DSP 13

 1987-097A

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The refurbished satellite DSP 5R was launched on 1987 Nov 29 by Titan 34D/Transtage to become DSP Flight 13, the last Block II satellite. It also received the designation USA 28.

DSP 5R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Nov 29	0327:20	Launch by Titan 34D/Transtage	CC LC40
		T+1:48 Stage 1 ignition
	0329	T+1:56 SRM sep
	0331:49	T+4:29 Stage 1 sep
	0332:00	T+4:40 Fairing
	0335:53	T+8:33 Stage 2 MECO
	0336?	Stage 2 sep
	0336:03	T+8:43 Transtage MES-0 152 km 36s
	0336:39	T+9:19 MECO-0
	0352?	MES-1
	0357?	MECO-1
	0925?	MES-2
	0927?	MECO-2
	0930?	Transtage sep
1987 Nov 28?		Cover sep
1988 Mar		drift	GEO 60W dr
1988 Mar 20		mv in	GEO 35W
1989 Feb 20		mv out	GEO 35W
1989 Mar 10			GEO 15E
1990 Jun			GEO 10E
1992 Feb 15		mv out	GEO 10E
1992 Mar 25			GEO 35W
1993 May 8		mv out	GEO 35W
1993 Jun 15			GEO 105E
1996 Jan			GEO 165W

Kosmos 1591

 1984-092A

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On the day that spacecraft no. 50 landed, 17F41 No. 51 (Kosmos-1591) was launched to replace it. It entered an unusually low parking orbit before its perigee was raised.

Kosmos-1591
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Aug 30	1015	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC43/4
	1023	Blok-I sep	209 x 272 x 82.3
1984 Aug 31			185 x 343 x 82.3
1984 Sep 3			260 x 271 x 82.3
1984 Sep 5			267 x 273 x 82.3
1984 Sep 11			266 x 272 x 82.3
1984 Sep 12
	0623?	Deorbit
	0635?	PO sep
	0642?	Entry
	0658?	Landed

Kosmos 1494

 1983-091A

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25 objects were cataloged with Kosmos-1494. Since all the other Romb missions seem to have deployed at most 24 objects, I suggest one of the objects was a double cataloging of another object. I arbitrarily suspect D and H of being the same (same RCS, same decay date) but have not inspected the TLEs.

Kosmos-1494
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Aug 31	0630	Launch by 11K65M	KY
	0638?	Stage 2 MECO-2
	0700?	Stage 2 sep
1983 Aug 31			93.5 345x552x50.7
1985 Sep 26		reentered

No	Object	RCS	Release (approx)	Decay
	Kosmos-1494	24.1		1985 May 24
	S3 rocket	21.2		1985 Sep 26
1	C	0.31	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 7
d	D	0.26	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 6
2	E	0.22	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 5
3	F	0.29	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 9
4	G	0.25	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 7
5	H	0.26	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 6
6	J	0.30	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 8
7	K	0.25	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 9
8	L	0.28	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 5
9	M	0.31	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 6
10	N	0.43	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 8
11	P	0.40	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 6
12	Q	0.31	1984 Feb 8	1984 Apr 1
13	R	0.24	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 4
14	S	0.26	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 2
15	T	0.31	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 4
16	U	0.37	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 5
17	V	0.36	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 10
18	W	0.21	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 6
19	X	0.31	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 5
20	Y	0.22	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 6
21	Z	0.21	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 9
22	AA	0.22	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 8
23	AB	0.31	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 11
24	AC	0.26	1984 Feb 16	1984 Apr 10

LDEF

 1984-034B

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NASA-OAST's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was a large, 9280 kg passive satellite designed to provide a platform for materials exposure experiments. It was deployed from Space Shuttle Challenger on 1984 Apr 7 into a 94.2 min, 480 x 483 km x 28.5 deg orbit. Originally it was planned to retrieve LDEF within a few months, but the retrieval flight was delayed, and by 1989 Jul 11 LDEF was in a 92.75 min, 408 x 410 km x 28.5 deg orbit and starting to decay more rapidly. It was finally retrieved at 1516 on 1990 Jan 12 by Orbiter OV-102 Columbia on the STS-32 mission. At that time its orbit was 327 x 340 km x 28.5 deg.

Payload:

• Materials and Structures

• Power and Propulsion

• Science and Electronics

  • Interstellar gas collection
  • Cosmic ray experiment
  • Micrometeoroid experiments
  • Biological sample experiments
  • Crystal growth experiment

• Optics Filters, coatings, glasses, detectors, fibers

• S80-1 STP experiments

  • AFWL-701 Fiber optics in space

  • CRL-258 Trapped proton energy spectrum

  • NRL-702 Heavy ions in space

  • SD-802 Spacecraft materials

  • AFTAC-201 Space effects on electro-optical sensor components

Resurs 56

 1993-053A

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The last Resurs F-1 was 14F43 No. 56. The spacecraft flew a 17 day low orbit mission in Aug-Sep 1993.

Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 56
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Aug 24	1045	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC16
	1053	Blok-I sep	88.67 178 x 240 x 82.59
1993 Aug 25	0130	Orbit raise	89.23 234 x 239 x 82.59
	0545		89.08 224 x 234 x 82.58
1993 Aug 28	0200		89.10 224 x 237 x 82.59
1993 Sep 6	0430		89.12 226 x 236 x 82.58
1993 Sep 10		Engine (53D) sep	89.05 224 x 231 x 82.58 (D)
		Debris 53C, E,F sep
1993 Sep 11
	0628?	Deorbit
	0638?	PO sep
	0645?	Entry
	0700?	Landed

Kosmos 516

 1972-066A

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Kosmos-516 was launched in Aug 1972. The US-A satellite operated in low orbit for a month before splitting into three parts as usual. This was the first payload to carry a fully operating radar system. The reactor was successfully boosted to a 1000 km orbit.

Kosmos-516
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Aug 21	1036:20	Launch by 11K69	KB
	1038	Stage 2 burn
	1040	Stage 2 sep
	1050	DU burn
		DU cutoff, orbit
	1100?	Stage 2 reentry
1972 Aug 21	1325		89.64 245 x 268 x 65.0
1972 Aug 22	1320		89.64 248 x 264 x 65.0
1972 Sep 1	1200		89.64 251 x 263 x 65.0 (RAE)
1972 Sep 22	0557		90.64 247 x 265 x 65.0
1972 Sep 22		DU and radar section sep
	0824?	Reactor section raise orbit
	0910?	DV2
1972 Sep 22	1557		104.55 921 x 1024 x 64.8
1972 Sep 23	0230	DU section	89.44 239 x 255 x 65.0 (RAE, 66B)
1972 Sep 24	2130	Radar section	89.52 243 x 259 x 65.0 (RAE, 66C)
1972 Sep 25	1648?	DU reentered
1972 Oct 1	1700	Reactor section	104.57 920 x 1030 x 64.82 (RAE, 66A)
1972 Oct 20		Radar section reentered
1974 May 26			104.57 917 x 1030 x 64.8

Kosmos 2243

 1993-028A

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The control system of the launcher failed during the final phase of the Blok-I burn, and the payload was damaged at separation, with the auto destruct blasting it into at least 172 pieces. The payload was apparently a Kometa satellite.

Kosmos-2243
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Apr 27	1035:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC31
	1039	Blok-I burn
	1044	Blok-I cutoff
	1044	Blok-I sep, payload damaged
	1045	Auto destruct initiated
1993 Apr 28.6			88.76 190x235x70.35
1993 May 2			182 x 220 x 70.35
1993 May 5			144 x 154 x 70.34
1993 May 6		Reentered

Kosmos 399

  1971-017A

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Kosmos-399 (Zenit-4M flight 12) was launched on 1971 Mar 3 from Baikonur and flew a 14 day mission.

Kosmos-399
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Mar 3	0930:01	Launch by 11A57	PL
	0934	Blok-I burn
	0938	Blok-I sep
1971 Mar 4	1509		89.33 200 x 282 x 65.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Mar 10	2130		90.86 196 x 438 x 65.0 (RAE)
1971 Mar 12	1644		89.66 197 x 317 x 65.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Mar 14	0736		90.86 194 x 438 x 65.0
1971 Mar 15	0500?	Engine sep
1971 Mar 16	2138		90.62 193 x 415 x 65.0
1971 Mar 17	0507?	Retrofire
	0517?	PO sep
	0522?	Entry
	0537?	Landed after 13.84d

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Anik D2

 1984-113B

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Anik D-2 was the second HS-383 class satellite built by Spar Aerospace. It was owned by Telesat Canada at the time of launch, from Shuttle mission 51-A.

Anik D-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Nov 9	2105	Deploy from OV-103
	2149	PAM-D burn
	2150	PAM-D burnout
	2152	PAM-D sep
1984 Nov 10	0700		638.92 306 x 36083 x 25.7
1984 Nov 10	1326		653.81 1065 x 36084 x 22.5
1984 Nov 11			653.72 1062 x 36083 x 22.5
1984 Nov 12	0927?	Star 30B burn at 6th apo
1984 Nov 12			1379.16 33232 x 36097 x 1.6 GEO 134.4W+14.9E
1984 Nov 13	1000?	TCM
1984 Nov 13			1419.46 34816 x 36104 x 1.9 GEO 116.7W+4.2E
1984 Nov 14			1436.15 35769 x 35806 x 1.9 GEO 111.6W
1984 Nov 19		On-orbit storage	GEO 111.5W
1985 Mar 8		Depsin system problems
1985 Oct 17			1436.08 35779 x 35792 x 1.5 GEO 111.5W
1986 Aug 18			1436.01 35775 x 35793 x 0.7 GEO 111.6W
1986 Aug		mv out to 110.5W
1986 Sep 30		mv in	1435.99 35774 x 35794 x 0.6 GEO 110.5W
1986 Nov 18		In service, repl. Anik B
1986 Nov 20			1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 110.4W
1987 Nov 14			1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 110.5W
1989 May 11			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 110.5W
1990 Feb 15			1436.08 35734 x 35838 x 0.0 GEO 110.4W
1990 May 10		Slow drift to 111W	1436.09 35759 x 35813 x 0.1 GEO 110.7W
1990 Oct 24			1436.08 35769 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 110.8W
1991 Oct 26			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 111.0W
1991 Oct		Leased to GE Americom
		Renamed Satcom 4R
1991 Nov 8			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 111.0W
1991 Nov 16		mv out	1430.74 35659 x 35704 x 0.2 GEO 101.3W+1.3E
1991 Dec 13		mv in	1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 82.0W
1993 Jan 9			1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 82.0W
1993 Apr 2			1436.15 35785 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 82.1W
1993 Apr 5		mv out
1993 Apr		Returned to Telesat Canada
1993 Jul 5			1432.86 35709 x 35737 x 0.4 GEO 3.0W
1993 Aug 3		Leased to Arabsat
		Renamed Arabsat 1D
1993 Aug 16		mv in	1436.08 35782 x 35790 x 0.5 GEO 20.0E
1994 Jul 4			1436.05 35770 x 35800 x 1.0 GEO 20.0E
1994 Jul 17		mv out (misid?)	1436.73 35542 x 36055 x 1.1 GEO 19.1E+0.1W
1994 Aug 18		(misid?)	1438.01 35816 x 35831 x 0.1 GEO 18.1E+0.5W
1994 Sep 6			1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 1.2 GEO 20.0E
1994 Nov 6			1436.05 35706 x 35864 x 1.3 GEO 19.9E
1995 Jan 22			1436.08 35736 x 35836 x 1.5 GEO 20.0E

Mars 1B

  1960-F14

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1M No. 2 was launched a few days after 1M No. 1 and was also a failure. The new Blok-I stage, on its second flight, failed to ignite its 8D715K engine and the Mars probe was lost. A leaky oxygen valve had caused the kerosene in the engine pump inlet to freeze while the rocket was on the pad. 

1M No. 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Oct 14	1351:03	Launch by 8K78	KB LC1
	1355	Blok-A sep
	1355:53	Blok-I failed to ignite T+290s

Dynamics Explorers 1/2

 1981-070A

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Dynamics Explorer 1 (DE 1, DE-A, Dynamics Explorer A) was one of a pair of space science satellites and was designed to study the solar wind, the ionosphere, and the magnetosphere. The 409 kg NASA-GSFC satellite was built by RCA. Both satellites were launched on a single Delta 3913 launch vehicle at 0956 on 1981 Aug 3. The first Delta burn was completed at 1004:39; the stage coasted in parking orbit and then restarted at 1008:28. However the Delta had not been correctly fuelled, and the engine cut off when the tank ran dry at 1010:35, leaving the payload in an unexpectedly low 382 x 969 km x 89.9 deg orbit. DE-B separated at 1011, and at 1037 the DE-A/Star 37N combination separated from the Delta and the Star 37N third stage ignited. The Star 37N was developed for the Japanese N vehicle and this was its only flight on the Delta. DE-A separated from the third stage at 1039, in a 440.0 min, 675 x 24875 km x 90.0 deg orbit. It operated until 1991 Feb 28.

DE-A mass was 424 kg. DE-B mass was 420 kg. DE-A had two 4.0m antennae one 5.8m loop antenna, and two 100m electric field wire antennae (200m tip to tip)

SAI had three optical systems - two in the 3175-6300A range and one in the 1200-1800A range. FOV was 0.3 deg; they had long collimators, and small off-axis focussing mirrors.

DE 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Aug 3	0956:00?	Launch by Delta 3913	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:00 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:18 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+1:58 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+2:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+3:46 MECO
		T+3:59 St 2 SES
	1000:04	T+4:04 Fairing sep
	1004:39	T+8:39 SECO-1	163 x 330 x 90.0
	1008:28	T+14:10s SES-2
	1010:35	SECO-2	(306 x 1300 x 90.0) (plan)
	1015:10?	T+19:10 DE-B sep	301 x 1006 x 90.00
	1018:55	T+22:55 DE-B PAF sep
	1036:37	T+40:37 St 2 sep
	1037:18	T+41:18 St 3 ignition
	1037:59	T+41:59 St 3 burnout
	1039:15	T+43:15 St 3 sep from DE-A	440.0 675 x 24875 x 90.0
	1130?	St 2 depletion?	98.17 380 x 962 x 90.0
1981 Aug?		Booms deployed
1991 Feb 28		DE-A end of tx

Payload:

• RIMS Retarding Ion Mass Spectrometer (MSFC/Chappell)

• EICS Energetic Ion Mass Spectrometer (Lockheed/Shelly)

• HAPI High Altitude Plasma Instrument (SWRI/Burch)

• SAI Spin scan Auroral Imager (Iowa/Frank)

• MAG-A Fluxgate magnetometer (GSFC/Sugiura)

• PWI Plasma wave detector (Iowa/Shawhan)

1981-070B

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DE 2 (DE-B, Dynamics Explorer B) was designed to study the composition of the neutral atmosphere and measure upper atmosphere temperatures, winds, and suprathermal ion flow. The 403 kg satellite was built by RCA. Launched with DE 1 on 1981 Aug 3, it separated from the Delta second stage at 1011 into a 97.66 min, 298 x 996 km x 90.0 deg orbit. It was still transmitting when it reentered on 1983 Feb 19.

The satellite has 6 11-m booms, one 6-m boom.

Payload:

• LANG Langmuir probe (GSFC/Brace)

• RPA Retarding potential analyser (UTD/Hanson)

• IDM Ion drift meter (UTD/Heelis)

• MAG-B Fluxgate magnetometer (GSFC/Sugiura)

• VEFI Vector electric field detector (GSFC/Maynard)

• NACS Neutral atmosphere composition spectrometer (UM/Carignan)

• WATS Wind and temperature spectrometer (GSFC/Spencer)

• FPI Fabry-Perot interferometer (UM/Hays)

• LAPI Low altitude plasma instrument (electrons, ions) (SWRI/Winningham)