Thursday, July 10, 1997

Kosmos 1267

 1981-039A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 
 1325Orientation 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 

Sunday, July 6, 1997

Apple

 1981-057B


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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