Saturday, March 20, 1999

Soyuz 24

 1977-008A


The final mission to Almaz 3 (Salyut-5) was Soyuz-24, using spacecraft 7K-T 11F615A9 No. 66. The crew of Soyuz-24 was Viktor Gorbatko and Yuriy Glazkov.


Soyuz-24 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Feb 7  1610:12  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 1611:50  Maximum dynamic pressure
 1612 Blok BVGD sep 
 1614  Blok A sep 
 1618  Blok I MECO 
 1619  Blok-I MECO, sep 
   89.4 173 x 323 x 51.6 
  TCM rev 4 
  TCM rev 5 
1977 Feb 8  TCM rev 17 
1977 Feb 8    218 x 281 x 51.6 
  Igla system fails at 80m 
 2038  Docked with Almaz OPS 3 (Salyut-5) 
1977 Feb 9  0546  Crew entry to Almaz 
1977 Feb 25  0621  Undocked 
1977 Feb 25   Retrofire 
 0850?  DO 
 0853?  DO CO 
 0908?  Modules sep 
 0913?  Entry 
 0936:10?: Landed 36 km NE of Arkalyk 

Thursday, March 18, 1999

Progress 34

 1988-003A


Progress No. 142 (7K-TG No. 142, Progress-34) was launched on 1988 Jan 20.


Progress-34 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Jan 20  2251:54  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2300  Blok-I sep 
1988 Jan 21    185 x 258 x 51.6 
1988 Jan 23  0009:09  Docked with Mir, Kvant DP2 
1988 Jan 24    334 x 356 x 51.6 
1988 Mar 60340:09  Undocked 
 0652Deorbited 
 0729:30  Reentered 

Navstar 25

 1992-009A


Navstar SVN 25 (USA 79) was launched on 1992 Feb 23.  It was inserted into plane A-2.


Navstar 25 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1992 Feb 23  2229:00 Launch by Delta 7925  CC LC 17 
  SRM 1-9 sep 
  St 1 sep 
 2233  T+4:40? SES-1 
 2240  T+11:00? SECO-1  185 x 185 x 34.0 
  T+20? SES-2 36s? 
 2249  T+20? SECO-2  189? x 720? x 34.0? 
  T+21? St 2 sep 
 2251  T+22? TES 1:24 
 2252  T+23? TECO 
 2254  T+25? St 3 sep 
 2335? T+1:06 SES-3 depletion  98.24 628 x 721 x 20.0 
1992 Feb 25  1945? Star 37XFP burn 
1992 Mar 24   In service 
1997 Feb 1   Operating at slot A-2 

The Calgary Golf and Country Club, 1897-1997

 https://welib.org/md5/16428ded9b05685ff1ae5d912052ac70

Kosmos 1708

 1985-115A


17F41 No. 56 was a rare winter Resurs F-1 mission, launched in Dec 1985 and named Kosmos-1708.


Kosmos-1708 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Dec 13  0745  Launch by Soyuz-U  PL LC43/4 
 0753  Blok-I sep  89.17 183 x 285 x 82.3 
1985 Dec 13    89.18 183 x 284 x 82.3 
1985 Dec 14   
89.80 256 x 272 x 82.3 
1985 Dec 25    89.77 255 x 270 x 82.3 
1985 Dec 27   
 0343?  Deorbit 
 0353?  PO sep 
 0403?  Entry 
 0417?  Landed 


Tuesday, March 16, 1999

DFH-9

 1981-093B


The final FB-1 launch carried Shi Jian 2 (Shi Jian Er Hao, PRC 9) into orbit. The satellite was also referred to as Shiyan Kexuedi Weixing (Experimental Scientific Satellite) but the SJ-2 name has been consistently used since the late 1980s. Two small subsatellites were carried into orbit with SJ-2. SJ-2 was an octagonal cylinder with 4 solar panels, 1.1m long and 1.2m diameter.



SJ 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1981 Sep 19  2128:40  Launch by Feng Bao 1  JQ 
 2130:48  T+2:08 Stage 1 MECO 
 2130:48? Stage 2 MES 
 2132:45? T+4:05? Stage 2 MECO 
 2136:00  T+7:20? Stage 2 VECO 
 2136:00  T+7:20 SJ-2A sep 
 2136:00  T+7:20 SJ-2B sep 
 2137?  adapter sep from stage 2 
 2137?  SJ-2 sep from stage 2 
   240 x 1610 x 59.5 
1982 Feb? end of ops 
1982 Oct 6   Reentered 

Payload:

  • Solar Electron flux detector

  • Solar Proton flux detector

  • Scintillation counter

  • Ionization gauge

  • Magnetometer

  • Atmospheric IR radiometer, LWIR 3-16 microns, 4 channels

  • Atmospheric IR radiometer, SWIR 2.2 and 2.7 microns, 2 channels

  • Atmospheric UV radiometer, 2200-2600A

  • Solar UV photometer, 2820A, 2896A, 3090A

Sunday, March 14, 1999

Kosmos 2217

 1992-069A



Kosmos-2217 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1992 Oct 21  1021:22 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 1030  T+8:50 Blok-I sep  92.57 212 x 588 x 62.8 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 1121?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 1124?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1992 Oct 21    710.56 616 x 39381 x 62.9 
1992 Oct 23    717.80 598 x 39757 x 63.0 

DMSP 4

  1970-012A


The first Block 5A satellite was launched on 1970 Feb 11 by Thor Burner 2 from Vandenberg. It operated for two months before the spacecraft wore out its pitch control motor. 0018 LTDN.


DMSP 1524 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Feb 11  0840:47 Launch by Thor Burner 2 (287)  V SLC10W 
 0843  Thor MECO 
 0852? Burner II burn 
 0855? Burner II sep 
   101.4 773 x 874 x 98.7 
1970 Apr 30   End of transmissions 

May 13,2026

  https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.855.txt