Friday, July 18, 1997

Kosmos 297

  1969-076A


Zenit-4 No. 72 was launched in Sep 1969 from Plesetsk, overlapping with the previous flight.


Kosmos-297 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Sep 2  1100:01  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1104 Blok-I burn 
 1109 Blok-I sep 
 1517   89.68 209 x 308 x 72.83 
1969 Sep 5  1900   89.62 203 x 307 x 72.89 
1969 Sep 9  0241   89.56 202 x 303 x 72.89 
1969 Sep 10  0702? Retrofire 
 0726? Landed after 7.84d 

Navstar 20

 1990-025A


Navstar SVN 20 (USA 54) was launched on 1990 Mar 26 into plane B-2.


Navstar 20 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Mar 26  0245:01 Launch by Delta II 6925  CC LC17A 
  T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out  
  T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on 
  T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep 
  T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep 
  T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off 
  T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep 
  T+4:25 MECO 
  T+4:31 VECO  
  T+4:33 Stage 1 sep 
 0249  Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38) 
 0249  Fairing sep (T+4:50) 
 0256  SECO-1 (T+11:37)  175 x 186? x 35.66? 
  T+20:55 spinup 
 0305 T+20:58 Delta sep 
 0306  T+21:35 TES 
 0308 T+23:02 TECO  355.32 171 x 20308 x 37.7  
 0309 T+24:55 Stage 3 sep   
 0309 T+24:57 Yo weight  
1990 Mar 26  0348? Delta depletion 91.75 182 x 537 x 30.23  
1990 Mar 28  0930   354.69 169 x 20270 x 37.56 
1990 Mar 29  0446? Star 37XFP burn 
1990 Mar 29  1604   707.61 19766 x 20085 x 54.91 
1990 Apr 1  1424   716.16 20060 x 20214 x 55.08 
1990 Apr 2  0321   716.00 20059 x 20207 x 55.05 
1990 Apr 6  0224   717.80 20092 x 20267 x 55.1

Monday, July 14, 1997

Kopernikus 1

 1989-041B


The Deutsche Fernmeldesatelliten System (DFS) was operated by DBP Telekom. The satellites used a Spacebus 100 bus for German domestic TV relay and communications. DFS 1 was also called Kopernikus 1. Launch mass was 1415 kg, BOL mass 850 kg, and dry mass 645 kg. DFS used a 937 adapter. Stage 3 was 1262 kg (may include 308 kg of jettisoned ullage rocket) dry plus 1294 kg for VEB, Spelda, adapters and residuals. VEB was 534 kg. Fairing was 759 kg.

Total V31 payload 4428 kg.

In Aug 1990 control was given to DBP Telekom/Usingen from GSOC.


DFS 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Jun 5  2237:15  Launch by Ariane 44L V31 CSG ELA2 
  T+2:30 PAL sep 
  T+3:32 St 1 sep 
  T+3:34 St 2 MES 
  T+4:21 Fairing sep
  T+5:44 St 2 sep 
 2243:03 T+5:48 St 3 MES 
 2255:08 T+17:51 St 3 MECO 
 2257:38 T+20:23 Superbird sep 
 2259:48 T+22:33 Spelda sep 
 2302:20 T+25:05 DFS sep 
  T+25:10 H10 avoidance  632.72 214 x 35856 x 6.7  
1989 Jun 6  0500? Apo 1 
 0930? Peri 1 
 1500? Apo 2 
 2000? Peri 2 
1989 Jun 7  0200? Apo 3 
 0630? Peri 3 
 1200? Apo 4 
 1200? LAM-1, Apo 4 
1989 Jun 9?   LAM-2, Apo 7 
1989 Jun 11?  LAM-3, Apo 9 
1989 Jun 11    1434.80 35645 x 35877 x 0.2 GEO 22.4E+0.3E 
1989 Jun 25    1436.07 35765 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 26.0E 
1989 Jul 8    1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 23.5E 
1989 Sep 18    1435.95 35757 x 35809 x 0.0 GEO 23.9E 
1991 Dec 11    1436.04 35756 x 35814 x 0.0 GEO 23.5E 
1993 Feb 2    1436.03 35772 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 23.6E 
1993 Feb 9   mv out 
1993 Feb 27  mv in  
1993 Mar 27    1436.02 35730 x 35839 x 0.0 GEO 33.3E 
1995 Jul 22    1436.02 35770 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 33.5E 
1995 Dec 13    1436.13 35768 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 32.9E 
1995 Dec   Orbit lowered 
1995 Dec 14    1433.41 35663 x 35805 x 0.1 GEO 33.6E+0.7E 
1995 Dec 21    1430.59 35643 x 35714 x 0.1 GEO 39.7E+1.3E

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