Gambit 11

  1964-058A

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KH-7 11 (SV 962) was launched on 1964 Sep 23 by Atlas SLV-3 Agena D from Vandenberg. The SRV was recovered on Sep 27, with out-of-focus pictures. SV 962's OCV reentered on Sep 28.

KH-7 11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Sep 23	2006?	Launch by Atlas Agena D	V
		T+2:18? BECO
		T+4:37? SECO
		T+4:54? VECO
		T+4:59? Atlas sep
		T+5:51? Agena MES
	2015?	T+9:50? Agena MECO
1964 Sep 23		Agena D 4809 sep from OCV
1964 Sep 24			88.95 145 x 303 x 92.9
1964 Sep 24	2046		88.66 176 x 240 x 92.9
1964 Sep 25	0535		88.04 121 x 233 x 92.9
1964 Sep 27		Rev 65 last image
1964 Sep 27	2240?	SRV deorbit
1964 Sep 27	2315?	RV recovered on rev 67
1964 Sep 28	1450?	Reentered after 4.78d

Kosmos 1511

 1983-117A

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The final Oktan flight was in Nov 1983 to Jan 1984. On Jan 5 the spacecraft apogee was raised to 448 km, much higher than typical. Kosmos-1511 returned to the normal altitude regime a day later.

Kosmos-1511
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Nov 30	1345	Launch by Soyuz	Plesetsk
	1353	Blok-I sep
1983 Nov 30			89.66 171 x 343 x 67.1
1983 Dec 6			89.29 166 x 312 x 67.1
1983 Dec 7		Orbit raise	89.70 168 x 349 x 67.1
1983 Dec 14			89.06 159 x 296 x 67.1
1983 Dec 14		Orbit raise	89.73 172 x 348 x 67.1
1983 Dec 16		SpK-1 fid
1983 Dec 24			89.09 163 x 295 x 67.1
1983 Dec 25		Orbit raise	89.97 178 x 367 x 67.1
1983 Dec 30			89.73 176 x 346 x 67.1
1983 Dec 30		Lower peri	89.56 167 x 338 x 67.1
1984 Jan 2		SpK-2 fid
1984 Jan 3			89.23 163 x 309 x 67.1
1984 Jan 5		Orbit raise	90.65 164 x 448 x 67.1
1984 Jan 6			90.52 163 x 435 x 67.1
1984 Jan 6		Orbit lower	89.32 162 x 319 x 67.1
1984 Jan 9			89.02 160 x 291 x 67.1
1984 Jan 9		Orbit raise	89.32 170 x 311 x 67.1
1984 Jan 13			89.02 166 x 285 x 67.1
1984 Jan 15
	2109?	Deorbit
	2122?	Entry
	2135?	Landed

Skylab 2

  1973-032A

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Apollo CSM 116 (the Skylab SL-2 spaceship) was launched at 1300 on 1973 May 25 by Saturn IB from Kennedy Space Center. A `milkstool' pedestal had been placed on the LC39B platform to accomodate the shorter IB instead of the huge Saturn V.

The launch vehicle then went back to the VAB and rolled out again with the flight CSM 116. Adapter SLA-6, with hinges, was used after a decision to deorbit the S-4B stage; originally a separating adapter had been planned.

The flight was officially designated SL-2 (SL-1 was the space station itself) but in press releases the first piloted mission was often referred to as `Skylab 1' since it was thought that this would cause less confusion (!).

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Skylab SL-2 Crew

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• Commander Capt. Charles Conrad, Jr., USN

• Science Pilot Cdr. Dr. Joseph Kerwin, USN, M.D.

• Pilot Capt. Paul J. Weitz, USN

The Saturn IB delivered SL-2 to a 155 x 352 km x 50.0 deg orbit at 1310. from Apollo at 1316. The rendezvous burns began at 1523. The TPF braking burn at 2037:28 left CSM 116 in a 433 x 442 km orbit approaching Skylab. Soft dock with the axial port of the MDA ]came at 2156 on May 25. The CSM undocked again at 2245 and flew around the station to the SAS 1 array. At 2346 the CSM was depressurized and the hatch was opened for an EVA. Weitz stood in the open hatch and tried to free the SAS wing while Conrad stationkept with the lab. The wing remained stubbornly stuck, and Weitz returned to the cabin. The hatch was closed at 0023 and the cabin was repressurized at 0101 after an 01h 15m EVA. The crew now made 7 failed attempts to redock with the MDA, without managing to get the docking latches to lock. At around 0200 on May 26, the cabin was depressurized to rewire the docking probe. (Since the main hatch was not opened, most records do not count this as an EVA, although with the docking probe removed the cabin was open to space.) The CM was repressurized at around 0320. Finally at 0352 the spaceship successfully redocked with the axial MDA port and the crew could get a night's sleep. At 1630 on May 26 the hatch to the MDA was opened and the crew transferred to Skylab.

The CM was powered up at 0130 on 1973 Jun 22. The crew came aboard and undocked from Skylab at 0858 on Jun 22. After flying around the station to inspect it, they made an RCS separation burn at 0940, followed by an SPS burn at 1005 to lower the perigee to 167 km. The SPS deorbit burn was made at 1310. CM-116 splashed down in the Pacific at 1349:48 at 24 46N 127 4W. The spaceship was recovered by the aircraft carrier USS Ticonderoga.

Skylab 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 May 25	1300	Launch
1973 May 25	1302:22	S-IB separation 59km	-6133 x 108 x 44.1
	1302:23	J2 MES
		Two M-415 covers sep?
1973 May 25	1302:23?	Interstage separation
	1302:35	Ullage case jettison 70 km (97 kg tot)	-6126 x 112 x 45.3
		Two M-415 covers sep?
1973 May 25	1302:45?	(MSFC-MAN) LES separation 79 km	-6107 x 116 x 45.5
1973 May 25	1303:30	LES separation
	1308:55	S-IB impact at 31.55N 76.76W
1973 May 25	1309:49	S-IVB MECO
1973 May 25	1310	Orbit insertion	155 x 352 km x 50.04 deg
			150 x 352 x 50.03 (MPR)
1973 May 25	1316	S-IVB separation
1973 May 25	1523:30	NC1 13994 kg 9s, 359 x 372 km
1973 May 25	1741:19	NC2 16s, 9m/s	370 x 406 km
		13648 kg
1973 May 25	1827:26	NCC (CCM) 11m/s	403 x 417 km
1973 May 25	1904:26	NSR Coelliptic	415 x 425 km
1973 May 25	2003:50	TPI (Terminal phase initiation) 5m/s	422 x 435 km
	2031	Tallyho
1973 May 25	2037:28	TPF (Braking), 433 x 442 km
1973 May 25	2040	Rendezvous with Skylab
1973 May 25	2125?	Docked with MDA
	2345	Cabin down to 7.5psi
1973 May 25	2345	Undocked from MDA
	2350	Stationkeep near SAS
1973 May 25	2352	Depress for SEVA, attempted SAS repair till 0101
	2357?	HO
1973 May 26	0000	PLT SEVA from hatch
	0012	Egress?
	0020	Working on strap with pick tool
	0022?	HC
	0023?	Repress
	0030?	Docking with MDA, failed
	0035?	Docking with MDA, failed
	0036	At 4 psi
	0100	Docking with MDA, failed
	0102:29	Docking with MDA, failed
	0124:56	Docking with MDA, failed
	0144	Stationkeeping
1973 May 26	0220?	Docking with MDA, failed
1973 May 26	0252	Depress for probe repairs
	0259?	Probe dismantled
	0307	Repress 1 psi
	0310	Repress 3 psi
1973 May 26	0352	Docking with MDA, mass 13113 kg
1973 May 26	1630	Hatch open to MDA, crew enter SL-1
1973 May 29	0107	Orbit trim 0.6 km/s
1973 Jun 17	1330	Orbit trim 0.9 km/s
1973 Jun 22	0130	CSM power up
1973 Jun 22		Crew entry
1973 Jun 22	0855	Undocking from MDA
1973 Jun 22	0858	Undocking from MDA
1973 Jun 22		Flyaround of Skylab	425 x 440 x 50.0
1973 Jun 22	0940:00	Sep (RCS) 1.5m/s	419 x 440 x 50.0
1973 Jun 22	1005:29	Lower perigee (SPS), 10.9s,	167 x 426 x 50.0 km
	1005:40	Cutoff, (-78.0,0.0,19.9)
1973 Jun 22	1310:45	SPS deorbit (-56.2, 0.0, 13.9)
	1311:54	Deorbit cutoff	-16 x 422 x 50.0
1973 Jun 22	1315:50	SM-116 separation
1973 Jun 22	1332:47	Entry interface
1973 Jun 22	1349:48	Splashdown in Pacific.
1973 Jun 22	1430	Recovered by USS Ticonderoga

Fortune: February 2,1998

 https://welib.org/md5/3bd446ac73d7463026fde14e89ac61cf

Dance All Night

 https://welib.org/md5/6c8579eecc8c94b49e04c2d64ea77b5c

Kosmos 1126

 1979-079A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1126
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Aug 31	1130	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1138	Blok-I sep
1979 Aug 31			90.47 198x396x72.88
1979 Sep 1			90.47 197x397x72.84
1979 Sep 1	0705?		92.30 378x395x72.87
1979 Sep 9			92.31 378x396x72.86
1979 Sep 12			92.31 379x395x72.86
1979 Sep 13			92.33 379x396x72.86
1979 Sep 14
	0702?	Deorbit
	0727?	Entry
	0736?	Landed

Fleetsatcom 8

 1989-077A

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FLTSATCOM F8 was launched in Sep 1989 by Atlas Centaur. It was assigned the code number USA-46.

FLTSATCOM F8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 25	0856:02	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:35 BECO, 69 km 2.549 km/s
		T+2:38 Booster sep, 72 km 2.549 km/s	-5940 x 120?
		T+3:00 Centaur insulation panels sep, 94 km 2.737 km/s	-5800 x 160?
		T+3:43 Fairing, 131 km 3.153 km/s	-5650 x 170?
		T+4:30 VECO 165 km
		T+4:32 Atlas sep 165 km 3.785 km/s	-5300 x 200?
	0900:45	T+4:43 Centaur MES
	0905:57	T+9:55 Centaur MECO-1 189 km 7.442 km/s	167 x 455 x 28.5
	0919:58	T+23:56 Centaur MES-2
	0921:34	T+25:32 MECO-2
	0923:49	T+27:47 Centaur sep	613.69 159 x 34927 x 28.5
	1500?	Apo 1 over 130E
1989 Sep 26	0100?	Apo 2 over 55W
	1000?	Apo 3 over 150E
	2100?	Apo 4 over 5W
1989 Sep 26	2225?	Star 37FM burn
1989 Sep 26			1413.47 34762 x 35923 x 5.1 GEO 20.3W+5.8E
1989 Sep 30			1438.00 35712 x 35935 x 5.0 GEO 10.2W+0.5W
1989 Oct 11			1436.41 35792 x 35793 x 5.0 GEO 22.8W
1989 Nov 27			1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 4.8 GEO 22.7W
1992 Jan 11			1436.04 35768 x 35802 x 3.5 GEO 22.6W
1994 Jun 1			1436.23 35768 x 35809 x 2.3 GEO 23.4W
1996 Aug 5			1436.18 35771 x 35804 x 2.0 GEO 22.8W
1996 Jun 16			1436.25 35783 x 35795 x 2.6 GEO 23.2W

Kosmos 2284

 1994-044A

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A Kometa satellite flew in Jul-Sep 1994.

Kosmos-2284
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Jul 29	0930:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC31
	0938	Blok-I sep
1994 Jul 29			89.19 195 x 274 x 70.3
1994 Jul 29			89.20 197 x 271 x 70.4
1994 Jul 30		Orbit raise	89.41 214 x 276 x 70.4
1994 Aug 12			89.32 209 x 272 x 70.4
1994 Aug 13		Orbit raise	89.44 203 x 289 x 70.4
1994 Aug 22			89.35 202 x 281 x 70.4
1994 Aug 24		Orbit raise	89.44 211 x 282 x 70.4
1994 Sep 4			89.35 212 x 272 x 70.4
		Orbit raise	89.42 211 x 280 x 70.4
1994 Sep 9			89.36 210 x 276 x 70.4
1994 Sep 10		Orbit raise	89.57 212 x 293 x 70.4
1994 Sep 11			89.55 210 x 294 x 70.4
	2150?	Deorbit
	2150?	AO sep
	2209?	Entry	-180? x 292 x 70.4
	2225	Landed 288 km NE Kustanai, 53 35N 66 56E

Kosmos 1375

 1982-055A

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This was an interception target satellite and was successfully intercepted by Kosmos 1379 12 days after its launch. As of 1996 Nov,when it was last tracked,its orbit was 822 by 860 km at 65.84 deg.

Kosmos-1375
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Jun 6	1710	Launch by 11K65M	PL
	1718?	Stage 2 MECO-1
	1815?	Stage 2 MECO-2
1982 Jun 8			105.0 981x1011x65.84

Sputnik 3

  1958-004B

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A second D-1 satellite was launched on May 15, and reached orbit safely. Known publicly as the Third Soviet ISZ , and in the West as ``Sputnik 3'', Object D no. 2 (or D-1 No. 2) transmitted until June 5 and reentered on April 6, 1960. The second D satellite concluded the initial series of Earth satellite launches; Korolyev's team now set its sights on the Moon. 

Sputnik 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 May 15	0700:35	Launch by Sputnik 8A91 No. B1-1	KB
	0702?	Blok BVGD sep
	0705?	Blok A cutoff
	0706?	Blok A sep
	0706?	Nosecone sep
			217 x 1684 x 65.2
1958 Jun 5		End of transmissions
1960 Apr 6		Reentered

Payload:

• Magnetometer 

• Solar photometer

• Electrostatic flux monitor

• 10 keV particle detector (InstAtPhys/Krasovsky)

• Meteorite detector

USA-4

 1984-091A

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Another Titan 34B launch was USA 4, placed in an elliptical orbit according to the UN data. It may have been the final Jumpseat satellite.

JUMPSEAT 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 28	1803	Launch by Titan 34B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1805?	Stage 2 burn
	1808?	Stage 2 MECO
	1810?	Agena MES-1
	1813?	Agena MECO-1
	1840?	MES-2
	1842?	MECO-2
	1845?	Agena sep
1985 Jun			702.8 287 x 38156 x 63.6 (UN)

Kosmos 1022

 1978-059A

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Kosmos-1022
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jun 12	1030	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1034	Blok-I burn
	1038	Blok-I sep
1978 Jun 15			89.68 169 x 348 x 72.9
1978 Jun 18			89.54 168 x 334 x 72.8
1978 Jun 20			89.41 167 x 323 x 72.8
1978 Jun 22			89.66 166 x 349 x 72.8
1978 Jun 24			89.58 165 x 341 x 72.9
1978 Jun 25
	0423?	Deorbit
	0431?	PO sep
	0437?	Entry
	0453?	Landed

Kosmos 1489

 1983-083A

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Kosmos-1489
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Aug 10	1300	Launch by Soyuz	Baikonur
	1308	Blok-I sep
1983 Aug 10			89.3 176x302x64.7
1983 Aug 14			89.9 170x365x64.7
1983 Aug 21			89.8 173x357x64.7
1983 Aug 24			89.7 172x345x64.7
1983 Aug 24		SpK-1 fid
1983 Aug 29			89.7 191x320x64.7
1983 Sep 5			89.7 184x332x64.7
1983 Sep 10		SpK-2 fid
1983 Sep 14			90.1 208x349x64.7
1983 Sep 17			89.7 180x338x64.8
1983 Sep 23
	0645?	Deorbit
	0657?	Entry
	0712?	Landed