1973-003A
The 16th Tselina-OM, Kosmos-544, was launched in Jan 1973.
| Kosmos-544 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 Jan 20 | 0336? | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 0338? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0344? | Stage 2 coast | ||
| 0608? | Stage 2 burn 2 | ||
| 0608? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 1973 Jan 26 | 0500 | 95.23 510 x 548 x 74.03 (RAE) | |
| 1980 Jun 15 | Reentered | ||
1975-100A
In 1975 the SMS C satellite was renamed GOES A to reflect its operational mission. The 293 kg GOES A was launched at 2240 on 1975 Oct 16 by a Delta 2914 rocket from Cape Canaveral. At 2249 the Delta second stage reached a 187 x 930 km x 27 deg orbit; the Star 37E third stage fired to place the payload in a 200 x 36796 km transfer orbit at 2304. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 01 fired its solid apogee motor at 1451 on Oct 17, entering synchronous orbit at 65 deg W with a 2 deg W per day drift. On Oct 25 it was stopped at 55 deg W to begin on orbit testing. GOES 1 was declared operational on 1976 Jan 8, and control was switched from NASA to the NOAA-NESS ground station in Wallops Island, Virginia. GOES 1 was later moved over the Pacific at 135W. In 1978 Jun the EPM and Solex experiments failed. Also in 1978, the satellite was assigned to the European Space Agency as part of the Global Atmospheric Research Program (GARP). It was moved to 10W for training of ESA controllers at the Villafranca, Spain, ground station, and then to the Indian Ocean where it took part in the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE). In Dec 1979 GOES 1 was returned to NOAA's control and sent to the GOES-W position at 135W. In Mar 1980 it was placed on standby at 93W, and on Jun 18 operational transmissions were ended. In 1980-82 it was stored near 120-130W, but then its VISSR imager was reactivated to replace the failed GOES 4 and it was moved to 126W. The end of the mission came in 1985: on Feb 3 GOES 1's radiometer failed and the satellite was switched off and allowed to drift in the geostationary ring between 81W and 130W.
| GOES 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Oct 16 | 2240:00 | Launch by Delta 2914 | CC LC17 |
| T+0:36 SRM sep | |||
| T+1:00 SRM sep | |||
| 2243 | T+3:44 MECO | ||
| 2243 | St 1 sep | ||
| 2244 | Stage 2 SES-1 burn | ||
| 2249 | SECO-1 | 187 x 190? x 27 | |
| 2302? | SES-2 | ||
| 2302? | SECO-2 | ||
| 2303:15 | T+23:15 TES | ||
| 2304 | TECO | 200 x 36976 x 23.7 | |
| 200 x 36771 x 23.7 (TR1022) | |||
| 2305 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 2332 | SES-3 experimental | ||
| 2335 | SECO-3 | 187 x 930 x 28.3 | |
| 1975 Oct 17 | 1451 | AKM 40s | GEO 65W+2W/d |
| 1455? | AKM ejected | ||
| 1975 Oct 25 | First images | 35770 x 35796 x 1.00 | |
| 1975 Oct 25 | Mv in for tests | GEO 55W | |
| 1976 Jan 8 | To NOAA | GEO 55W | |
| 1976? | To GOES W | GEO 135W | |
| 1978 | 135W | ||
| 1978 Mar 25 | 1436.30 35763 x 35817 x 0.0 GEO 133.6W+0.06W | ||
| 1978 Jun 17 | 1436.19 35765 x 35811 x 0.1 GEO 135.6W+0.03W | ||
| 1978 Jul | Mv out? | ||
| 1978 Aug 24 | 1433.22 35694 x 35766 x 0.1 GEO 58.1W+0.72E | ||
| 1978 Oct 27 | 1433.38 35698 x 35767 x 0.1 GEO 17.8W+0.7E | ||
| 1978 Nov | ESA training | 10W | |
| 1978 Dec 1 | FGGE | 58E | |
| 1979 Dec 1 | GOES W | 135W | |
| 1980 Jan | 173E | ||
| 1980 Mar 13 | 1435.75 35767 x 35792 x 1.0 GEO 89.8W+0.1E | ||
| 1980 Mar | Standby | 90W | |
| 1980 Aug 29 | 1436.20 35777 x 35800 x 1.3 GEO 89.5W+0.066W | ||
| 1980 Sep | Move to 128-130W | ||
| 1980 Oct 21 | 1436.31 35784 x 35797 x 1.4 GEO 128.0W+0.06W | ||
| 1981 Jan 13 | 1436.03 35761 x 35808 x 1.6 GEO 130.9W+0.01E | ||
| 1981 Nov 14 | 1435.83 35763 x 35799 x 2.3 GEO 129.6W+0.06E | ||
| 1981 Dec 29 | 1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 2.4 GEO 129.3W+0.00E | ||
| 1982 Jul 3 | 1435.63 35769 x 35785 x 2.8 GEO 123.3W+0.1E | ||
| 1982 Nov 3 | 1435.70 35762 x 35795 x 3.1 GEO 117.0W+0.1E | ||
| 1982 Dec 2 | Reverse drift | 1436.45 35783 x 35804 x 3.1 GEO 118.0W+0.1W | |
| 1983 Feb 16 | 1436.35 35784 x 35798 x 3.3 GEO 128.2W+0.07W | ||
| 1983 Apr 16 | 1436.12 35777 x 35796 x 3.4 GEO 130.6W+0.01W | ||
| 1984 Jan 3 | 1436.28 35776 x 35804 x 4.0 GEO 131.8W+0.05W | ||
| 1984 Jun 5 | 1436.21 35775 x 35802 x 4.4 GEO 131.5W+0.03W | ||
| 1984 Oct 3 | last drift maneuver | 1436.46 35785 x 35801 x 4.7 GEO 129.1W+0.1W | |
| 1985 Jan 30 | 1435.77 35763 x 35796 x 5.0 GEO 128.1W+0.07E | ||
| 1985 Feb | decommissioned | ||
| 1985 Mar 10 | 1435.72 35760 x 35798 x 5.1 GEO 124.8W+0.09E | ||
| 1985 Jul 28 | 1435.45 35760 x 35787 x 5.4 GEO 105.3W+0.15E | ||
| 1986 Feb 12 | 1435.90 35761 x 35804 x 5.9 GEO 81.5W+0.04E | ||
| 1986 Mar 21 | drift W starts | 1436.07 35770 x35801 x 6.0 GEO 80.6W | |
| 1987 Aug 19 | 1435.93 35773 x 35793 x 7.2 GEO 128.2W | ||
| 1988 Feb 29 | 1435.45 35768 x 35779 x 7.7 GEO 104.9W+0.15E | ||
| 1988 Nov 11 | 1436.15 35777 x 35798 x 8.3 GEO 80.7W+0.02W | ||
| 1998 Feb 26 | 1435.72 35762 x 35795 x 143 GEO 125.7W+0.01E | ||
| 1999 Apr 24 | 1436.22 35774 x 35803 x 14.6 GEO 81.3W+0.04W | ||
1987-089A
| Kosmos-1893 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 Oct 22 | 1425 | Launch by Soyuz | PL |
| 1433 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1987 Oct 22 | 89.66 162 x 352 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Oct 29 | 89.10 159 x 301 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Oct 30 | 89.80 169 x 359 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 4 | 89.40 164 x 325 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 6 | 90.19 178 x 388 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 8 | Fiducial SpK-1 | ||
| 0632? | Deorbit | -649? x 248 | |
| 0642? | Entry | ||
| 0654? | Landed | ||
| 1987 Nov 16 | 89.72 171 x 349 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 18 | 89.99 182 x 364 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 26 | 89.56 178 x 328 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 27 | 89.17 169 x 297 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 28 | 88.73 169 x 254 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 30 | 89.55 165 x 240 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Nov 30 | Fiducial SpK-2 | ||
| 0029? | Deorbit | ||
| 0039? | Entry | ||
| 0051? | Landed | ||
| 1987 Dec 1 | 89.83 163 x 368 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 8 | 89.20 158 x 311 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 8 | 89.31 167 x 313 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 13 | 88.81 161 x 269 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 14 | 89.29 161 x 316 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 15 | 89.16 160 x 305 x 67.1 | ||
| 1987 Dec 16 | |||
| 1946? | Deorbit | ||
| 2000? | Entry | ||
| 2012? | Landed | ||
1984-093D
The second AT&T; Telstar 3, Telstar 302 (Telstar 3C) was deployed from Space Shuttle Discovery on its first flight.
| Telstar 302 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Sep 1 | 1324 | Deploy from OV-103 | |
| 1984 Sep 1 | 1409 | PAM-D burn 83s | |
| 1410 | PAM-D burnout | ||
| 1412 | PAM-D sep | ||
| 1984 Sep 3 | 678.50 702 x 37697 x 23.6 | ||
| 1984 Sep 3 | 1639 | Star 30B burn 6th apo, 56s | 1442.37 34118 x 37700 x 0.3 GEO 67.3W+1.5W |
| 1984 Sep 5 | 0900? | Antenna deploy | |
| 1984 Sep 6 | 1430.14 34775 x 36572 x 0.4 GEO 71.2W+1.4E | ||
| 1984 Oct 24 | 1436.09 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 86.0W | ||
| 1985 Apr 24 | 1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 86.0W | ||
| 1987 Jul 12 | 1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 86.0W | ||
| 1987 Nov 3 | 1436.12 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 85.9W | ||
| 1987 Dec | Move to 85W | ||
| 1987 Dec 24 | 1436.05 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W | ||
| 1989 Mar 7 | 1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 85.1W | ||
| 1990 Mar 14 | 1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 85.1W | ||
| 1991 Aug 8 | 1436.13 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 85.1W | ||
| 1993 Jul 14 | 1436.14 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 85.0W | ||
| 1995 Oct 19 | 1436.07 35776 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 85.0W | ||
| 1997 Jan 18 | 1436.13 35776 x 35797 x 1.6 GEO 85.0W | ||
| 1997 Jan 30 | mv out | 1438.20 35814 x 35840 x 1.6 GEO 80.5W+0.05W | |
| 1997 Feb 21 | mv in | 1436.06 35781 x 35790 x 1.6 GEO 97.0W | |
| 1997 Sep 2 | 1436.12 35776 x 35798 x 2.0 GEO 97.5W | ||
