Sunday, May 30, 1999

ATS 6

  1974-039A


ATS F (Applications Technology Satellite 6) was the last of the ATS satellites, and a completely different design. Built by Fairchild Industries, the satellite was dominated by its huge, 9.1-meter, 87 kg deployable antenna. The main experiment payload was in the 1.37 m dia Earth Viewing Module (EVM), a box located at the antenna focus.

The Titan IIIC launch vehicle left pad 40 at Cape Canaveral at 1300 UT on 1974 May 30. After solid motor and stage 1 separation, Titan core stage 2 ignited at 1304:16 and entered a 154 x 314 km x 28.6 deg parking orbit. The Transtage and its payload separated from the Titan, and Transtage made its first burn at 1412:26 until 1417:37, into a geostationary transfer orbit. The second Transtage burn to circularize the orbit at geostationary altitude was at 1936:56, and the Transtage separated from ATS 6 at 1941:37. Antenna deployment took from 1947 to 2010 UT. 

After braking burns on Jun 6 and Jun 7, the spacecraft reached station at 94 deg W. On 1975 May 30 at 0030, ATS 6 burned to move out of GEO and began the move to 35 deg E for the SITE (Satellite Instructional TV Experiment) in India. Orbit corrections were made on May 21 and Jun 21, and braking burns on Jun 25 and Jun 29. By Jun 30 ATS 6 was on station again and SITE could begin, bringing educational TV to remote villages in India. The experiment lasted one year, and on 1976 Aug 1 ATS 6 moved out of GEO again to head for 140 deg W. Course corrections were made on Aug 4, Nov 29 and Nov 30. A final braking maneuver on 1976 Dec 2 signalled the satellite's arrival at the new position.

Operations at 140W continued until 1979 Jun 30; on Jul 31 a 28 hr long burn lowered the orbit, and on Aug 2 the propellant was burned to depletion, leaving the satellite in a 35224 x 35430 km orbit with a period of 1412.5 min. ATS 6 was switched off at 0144 on Aug 30, but switched on again in 1979 Nov for collection of particle data. The satellite was finally retired in Feb 1980.


ATS 6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 May 30  1300:00  Launch by Titan 3C 
 1301:49  T+1:49 St 1 burn 
 1302:01  SRM sep 
 1304:17 Stage 1 sep 
 1304:16  Stage 2 burn 
 1305:05  Fairing sep 
 1307:44  T+7:44 Stage 2 MECO  154 x 314 x 28.6 
 1308:00  Stage 2 sep 
 1412:26  T+1:12:26 Transtage burn 1 
 1417:37  T+1:17:37 Transtage MECO1  489? x 35700? x 26.4 
 1926:50  Transtage burn 2 
 1928:39  Transtage MECO2 
 1933:21  Sep 
 1938:25  Transtage sep 
 1947  Begin antenna deploy 
 2008  T+7:08:44 Transtage retro burn 
 2010  Complete deploy  35761 x 35817 x 1.78 GEO 94.41W 
1974 Jun 6   Braking 
1974 Jun 7   Braking  GEO 94W 
1974 Jul 1    GEO 94 W 
1974 Aug 8   TCM 
1974 Sep 14   TCM 
1974 Oct 19   TCM 
1974 Dec 28   TCM 
1975 Feb 22  TCM 
1975 May 19    GEO 94W 
1975 May 20  0030  Mv out  
1975 May 21   TCM 
1975 May 25   76W+3E/d 
1975 Apr 11  TCM 
1975 Jun 21   TCM 
1975 Jun 25   braking 
1975 Jun 29   braking 
1975 Jun 30   SITE, on station GEO 35E 
1975 Jul 3  TCM 
1975 Aug 3  TCM 
1975 Aug 31  TCM 
1975 Sep 28  TCM 
1975 Oct 25  TCM 
1975 Nov 22  TCM 
1975 Dec 20  TCM 
1975 Dec 30    GEO 35E (Morgan) 
1976 Jan 18  TCM 
1976 Jan 31  TCM 
1976 Feb 21  TCM 
1976 Mar 21  TCM 
1976 Apr 18  TCM 
1976 May 14  TCM 
1976 May 30  TCM 
1976 Jun 13  TCM 
1976 Jul 11  TCM 
1976 Jul 31    GEO 35E 
1976 Aug 1   mv out  GEO 35E 
1976 Aug 4   TCM 
1976 Nov 29   TCM 
1976 Nov 30   TCM 
1976 Dec 2   Braking, 140W 
1976 Dec 12  TCM  
1976 Dec 13    GEO 140W 
1977 Jan 9  TCM 
1977 Jan 20    1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 0.4 GEO 140.0W 
1977 Feb 1  TCM 
1977 Feb 20  TCM 
1977 Apr 6  TCM 
1977 May 3  TCM 
1977 Jun 7  TCM 
1977 Jul 15  TCM 
1977 Aug 18  TCM 
1977 Sep 12  TCM 
1977 Oct 12  TCM 
1977 Nov 7  TCM 
1977 Dec 9  TCM  
1978 Jan 6    1436.01 35770 x 35799 x 1.1 GEO 140.2W 
1978 Jan 11  TCM 
1978 Feb 15  TCM 
1978 Mar 17  TCM 
1978 Apr 14  TCM 
1978 May 11  TCM  1436.22 35773 x 35804 x 1.4 GEO 140.0W 
1978 Jun 7  TCM 
1978 Jul 6  TCM 
1978 Aug 2  TCM 
1978 Aug 24  TCM 
1978 Sep 27  TCM 
1978 Oct 5  TCM 
1978 Oct    GEO 140W 
1978 Oct 11  TCM 
1978 Nov 8  TCM 
1978 Dec 6   TCM 
1979 Jan 3    1436.06 35772 x 35799 x 1.9 GEO 140.1W 
1979 Jan 4  TCM 
1979 Jan 28  TCM 
1979 Feb 28  TCM 
1979 Mar 28  TCM 
1979 May 9   TCM 
1979 Jun 6    1436.03 35774 x 35796 x 2.2 GEO 140.0W 
1979 Jun 21    1435.94 35772 x 35794 x 2.2 GEO 139.5W+0.03 
1979 Jun 30   End of ops  GEO 140W 
1979 Jul 9    1435.84 35765 x 35797 x 2.2 GEO 138.6W+0.06W 
1979 Jul 31    1435.71 35761 x 35796 x 2.3 GEO 136.8W+0.09W 
1979 Jul 31   Test burn 
1979 Aug 2   Depletion burn  1412.5 35224 x 35430 x 2.3 
1979 Sep 9    1412.03 35190 x 35437 x 2.4  
1982 Feb 12    1412.07 35168 x 35461 x 4.2 
1990 Jun 1    1411.99 35188 x 35438 x 10.7 
1994 Apr 20    1412.04 35168 x 35460 x 13.3 
1998 Jul 30    1411.97 35204 x 35421 x 14.7 

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Friday, May 28, 1999

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Aussat 1

 1985-076B


The Aussat satellites were owned by the company Aussat Pty. of Australia; three HS376 satellites were built for the project to provide Australian domestic satellite communications. Aussat carried 15 Ku-band transponders, whose direct broadcast capacity was used by the Australian Broadcasting Co. (ABC).

The Aussat K1 apogee burn left it in a 1284 min orbit; a burn the next day raised the orbit to 1318 min and then on Sep 1 to 1421 min, in the geostationary ring. Archival elements for early 1993 are double valued, one subset remaining at 160E and another subset moving to 164E and staying there for several months. The orbit was raised in mid 1993.


Aussat K1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Aug 27  1733  PAM-D launch from Discovery, LEO 
 1818? PAM-D burn 
 1819? PAM-D burnout 
 1821? PAM-D sep 
1985 Aug 28    651.56 754 x 36281 x 24.4 
1985 Aug 30  0552:18  Star 30BP burn 
1985 Aug 30    1284.59 29254 x 36278 x 0.9  
1985 Aug 31  0320? mv 
1985 Aug 31    1318.70 30644 x 36268 x 0.8 GEO 146.3E+32.1E 
1985 Sep 1  0100? mv 
1985 Sep 1    1421.03 35023 x 35958 x 0.2 GEO 162.1E+3.8E 
1985 Sep 2   mv in  
1985 Sep 3    1436.02 35606 x 35964 x 0.1 GEO 162.4E 
1985 Oct 1    1436.18 35781 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E 
1985 Oct 1   Into service 
1986 Sep    GEO 160E 
1987 May 16    1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E 
1990 May 25    1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E 
1992 Jan 28    1436.10 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E 
1993 Jan 5  1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 160.0E 

Thursday, May 27, 1999

Milstar 3

 1999-023A


Milstar F3, the first Milstar 2, was the first to carry an MDR (medium data rate) payload as well as the LDR. EHF, SHF and UHF coverage. Mass is 4500 kg. Size is 15.5m long 35m span.

Titan 4 B-32 took off from pad 40 at the Cape on 1999 Apr 30, launched by 45SW/3SLS. The vehicle had a 76' fairing. An incorrect constant in the flight software, the roll rate filter constant, was set to -0.199 instead of -1.99, causing extra rolls during the first Centaur burn, depleting the RCS fuel for later burns. SOC-42 control deployed the solar arrays and payload truss wings.


Milstar F3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1999 Apr 30  1630  Launch by Titan 4 B-32/TC-14  CC LC40 
  T+2:10 Stage 1 burn 
  T+2:25 SRMU sep 
  T+3:33 Fairing sep 
  T+5:25 Stage 2 burn 
  T+5:25 Stage 1 sep  
  T+9:06 Stage 2 MECO 
  T+9:15 Stage 2 sep 
 1639 T+9:36s Centaur TC-14 MES-1 
 1641 T+11:39s MECO-1  150 x 707? x 28.3  
 1735? T+1:05:01? MES-2 
 1740? T+? MECO-2 
 1900? Centaur TC-14 sep  148.8 700 x 5169 x 28.2 
1999 May 6   Orbit raise burns begin 
1999 May 10   Orbit raise burns end  153.5 1091 x 5162 x 28.2 
1999 May 12   end of ops
Planned 
  T+1:05:42 MES-2 
  T+1:10:54 MECO-2 
  T+6:22:30 MES-3 
  T+6:24:41 MECO-3 
  T+6:34:54 Centaur sep 

Payload:

  • -X wing

    • MDR payload, 32 channels

    • Crosslink antenna

    • Thrusters

    • MDR nulling antennas, 2

    • MDR DUC distribution user coverage antennas, 3

  • +X wing

    • Crosslink antenna

    • Thrusters

    • LDR payload (low data rate), 192 channels

    • EHF uplink 44 GHz

    • SHF downlink 20 GHz

    • SHF Agile beam antennae

    • EHF agile antennae

    • EHF Earth Coverage

    • NSB1 narrow spot beam

    • NSB2 narrow spot beam

    • WSB wide spot beam

    • AFSATCOM IIR payload (UHF, 4 channels)

    • Fleet Broadcast channel, UHF

    • UHF transmitters (2)

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Wednesday, May 26, 1999

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American Folklore: An Encyclopedia

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Journal of the British Interplanetary Society: November 1998

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STS-67 (Endeavour)

 1995-007A


Endeavour was launched on Mar 3 into a 346 x 358 km x 28.5 deg orbit to begin the Astro-2 mission. Bad weather at KSC delayed deorbit by one day; in the end Edwards was selected. Mass at deorbit was 104668 kg. Endeavour touched down at Edwards on Mar 18 after a record-breaking flight of 16 days, 15 hours, 8 minutes and 47 seconds. 


STS-67 mission events 
Date  Time  Event  Orbit 
1995 Feb 3  0715  Roll to VAB 
1995 Feb 8  1244  Roll to pad 39A 
1995 Mar 2  0638:13  Launch 
 0640:19  SRB sep 
 0646:40  MECO 
 0647:00  ET sep  88.64 56 x 358 x 28.5 (OMS dV) 
 0718:34  OMS 2 2:58 85m/s  91.59 346 x 358 x 28.47 
 0816  PLBD open 
 1245Begin Astro-2 observations 
1995 Mar 3    91.59 345 x 359 x 28.5 
1995 Mar 9    91.56 342 x 359 x 28.5 
1995 Mar 17  0505  End Astro-2 observations 
 0536  Stow IPS 
 0700  91.54 338 x 361 x 28.5 
 1045 Landing waved off 
1995 Mar 18  1807  PLBD closed  91.54 336 x 363 x 28.5  
 2039:13  OMS deorbit (4:59) 159m/s 88.44 38x 356 x 29.3  
 2110:49  Entry interface 
 2147:00  Landing EAFB RW22 
 2147:15  NGTD 
 2147:16  Chute deploy 
 2147:45  Chute sep 
 2148:00  Wheels stop 
1995 Mar 26  1240SCA  Edwards 
 1500SCA  Dyess AFB, TX 
 1930SCA  Columbus AFB, MS 
1995 Mar 27  2247  SCA arrival  KSC SLF 
1995 Mar 28  1402Arrival OPF/1 

TDF-2

 1990-063A


The second TdF (Telediffusion de France) broadcasting satellite was launched in 1990 Jul. It broadcast 5 French TV channels and two radio stations. In Jul 1997 France Telecom transferred the satellite to Eutelsat. It was moved to 36E for Russian and Central Asian coverage. The satellite is controlled by CNES/Toulouse. Like TDF 1, it suffered transponder failures.


TDF 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Jul 24  2225:00  Launch by Ariane V37 CSG ELA2 
  T+2:32 PAL sep 
  T+3:36 St 1 sep 
  T+3:39 St 2 burn 
  T+4:28 Fairing 
  T+5:47 St 2 sep 
 2230:51 T+5:51 St 3 MES 
 2242:51 T+17:51 St 3 MECO 
 2245:36 T+20:36 TDF 2 sep 
 2247:39 T+22:39 SPELDA sep 
 2249:32 T+24:32 DFS 2 sep 
1990 Jul 24    705.23 587x39146x62.9 
1990 Jul 26    891.03 12749 x 35840 x 1.4 
1990 Jul 31?  0900?  LAM?  
1990 Aug 6    1436.26 35781 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 18.7W+0.05W 
1990 Aug 7    1436.19 35779x35797x0.06 GEO 18.8W-0.03/d 
1990 Aug 22    1436.11 35785x35788x0.04 GEO 18.8W-0.01/d 
1990 Sep 10    1436.10 35785 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 18.8W 
1990 Oct   2 transponders failed 1436.10 35782 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 18.7W
1991 Dec 16    1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 18.7W 
1993 Aug 16    1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 18.9W 
1996 May 1    1436.12 35769 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 18.8W 
1997 Jul 6    1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 18.8W 
1997 Jul 29   Move out?  GEO 19W 
1997 Aug   Begin Eutelsat ops 
1997 Oct 4    1433.72 35724 x 35755 x 0.1 GEO 26.0E+0.5/d 
1997 Nov 18    1436.03 35768 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 35.6E 
1998 Apr 27    1436.04 35758 x 35813 x 0.0 GEO 35.8E 
1998 Oct 12    1436.01 35730 x 35839 x 0.0 GEO 36.1E 

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Monday, May 24, 1999

Globalstar 23

 1999-004A


Launch 1999 Feb by Starsem Soyuz-Ikar. Ikar flew over 30 missions as a spacecraft propulsion system. Used as Kometa propulsion. The dispenser was built by Aerospatiale/Aquitaine.

Ikar dry mass 820 kg, fuel 842 kg, dispenser 390 kg, satellites dry 1524 kg, fuel for satellites 288 kg, total 3864 kg. Ikar uses 17D61 N2O4/UDMH with 2943 N thrust (3383N including 4 side thrusters) Isp for Ikar is 326 s so Ve = 3197 m/s, mdot = 0.92 kg/s or 1.06 kg/s. (If all fuel used in 610s, mdot is 1.38 kg/s for T=4412N)

Burn 1 was 352s, so 372 kg, dV = ln 3864 / 3492 = 324 m/s. Actual more like 180m/s implies 211 kg used, for mdot of 0.6 kg/s and mean thrust 1.9 kN. This means Ikar mass now 820 + 390 + 631 = 1841 kg. Maybe inefficiencies used up more prop. Ikar is then 820 + 390 + 470 = 1680 kg.


Globalstar FM36 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1999 Feb 9  0354:00  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 0355:58 T+1:58 Blok B-D sep 
 0356:38  T+2:38 Fairing sep 
 0358:47  T+4:43 Blok A sep, 215 km 
 0358:56  T+4:56 Interstage sep 
 0402:45  T+8:45 MECO 
 0402:48  T+8:48 Stage 3 sep  236 x 884 x 52.0 
 0623:31  T+2:29:31 Ikar burn 
 0629:23  Ikar MECO after 5:52 
 0724:30  T+3:30:30 Sep from Ikar  915 x 947 x 52.0 
 0724:34  T+3:30:34 Sep KA-4   
1999 Feb 10  0546:48  Ikar deorbit burn 4:18 
 0633? Entry, Impact Pacific 50 55S 140 W 
1999 Feb 13    103.59 908 x 947 x 52.0 
1999 Feb 25    105.53 1004 x 1033 x 52.0 
1999 Mar 4    110.63 1240 x 1270 x 52.0 
1999 Mar 8    112.61 1336 x 1355 x 52.0 
1999 Mar 14    114.07 1410 x 1415 x 52.0

Tuesday, May 18, 1999

Apollo 10 (Charlie Brown)

  1969-043A


Apollo CSM 106, the Apollo 10 CSM, was nicknamed `Charlie Brown' after a comic strip character.


CSM 106 Charlie Brown 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 May 18  1649:00  Launch by Saturn V (SA-505)  KSC LC39B 
 1651:15  CECO 
 1651:41  OECO 
 1651:43  S-IC sep, S-II ignition  -6005 x 112 x 26.9 
 1652  T+3:17 LES sep 
 1658:12  S-II sep  -2148 x 189 x 32.7 
 1658:13  S-IVB MES 
 1700:43  S-IVB shutdown 
 1700:53  Earth orbital insertion 88.20 185 x 185 x 32.56  
 1922:25  TLI burn (5:43) 
 1928:10  S-IVB shutdown 
 1928:20  Translunar injection  221 x 606571 x 31.74 
   220 x 596286 x 31.70 (S4B FER) 
 1951:42  T+3:02:42 Sep from S-IVB-505 227 x 607532 x 31.8 
 1952:48  T+3:03:48 Sep burn 6.2s 29m/s
 2006:37  T+3:17:37 Docked with LM Snoopy/S-IVB 
 2045:26  T+3:56:26 CSM/LM sep from S-IVB 
 2128:09  T+4:39:10 SPS sep burn (0:02) 
1969 May 19  1921:56  MCC-2   
 1922:33  MCC-2 cutoff  -297 x 572699 x 32.0 
1969 May 21  0639:50  Equigravisphere 
 2045:53  LOI 1 burn (5:56)  109 x -11973 x 155.6 (MR) 
 2051:49  LOI  111 x 316 x 174.4 
   108 x 311 x 167.8 (MR) 
1969 May 22  0114:07  LOI-2 burn  111 x 321 x 174.7 (MR) 
 0114:26  LOI-2 cutoff 109 x 113 x 175 (MR) 
 1540  CDR and LMP transfer to LM 4 
 1900:57  LM 4 undocked  106 x 120 x 173.7 
 1936:16  RCS sep burn  107 x 114 
 1937:26  RCS burn end 
1969 May 23  0311  LM 4 AS docked 
 0320?  CDR and LMP return to CSM 
 0513:36  LM 4 jettison 
 0532:23  RCS sep burn  102 x 117 
 0900   104 x 121 
1969 May 23   Mass 16670 kg 
 2234  Visual on LM DS 
1969 May 24  1025:28  TEI burn  93 x 124 x 163.6  
 1028:12  TEI 101 x -8080 x 166.7 
1969 May 26  1338:57  MCC 7  32 x 3502155 x 29.4 
 1339:03  MCC 7 CO 36 x 3525628 x 29.4  
 1623:30  SM-106 sep 
 1637:54  Entry 11.07km/s  37 x 5929357 x 29.4  
   34 x 4120863 x 29.34
 1652:23  Splashdown 15.01S 164.41W POR 
 1730Recovered by USS Princeton 

Foton 4

 1991-070A


The Foton No. 7 mission was largely commercial, with the Kashtan being used for ESA experiments, and the German COSIMA and French SIDEX supplementary experiments carried as well.


Foton No. 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Oct 4  1810:00  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC43/4 
 1814 Blok-I burn 
 1819Blok-I sep 
1991 Oct 5  1030   90.62 214 x 394 x 62.81 
1991 Oct 6  1700  90.59 214 x 392 x 62.80 
1991 Oct 7  0700  90.58 214 x 391 x 62.80 
1991 Oct 9    90.52 213 x 387 x 62.81 
1991 Oct 17  0200  90.35 210 x 373 x 62.81 
1991 Oct 18    90.33 210 x 371 x 62.8 
1991 Oct 20   
 0735? Deorbit 
 0747? PO sep 
 0754? Entry 
 0809? Landed 

Friday, May 14, 1999

Transit O-20

 1973-081A


NNS O-20, built by RCA, was launched in Oct 1973, becoming NNS 30200-16.


NNS O-20 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1973 Oct 30  0037:02  Launch by Scout A S178C V SLC5 
 0038:15  Algol cutoff T+1:13 
 0038:15  Castor burn T+1:13 
 0038:53  Castor burnout T+1:51 
 0039:01  Antares burn T+1:59 
 0039:35  Antares burnout T+2:33 
 0039:41  Coast 
 0049:36  Altair burn T+12:34 
 0049:59  Altair cutoff T+12:57 
 0055?  X-258 Altair sep 
 0055?  Despin weights sep 
   105.6 895 x 1149 x 90.2 
1995 Jan 31  0434  removed from service

Thursday, May 6, 1999

Kosmos 1401

 1982-081A


Resurs F-1 17F41 No. 19 (Kosmos-1401) was launched in Aug 1982.


Kosmos-1401 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Aug 20  0950  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC41 
 0958  Blok-I sep 
   89.34 216 x 265 x 82.3 
1982 Aug 21   Orbit raise  89.90 269 x 274 x 82.3 
1982 Aug 29    89.85 260 x 271 x 82.3 
1982 Aug 30 
90.04 262 x 288 x 82.3 
1982 Sep 3    90.01 262 x 285 x 82.3 
 0603?  Deorbit
 0612? PO sep 
 0623? Entry 
 0639?  Landed 

Monday, May 3, 1999

Kosmos 1218

 1980-086A



Kosmos-1218 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Oct 30 1000 Launch by Soyuz  Baikonur 
 1008  Blok I sep 
1980 Oct 30    89.73 171x353x64.9 
1980 Nov 6    89.70 171x350x64.9 from 89.07 160x299 
1980 Nov 10    89.76 171x354x64.9 from 89.22 161x313x64.9 
1980 Nov 13   SpK-1 fid 
1980 Nov 17    89.60 166x345x64.9 from 89.21 163x308 
1980 Nov 21    89.77 199x329x64.9 from 89.17 158x310 
1980 Nov 21    89.08 162x297x64.9 
1980 Nov 22    89.74 169x355x64.9 from 88.97 161x287 
1980 Nov 26   SpK-2 fid 
1980 Nov 28    89.67 160x357x64.9 from 89.04 161x294 
1980 Dec 3    89.73 172x352x64.9 from 88.96 152x296 
1980 Dec 12    88.73 156x268x64.9 
1980 Dec 15 
 2019?  Deorbit 
 2033? Entry 
 2045?  Land 

Kosmos 1122

 1979-075A


The last Zenit-2M/NKh mission carried a 31KS Nauka capsule.


Kosmos-1122 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Aug 17  0745 Launch by Soyuz  PL 
 0749  Blok-I burn 
 0753  Blok-I sep 
1979 Aug 17    89.01 212x234x81.32 
1979 Aug 17    89.06 214x239x81.34 
1979 Aug 30    88.73 199x222x81.35 
1979 Aug 30  
 0338? Deorbit 
 0347? PO sep 
 0354? Entry -209 x 197 x 81.35 
 0412?  Landed 

Saturday, May 1, 1999

Kosmos 1606

 1984-111A



Kosmos-1606 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Oct 18  1746 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 
 1751 T+6:48 S5M MECO1 km 60? x 650 x 82.5 
  T+40:58? S5M burn 2  
  T+41:08? S5M MECO2 
 1827? T+41:38? S5M sep 
1984 Oct 18    632x678x82.5 

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