Kosmos 316

  1969-108A

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The second test of the 11K69 rocket carried a IS GVM with an attached DU (Dvigatel' Unstanovka) engine unit. Two large objects were tracked in orbit; it's not clear whether the second one was the DU or the 11K69 second stage. The archival TLEs for catalog 4282 include a rapidly decaying object which reentered around 1970 Jan 1, followed by elements for a slowly decaying object lasting till Aug 1970. Debris from the spacecraft was found in Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma.

Kosmos-316
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Dec 23	0925	Launch by 11K69	KB
	0927	Stage 2 burn
	0930?	Stage 2 sep
			102.82 152 x 1638 x 49.50 (RAE)
	1602		102.92 169 x 1624 x 49.6
1969 Dec 23		108C	102.75 161 x 1615 x 49.4
1969 Dec 24		108B	100.64 148 x 1428 x 49.5
1970 Jan 1		108B reentered
1970 Jun 20			95.20 138 x 926 x 49.48 (RAE)
1970 Aug 28	0000		87.90 119 x 226 x 49.45 (RAE)
	2024?	Reentered

Ranger 2

  1961-032

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Ranger II (P-33) was launched at 0812 on 1961 Nov 18 by Atlas Agena B from Canaveral. The Agena B failed to restart and Ranger II was left in a 150 x 242 km x 33.3 deg instead of the planned elliptical orbit. It transmitted for 19 orbits and reentered on Nov 20.

Ranger 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Nov 18	0812:21	Launch by Atlas Agena B	CC LC12
		BECO
	0814	T+2:10 Booster sep
	0816	T+4:40 Fairing
	0816	Atlas sep
	0817	T+4:56 Agena B MES-1
	0819?	T+7:23 Agena B MECO-1	150 x 242 x 33.3
	0832?	Agena B MES-2 failed
	0834?	Agena B sep
	0840?	Agena solid retro
1961 Nov 20	1334	Reentered

Main Street

 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/543/543-0.txt

Explorer 34

  1967-051A

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The next regular IMP mission was IMP F (Interplanetary Monitoring Platform F), the first IMP launch into polar orbit. After launch, it became Interplanetary Monitoring Platform 4 or Explorer 34. Launch was 1967 May 24 by Delta E from SLC2 at Vandenberg into a 242 x 214383 km x 67.2 deg orbit. It operated until 1969 Apr 28 and reentered on 1969 May 4. 

IMP 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 May 24	1405:54	Launch by Delta E	V SLC2
	1408:24	T+2:30 Thor MECO
	1408:28	T+2:34 Delta burn 6:23
	1408:51	T+2:57 Fairing
	1414:48	T+8:54 Delta SECO	-1580? x 251 x 67.2
		T+12:59 Spinup
	1419:08	T+13:14 FW-4D burn 30s
	1419:39	T+13:45 FW-4D burnout
	1420:08	T+14:14 Despin
		T+14:29 Solar paddle deploy
		T+14:39 Magnetometer boom deploy
	1421:03	T+15:09 FW-4D sep
1967 May 24			6358.34 242 x 214381 x 67.2
1967 May 26		TRW experiment cover released
1967 Jun 12		TRW experiment failed
1968 Jan 13			6233.63 3460 x 208179 x 67.6
1968 Feb 25			6208.80 3896 x 207147 x 71.5
1969 Jan 19			6218.35 2031 x 209241 x 68.5
1969 Feb 1			6223.03 1920 x 209465 x 69.5
1969 Feb 18			6215.50 1592 x 209612 x 71.6
1969 Apr 28		end of ops
1969 Apr 29		Skip reentry over N Australia, remained in orbit
1969 May 4		Reentered

STS-26 (Discovery)

 1988-091A

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STS-26 was the Return to Flight mission,the first Shuttle mission after the Challenger disaster,using Space Shuttle Discovery to deploy the TDRS-3 satellite.

STS-26R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Jun 21		Roll to VAB	VAB
1988 Jul 5	0430	Rollout	LC39B
1988 Aug 4	2145	FRF, RSLS abort T-5 (0:01)
1988 Aug 10	2330	FRF-2 (0:22)
1988 Sep 29	1537:00	Launch from LC39B
	1539:05	SRB sep, 46.3 km
	1545:33	MECO, 110.0 km	88.03 65 x 289 x 28.5 (PK)
	1545:50	ET sep, 111.9 km	88.21 69 x 302 x 28.5 (OMS dV)
	1616:56	OMS-2 (2:21) 68m/s	90.55 299 x 304 x 28.5
	1619:18	OMS-2 CO
	2100?		90.55 300 x 303 x 28.5
	2150:04	TDRS deploy
	2205:02	OMS-3 (17s) 9m/s
	2300		90.85 300 x 332 x 28.5
1988 Sep 30	0015		90.87 303 x 332 x 28.5
1988 Oct 2	0330		90.86 302 x 332 x 28.5
1988 Oct 3	1210	PLBD closed
	1534:45	OMS DO (168s) 99m/s
	1537:33	OMS DO CO
	1606:33	Entry
	1637:11	Landed RW17 EAFB
	1637:18	NGTD
	1637:57	Wheels stop
1988 Oct 8	1443	SCA takeoff	EAFB
	1620	SCA landing	Kelly AFB TX
	1715	SCA takeoff	Kelly AFB
	2300	SCA landing	KSC SLF
1988 Oct 9	0225	Tow to OPF/1

Spaceflight: December 1997

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