The Handy Science Answer Book

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Kosmos 301

  1969-081A

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Zenit-2 No. 79 flew a 65.4 degree Plesetsk mission. Landing was 180 km NW of Tselinograd at 51 57 N 69 12 E.

Kosmos-301
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Sep 24	1215	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1220	Blok-I burn
	1224	Blok-I sep	89.4 197 x 307 x 65.4 (TASS)
	2355		89.34 195 x 288 x 65.41
1969 Sep 26	1214?	Blok-I reentered
1969 Sep 29	1830		89.21 191 x 279 x 65.4
1969 Oct 2	0556?	Retrofire
	0621	Landed after 7.76d

Kosmos 1396

 1982-075A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1396
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Jul 27	1230	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1234	Blok-I burn
	1238	Blok-I sep
1982 Jul 27			89.47 198x298x72.9
1982 Jul 28			89.75 227x296x72.9
1982 Aug 3			89.71 230x290x72.9
1982 Aug 8			89.25 225x249x72.9 from 89.76 231x293
1982 Aug 9			89.25 225x249x72.9
1982 Aug 10
	0616?	Deorbit
	0626?	PO sep
	0633?	Entry
	0649?	Landed

June 28,1897

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

Palapa B1

 1983-059C

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PERUMTEL's second generation C-band satellite for domestic Indonesian communications was launched with a PAM-D upper stage from the Shuttle Challenger in 1983.

Palapa B1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Jun 19	1315	Sunshade open
	1336	Deploy with PAM-D	OV-099
1983 Jun 19			90.6 306 x 321 x 28.4
	1421	PAM-D burn
	1422	PAM-D burnout
	1424	PAM-D sep
1983 Jun 19			656.4 301 x 36987 x 25.6
	2000?	Apogee 1 over 122W
1983 Jun 20	0130?	Perigee 1
1983 Jun 20	0700?	Apogee 2 over 72E
1983 Jun 20			662.07 322 x 37247 x 25.6
	1230?	Perigee 2
	1800?	Apogee 3 over 93W
1983 Jun 20	2330?	Perigee 3
1983 Jun 21	0500?	Apogee 4 over 102E
1983 Jun 21	0515?	AKM based on TLE
1983 Jun 27		mv in	1436.19 34619 x 36958 x 0.4 GEO 107.0E+0.03W
1983 Jul 3			1436.10 35752 x 35821 x 0.1 GEO 107.9E
1984 Jul 6			1436.14 35786 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 108.0E
1986 Sep 13			1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 108.0E
1988 Nov 8			1436.16 35781 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 107.9E
1990 Jun 1			1436.08 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 108.2E
1990 Jun 11		mv out	1435.41 35768 x 35778 x 0.1 GEO 110.4E+0.1E
1990 Sep 4		mv in	1436.05 35776 x 35793 x 0.3 GEO 117.9E
1991		Owned by PSN
1991		Renamed Palapa Pacific
1992 Mar 7			1436.13 35780 x 35794 x 1.7 GEO 118.0E
1992 Mar 11		mv out	1435.03 35742 x 35789 x 1.7 GEO 119.7E+0.2E
1992 May 29			1435.63 35756 x 35798 x 1.9 GEO 134.1E+0.1E
1992 Jun 27		mv in	1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 2.0 GEO 135.1E
1992 Jul 12			1436.18 35782 x 35793 x 2.0 GEO 135.0E
1992 Aug 2			1436.32 35786 x 35794 x 2.1 GEO 134.2E
1992 Nov 28			1436.08 35781 x 35791 x 2.3 GEO 134.0E
1993 Jul 7			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 2.8 GEO 134.0E
1994 Jan 8			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 3.2 GEO 134.0E
1995 Jan 1			1436.15 35785 x 35789 x 4.0 GEO 134.0E

Double Dare

 https://welib.org/md5/fe525932c9f35bee26e3d84e52a28341

Maclean’s: November 24,1997

 https://welib.org/md5/40ffc5d92298c9c9c464725fb919bb62

The Sonnets

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1041/1041-0.txt

Molniya 362

 1996-060A

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The 50th named Molniya-3, No. 62, was launched in Oct 1996.

Molniya-3 No. 62
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Oct 24	1137	Launch by 8K78M	PL
	1141	Blok-I burn
	1146	Blok-I sep
	1245?	BOZ sep
	1245?	Blok-ML burn
	1247?	Blok-ML sep
1996 Oct 25			736.02 606 x 40644 x 62.8
1996 Oct 28	1457		735.85 609 x 40632 x 62.8
1996 Oct 29		Orbit adjust
1996 Oct 30	0310		718.46 617 x 39771 x 62.8
1996 Nov 5			718.29 615 x 39764 x 62.8
1996 Nov 7			717.82 629 x 39727 x 62.8
1997 Apr 10			717.82 679 x 39676 x 63.0
1997 Apr 15			717.81 680 x 39675 x 63.0
		Lower orbit
1997 Apr 16			717.63 680 x 39666 x 63.0
1997 Jun 24			717.64 689 x 39658 x 63.0
		Raise orbit
1997 Jun 30			717.76 689 x 39664 x 63.1
1997 Aug 4			717.81 688 x 39667 x 63.1
1997 Nov 18			717.82 681 x 39675 x 63.2