Friday, March 6, 1998

Kosmos 301

  1969-081A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

Wednesday, March 4, 1998

Kosmos 1396

 1982-075A


Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite


Kosmos-1396 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

Monday, March 2, 1998

Palapa B1

 1983-059C


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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

Sunday, March 1, 1998

Molniya 362

 1996-060A


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


Molniya-3 No. 62 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

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