Saturday, January 18, 1997

Kosmos 2005

 1989-019A



Kosmos-2005 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Mar 2  1900Launch by Soyuz  PL 
 1908  Blok-I sep 
1989 Mar 3.0   89.65 189x326x62.8 
1989 Mar 15   89.64 175x338x62.8 from 88.72 155x267 
1989 Mar 21   89.69 176x342x62.8 from 89.20 167x303 
1989 Mar 22  SpK-1 fiducial 
1989 Mar 26   89.87 180x356x62.8 from 89.19 167x302 
1989 Apr 5   89.57 177x329x62.8 from 88.94 168x277 
1989 Apr 10   89.84 183x351x62.8 from 88.99 168x282 
1989 Apr 12   SpK-2 fiducial 
1989 Apr 15   89.45 175x320x62.8 from 89.30 174x307 
1989 Apr 20   89.13 178x286x62.8 from 88.80 160x271 
1989 Apr 22  88.77 184x243x62.8 from 88.59 166x244 
1989 Apr 24  88.67 182x235x62.8 
1989 Apr 25   
 1940? Deorbit 
 2007? Landed


Kosmos 1920

 1988-010A


Resurs F-1 14F40 No. 106 was launched in Feb 1988. Like spacecraft 104, it used the higher 91.2 minute circular orbit, and like spacecraft 107 it completed a 20 day flight.


Kosmos-1920 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Feb 18  0950  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC16 
 0958Blok-I sep  88.74 189 x 236 x 82.6 
1988 Feb 20    89.60 180 x 237 x 82.6
1988 Feb 21 
91.17 330 x 334 x 82.6 
1988 Mar 5   91.16 323 x 341 x 82.6 
1988 Mar 9    91.10 318 x 339 x 82.6 
  
 0546?  Deorbit 
 0556?  PO sep 
 0610?  Entry 
 0623?  Landed 


Explorer 9

  1961-004


The second S-56 payload, S-056A, was launched on 1961 Feb 16 by Scout X-1 from Launch Area 3 at Wallops Island. It reached orbit at 1316 and the balloon canister split to begin inflation of the 6 kg, 3.5m diameter balloon. The balloon's radio beacon failed on the first orbit, but the final rocket stage transmitted until 1961 Feb 25. The orbit of Explorer 9 was 634 x 2583 km x 38.9 deg. It reentered on 1964 Apr 3.


Explorer 9 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1961 Feb 16  1305 Launch by Scout X-1WI LA3 
  T+0:42 St 1 burnout 
  T+1:10 St 1 sep 
  T+1:10 St 2 burn 40 km 
  T+1:51 St 2 burnout 
  T+1:56 St 3 burn 
  T+1:56 St 2 sep 94 km  
  T+1:56 Fairing sep 
  T+2:36 St 3 burnout 
  T+9:39 St 4 spinup 
  T+9:41 St 3 sep 
 1314 T+9:42 Stage 4 burn, V = 4.5 km/s dV = 3.0 km/s  -5050? x 641 x 38.8 
 1316 T+10:22 Stage 4 burnout 52.5W 35.2N 
  T+10:28 Canister opened 
  T+10:29 Balloon inflation 
 1320  T+14:59 Balloon ejected 
 1420  end of balloon transmissions
1961 Feb 25   end of Altair transmissions
   634 x 2583 x 38.9 
1964 Apr 3 Reentered

ATS 5

  1969-069A


ATS E (Applications Technology Satellite 5) was the third successful ATS. Launch by Atlas Centaur was at 1101 UT on 1969 Aug 12. Because of its heavier mass, ATS-5 needed a more elliptical parking orbit and a shorter coast time. The satellite was inserted into geostationary transfer orbit and fired its SR-28-3 apogee motor (serial number was either Z-4 or Z-6). The AKM was fired at first apogee instead of the planned second because of an attitude control anomaly. The apogee motor was to have been ejected 90s later to improve stability characteristics, but the spacecraft went into a flat spin and the ejection was aborted. ATS 5 was allowed to drift into view of the Rosman ground control station, and was maneuvered so that the spin was around the correct axis, but upside down. The motor was jettisoned on Sep 5. It impacted the solar array during ejection and caused minor damage. Because ATS-5 was spinning in the wrong direction, the yo-yo system could not be used and the gravity gradient booms could not be deployed. The spacecraft remained at 105 deg W until 1978 when it was moved to 70W; in 1984 it ran out of stationkeeping fuel and was moved off station. Its orbit was raised sometime in the months following Apr 1984.


ATS 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Aug 12  1101:04 Launch by Atlas Centaur 
  T+2:32 BECO 
  T+2:35 Booster sep 
  T+3:21 panel jettison, 520 kg. 
  T+3:53 Fairing sep, 970 kg 
  T+4:10 SECO 
  T+4:13 Atlas sep 
  T+4:23 Centaur burn 
 1111  T+10:39 Centaur MECO 25 min coast 142.80 181 x 5158 x 26.79 
 1136 T+35:43 Centaur MES2 1:11 
 1137 T+36:54 Centaur MECO2  686.46 2147 x 36645 x 17.60 (Delta rpt) 
 1140 T+39:09 Centaur sep 
  T+46:09 Centaur blowdown, pos-sep burn H2O2, 49s 
  T+46:58 Centaur post-sep H2O2 off  
  T+46:59 Centaur venting703.7 2187 x 37471 x 17.59 (AC) 
 1150? ATS-5 spun up to 95 rpm 
 1710?  AKM 44s burn  1463.97 35763 x 36901 x 2.7 (PLR No2) 
   35784 x 36908 x 2.62  
   35688 x 36809 x 2.62 (TMX-2383) 
 1710   1416.43 34844 x 35956 x 2.7 GEO 90.5E+5.0W 
1969 Aug 12   attitude control issues
1969 Aug 17 attitude control recovered 
1969 Sep 5   AKM jettison
1969 Sep 5   Yo-yo despin 
1969 Oct 2    1435.99 35778 x 35791 x 2.6 GEO 106.6W 
1970 Aug 2    1436.12 35726 x 35847 x 1.7 GEO 104.9W 
1971 May 31    1436.22 35724 x 35853 x 1.0 GEO 105.1W 
1974 May 3    GEO 105.4W 
1975 Sep 17    GEO 104.9W 
1976 Mar 15    GEO 104.9W 
1977 Jan 10    GEO 105.4W 
1977 Feb?   Move out 
1977 Feb 18    1434.83 35731 x 35792 x 3.8 GEO 94.8W+0.3W/d 
1977 May   Move in 
1977 May 25    1435.94 35773 x 35793 x 4.0 GEO 70.3W 
1978 Oct 18    1436.00 35780 x 35788 x 5.0 GEO 69.4W 
1980 Feb 28    1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 5.9 GEO 69.8W 
1982 Jul 12    1435.98 35774 x 35794 x 7.3 GEO 68.8W 
1982 Nov 19   Drift 1436.16 35774 x 35800 x 7.6 GEO 69.7W+0.02 
1983 Jan 11    1435.90 35775 x 35789 x 7.7 GEO 70.1W+0.04 
1983 Feb 9   Move out 1435.45 35755 x 35792 x 7.7 GEO 61.3W+0.15W 
1983 Mar 13   Move in  1435.76 35751 x 35808 x 7.8 GEO 53.1W 
1983 Apr 27    1435.90 35741 x 35811 x 7.8 GEO 50.5W+0.04 
1983 Aug?   Move out 
1983 Sep 9    1435.54 35727 x 35823 x 8.0 GEO 77.5W+0.1W 
1983 Nov 28    1435.98 35735 x 35833 x 8.2 GEO 71.4W+0.02 

Thursday, January 16, 1997

Kosmos 2090

 1990-070A


Comsat D8-1 Replaced K1994/9


Kosmos-2090 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Aug 8  0415:07 Launch by Tsiklon-3  PL 
  T+2:00 St 1 sep 
  T+3:33 GO sep 
  T+4:38 St 2 sep 
  T+6:00 S5M burn 1 96s 
 0422  T+7:36 S5M MECO-1  -200? x 1300 x 82.6 
 0457?  T+41:50 S5M burn 2 22s 
 0457? T+42:10 S5M low thrust 
 0457?  T+42:43 S5M sep first KA 
  T+44:09 S5M sep last KA 
1990 Aug 8   113.84 1390x1414x82.56

Tuesday, January 14, 1997

OSO 7

  1971-083A


OSO H (Orbiting Solar Observatory 7) was launched at 0945 on 1971 Sep 29 by a two stage Delta N from Cape Canaveral. The Delta second stage had attitude control issues during the second burn, resulting in a low perigee orbit of 93.4 min, 323 x 571 km x 33.1 deg. The spacecraft observed the Sun until 1974 Jul 6 when its attitude control gas was depleted; it reentered on 1974 Jul 9 over the South Pacific.


OSO 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Sep 29  0945:00  Launch by Delta N  CC LC17A 
  T+1:15 SRM 1-3 sep 
  T+3:39 MECO 
  T+3:42 St 1 sep 
 0948:43 T+3:43 SES-1 
 0948:50 T+3:50? Fairing 
 0954:57 T+9:57 SECO-1 
 1013:20 T+28:20 SES-2 
 1013:27 T+28:27 SECO-293.4 323 x 571 x 33.1 
 1018 T+33:15s S+0m St 2 sep 
 1036 T+51:35s S+18m TETR sep from St 2 
1973 May   end of MIT XR expt ops
1974 Jul 6   end of tx 
1974 Jul 9   Reentered 

Kosmos 1070

 1979-001A


Two-tone telemetry?; Hi res satellite with 30KS capsule.


Kosmos-1070 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Jan 11  1500  Launch by Soyuz-U  Plesetsk 
 1504 Blok-I burn 
 1508 Blok-I sep 
1979 Jan 11    89.52 206x297x62.81 
1979 Jan 15    89.42 204x290x62.8 
1979 Jan 19    89.34 201x284x62.8 
1979 Jan 19   30KS separated 
1979 Jan 20   
 0714? Deorbit 
 0725? PO sep 
 0732? Entry 
 0748? Landed 


May 13,2026

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