Saturday, August 22, 1998
Friday, August 21, 1998
LDEF
1984-034B
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
Thursday, August 20, 1998
Resurs 56
1993-053A
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 | ||
Tuesday, August 18, 1998
Monday, August 17, 1998
Kosmos 516
1972-066A
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 | ||
Sunday, August 16, 1998
Kosmos 2243
1993-028A
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
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 | ||