Thursday, September 10, 1998
Meteor-1 20
1974-099A
Meteor F20 was launched in Dec 1974 and operated for at least a year.
| Meteor F20 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Dec 17 | 1145 | Launch by Vostok 8A92M | PL |
| 1149? | Blok E burn | ||
| 1155? | Blok E sep | ||
| 102.4 842 x 897 x 81.2 | |||
| 1976? | End of ops | ||
Monday, September 7, 1998
Kosmos 146
1967-021A
L-1 No. 2P ('P' for simplified) was launched on 1967 Mar 10 aboard a Proton-K with the first 11S824 Blok-D upper stage and the first 8D49-powered Proton third stage. The 7K-L1 11F91 No. 2P spacecraft was given the code name Kosmos-146; it was boosted to a 'simulated Moon', i.e. an elliptical orbit with apogee at lunar distance. The flight caused some statistical confusion, since it was included in Soviet totals of flights which reached the `second cosmic velocity' (Earth escape speed). The spacecraft was not recovered; some reports suggested attitude control may have failed on reentry, but Kamanin's diaries suggest that recovery was not intended and that the flight was a test of the Blok-D second burn, not a reentry test. Chertok's memoirs describe it as a test of 'acceleration to lunar reentry velocity'.
The Blok-D second burn was about 24h after launch and occurred over the USSR, simulating the wait for rendezvous and docking by another Soyuz. The flight appears to have lasted at least 42 hours; the RDM-3 radio beacon lasted that long even though it was meant to switch off after the second burn.
A nominal apogee of 400000 km would lead to an entry on Mar 22, but small differences in velocity could lead to entry as early as Mar 17 or as late as mid-April, or indeed to escape into solar orbit.
| Kosmos-146 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 Mar 10 | 1130:32 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 1136 | Stage 3 burn | ||
| 1140? | Stage 3 cutoff | -1400? x 200 x 51.5 | |
| Adapter sep | |||
| 1141? | Blok-D burn 1:49 | ||
| 1143? | Blok-D cutoff, orbit insertion | ||
| SOK cone sep | |||
| SOZ sep | 89.25 180 x 294 x 51.44 (A) | ||
| 1843 | 89.24 184 x 290 x 51.51 | ||
| 1967 Mar 11 | 1235 | 89.22 184 x 287 x 51.5 | |
| 1967 Mar 11 | 1255:30 | Blok-D burn to high apogee | 200? x 400000? |
1967 Mar 17? | Apogee | ||
| 1967 Mar 17 | 2300? | Entry (apo = 258k) | |
| 1967 Mar 22 | 0800? | Reentered? | |
| ? | Entry (apo = 400k) | ||
| 1967 Apr 18 | Entry ( apo = 871k) | ||
Kosmos 2262
1993-057A
| Kosmos-2262 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Sep 7 | 1325:00 | Launch by Soyuz | KB |
| 1329 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1333 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1993 Sep 8 | 89.13 172x290x64.9 | ||
| 1993 Sep 9 | 89.81 207x323x64.9 | ||
| 1993 Sep 17 | 89.58 202 x 304 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Sep 18 | Orbit raise | 89.81 213 x 316 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Sep 28 | 89.52 207 x 293 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Sep 28 | Orbit raise | 89.86 212 x 322 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Oct 11 | 89.47 204 x 291 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Oct 11 | Orbit raise | 89.84 209 x 323 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Oct 21 | 89.54 203 x 300 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Oct 23 | Orbit raise | 89.82 212 x 318 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Oct 27 | 9 | 89.68 209 x 307 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Oct 30 | Orbit raise | 89.84 214 x 318 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Nov 12 | 89.45 206 x 288 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Nov 13 | Tweak | 89.53 209 x 293 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Nov 22 | 89.85 227 x 305 x 64.9 | ||
| 1993 Nov 24 | Orbit raise | 89.96 208 x 336 x 64.9 | |
| 1993 Dec 17 | 89.03 187 x 265 x 64.9 | ||
Sunday, September 6, 1998
Lacrosse 2
1991-017A
The second LACROSSE, USA 69, was launched on 1991 Mar 8 by a Titan 4 from Vandenberg and was soon picked up by visual observers in a 414 x 664 km x 68.0 deg orbit. The Titan rocket stage was observed on Jul 12 in a similar orbit, 95.34 min 412 x 657 km x 68.0 deg. Meanwhile on Mar 28 the payload was seen to have moved to a new orbit, raising its perigee to circularize at 680 km.
| LACROSSE 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Mar 8 | 1203 | Launch by Titan4 | V SLC4E |
| Stage 1 burn T+1:57 | |||
| 1208 | Stage 2 burn T+5:02 | ||
| 1208 | Stage 1 sep T+5:03 | ||
| 1211 | Stage 2 MECO T+8:38 | ||
| 1212 | Orbit insertion T+8:58 | ||
| 1212 | Titan stage 2 sep | 95.43 414 x 664 x 68.0 (CSS) | |
| 1991 Mar | 95.5 420 x 662 x 68.0 (UN) | ||
| 1991 Mar 28 | 683 x 683 x 68 (CSS) | ||
| 1991 May 17 | 98.23 672 x 676 x 68.0 (CSS) | ||
| 1991 Jun 29 | 98.23 669 x 677 x 68.0 (CSS) | ||
Navstar 17
1989-097A
Navstar 17 (USA 49, SVN 17/PRN 17) was launched on 1989 Dec 11 into plane D. It was the 5th Block II launch.
| Navstar 17 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Dec 11 | 1810:01 | Launch by Delta II 6925 | CC LC17 |
| T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out | |||
| T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on | |||
| T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep | |||
| T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off | |||
| T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep | |||
| T+4:25 MECO | |||
| T+4:31 VECO | |||
| T+4:33 Stage 1 sep | |||
| 1814 | Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38) | ||
| 1814 | Fairing sep (T+4:50) | ||
| 1821 | SECO-1 (T+11:37) | 180 x 500? x 35.66? | |
| T+20:55 spinup | |||
| 1830 | T+20:58 Delta sep | ||
| 1831 | T+21:35 TES | ||
| 1833 | T+23:02 TECO | ||
| 1834 | T+24:55 Stage 3 sep | ||
| 1834 | T+24:57 despin weights | ||
| 1915? | T+1:05:00? SES-2 depletion | ||
| 1916? | T+1:06:20? SECO-2 depletion | ||
| 1935? | T+1:25 St 2 perigee | 99.55 497 x 976 x 35.6 | |
| 353.04 156 x 20180 x 37.6 | |||
| 1989 Dec 13 | 1500? | Star 37XFP burn | |
| 1989 Dec 13 | 1400 | 726.21 20209 x 20560 x 54.95 | |
| 1989 Dec 18 | 1700 | 726.02 20208 x 20552 x 54.94 | |
| 1989 Dec 25 | 1700 | 726.02 20207 x 20552 x 54.94 | |
| 1989 Dec 30 | 1700 | 718.10 20011 x 20359 x 54.92 | |
| 1990 Jan 4 | 0230 | 718.03 20009 x 20357 x 54.94 | |
| 1990 Jan 6 | In service | ||
| 1997 Feb 2 | Operating at slot D3 | ||