Friday, October 22, 1999

Okean 4

 1994-066A


Okean-O1 No. 7 (NKhM No. 9) was launched in Oct 1994. It was given the official name Okean-O1.


Okean-O1 No. 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 Oct 11  1430:00  Launch by Tsiklon-3  PL LC32/2 
  T+2:00 St 1 sep 
  T+3:33 GO sep 
  T+4:38 St 2 sep 
  T+5:20 S5M burn 1 172 km  -2700? x 180? x 82.5 
 1436  T+6:48 S5M MECO1 205 km 60? x 650 x 82.5 
  T+39:20 BOZ burn 
 1510 T+40:58 S5M burn 2  
 1511 T+41:08 S5M MECO2 
  T+41:38 S5M sep 
1994 Oct 11    97.68 628 x 667 x 82.6 

Salyut 5

  1976-057A


The final Almaz station to be launched was 11F71 No. 103, Almaz/OPS 3. OPS 3 took off from Baikonur on 1976 Jun 22.

The Soyuz-21 crew docked with Almaz on Jul 7. On Aug 17 the Almaz systems failed and the crew spent several tense hours with the station in free drift and with life support systems shut down, before they managed to restart everything. The following week, Zholobov became ill, with suspicions that the station's air had become contaminated. An expedited return to Earth was ordered.

Soyuz-23 failed to dock with the station in Oct 1976, and the next visitors arrived on Soyuz-24 on 1977 Feb 8. During the Soyuz-24 expedition the crew carried out the Atmosfera experiment to change the air on the station. This was originally prompted by the contamination fears. Tanks in the Soyuz BO were used to replenish the air as the station’s original air qwas vented from the EVA airlock; it appears that the station was not depressurized during this process. They landed on Feb 25 and the KSI film capsule was recovered the next day. The space station was maintained in orbit until August and then deorbited.


Salyut-5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jun 22  1804:00 Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 1815Sep from 8S812  208 x 233 x 51.6 
  57C cataloged 
1976 Jun 24    213 x 245 x 51.6 
1976 Jun 26    212 x 243 x 51.6 
   215 x 257 x 51.6 
1976 Jul 7  1340  Soyuz-21 docked 
  Crew entry 
  Kdr: Boris Volynov 
  BI: Vitaliy Zholobov 
1976 Jul 8    213 x 254 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise  264 x 274 x 51.6 
1976 Jul 29   57D,E cataloged 
1976 Aug 9   57FGH cataloged 
1976 Aug 20?   57J,K cataloged 
1976 Aug 24   Crew to Soyuz-21 
 1400?  Soyuz-21 undocked 
 1512 Undocking complete 
1976 Aug 25    259 x 269 x 51.6 
1976 Oct 10    250 x 256 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise  254 x 272 x 51.6 
1976 Oct 15   Soyuz-23 rendezvous 
  Soyuz-23 failed to dock  255 x 268 x 51.6 
1977 Jan 14    226 x 237 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise 231 x 259 x 51.6 
1977 Jan 20    230 x 257 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise 257 x 260 x 51.6 
1977 Feb 5    254 x 254 x 51.6 
   254 x 260 x 51.6 
1977 Feb 8   Soyuz-24 docked  253 x 259 x 51.6 
1977 Feb 9  0546  Crew entry 
  Kdr: Viktor Gorbatko 
  BI: Yuriy Glazkov 
1977 Feb 21   Repressurization test (Atmosfera) 
1977 Feb 22    249 x 251 x 51.6 
1977 Feb 23   Soyuz-24 engine test 249 x 253 x 51.6 
1977 Feb 24   Soyuz-24 engine test
1977 Feb 25   Crew transfer to Soyuz-24 
 0621  Soyuz-24 undocked 
1977 Feb 26  0857? KSI ejected 
 0909? KSI entry 
 0928  KSI landed 
   248 x 253 x 51.6 
   248 x 256 x 51.6 
1977 Mar 5    246 x 255 x 51.6 
  
253 x 274 x 51.6 
1977 Apr 15    240 x 257 x 51.6 
  
254 x 269 x 51.6 
1977 Apr 16   
257 x 266 x 51.6 
1977 Jul 14    215 x 219 x 51.6 
   219 x 233 x 51.6 
1977 Aug 8   
182 x 185 x 51.6 
 1255?  Deorbit?
 1315? Entry? 
 1320? Impact S Pacific?

Thursday, October 21, 1999

Navstar 33

 1996-019A


Two years after the previous launch, a new Block IIA satellite was orbited in Mar 1996. It was placed in plane C, slot C-2 and given the identification PRN 3.


Navstar 33 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1996 Mar 28  0021:00  Launch by Delta 7925  CC LC17A 
 0021:21  (Cleary 09) 
  T+4:20 MECO 
  Stage 1 sep 
  SES-1 
 0031:28 T+10:28 SECO-1 
 0040:51 T+19:51 SES-2 19s 
 0041:10 SECO-2 
 0042:02  T+21:02 St 2 sep 
 0042:40  TES 1:27 
 0044:07  TECO 
 0046  St 3 sep  192 x 20269 x 34.9  
  Delta depletion   
1996 Mar 30  1511? Star 37 burn 
1996 Mar 30    20252 x 20548 x 54.8 
1996 Apr 9   Nav service operational in slot C-2 

Monday, October 18, 1999

Explorer 53

  1975-037A


SAS C became Small Astronomical Satellite 3 (Explorer 53) shortly before launch. The spacecraft carried a number of x-ray astronomy experiments. SAS 3 was launched at 2245 on 1975 May 7 by Scout F-1 from San Marco into a 94.5 min, 499 x 508 km x 3.0 deg orbit. It operated until reentry on 1979 Apr 9.


SAS 3 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1975 May 7 2245:01  Launch  
  T+1:23 St 1 burnout 
  T+1:24 St 1 sep, St 2 burn 
  T+2:02 St 2 burnout 
  T+2:28 heat shield sep 
  T+2:30 St 2 sep, St 3 burn 
  T+2:59 St 3 burnout, coast 
  T+9:30 Spinup 
  T+9:31 St 3 sep 
 2254:37 T+9:36 St 4 burn 
 2255:12 T+10:11 St 4 burnout 
 2259 T+14:04 despin 
 2300 T+15:05 Stage 4 sep 
1979 Apr 9   Reentered 

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