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Gambit-3 52

 1982-006A

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This satellite was a standard GAMBIT but used for an area survey mission instead of close-look on point targets. The Dual-Mode modifications included increasing retro impulse by 20 percent and improved main propulsion system restart capability. The payload adapter joint was modified so that it could survive a restart of the main engine.

The photo mission lasted 119 days. The mission report says that the high mode portion lasted 97 days and the low mode was 23 days.

After the first day, 1982-06A circularized its orbit at 600 km. Successive orbital adjustments raised the orbit to 624 x 657 km by Mar 10. One object left in the initial orbit is listed as a rocket body in the Satellite Catalog, but this seems unlikely - it is probably the viewport hatch. It reentered on the second day.

On Mar 20, the first SRV recovery was commanded, but the SRV failed to separate. The SRV was then commanded to separate from its heat shield and thrust cone, to get it off the Agena. Three new objects were cataloged in orbit around Mar 21, presumably two of these are the bucket and the heat shield; the third may be the thrust cone if it had then separated from the Agena, or the parachute system.

On around Apr 28, the spacecraft was moved to a low orbit. However, archived TLEs show the 1982-06A object moving to a higher 633 x 644 km orbit and steadily decaying - this is rather surprising and appears to be deliberate misinformation, or possibly tracking confusion with the SRV debris. A fourth object cataloged in April is probably the fairing separating SRV-1 from SRV-2. To ensure its recovery despite its faulty motor, on May 23 the second SRV was deorbited with the entire spacecraft, using the Agena's propulsion.

It was originally intended to use the main propulsion system for the deorbit burn. The prop isolation valves were opened on rev 1792, but this caused attitude contrl problems and the valves were closed on rev 1794. It took some time to recover control of the vehicle, and three days later the ISPS secondary propulsion system was used for the deorbit on rev 1845. The impact point was recorded as 11.91N, 188.09E.

GAMBIT 4352
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Jan 21	1930:01	Launch by Titan 34B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1932?	Titan stage 1 sep
	1935?	Titan stage 2 sep
	1935?	Agena burn
	1940?	Agena D cutoff	91.40 146 x 537 x 97.4
			91.3 147 x 543 x 97.3 (NRO)
		Fairing separated (82-06B, decayed in 11h)
1982 Jan 22	0510?	OA-1 Rev 6	91.82 179 x 552 x 97.3
1982 Jan 22		Agena D burn 2	91.83 176 x 550 x 97.3 (TLE)
	0930?	OA-2 Rev 9	92.73 269 x 553 x 97.3
	1300?	OA-3 Rev 12	94.67 455 x 566 x 97.3
	1630?	OA-4 Rev 15	96.73 561 x 648 x 97.3
1982 Jan 22			96.79 561 x 646 x 97.3 (TLE)
1982 Jan 23			96.74 555 x 647 x 97.2
1982 Jan 29			96.74 555 x 647 x 97.2
1982 Jan 29	2130?	OA-5 Rev 121	97.03 583 x 647 x 97.3
			97.02 601 x 649 x 97.3 (NRO)
1982 Feb 5	2000?	OA-6 Rev 224	97.10 618 x 656 x 97.3 (NRO)
		Orbit adjust	97.13 592x647
1982 Feb 12	2100?	OA-7 Rev 329	97.20 626 x 656 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.14 600 x 643 x 97.3 (TLE)
1982 Feb 19	2350?	OA-8 Rev 434 Orbit adjust	97.30 607x647x97.0 (TLE)
			97.28 628 x 648 x 97.3 (NRO)
1982 Feb 24	0800?	OA-9 Rev 498 Orbit adjust	97.39 608x656x97.0 (TLE)
			97.37 620 x 655 x 97.3 (NRO)
1982 Mar 2	2100?	OA-10 Rev 595 Orbit adjust	97.47 619 x 656 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.48 616x657x97.0 from 97.39 608x656
1982 Mar 9	2030?	OA-11 Rev 698 Orbit adjust	97.55 629 x 661 x 97.3 (NRO)
		97.57 624x657x97.0 from 97.48 616x657
1982 Mar 16	2130?	OA-12 Rev 802 Orbit adjust	97.45 630 x 656 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.47 622x650x97.0 from 97.57 624x657
1982 Mar 20	2133?	SRV-1 ejected, failed to deorbit	97.40 620 x 648 x 97.24
1982 Mar 20		8206C,D,E released
1982 Mar 24	1300?	OA-13 Rev 915	97.43 632 x 662 x 97.3 (NRO)
1982 Mar 25	2230?	OA-14/15 Rev 935 Orbit adjust	97.25 623 x 655 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.27 613x640x97.0 from 97.46 621x649
1982 Apr 1	2200?	OA-16 Rev 1039 Orbit adjust	97.15 624 x 652 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.17 612x631x97.0 from 97.27 612x640
1982 Apr 8	2100?	OA-17 Rev 1142 Orbit adjust	97.07 624 x 649 x 97.3 (NRO)
			97.09 608x627x97.0 from 97.17 613x631
1982 Apr 15	2115?	OA-18 Rev 1246 Orbit adjust	96.97 622 x 632 x 97.3 (NRO)
			96.98 609x616x97.0 from 97.07 612x622
1982 Apr 22	2115?	OA-19 Rev 1350 Orbit adjust	96.90 619 x 619 x 97.3 (NRO)
			96.91 603x615x97.0 from 96.98 609x616
1982 Apr 27	0414		96.85 601 x 613 x 97.2
1982 Apr 27	1415?	OA-20 Rev 1420 Orbit raise	96.82 606 x 628 x 97.3 (NRO)
1982 Apr 27?		8206F released (fairing?) (first elset May 10)
	2100?	OA-21 Rev 1424	96.23 565 x 616 x 97.3
1982 Apr 28		Mission day 97, end of high mode?
1982 Apr 28	0307		97.51 633 x 645 x 97.2 (TLE)
	1200?	OA-22	95.02 503 x 561 x 97.3
	1500?	OA-23	93.97 397 x 565 x 97.3
	1800?	OA-24	92.87 289 x 565 x 97.3
	2100?	OA-25	91.77 182 x 565 x 97.3
1982 Apr 29	0015?	OA-26	91.48 155 x 564 x 97.3
	1100?	OA-27	90.32 155 x 450 x 97.3
1982 Apr 30	1700?	OA-28	89.20 150 x 343 x 97.3
1982 May 3	2100?	OA-29	88.85 152 x 308 x 97.3
1982 May 4	2030?	OA-30	88.85 151 x 308 x 97.3
1982 May 5	2000?	OA-31	88.83 151 x 306 x 97.3
1982 May 6	2000?	OA-32	88.83 151 x 307 x 97.3
1982 May 7	2100?	OA-33	88.82 150 x 306 x 97.3
1982 May 8	2100?	OA-34	88.83 150 x 308 x 97.3
1982 May 9	2030?	OA-35	88.83 150 x 308 x 97.3
1982 May 10	2000?	OA-36	89.02 165 x 311 x 97.3
1982 May 10	2300?	OA-37	88.80 154 x 300 x 97.3
1982 May 11	2100?	OA-38	88.82 153 x 303 x 97.3
1982 May 12	2100?	OA-39	88.83 153 x 304 x 97.3
1982 May 13	2100?	OA-40	88.83 153 x 305 x 97.3
1982 May 14	2200?	OA-41	88.83 153 x 305 x 97.3
1982 May 15	2000?	OA-42	88.82 152 x 304 x 97.3
1982 May 16	0000	06E at 165.7E 43.1N 646 km
		06D at 59.42W 77.4N 646 km
		06C at 148.9E 53.9S 638 km
1982 May 16	2000?	OA-43	88.93 157 x 310 x 97.3
1982 May 16	2300?	OA-44	88.82 149 x 307 x 97.3
1982 May 17	2100?	OA-45	88.90 148 x 316 x 97.3
1982 May 18	0000?	OA-46	88.85 145 x 315 x 97.3
1982 May 18	2200?	OA-47	88.90 146 x 318 x 97.3
1982 May 19	2330?	OA-48	88.85 142 x 317 x 97.3
1982 May 19	2200?	OA-49	88.87 142 x 319 x 97.3
1982 May 20		End of photo mission?
1982 May 20	1700?	Rev 1792 valves open
		MPS deboost/recovery aborted
	2000?	Rev 1794 valves closed
1982 May 22	0430?	OA-50	88.27 142 x 259 x 97.3
1982 May 22	0600?	OA-51	88.32 151 x 255 x 97.3
1982 May 22	1030?	OA-52	88.35 153 x 256 x 97.3
1982 May 22	2100?	OA-53	88.45 160 x 260 x 97.3
1982 May 23
	2210?	Deorbit
	2225?	Eject SRV
	2229?	SRV thrust cone sep
	2235?	Reentry
	2246	Mid-air recovery

Galaxy 2

 1983-098A

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Hughes Communications Inc.'s second HS376C Galaxy satellite joined the first in Sep 1983. The satellite was retired in 1994 with a small orbit raising burn.

Galaxy II
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Sep 22	2216:00	Launch by Delta 3920	CC LC17B
		T+3:44 MECO
		T+3:52 St 1 sep
		T+3:57 SES-1 7:08
		T+4:00 Fairing
	2227	T+11:05 SECO-1	278 x 356 x 26.6
	2236	T+20m St 2 sep
	2236	T+20:52? TES
	2238	T+22:18? TECO
	2240	T+24m? Stage 3 sep	204 x 36459 x 23.43
			647.08 185 x 36621 x 23.40
1983 Sep 23	0400?	Apo 1
	1505?	Star 30 burn at 2nd apo
1983 Sep 23			1431.05 34602 x 36773 x 0.2 GEO 76.1W+1.3E
1983 Sep 30			1436.37 35771 x 35812 x 0.1 GEO 73.9W+0.08W
1983 Oct 9			1436.12 35785 x 35789 x 0.1 GEO 74.0W
1985 Aug 21			1436.15 35784 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
1988 Oct 20			1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
1989 Apr 14			1436.11 35756 x 35817 x 0.0 GEO 73.8W
1990 Sep 27			1436.13 35785 x 35787 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
1992 Apr 20			1436.13 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 74.0W
1993 Jul 27			1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 74.1W
1994 May 5			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 74.0W
1994 May 16			1436.16 35781 x 35794 x 0.2 GEO 74.2W
1994 May 17		mv out	1437.17 35793 x 35821 x 0.2 GEO 74.4W+0.3W
1994 May 21		orbit raise	1437.76 35816 x 35822 x 0.2 GEO 75.4W+0.4W
1996 Dec 20			1436.57 35761 x 35829 x 3.9 GEO 154.9E+0.1W

Spacenet F2

 1984-114A

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GTE Spacenet became GTE Americom prior to 1995 Jan. The satellite had a mass of 1195 kg. 1.0m x 1.3 x 1.6m bus, 705 BOL. Another source gives 703 kg (BOL?) with 372 kg of hydrazine and 68 kg ABM case; 527 kg ABM prop

Control was SOCC/East Windsor and GTE Spacenet control at McLean, Virginia.

Spacenet F2 was sold to Chinasat in 1997 and moved to 115E. It was renamed Chinasat 5R.

SYLDA 4400 upper part is 96 kg, 2.2m long 2.8m dia. Lower part is 140 kg, 3.1m long 1.9m dia, remains with stage 3. (However, PK says total is only 192 kg). Stage 3 is 1165 kg, 10.4m long 2.6m dia (thus 13.5m long 1305 kg with SYLDA lower half).

Spacenet F2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Nov 10	0114:18	Launch by Ariane 3 (V11)	CSG
		T+0:32 PAP sep
		T+2:15 St 1 MECO
		T+2:20 St 1 sep
		T+2:20 Stage 2 burn
		T+3:39 Fairing sep
		T+4:24 St 2 MECO
		T+4:29 St 2 sep
		T+4:32 Stage 3 burn
		T+4:43 St 3 ullage motors sep
	0130:50	T+16:32 St 3 MECO
		T+17:36 St 3 spinup
		T+17:51 St 3 spindown
	0132:41	T+18:23 Spacenet 2 sep from Sylda 4400
	0133:44	T+19:26 Sylda sep
	0135:21	T+21:03 MARECS 2 sep
		Spacenet at 65 rpm
	0136	Orbit correciton
	0700?	Apo 1
	1200?	Peri 1
	1700?	Apo 2
	2230?	Peri 2
1984 Nov 11	0330?	Apo 3
	0900?	Peri 3
	1400?	Apo 4
	1930?	Peri 4
	0100?	Apo 5
	0600?	Peri 5
	1100?	Apo 6
	1630?	Peri 6
	2200?	Apo 7
1984 Nov 12			631.61 217 x 35976 x 6.9
1984 Nov 13	0300?	Peri 7
	0800?	Apo 8
	1300?	Peri 8
1984 Nov 13			631.71 221 x 35798 x 7.0
1984 Nov 13	1853?	Star 30B burn 43s at 9th apo
	1900?	Apo 9
1984 Nov 13			1441.68 35521 x 36270 x 0.1 GEO 96.9W+1.4W
1984 Nov 16			1426.78 35549 x 36658 x 0.2 GEO 100.2+2.3E
1984 Nov 29			1430.40 35557 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 69.2W+1.4E
1984 Dec 3		mv in	1436.03 35778 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 69.2W
1986 Nov 1			1436.14 35784 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 69.2W
1989 May 31			1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 69.0W
1991 May 1			1436.09 35784 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 69.0W
1993 Sep 10			1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 69.0W
1995 Oct 19			1436.12 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 69.0W
1997 May 29			1436.14 35782 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 68.9W
1997 Jun		Drift
1997 Jun?		Purchased by Chinasat
1997 Jul 2			1436.31 35790 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 70.1W+0.06W
1997 Jul 9		mv out	GEO 70W+2.0W/d
1997 Jul 17			1444.00 35931 x 35951 x 0.3
1997 Jul 25			1444.00 35932 x 35949 x 0.3
1997 Sep 2		mv in	GEO 115.5E
1997 Sep 12			1436.22 35785 x 35793 x 0.4 GEO 115.5E
1998 May 12			1436.20 35780 x 35797 x 0.9 GEO 115.7E
1998 May 30			1436.29 35787 x 35793 x 0.9 GEO 115.1E

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Kosmos 2307

 1995-009A

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Three Uragan class navigation satellites built by AKO Polyot were launched on 1995 Mar 7 to become part of the Glonass system. According to the Russian Space Forces, the satellites are Glonass numbers 765, 766 and 777. The satellites are in 12-hour, 19000 km high orbits. Launch was by a Proton-K with a Blok-DM2 upper stage.

Kosmos-2307
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1995 Mar 7	0923:44	Launch
		T+2:07 St 1 sep
	0927	T+3:20 GO sep
		T+5:38 St 2 sep
	0933	T+9:40 St 3 MECO?
	0933	T+9:52 St 3 sep
	0933	T+10? Perekhodnik sep from DM2
	1025	T+1:01:58 DM burn 1
	1031	T+1:07:50 DM MECO1
	1318	T+3:54:48 DM burn 2
	1320	T+3:57:14 DM MECO2
	1320	T+3:57s KA-1 sep
1995 Mar 30		In service

Kosmos 1166

 1980-020A

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Kosmos-1166
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Mar 4	1030	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	1038	Blok-I burn
1980 Mar 5			90.28 196 x 379 x 72.9
1980 Mar 6		Orbit raise	92.25 354 x 415 x 72.9
1980 Mar 15			92.25 355 x 414 x 72.9
1980 Mar 18
	0425?	Deorbit
	0436?	PO sep
	0452?	Entry
	0508?	Landed

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Gals 1

 1994-002A

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Gals 1 (Gals No. 11) was developed by NPO-PM for improved television broadcasting. It was intended to be stationed at 44E. By the time it was ready, Russia's economic troubles prevented its use domestically and it was bought by the Land Group (Land Commercial Satellite Corporation), a Beijing-based consortium. The satellite was contracted and delivered on orbit by AO Informkosmos, which was a consortium of NPO PM, NII Radio, NII for Space Instruments, and the Moscow NI Radiotechnical Institute.  It is controlled from the NPO PM TsUP. The satellite had a mass of 2500 kg and the launch was the first use of the Blok DM-2M upper stage. Gals No. 11 uses the MSS-2500-01-GEO bus. The satellite was flight tested at 71E and then moved to 36E. Space Command orbital data show the satellite at the old position up to May 1996, but this is likely to be incorrect. The Land group's Roosevelt Commercial Satellite Co. leased capacity to Loral and GT/Asian TV. In 1996, Land Group chairman Mou Qizhong reportedly relocated the Land satellite management to Hong Kong, but I have not confirmed this. In 1999 Gals 1, which was then carrying the Russian NTV+ channel, was reportedly retired, although the orbital position was maintained during 1999 and NK reported it still in Intersputnik service in 2000.

Gals 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Jan 20	0949	Launch by Proton-K	KB
		Stage 2 burn
		Stage 3 burn
	0958	Stage 3 sep
	0958	Adapter sep	185? x 190? x 51.6
	1102?	DM-2M burn 1
		DM-2M MECO-1	190? x 36000? x 47.4
	1620?	DM-2M burn 2
	1630?	DM-2M sep
1994 Jan 20			1446.74 35908 x 36081 x 0.3 GEO 91.1E+2.7W
1994 Jan 22			1451.15 36063 x 36098 x 0.3 GEO 83.3E+3.7E/d
1994 Feb 1			1443.03 35890 x 35954 x 0.2 GEO 49.7E+1.7E/d
1994 Feb 13			1435.91 35779 x 35786 x 0.2 GEO 44.3E + 0.01/d
1994 Mar 21			1436.04 35779 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 44.0E + 0.00/d
1994 May 27		mv out	1434.33 35643 x 35860 x 0.1 GEO 45.4E +0.4W/d
1994 Jun 12			1432.40 35679 x 35749 x 0.1 GEO 70.6E+0.9W/d
1994 Jun 14			1435.94 35774 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 70.8E
1994 Jul 4		mv in	1436.05 35774 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 71.4E
1994 Jul 29			1436.28 35776 x 35803 x 0.2 GEO 70.6E
1994 Aug 27			1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 71.3E
1995 Jul 18			1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 70.9E
1996 May		Move to 36E?
1996 May 30			1436.07 35784 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 71.0E
1996 Jun 1			1436.10 35781 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 35.8E
1996 Jul 20			1436.05 35775 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 36.0E
1998 May 1			1436.15 35780 x 35795 x 0.4 GEO 36.1E

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Molniya 167

 1986-057A

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Molniya-1 (F73, N67) was launched on 1986 Jul 30 from Plesetsk. It replaced N59 in the E plane.

Molniya-1 F73
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Jul 30	1506:00	Launch by Molniya 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	1514	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1600?	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1603?	T+56:54 ML sep
			200 x 641 x 62.8 (B)
1986 Jul 30	1700		618 x 40626 x 62.7
1986 Aug 4	1700		622 x 39782 x 6

Kosmos 1517

 1983-125A

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The third orbital test switched to a Black Sea recovery after one rev, possibly due to the Australian Navy's photography of the Indian Ocean recovery. The time from 100 km entry to 40 km test point was much longer, around 24 minutes, as the vehicle covered an 8000 km range across Europe.

BOR-4 Flight 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Dec 27	1000	Launch by K65MP	GTsP4
	1002?	Stage 2 burn
	1008?	Stage 2 sep
	1100?		88.5 180 x 221 x 50.7
	1106?	Deorbit
	1122?	100 km
	1124?	Entry
	1150?	Landed in Black Sea

STS-51 (Discovery)

 1993-058A

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STS-51 suffered an RSLS abort on Aug 12, but successfully took off a month later on a mission to deploy the ACTS communications satellite and fly the ORFEUS-SPAS experiment. After a one-orbit delay due to comm problems ACTS/TOS was ejected from its cradle. Because of a command error, the explosive separation tube was more powerful than intended and left sharp edges and debris on the support cradle and in the payload bay to the rear of bay 10.

STS-51
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Jun 19		Tow to VAB/1
1993 Jun 20		ET mate
1993 Jun 28		Rollout	LC39B
1993 Aug 12	1312:28	SSME ignition
	1312:32	SSME shutdown, RSLS
1993 Sep 12	1145:00	Launch from LC39
	1147:05	SRB sep
	1153:31	MECO
	1153:49	ET sep	88.18 67 x 302 x 28.5
	1208:31	ET doors closed
	1224:54	OMS-2 2:25 68m/s
	1227:20	OMS-2 CO
	1327	PLBD open	90.52 296 x 302 x 28.47
	1700?	RMS checkout
	1856	ASE unlatch
	1902	Clamshell open
	1908	Tilt table raised
	2113:28	ACTS/TOS deploy
	2113:55	RCS sep 1m/s
	2130:28	OMS-3R sep (0:28) 7m/s	90.77 297 x 327 x 28.46
	2130:57	OMS-3 CO
	2152	RMS unstow to observe TOS burn
	2158:35	TOS burn (1:40)
	2230?	RMS restow
1993 Sep 13		RMS unstow
	0923:29	OMS-4L 46s 12m/s
	0923:47	OMS-4 CO
	0954:18	RMS grapple SPAS
	1000		90.33 273 x 308 x 28.5
	1244:07	RMS unberth SPAS
	1342	SPAS door tests
	1505:59	Deploy SPAS	90.32 271 x 307 x 28.46
1993 Sep 15	0600		90.30 274 x 304 x 28.5
1993 Sep 16	0818:20	Begin AL depress
	0829:45	Airlock depress (STSMR)
	0829	HO
1993 Sep 16	0832	EVA Walz, Newman
	0839	Egress
	0905	PLB setup
	0927	Walz gathering ratchet tools in airlock
		Translation adaptation
		High torque ratchet test at mini-ws.
	1026	Newman working on HST PFR install
		HST tool testing
	1230	Walz starting HST PFR eval
	1320	Cleanup work area
	1350	PLB cleaned up, PSA stowed
	1407	EV crew sightseeing
	1515	Ingress
	1523	Prep for HC
	1525	HC, prep for repress
	1537	Repress (7:05:28) (STSMR)	90.30 271 x 307 x 28.46
		RCS skeep SPAS
1993 Sep 17	0632:44	OMS-5L 7s 2m/s
	0632:51	OMS-5 CO
	0710		90.35 277 x 306 x 28.46
	1106:56	OMS-6R SPAS approach 7s 2m/s
	1107:03	OMS-6 CO
	1328		90.28 270 x 305 x 28.46
1993 Sep 18	1454		90.26 268 x 306 x 28.46
1993 Sep 19	0530?	RCS approach
	0938:35	TI burn
	1000	MC1 (1s)
	1029	MC2 (6s), 10 km
	1040	MC3 (2s)
	1043	Tally Ho
	1050	MC4 (1s), on manual	90.26 269 x 305 x 28.46
	1118	V-bar, 100m
	1149:33	RMS grapple SPAS
	1330	RMS WSF free drift test
	1405:44	RMS berth SPAS
	1420	RMS ungrapple SPAS
	1430?	RMS reberthed
	1544		90.25 267 x 305 x 28.5
1993 Sep 20	0445	RMS used for PLB survey
	0525	RMS reberthed
1993 Sep 21	0558	PLBD closed
	0946	PLBD open, waveoff
1993 Sep 22	0423	PLBD closed	90.25 266 x 306 x 28.5
	0655:30	OMS DO (2:17) 77m/s	19 x 270 x 28.5
	0657:48	OMS DO CO
	0724:40	Entry
	0730	80 km
	0756:06	Landed RW15 KSC
	0756:17	Chute
	0756:22	NGTD
	0756:45	Chute out
	0756:55	Wheels stop
	1030	Tow to OPF/3

Tiros 2

  1960-016A

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Before launch, this payload had two names: A-02 in the old NASA system, and Tiros B in the new one. The second of the original hatbox-class Tiros, it carried IR radiometers in addition to the 2 TV cameras. Tiros 2 demonstrated magnetic attitude control and an extended satellite lifetime, operating for one year in space. The satellite measured ice pack conditions in the St. Lawrence and its data was used to forecast the end of a heat wave in Australia. Tiros 2 was also used for weather forecasting support for MR-3 and Ranger 1. Mass was 122 kg, size 0.48m high, 1.1m dia.

Tiros II was launched on 1960 Nov 23 at 1112; at 1115 the Thor first stage cut off after a 158s burn, and the Delta second stage began its 109s burn. The Tiros/Altair/Delta combination coasted for 7.5 min from 1117 to 1124 when the Delta separated and the Altair burned for 42s. After a further 2 min coast period the Altair separated and Tiros II was in its 619 x 732 km x 48.5 deg orbit. It operated until 1961 Dec 4, transmitting limited data until May 1962. By Dec 1993 the orbit had decayed to 547 x 610 km x 48.5 deg.

Tiros 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Nov 23	1113:03	Launch by Delta	CC LC17A
	1115	T+2:38 Thor MECO
	1115	Delta S/N 2013 SES 1:49
	1117	Delta SECO
	1124	Delta sep
	1124	Altair S/N 106 burn 42s
	1124	Altair burnout
	1126	Altair sep, spin at 126 RPM
		Despin weights release
1960 Nov 25		Spin rockets fire
1961 Dec 4		End of tx

Payload:

• TV Cameras (2)

• Scanning IR Experiment (NASA/)

• 5 Channel Radiometer

• 2 Channel Radiometer

Progress M-10

 1991-073A

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Progress M 11F615A55 No. 211 (Progress M-10) was launched on 1991 Oct 17. It carried a VBK. At undocking, Progress M-10 carried out the Mgnovenie experiment. The crew photographed the Progress as it passed over the horizon, using a Hasselblad camera with special light filters, to study absorption by the ozone layer. The VBK landed at 51 41 N 73 21 E, 229 km N of Karaganda.

Progress M-10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Oct 17	0005:25	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0230		88.60 183 x 226 x 51.65
1991 Oct 19	0215	Rendezvous with Mir, docking aborted at 150m
1991 Oct 21	0340:50	Docked with Mir DP1
	1200		92.53 395 x 401 x 51.61
1991 Nov 1			92.46 391 x 398 x 51.60
1992 Jan 20			92.09 376 x 378 x 51.60
	0715:44	Undocked
		Mgnovenie experiment
	1120?	deorbited
	1144?	VBK ejected
	1203:30	VBK landed in Kazakhstan

Vortex 10

 1981-107A

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The third VORTEX mission was launched by Titan 3C in October 1981. This was the first flight of the AJ10-138A ITIP transtage engine.

VORTEX 10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Oct 31	0922:01	Launch by Titan IIIC	CC
		T+1:50 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:35 St 1 sep
	0926	T+4:45 Fairing sep
	0930	Stage 2 MECO
	0930	T+8:05 Stage 2 sep	134 x 382 x 29.3 (UN)
			89.36 147 x 338 x 29.3 (TLE/Nov 1)
	0944?	Transtage burn 1
	0947?	MECO-1	190? x 40100? x 27?
	1542?	Transtage burn 2
	1545?	Transtage sep
1981 Nov 1			GEO
1983 Apr			32000? x 40100? x 7.5? (guess)
2006 Jul 17			1436.92 31728 x 39876 x 7.3