Tuesday, October 5, 1999

Astron

 1983-020A


The Astron satellite was launched in Mar 1983 by a Proton-K with an 11S824M upper stage. It was essentially a Russian version of IUE, with twice the aperture but less sensitive detectors. It was inserted in a highly elliptical orbit of the kind previously used by the SO-M Prognoz solar observatories, with an apogee of 200000 km.


Astron 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1983 Mar 23  1245:06  Launch by Proton-K 307-01 KB LC200/39 
 1254?  Stage 3 cutoff 
 1254?  Stage 3 sep  -800? x 230 x 51.6 
 1255? Adapter sep 
 1300?  Blok-D-1 ignition 
 1303? Blok-D-1 cutoff  99.29 219 x 1229 x 51.53  
  SOZ burn, sep  99.29 219 x 1229 x 51.53  
 1356? Blok-D-1 burn 2  
  Blok-D-1 MECO-2 
 1400? Blok D-1 sep   
1983 Mar 24  0843? Pass EL1:4 
1983 Mar 28   Optics cover open 
1983 Apr  5879.21 1951x201120x51.1 
1991 May 21Decommissioned 

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