Anik B1

 1978-116A

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Telesat Canada's Anik B (Telesat D to NASA) satellite was a hybrid (C and Ku band) comsat, using RCA's Satcom bus. It began operations in Feb 1979, with the Ku-band transponders leased to the Dept. of Communications for two years for a variety of experimental projects. Commercial use at Ku-band began in Sep 1980. Anik B was stationed at 109W.

Anik B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Dec 16	0021	Launch by Delta 2914	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-5 out
		T+1:04 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:05 SRM 4-5 sep
		T+2:01 SRM 6-9 out
		T+2:07 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:45 MECO
		T+3:58 SES-1
		T+4:17 Fairing
	0029	T+8:17 SECO-1 189 km
	0041	T+20:35 SES-2
	0042	T+21:18 SECO-2	184 km
	0043	T+22:07 Spinup
		T+22:09 Stage 2 sep	184 x 2060 x 28.4
		T+22:51 TES
	0044	T+23:35 TECO
	0045	T+24:44 Stage 3 sep 231 km	200? x 35800? x 27.3
1978 Dec 16	0800?	Apo 1
	1800?	Apo 2
1978 Dec 17	0500?	Apo 3
	1500?	Apo 4
1978 Dec 18	0200?	Apo 5
	1200?	Apo 6 over 0W?
	2300?	Apo 7 over 151W
1978 Dec 19	0900?	Apo 8 over 48E
	1900?	Apo 9 over 110W
1978 Dec 19	1810?	AKM	GEO 88W dr
1978 Dec		On station	GEO 109W
1979 Jan 31			1436.05 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1979 Feb 12		Begin ops
1980 Jan 6			1436.10 35779 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1980 Sep 15		First commercial Ku use
1981 Jan 2			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 109.0W
1981 Jun 1			GEO 109.0W
1986 Oct			GEO 109W
1986 Sep 27			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 109.0W
1986 Nov 30			1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 0.2 GEO 108.9W
1986 Dec		Replaced by Anik D-2
1986 Dec 17		mv out	1442.70 35897 x 35934 x 0.3
1987 Mar 8		end of ops?	1442.7 35908 x 35926 x 0.5
1987 Sep 7			1442.53 35899 x 35925 x 1.0
1992 Mar 25			1442.61 35888 x 35939 x 5.2

Progress M-15

 1992-071A

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Progress M 11F615A55 No. 215 (Progress M-15) was launched in Oct 1992. The Znamya-2 solar sail experiment was deployed Feb 4 for 3 days attached to PM15 for light reflection experiments. Znamya-2 was a 40 kg structure, including a 4 kg 22m dia disk of aluminized mylar. It was deployed using centrifugal force with Progress in spin-stabilized mode. Progress then pointed Znamya to reflect a 5km circle of light onto Europe. All 8 segments deployed completely.

Progress M-15
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Oct 27	1719:41	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1728	Blok-I sep
1992 Oct 29	1905:51	Docked with Mir Kvant DP2
1993 Feb 4	0044:53	Undocked from Mir KDP2
	0054:30	Znamya-2 begins to deploy at 200m
	0058	Znamya-2 deployed at 500m
	0522	Noviy Svet experiment, Znamya illuminates Earth
	0528	End of Noviy Svet
	0536:05	Znamya-2 jettison
1993 Feb 5		TORU teleoperation test from Mir
1993 Feb 6		TORU reapproach to 200m from Mir
		Sep burn from Mir
1993 Feb 7	0615	Deorbited
	0643:20	Reentered

Spaceflight: March 1998

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Kosmos 784

 1975-113A

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Kosmos-784 carried a 22KS Nauka capsule.

Kosmos-784
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Dec 3	1000	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1004	Blok-I burn
	1008	Blok-I sep
1975 Dec 3			88.93 213 x 229 x 81.34
1975 Dec 13		Nauka sep
1975 Dec 14			88.72 204 x 217 x 81.3
1975 Dec 15
	0612?	Deorbit
	0622?	PO sep
	0629?	Entry
	0644?	Landed

Venera 12

 1978-086A

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Venera-12 (4V-1 No. 361) was launched on 1978 Sep 14 as part of the Venera-78 project.

Venera-12
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Sep 14	0225:13	Launch by Proton-K	KB
		T+2m St 1 sep
		T+5m St 2 sep
		T+5m GO sep
	0235	T+9m St 3 MECO
	0239?	Blok-D burn 1
	0241?	Blok-D MECO-1
	0352?	Blok-D MES-2
	0359:49	Solar orbit insertion
1978 Sep 14	1200?	Pass EL1:4
1978 Sep 18	1330?	Leave Earth sphere
1978 Sep 21	0900	TCM1 13m/s
1978 Dec 14	0350	TCM2 2.5m/s
1978 Dec 18	1530?	Enter Venus sphere
1978 Dec 19	0228?	SA sep
1978 Dec 21	0326:41	Venus encounter 40412 km C/A, 34360 km alt
1978 Dec 23	1330?	Leave Venus sphere
1978 Dec			330.3 d 107 x 173 Mkm
1979 Feb 5		TCM3 335m/s	108.5 x 178.3 Mkm
1980 Apr		end of ops

1978-086C

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The V12 landing site had 91 atm, 741K.

Venera-12 SA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Sep 14		Launch by Proton-K	KB
1978 Dec 19		Sep from Venera-12
1978 Dec 21	0228:37	Entry, 125 km at 11.2 km/s -19 deg	-446 x -43724
1978 Dec 21	0229:42	Lid off, pilot chute
	0230:17	Sonic relief chute (11s)
1978 Dec 21	0230:28	Sonic relief jettisoned with upper shield
1978 Dec 21	0230:28	Braking chute out
1978 Dec 21	0230:32	Lower shield off, instruments on
1978 Dec 21	0238:19	Braking chute off
1978 Dec 21	0330:30	Landing -7,294
1978 Dec 21	0520	end of tx after 110 min

Aviation Week: March 23,1998

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Kosmos 2222

 1992-081A

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Kosmos-2222
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Nov 25	1218:54	Launch by 8K78M	Plesetsk
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1227	T+8:50 Blok-I sep	92.32 212 x 564 x 62.8
		T+1:00? BOZ burn
	1319?	T+1:00? BOZ sep
		2BL burn
		2BL MECO
	1322?	T+1:03 2BL sep
1992 Nov 29			717.81 597x39758x 62.90