Saturday, May 16, 1998

Kosmos 1375

 1982-055A


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 


Friday, May 15, 1998

Sputnik 3

  1958-004B


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
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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


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 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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) 

Thursday, May 14, 1998

Kosmos 1022

 1978-059A



Kosmos-1022 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

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 

May 13,2026

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