Crystal 2

 1978-060A

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It has been claimed that the second KENNEN was the first to fly CCD imagers, although it's possible that the introduction of CCDs was even later. The launch was to a 1005 LTDN SSO, the same plane as the first satellite.

Three debris objects cataloged on Jun 15 may be associated with the burn which raised perigee from 220 to 272 km.

KENNEN 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jun 14	1823?	Launch by Titan 23D	V
		T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27
		T+1:55 SRM burnout
		T+1:55 SRM sep
		T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO
		T+4:16 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:16 Stage 2 burn
		T+5:05? Fairing
	1830?	T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO
	1831?	T+8:00 Stage 2 sep
			91.9 223 x 509 x 97.0
1978 Jun 14	1922		91.89 221 x 513 x 97.0
1978 Jun 15	0434		91.85 220 x 509 x 97.0
	1815?	Raise perigee
	1830?	3 debris objects cataloged
	2124		92.37 272 x 509 x 96.8
1978 Aug			91.9 261 x 477 x 97.0
1979 Oct 17			278 x 496 x 97
1979 Nov 21			280 x 554 x 97
1980 Jan 28			92.72 292 x 521 x 97.0 from 92.13 271 x 485
1980 Feb 15			92.64 294x512x97.0 from 92.55 284x512
1980 Apr 2			92 285x492x97.0 from ?
1980 May 7			92.53 326x468x97.0 from 91.90 282x449
1980 Jun 25			92.28 825x444x97.0 from 92.21 317x444
1980 Sep 4			92.34 326x449x97.0 from 91.78 311x409
1980 Oct 9			92.60 369x431x97.0 from 92.09 319x432
1980 Nov 14			92.30 356x416x97.0 from 92.27 356x413
1981 Mar 2			91.47 340x350x97.0 from ?
1981 Apr 4			91.14 310x348x97.0 from 90.82 304x322
1981 Apr 17-24			91.39 321x361x97.0 from 90.77 292x329
1981 May 15			91.14 316x341x97.0 from 90.96 299x340
1981 May 23			91.22 329x355x97.0 from 91.01 311x334
1981 Jun 15			91.06 321x329x97.0 from 90.93 311x324
1981 Jul 6			90.92 312x324x97.0 from 90.78 304x318
1981 Aug 8			90.54 296x303x97.0 from 90.33 278x300
1981 Aug 23	1200		deorbited after 1165d from 90.31 278x298