Telecom 1C

 1988-018B

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The final ECS-based Telecom 1 built by Matra for DGT and France Telecom was launched in Mar 1988.

Telecom 1C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Mar 11	2328:00	Launch by Ariane V21	CSG
		T+0:07 PAP on
		T+0:40 PAP sep
		T+2:21 St 1 sep
		T+2:24 St 2 MES
		T+3:41 Fairing
		T+4:42 St 2 sep
		T+4:47 St 3 MES
	2344:34	T+16:34 St 3 MECO	254? x 36292? x 7.1
	2346:23	T+18:23 Spacenet sep
	2348:37	T+20:37 SYLDA sep
	2348:42	T+20:42 Telecom sep
		T+21:04 Avoidance burn
1988 Mar 13	1233	AKM at 4th apo
1988 Mar 13			1419.08 35113 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 24.8W+4.3E
1988 Mar 23			1430.41 35535 x 35756 x 0.0 GEO 2.0W+1.8E
1988 Mar 30			1435.99 35780 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 3.1E
1988 Apr 8		On station	GEO 3.4E
1988 May		Move to 5W
1988 May 28			1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 5.6W
1989 Jan 31			1436.07 35782 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 5.1W
1991 Oct 20			1436.04 35764 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 4.8W
1992 Aug 3			1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 5.0W
1992 Aug 9		mv out	1434.41 35748 x 35759 x 0.0 GEO 1.5W+0.4W
1992 Oct 29		mv in	1436.16 35782 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 3.0E
1993 Sep 7			1436.05 35771 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 3.0E
1996 Jan 18			1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 0.5 GEO 3.0E

Ekran 20

 1992-074A

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Ekran-M 15 (Ekran (20)) was launched on 1992 Oct 30. The satellite was stationkeeping at 99E in late 1997.

Ekran-M No. 15
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Oct 30	1459:00	Launch by Proton
	1508	Stage 3 MECO
	1615?	DM burn 1
	1618?	DM MECO-1
	2132?	DM burn 2
	2136?	DM sep
1992 Oct 31			1427.89 35581 x 35670 x 1.6 GEO 92.2E+2.1E
1992 Nov 16			1435.85 35765 x 35798 x 1.5 GEO 99.4E+0.05E
1993 Jul 13			1435.98 35768 x 35800 x 0.9 GEO 99.4E
1995 May 28			1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.6 GEO 99.3E
1996 Oct 24			1436.04 35775 x 35795 x 1.6 GEO 99.3E

Kosmos 1908

 1988-001A

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Kosmos-1908
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Jan 6	0741:00	Launch by 11K68	Plesetsk
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33? GO sep
		T+4:38? St 2 sep
		T+5:20? S5M burn 1
	0747	T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km	60? x 650 x 82.5
		T+40:58? S5M burn 2
		T+41:08? S5M MECO2
	0822?	T+41:38? S5M sep
1988 Jan 6			639x665x82.5

Progress 40

 1989-008A

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Progress-40 (Progress No. 148, 7K-TG No. 148) was launched in Feb 1989. It carried 1993 kg of cargo, including the test of the Kotan memory retaining structure - two circular loop antennae which were deployed from the side of Progress after undocking on Mar 3.

Progress-40
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Feb 10	0853:52	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0902	Blok-I sep
	0930		88.80 187 x 244 x 51.6
	1430		89.31 208 x 274 x 51.6
1989 Feb 11	1430		90.62 268 x 342 x 51.6
1989 Feb 12	0000		90.61 268 x 342 x 51.6
	0930		90.93 287 x 355 x 51.6
	1029:38	Docked with Mir, Kvant DP2
	2130		91.65 347 x 364 x 51.6
1989 Mar 3	0145:52	Undocked
	0147	Memory retaining struct. deploy test
	0500?	Structures sep (89-08C,D)
1989 Mar 5	0108	Deorbited
	0159	Reentered

The Day I Met Him

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Kosmos 172

  1967-078A

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Zenit-4 No. 36 was launched in Aug 1967 and was the third of the year in the 51.8 degree summer slot.

Kosmos-172
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Aug 9	0545:18	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0549	Blok-I burn
	0554	Blok-I sep	89.4 200 x 293 x 51.8 (RAE)
	0703		89.21 194 x 276 x 51.8
	1430		89.44 202 x 290 x 51.8
1967 Aug 17	0200		89.30 197 x 281 x 51.8
1967 Aug 17	0405?	Deorbit
	0425?	Landed after 7.94d

Gorizont 19

 1989-081A

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Gorizont No. 31L
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Sep 28	1705:00	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	1714	Stage 3 sep
	1822?	DM burn 1
	2338?	DM burn 2
	2342?	Blok-DM2 No. 27L sep
1989 Sep 28			1436.03 35671 x 35898 x 1.4 GEO 91.0E
1989 Oct 7			1435.74 35772 x 35787 x 1.4 GEO 96.0E
1989 Oct 26			1435.93 35775 x 35791 x 1.4 GEO 97.1E
1990 Jun 22			1435.98 35773 x 35795 x 0.8 GEO 96.3E
1992 Feb 1			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.7 GEO 96.8E
1993 May 23			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 1.8 GEO 96.9E
1995 May 31			1436.06 35776 x 35795 x 3.4 GEO 96.9E
1996 Oct 30			1436.22 3578 x 35795 x 4.4 GEO 96.6E
1996 Oct 30		mv out	GEO 96E
1996 Nov 20		mv in	GEO 33E
1996 Dec 31			1435.86 35768 x 35796 x 4.5 GEO 34.4E
1997 Mar 9			1436.21 35776 x 35801 x 4.6 GEO 33.9E
1997 Nov 16			1435.99 35720 x 35848 x 4.9 GEO 34.2E

Kosmos 1967

 1988-079A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1967
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Sep 6	0730:01	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	0734	Blok I burn
	0738	Blok I sep
1988 Sep 6			90.29 194 x 382 x 72.87
1988 Sep 7			90.26 196 x 377 x 72.88
1988 Sep 8			89.57 227 x 278 x 72.9
1988 Sep 12			89.52 226 x 275 x 72.9
1988 Sep 13			89.16 214 x 250 x 72.9
1988 Sep 15
	0322?	Deorbit
	0332?	PO sep
	0338?	Entry	-188 x 220 x 72.87
	0354?	Landed