LDEF

 1984-034B

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NASA-OAST's Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was a large, 9280 kg passive satellite designed to provide a platform for materials exposure experiments. It was deployed from Space Shuttle Challenger on 1984 Apr 7 into a 94.2 min, 480 x 483 km x 28.5 deg orbit. Originally it was planned to retrieve LDEF within a few months, but the retrieval flight was delayed, and by 1989 Jul 11 LDEF was in a 92.75 min, 408 x 410 km x 28.5 deg orbit and starting to decay more rapidly. It was finally retrieved at 1516 on 1990 Jan 12 by Orbiter OV-102 Columbia on the STS-32 mission. At that time its orbit was 327 x 340 km x 28.5 deg.

Payload:

• Materials and Structures

• Power and Propulsion

• Science and Electronics

  • Interstellar gas collection
  • Cosmic ray experiment
  • Micrometeoroid experiments
  • Biological sample experiments
  • Crystal growth experiment

• Optics Filters, coatings, glasses, detectors, fibers

• S80-1 STP experiments

  • AFWL-701 Fiber optics in space

  • CRL-258 Trapped proton energy spectrum

  • NRL-702 Heavy ions in space

  • SD-802 Spacecraft materials

  • AFTAC-201 Space effects on electro-optical sensor components

Resurs 56

 1993-053A

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The last Resurs F-1 was 14F43 No. 56. The spacecraft flew a 17 day low orbit mission in Aug-Sep 1993.

Resurs F-1 14F43 No. 56
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Aug 24	1045	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC16
	1053	Blok-I sep	88.67 178 x 240 x 82.59
1993 Aug 25	0130	Orbit raise	89.23 234 x 239 x 82.59
	0545		89.08 224 x 234 x 82.58
1993 Aug 28	0200		89.10 224 x 237 x 82.59
1993 Sep 6	0430		89.12 226 x 236 x 82.58
1993 Sep 10		Engine (53D) sep	89.05 224 x 231 x 82.58 (D)
		Debris 53C, E,F sep
1993 Sep 11
	0628?	Deorbit
	0638?	PO sep
	0645?	Entry
	0700?	Landed

Aviation Week: March 9,1998

 https://welib.org/md5/c324b17712d1aebcd7fcff7a8c71a849

Kosmos 516

 1972-066A

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Kosmos-516 was launched in Aug 1972. The US-A satellite operated in low orbit for a month before splitting into three parts as usual. This was the first payload to carry a fully operating radar system. The reactor was successfully boosted to a 1000 km orbit.

Kosmos-516
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Aug 21	1036:20	Launch by 11K69	KB
	1038	Stage 2 burn
	1040	Stage 2 sep
	1050	DU burn
		DU cutoff, orbit
	1100?	Stage 2 reentry
1972 Aug 21	1325		89.64 245 x 268 x 65.0
1972 Aug 22	1320		89.64 248 x 264 x 65.0
1972 Sep 1	1200		89.64 251 x 263 x 65.0 (RAE)
1972 Sep 22	0557		90.64 247 x 265 x 65.0
1972 Sep 22		DU and radar section sep
	0824?	Reactor section raise orbit
	0910?	DV2
1972 Sep 22	1557		104.55 921 x 1024 x 64.8
1972 Sep 23	0230	DU section	89.44 239 x 255 x 65.0 (RAE, 66B)
1972 Sep 24	2130	Radar section	89.52 243 x 259 x 65.0 (RAE, 66C)
1972 Sep 25	1648?	DU reentered
1972 Oct 1	1700	Reactor section	104.57 920 x 1030 x 64.82 (RAE, 66A)
1972 Oct 20		Radar section reentered
1974 May 26			104.57 917 x 1030 x 64.8

Kosmos 2243

 1993-028A

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The control system of the launcher failed during the final phase of the Blok-I burn, and the payload was damaged at separation, with the auto destruct blasting it into at least 172 pieces. The payload was apparently a Kometa satellite.

Kosmos-2243
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Apr 27	1035:00	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC31
	1039	Blok-I burn
	1044	Blok-I cutoff
	1044	Blok-I sep, payload damaged
	1045	Auto destruct initiated
1993 Apr 28.6			88.76 190x235x70.35
1993 May 2			182 x 220 x 70.35
1993 May 5			144 x 154 x 70.34
1993 May 6		Reentered

Kosmos 399

  1971-017A

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Kosmos-399 (Zenit-4M flight 12) was launched on 1971 Mar 3 from Baikonur and flew a 14 day mission.

Kosmos-399
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Mar 3	0930:01	Launch by 11A57	PL
	0934	Blok-I burn
	0938	Blok-I sep
1971 Mar 4	1509		89.33 200 x 282 x 65.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Mar 10	2130		90.86 196 x 438 x 65.0 (RAE)
1971 Mar 12	1644		89.66 197 x 317 x 65.0
		Orbit raise
1971 Mar 14	0736		90.86 194 x 438 x 65.0
1971 Mar 15	0500?	Engine sep
1971 Mar 16	2138		90.62 193 x 415 x 65.0
1971 Mar 17	0507?	Retrofire
	0517?	PO sep
	0522?	Entry
	0537?	Landed after 13.84d