STEP 2

 1994-029A

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STEP Mission 2 (STP P91-2) was launched by a Pegasus from the Point Arguello Warning Area over the Western Test Range. The B-52 air-launched the Pegasus after takeoff from Edwards AFB. The Pegasus had a fourth hydrazine stage, the HAPS, and was intended to place STEP 2 into an 830 km polar orbit; the orbit achieved was only 603 x 821 km. The HAPS stage shut down early due to a software error.

STEP 2's main payload was SIDEX, the USAF Rome Lab signal identification experiment, intended to pick out specific signals from regions of high communications background. The 180 kg satellite was a TRW/DSI Eagle class lightsat. 

STEP 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 May 19	1549	NB-52 takeoff from EAFB RW04/22
	1703	NB-52 drop Pegasus over PAWA
	1703	Pegasus stage 1 burn
		Pegasus stage 2 burn
	1707	Pegasus stage 3 burn (4:54)
	1712	Pegasus stage 3 cutoff	-880? x 821 x 82.0
	1725	HAPS single burn (underburn?)
	1729	HAPS MECO, apogee
	1730?	HAPS sep from STEP M2
	1732	HAPS coll. avoid burn
			603 x 821 x 81.95
	1751?	Stage 3 reentry over SW Indian Ocean
1995		Still ok

Kosmos 1676

 1985-072A

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Kosmos-1676
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Aug 16	1510	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1514	Blok-A sep
	1518	Blok-I sep
1985 Aug 16			89.63 165 x 346 x 67.16
1985 Aug 22			89.29 162 x 315 x 67.2
1985 Aug 23			89.62 164 x 346 x 67.2
1985 Aug 28			89.25 160 x 314 x 67.2
1985 Aug 29			89.30 162 x 317 x 67.2
1985 Sep 3			88.84 157 x 276 x 67.15
1985 Sep 3			89.78 176 x 351 x 67.16
1985 Sep 5		SpK-1 fiducial
	0715?	Deorbit
	0725?	Entry
	0737?	Land
1985 Sep 14			89.29 170 x 308 x 67.1
1985 Sep 14			89.97 176 x 369 x 67.15
1985 Sep 25		SpK-2 fiducial
	0059	Deorbit
	0109	Entry
	0121?	Land
1985 Sep 30			89.18 170 x 297 x 67.2
1985 Oct 1			89.49 179 x 319 x 67.1
1985 Oct 10			89.04 175 x 278 x 67.2
1985 Oct 10			89.64 177 x 336 x 67.1
1985 Oct 13	2011		89.50 176 x 322 x 67.2
1985 Oct 14
	1832?	Deorbit	-175? x 281
	1847?	Entry
	1859?	Land

Westar 5

 1982-058A

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Western Union Spacecom's Westar V HS-376 class satellite was launched in 1982 to replace the aged Westar II. The first stage burn was short by 91 m/s, but the second stage overburned to compensate.

Westar 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Jun 9	0024	Launch by Delta 3910	CC LC17
		T+0:57 SRM 1-6 off
		T+1:02 SRM 6-9 on
		T+1:10 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:11 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+1:59 SRM 6-9 off
		T+2:05 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:44 MECO
		T+3:52 St 1 sep
		T+3:57 SES-1 5:04
	0028	T+4:00 Fairing
	0033	T+9:01 SECO-1	-750? x 300? x 27.4
	0043	T+19:33 spin
	0043	T+19:35 St 2 sep
	0044	T+20:13 TES 85s
	0045	T+21:38 TECO
	0105	T+41m Stage 3 sep	633.74 206 x 35917 x 26.9
1982 Jun 11	2120	AKM burn
1982 Jun 11			1418.51 34970 x 35912 x 0.3 GEO 145.8W+4.4E
1982 Jun 12			1424.36 35255 x 35857 x 0.0 GEO 142.5E+3.0E
1982 Jun 17			1436.17 35720 x 35855 x 0.1 GEO 139.1W
1982 Jul 2		mv out	1436.05 35721 x 35849 x 0.1 GEO 139.2W
1982 Jul 14			1428.79 35566 x 35720 x 0.1 GEO 129.9W+1.8E
1982 Jul 18		mv in	1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 123.4W
1982 Jul 30			1436.13 35786 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 123.1W
1984 Dec 28			1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 123.1W
1987 Mar 1			1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 122.6W
1989 Mar 5			1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 123.1W
1992 Mar 3			1436.04 35778 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 122.5W
1992 May 1			1436.03 35773 x 35797 x 0.2 GEO 122.4W
1992 May 4		mv out	1438.91 35824 x 35859 x 0.2 GEO 124.6W+0.7W
1992 May 25		orbit raise	1451.31 36007 x 36159 x 0.3
1992 Oct 8			1451.36 36009 x 36160 x 0.6
1996 Apr 27			1451.43 36027 x 36144 x 5.5