Kosmos 2175

 1992-001A

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Kosmos-2175 flew from Jan to Mar 1992. On Mar 12 the vehicle carried out an unusual perigee lowering maneuver, dipping down to 150 km.

Kosmos-2175
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Jan 21	1500:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1508	Blok-I sep
1992 Jan 21			89.61 160 x 349 x 67.12
1992 Jan 26			89.21 158 x 311 x 67.12
1992 Jan 26		Orbit raise	89.70 185 x 333 x 67.1
1992 Feb 2			89.19 174 x 294 x 67.1
		Orbit raise	89.84 175 x 357 x 67.1
1992 Feb 9			89.20 164 x 305 x 67.1
1992 Feb 10		Orbit raise	89.88 178 x 358 x 67.1
1992 Feb 11		SpK-1 fid
1992 Feb 17			89.23 167 x 305 x 67.1
1992 Feb 18		Orbit raise	89.78 182 x 344 x 67.1
1992 Feb 22			89.45 178 x 316 x 67.1
		Orbit raise	89.82 184 x 346 x 67.1
1992 Feb 23			89.70 182 x 336 x 67.1
		Orbit lower	89.19 178 x 290 x 67.1
1992 Feb 26			88.94 172 x 271 x 67.1
1992 Feb 27		Orbit raise	89.78 179 x 347 x 67.1
1992 Mar 2			89.30 170 x 308 x 67.1
1992 Mar 2		SpK-2 fid
1992 Mar 3		Orbit raise	89.77 185 x 341 x 67.1
1992 Mar 8			89.32 176 x 304 x 67.1
1992 Mar 8		Orbit raise	89.79 186 x 342 x 67.1
1992 Mar 11			89.57 181 x 324 x 67.1
1992 Mar 12		Orbit raise	89.99 181 x 366 x 67.1
1992 Mar 12	1534?		89.64 150 x 363 x 67.1
1992 Mar 13	1835?		89.83 182 x 348 x 67.1
1992 Mar 20			89.24 173 x 300 x 67.1
1992 Mar 20
	1932?	Deorbit
	1946?	Entry
	1958?	Landed

Kosmos 1267

 1981-039A

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The second full TKS test flight was the first to dock with a Salyut station. The VA was recovered prior to the docking on May 24. The TKS remained docked to Salyut-6 and was used to deorbit it in 1982.

Kosmos-1267
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Apr 25	0201	Launch by Proton	KB
	0210	Stage 3 MECO
	0210	Stage 3 sep
1981 Apr 25			88.99 191 x 257 x 51.6
1981 Apr 27			254x273x51.6 from 188x261
1981 May 3			257x278x51.6 from 250x266
1981 May 8			252x294x51.6 from 252x266
1981 May 8-9			267x278x51.6 from 252x294
1981 May 16			264x286x51.6 from 259x269
1981 May 24
	1250	Eq cross at 20E
	1325	Orientation maneuver
	1407?	VA sep
	1410?	Deorbit
	1420?	BSO sep
	1431?	Entry
	1510?	Landed
1981 May 27			305x316x51.6 from 254x274
1981 Jun 6			299x311x51.6 from 303x315
1981 Jun 16			90.59 297 x 309 x 51.6
1981 Jun 18			91.52 340 x 357 x 51.6
1981 Jun 19			91.57 340 x 362 x 51.6
1981 Jun 19	0652	Docked with Salyut-6
1981 Oct 3		Test burn
1982 Jul 28			90.94 318 x 323 x 51.6
	0915?	Lower perigee
1982 Jul 29			89.95 222 x 321 x 51.6
1982 Jul 29		Deorbited, docked to Salyut-6
	0940?	Deorbit
	1000?	Entry
	1015?	Impact

Apple

 1981-057B

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The APPLE (Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment) was India's first experimental comsat, a bridge between the ATS-6 experiments and the Insat series. One of the two solar panels failed to deploy but the satellite was successfully used for communications experiments.

Apple
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Jun 19	1233	Launch by Ariane LO3	CSG ELA1
		Stage 1 sep
	1235:30	Stage 2 TIG
	1237:25	Fairing sep
	1238:00	Stage 3 burn
	1247	EOI
	1249:18	CAT/Apple sep from H8
	1249:37	T+16:38 Meteosat/MTO sep from Apple
	1250:18	T+17:08? CAT sep from Apple
1981 Jun 20			635.56 200 x 35997 x 10.5
1981 Jun 21	2243:16	AKM fired by SHAR	GEO 2E dr
1981 Jun 22		Solar panels: 1 deployed, 1 failed
1981 Jun 22			1436.31 35579 x 36009 x 1.20 (Falworth)
1981 Jun		TCM
1981 Jun		TCM
1981 Jun		Second panel deployed
1981 Jul 16		On station	GEO 102E
1981 Jul 22		Telecom experiments start
1981 Aug			GEO 105E
1982?		end of regular ops
1983 Jan 27			1439.42 35746 x 35956 x 0.3 GEO 47.6W+0.8W
1983 Jun		Drifting	GEO 114E+0.3/d
1983 Sep 15			1439.49 35750 x 35955 x 0.9 GEO 140.1E+0.8W
1983 Sep 20		Decommissioned
1988 Apr 18			1439.30 35751 x 35947 x 5.1 GEO 138.6E+0.8W