Thursday, March 26, 1998
Sweetapple High: a reskin of an old idea of mine based on Francine Pascal’s original concept for Sweet Valley High.
Setting
- Sweetapple,on the northern coast of California. Close enough to the coast that they still have regular beach access.
- 1980 or so.
Characters
- Elizabeth Wakefield,the good triplet. Runs The Oracle,the school paper.
- Jessica Wakefield,the bad triplet. Canon characterization.
- Laura Wakefield,sort of both. Sort of an Olivia Davidson analogue,if Olivia was a Wakefield and inherited Ned’s dark hair.
- Steven Wakefield,their brother. A freshman at Sweet Apple College.
- Helen Bradley,his girlfriend. Possibly biracial.
- Annie and Steven Wakefield Sr,their parents.
- Winston Egbert,our protagonist. Still a geek.
- Chloe and Samantha Egbert,his twin sisters. 3 years younger than him.
- Kara Walker,his girlfriend.
- Alexandra “call me Alex!” Rollins,a functional equivalent of Enid.
- Manny Fernandez,her boyfriend.
- Amy Sutton,the rich girl in town. Takes the place of Lila Fowler in canon.
- Lila Fowler,here Amy’s chief beta bitch.
- Hope Arnett,another of Amy’s beta bitches.
- Betsy “call me Liz!” Martin,ditto.
- Caroline Pearce,ditto.
- Lindsay Larson,chief singer of the Droids.
- Ellie Mayer,drummer.
- Jinx Dellon,bassist and Lindsay’s boyfriend.
- Maria Pascal,the cheer captain.
- Josie West,Maria’s co-captain.
- Sandra Barrett,a cheerleader.
- Susan Stewart,a cheerleader.
- Mandy Miller,a cheerleader.
- Peggy Abbot,a cheerleader.
- Terry Porter,a jock. Friendly with Elizabeth.
- Julie Porter,fraternal twin sister of Terry,Elizabeth’s best friend.
- Janice Porter,their older sister.
Kosmos 1699
1985-101A
Kosmos-1699 was launched one week after the landing of the previous mission. For the first month the usual circa 170 x 350 km orbital regime was used, but in December the satellite was operated in a less elliptical orbit of circa 180 x 295 km.
| Kosmos-1699 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 Oct 25 | 1440 | Launch by Soyuz | PL |
| 1444 | Blok-A sep | ||
| 1448 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1985 Oct 25 | 89.55 167 x 337 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Nov 4 | 88.90 157 x 282 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Nov 4 | Orbit raise | 89.73 160 x 361 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Nov 12 | 89.03 152 x 301 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Nov 13 | SpK-1 fiducial | ||
| 0644? | Deorbit | ||
| 0654? | Entry | ||
| 0706? | Landed | ||
| 1985 Nov 13 | Orbit raise | 89.82 166 x 364 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Nov 20 | 89.29 160 x 319 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Nov 21 | 90.21 207 x 362 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Nov 22 | Orbit raise | 89.78 179 x 347 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Nov 25 | 89.63 178 x 333 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Dec 3 | SpK-2 fiducial | ||
| 2349? | Deorbit | ||
| 2359? | Entry | ||
| 0011? | Landed | ||
| 1985 Dec 4 | 89.19 174 x 294 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Dec 4 | Orbit raise | 89.28 182 x 295 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Dec 8 | 89.10 179 x 280 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Dec 8 | Orbit raise | 89.28 181 x 296 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Dec 15 | 88.90 174 x 265 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Dec 16 | Orbit raise | 89.34 180 x 303 x 67.1 | |
| 1985 Dec 22 | 89.00 176 x 273 x 67.1 | ||
| 1985 Dec 23 | |||
| 1915? | Deorbit | -188? x 247 | |
| 1927? | Entry | ||
| 1939? | Landed | ||
Wednesday, March 25, 1998
Kosmos 929
1977-066A
The first TKS test flight, Kosmos-929, used VA No. 009/2, the third model 009 flight article. The analysis of Philip Clark suggests a VA landing around 1954 UTC on Aug 16 or 1931 UTC on Aug 17; I prefer the latter date which is consistent with the 17 Aug date given in Khrunichev's 90-year history.
| Kosmos-929 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Jul 17 | 0900 | Launch by Proton | KB |
| 0909 | Stage 3 MECO | ||
| 0909 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 1977 Jul 17 | 89.45 214 x 279 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Jul 29 | 89.18 207 x 260 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Jul 30 | 89.23 208 x 264 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Jul 31 | 89.18 208 x 259 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 2 | 89.26 209 x 267 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 14 | 88.63 191 x 222 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 17 | |||
| 2017? | VA sep | ||
| 2020? | Deorbit | ||
| 2030? | BSO sep | ||
| 2038? | Entry | ||
| 2115? | Landing | ||
| 1977 Aug 18 | 89.01 219 x 232 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 19 | 90.82 311 x 317 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 23 | 90.84 312 x 319 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 26 | 90.93 314 x 325 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 31 | 90.91 313 x 324 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Aug 31 | 90.94 313 x 328 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Sep 29 | 90.80 309 x 318 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Oct 20 | 90.66 303 x 310 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 4 | 90.29 283 x 293 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 9 | 90.43 289 x 301 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 12 | 90.39 287 x 299 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 15 | 90.41 288 x 300 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 18 | 90.40 284 x 303 x 51.6 | ||
| 1977 Dec 20 | 93.45 438 x 447 x 51.6 | ||
| 1978 Jan 30 | 93.43 436 x 447 x 51.6 | ||
| 1978 Feb 2 | |||
| 0208? | Deorbit (guess) | ||
| 0243? | Entry | ||
| 0250? | Impact S Pacific | ||
Kosmos 2326
1995-071A
Kosmos-2326 was launched in Dec 1995 on the 100th flight of the 11K69 vehicle. In addition to the main electronic intelligence system it carried a special scientific payload, the Konus A. Konus A, developed by PO Arsenal and the Ioffe Institute (FTI) in Sankt-Peterburg, continued Russia's study of cosmic gamma ray bursts (earlier Konus experiments were carried on Venera probes and on Granat).
| Kosmos-2326 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Dec 20 | 0052:14 | Launch by Tsiklon-2 11K69 | KB LC90 |
| 0054 | Stage 1 sep | ||
| 0056 7 Stage 2 sep | |||
| 0140? | AKM burn | ||
| 92.7 415 x 435 x 65.0 (VKS) | |||
| 1996 Oct 3 | 71C ejected | ||
| 1997 May 29 | 71D ejected | ||
| 1997 Oct 10 | 92.78 402 x 420 x 65.0 | ||
| 1997 Oct 10 | Orbit change | 91.41 275 x 412 x 65.0 | |
| 1997 Oct 10 | 1200 | 90.95 228 x 414 x 65.0 | |
| 1997 Nov 8 | Reentered | ||
Sunday, March 22, 1998
Kosmos 631
1974-005A
Kosmos-631 was a Tselina-OM satellite launched in Feb 1974.
| Kosmos-631 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Feb 6 | 0043? | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 0045? | S3 burn | ||
| 0051? | S3 coast | ||
| 0116? | S3 burn 2 | ||
| 0116? | S3 sep | ||
| 1974 Feb 9 | 1200 | 95.31 521 x 545 x 74.0 | |
| 1980 Oct 3 | Reentered | ||