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 

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