-303A. The spin-stabilized satellite had a JPL Starfinder solid apogee motor.

Early Bird
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Apr 6	2347:49	Launch by Delta DSV-3D	CK
		T+1:50 SRM 1-3 sep
	2350:19	T+2:30 MECO
		Thor 20105 (426) sep
	2350:21	Delta S/N 20101 burn, T+2:32 2:47
	2353:10	Delta SECO M+171	-1213? x 1423 x 28.5
1965 Apr 7	0014:33?	T+26:44? Altair II RH-83 burn, 22s
	0014:55?	Altair II cutoff
	0016:29	T+28:40 Altair sep	662.8 1424 x 36063 x 18.28
1965 Apr 9	1330	Apogee firing at apo 6	1437.30 35023 x 36596 x 0.13
1965 Apr 13		mv.	35606 x 36370 GEO 33.5W?
1965 Apr 13		mv	35606 x 35795
1965 Apr 14		mv	35812 x 35792
1965 Apr 15			GEO 28.5W
1965 Apr 23			35773 x 35802 x 0.12 GEO 30W
1965 Jun5		Altair orbit	679.89 1450 x 36492 x 18.14
1965 Jun 30		Communications inaugurated
1965 Dec 2		Reverse drift	GEO 38.5W
1966 Sep 7			1436.62 35784 x 35808 x 1.4 GEO 36.6W+0.1E
1966 Dec 29			1436.65 35777 x 35817 x 1.7 GEO 119.5W+0.1E
1967 Oct 9			1435.74 35746 x 35812 x 2.3 GEO 18.4W+0.1W
1968 Feb 29			1436.37 35756 x 35827 x 2.3 GEO 25.4E+0.1E
1969 Jan 19		Inactive
1969 Jun 29		Reactivated to replace Intelsat 3
1969 Aug 13		Inactive
1969 Dec 1			1436.38 35757 x 35826 x 4.4 GEO 39.9W+0.1E
1971 Apr 6		Reactivated, drifting
1972 Dec 8			1436.09 35760 x 35812 x 7.2 GEO 47.5W+0.0E
1973 Sep 24			1437.42 35789 x 35835 x 7.8 GEO 102.1W+0.4E
1974 Jan			GEO 136W dr
1974 Sep			GEO 152W dr
1975 Jan			GEO 127W dr
1975 Dec			GEO 47W dr
1976 May			GEO 61W
1976 Sep			GEO 88W
1976 Dec			GEO 125W
1979 Feb			GEO 136W
1985		Reactivated for commemoration
1988		Deactivated
1998 Mar 8			1436.86 35699 x 35903 x 13.9 GEO 61W

Payload:

• C-band communications (6/4 GHz)