Saturday, August 9, 1997

Foton 10

 1995-006A


Foton 34KS No. 10 was launched on 1995 Feb 16 at 1740 UT. The spacecraft had a mass of 6300 kg, including a 2250 kg cabin reused from Foton 9. (Another source gave 5986 kg). It carried materials processing experiments jointly managed by TsSKB and Germany's Kayser-Threde, as well as French and ESA biological experiments. On Mar 3 at 0834:30, the satellite landed safely 135 km SE of Orenburg, Russia at 51 18 N, 57 12 E. However, a helicopter transporting the satellite back to Orenburg for deintegration later that day ran into a storm which forced them to release the Foton capsule suspended below them; the Foton plummeted 100m to the ground.


Foton 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Feb 16  1739:59 Launch by Soyuz 
 1748  Blok-I sep 
1995 Feb 16    90.40 219 x 368 x 62.8 
1995 Mar 1  90.25 217 x 355 x 62.8 
1995 Mar 3  0804?  Deorbit 
 0814?  PO sep 
 0822?  Entry 

0834:30  Landed 51 10N 56 56E 

Payload:

  • KASHTAN materials processing

  • ZONA

  • SPLAV

  • BIOBOX (ESA) life sciences

  • IBIS (CNES) 64 cassettes of biological materials

Tuesday, August 5, 1997

Kosmos 455

 1971-097A


DS-P1-Yu No. 54 was launched in Nov 1971 from Plesetsk. It was another subgroup 1 DS-P1-Yu mission.


Kosmos-455 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Nov 17  1110 Launch by 11K63  PL 
 1112 Stage 2 burn  
 1117? Stage 2 sep  
1971 Nov 19  2130   92.19 272 x 491 x 71.0 (RAE)  
1972 Feb 1  
 91.46 259 x 433 x 71.0 (RAE)  
1972 Apr 5   End of operations 
1972 Apr 9  0028?  Reentered 

Kosmos 247

  1968-088A


Zenit-2 No. 65 was launched on 1968 Oct 11. Landing was 50 km N of Tselinograd at 51 14 N 71 17 E.


Kosmos-247 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1968 Oct 11  1205  Launch by 11A57  NIIP-53 LC41/1 
 1210 Blok-I burn 
 1214  Blok-I sep   
   89.9 205 x 362 x 65.4 (TASS) 
 1750   89.97 200 x 344 x 65.4 
1968 Oct 12  0930?   89.94 199 x 345 x 65.39 (RAE) 
1968 Oct 16  0845   89.87 198 x 337 x 65.4 
1968 Oct 19  0537?  Deorbit 
 0543?  PO sep 
 0602  Landed  

Sunday, August 3, 1997

Kosmos 1552

 1984-045A


This was the second Terilen flight. The operational orbit was reached after 3 days in the low perigee insertion orbit.


Kosmos-1552 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 May 14  1400 Launch by Soyuz  Baikonur 
 1409  Blok I sep 
1984 May 14   89.5 184x315x64.94 
1984 May 15  197x316x64.9 
1984 May 16   183x322x64.9 
1984 May 17  1255? Raise peri 
1984 May 17    225x311x64.9 
1984 May 25    224x316x64.9 
1984 Oct 18    236x327x64.9 
1984 Oct 21    234x322x64.9 
1984 Nov 1    230x311x64.9 
1984 Nov 2  229x307x64.9 
1984 Nov 3   
 0904? Deorbit (fiducial) 
 0928? Entry 

Kosmos 382

  1970-103A


The second L-1E test flight was 7K-L1E No. 2, launched in Dec 1970 as Kosmos-382. It may have carried a supplementary ion engine experiment since the orbital eccentricity was observed to change slowly up to Feb 1971.

Several objects were cataloged in orbit with Kosmos-382. Objects E, F and G were ejected into the 160 minute orbit prior to burn 3. They were tracked later in high apogee orbits which continued to become more eccentric, and were presumably being affected by radiation pressure.

Objects B and C are believed to be the SOZ motors; they were ejected into the 160 minute orbit around the time of burn 3.

Object D was released after burn 3 into the final orbit, but was strongly affected by radiation pressure and decay and has a low RCS. It may be an insulation panel of some kind.

Three in-orbit burns had 982, 285 and 1311 m/s. There were seven burns in total.


Kosmos-382 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Dec 2  1700:00  Launch by Proton-K  KB  
 1702  Stage 2  
 1705  Stage 2 cutoff 
 1705 Stage 3 burn  
 1709 Stage 3 cutoff  -1350? x 200 x 51.6 
 1715?  Blok-D burn 1 
 1717? Blok-D MECO-1 
   190 x 300 km  
  Burn 1 (simulated LOI-1) 
 1723?  Stage 3 reentry 
 1752  Blok-D MES-2 
 1755  Blok-D MECO-2  303 x 5038 x 51.6 
1970 Dec 3  1100   142.77 303 x 5038 x 51.57 (TLE) 
 1148  Burn 3 tweak 3m/s 
1970 Dec 4  1148  Burn 4 tweak 2m/s 
1970 Dec 4  1300   142.88 303 x 5046 x 51.53 (TLE) 
1970 Dec 4    142.98 318 x 5040 x 51.55 (TLE) 
 1636  Burn 5 orbit tweak 19m/s 
1970 Dec 5    144.11 408 x 5045 x 51.53 (TLE) 
1970 Dec 6  1856?  Orbit change over 71E 50N?  158.99 1616 x 5071 x 51.55  
  Burn 6 (simulated LOI-2) 

 

 103E,F,G sep to 160 min orbit, decaying 
1970 Dec 7  1554? MES-7 
1970 Dec 7  1555  Burn 7 over 82E 50N 

 

 Burn 7 (simulated DOI) 
 1554?  SOZ jettison (B,C) 1615 x 5082 x 51.6 
 1557? Burn 7 cutoff  171.06 2577 x 5082 x 55.87  
  103D sep to 172 min orbit, decaying 
1970 Dec 15  1955   171.04 2581 x 5077 x 55.87  
1970 Dec 29  1144   171.03 2585 x 5012 x 55.87  
1971 Feb 10   End of ion engine test? 
1992 Jul 22    171.00 2389 x 5265 x 55.85 
1998 Apr 30    171.00 2376 x 5278 x 55.88 

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