1984-122A
CRYSTAL 6 was launched into a late afternoon 0941 LTDN west-plane sun-synchronous orbit. The higher apogee of this mission reflected the KENNEN system's takeover of the HEXAGON's wide area search mission in addition to the core KH-11 close-look capability. D. Day notes that the search mission is performed at apogee and in a sun-synchronous orbit the orbital plane would be 180 degrees from a high resolution mission looking at the same target at perigee.
| CRYSTAL 6 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Dec 4 | 1803 | Launch by Titan 34D | V SLC4E |
| 1804 | Core engines on (T+1:47) | ||
| 1804 | SRM jettison (T+1:56) at 39 km | ||
| 1807? | T+4min? Stage 1 sep | ||
| 1807? | Stage 2 ignition (T+4:33?) | ||
| 1807? | Fairing off (T+4:46?) | ||
| 1810? | Stage 2 cutoff (T+7:58?) | ||
| 1811? | Stage 2 sep (T+8:08?) | ||
| 1984 Dec 4 | 93.5 300x650x97.1 | ||
| 1989 May 6 | 96.55 302x884x97.8 | ||
| 1989 Aug 1 | 96.08 298x843x97.8 | ||
| 1989 Aug 14 | 96.53 352x832x97.9 | ||
| 1989 Aug 18 | 96.51 349x834x97.8 | ||
| 1989 Aug 22 | 96.50 345x837x97.8 | ||
| 1990 Mar 31 | 95.78 376x736x97.63 (Molczan CSS1731) | ||
| 1990 Apr 2 | 95.81 340x775x97.8 | ||
| 1990 Jun 3 | 95.60 336x758x97.7 (CSS2333) | ||
| 1990 Oct 9 | 336x732x97.8 | ||
| 1990 Nov 12 | 559x732 from 336x732 | ||
| 1991 May 25 | 97.51 552x726x97.8 (CSS) | ||
| 1991 Jul 9 | 97.23 541x711x97.8 (CSS) | ||
| 1992 Oct 7 | 97.39 561 x 705 x 97.8 | ||
| 1993 Jul 14 | 97.36 542 x 722 x 97.8 | ||
| 1994 Oct 13 | 97.34 544 x 718 x 97.9 | ||
| 1996 Feb 22 | Reentered | ||
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