TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : February 2000

Sunday, February 27, 2000

PAGEOS

1966-056A

Pageos, the Passive Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite, was jointly funded by NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Commerce; it was built by G.T. Schjeldahl Co. (Northfield, MN) and the canister and adapter were by Goodyear. Launch was at 0012 on 1966 Jun 24. The canister separated from the Agena D 6311 stage at 0124 and deployment began. The canister contained a balloon which inflated automatically. The bright 30m dia balloon was a target for optical observations. The orbit of Pageos was 181.43 min, 4207 x 4271 km x 87.1 deg.

Launch vehicle was a TAT Agena D managed by LeRC; with launch services by KSC ULO and USAF 6569 ATW.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Pageos



1966 Jun 24	0012:02	Launch by TAT Agena D	V SLC2E
	0013:07	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	0014:31	Thor MECO (T+2:29)
	0014:40	Thor VECO (T+2:38)
	0014:46	Thor sep (T+2:44)
	0015:06	Agena burn (T+3:04)
	0019:03	Agena MECO (T+7:01)	164 x 4228 x 87
	0124:34	Agena burn 2 (T+1:12:32) 12.3s 778 m/s
	0124:47	Agena MECO (T+1:12:45)	181.31 4223 x 4266 x 86.95 (VCR)
	0126:23	Payload separation (Canister from Agena)
	0127:48	Canister halves separation
	0128:01	Fully inflated
1966 Jun 24	0437		181.41 4228 x 4245 x 87.2
1966 Nov 6			181.20 3432 x 5025 x 86.8
1967 Jan 4			181.20 3654 x 4803 x 86.6
1967 Oct 2			180.12 2367 x 6006 x 85.7
1968 Sep 8			179.64 2096 x 6238 x 84.4
1969 Apr 12			179.85 2442 x 5910 x 84.0
1971 Jan 4			180.15 3120 x 5255 x 85.4
1971 Jun 16			180.30 3445 x 4942 x 85.9
1975 Jan 30			179.99 3251 x 5112 x 85.5
1975 Jun 12			180.11 3327 x 5045 x 85.2
1975 Jun 12
1975 Aug 30			180.06 3108 x 5260 x 85.3
1976 Jan
1976 Feb 20			179.98 2969 x 5393 x 84.8
1976 Jun 17			178.70 1112 x 7150 x 83.6
1976 Sep 5			176.61 651 x 7446 x 82.2
1976 Sep 8			176.32 448 x 7627 x 82.0
1976 Oct 2			176.51 1097 x 6992 x 82.3
1976 Nov 7			179.65 2392 x 5943 x 84.4
1983 Dec 3			178.31 3433 x 4798 x 84.9
1986 Dec 2			178.47 3960 x 4283 x 85.3
1989 Apr 4			176.81 1915 x 6198 x 83.6
1992 Jan 23			177.85 3094 x 5101 x 84.5
1994 Sep 24			177.68 3613 x 4568 x 84.5
1997 Jul 6			177.68 3266 x 4915 x 85.6
1998 Apr 17			177.46 2997 x 5167 x 85.6

Saturday, February 26, 2000

DSCS-3 F2

1985-092B

The first production DSCS III, satellite B-4 (USA 11) was launched with B-5 on an IUS from orbiter Atlantis on its first flight. The two IUS burns placed the pair of DSCS III satellites in geosynchronous orbit; the IUS second stage then separated from each DSCS.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

DSCS III B-4



1985 Oct 3	1515:30	Launch from KSC LC39A
1985 Oct 4	0053?	IUS deploy	476 x 515 x 28.5
	0153?	IUS SRM-1 burn	509 x 35200 x 28.0
	0710?	IUS SRM-1 sep
	0712?	IUS SRM-2 burn	35185 x 35953 x 2.1
	0714?	IUS SRM-2 burnout
	0717?	RCS burn?
	0752?	IUS sep from B-4, B-5	35634 x 35963 x 0.3
1986 Mar			GEO 12W?
1995 Jul		LANT Reserve	GEO 42.5W
1997 Oct		LANT Reserve	GEO 42.5W

Thursday, February 24, 2000

Gambit-3 18

1968-108A

KH-8 18 was launched on 1968 Dec 4 by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg. This mission, which lasted 8 days, was the first of three that would use a much higher apogee. When the program was declassified it was revealed that these high apogee missions were unintentional; on this flight it was the Titan second stage that burned to depletion instead of cutting off, adding extra energy. This happened because the Vandenberg ground station was unable to send commands to the Titan. The orbit was adjusted on rev 93 with an SPS single-engine burn.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

KH-8 18



1968 Dec 4	1923	Launch by Titan 3B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1925?	Titan stage 1 sep
	1925?	Titan stage 2 sep
	1928?	Agena burn
	1933?	Agena MECO
			93.30 136 x 736 x 106.2
1968 Dec 4	2332		93.26 126 x 741 x 106.3
1968 Dec 5	0851		93.27 132 x 736 x 106.2
1968 Dec 6	0459		92.37 127 x 654 x 106.2
1968 Dec 9	0341		91.98 124 x 619 x 106.2
		Perigee raise, SPS, rev 93
1968 Dec 11	0311		91.90 133 x 602 x 106.2
	2205?	SRV deorbited rev 111
1968 Dec 12	0209		91.83 135 x 593 x 106.2
1968 Dec 12		Reentered after 8d
	2240?	Deboost rev 127

Sunday, February 20, 2000

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Wednesday, February 16, 2000

Kosmos 720

1975-019A

Kosmos-720 flew in a 62.8 deg orbit from Mar 21 to Apr 1; TLEs for Apr 1-3 refer to an ejected object,possibly a sensor cover.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-720



1975 Mar 21	0650?	Launch by Soyuz	Plesetsk
	0654?	Blok-I burn
	0658?	Blok-I sep
1975 Mar 21			89.3 212x273x62.8
1975 Mar 31			89.25 210 x 265 x 62.8
1975 Apr 1
	0440?	Deorbit
	0450?	PO sep
	0459?	Entry
	0512?	Landed

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Monday, February 14, 2000

IRDT

2000-009B

The 110 kg demonstrator is deorbited after 5 orbits and deploys an inflatable shield during reentry. The initial shield is 0.8 x 0.7m in size, and inflates with He to 2.4m diameter and then during braking to 3.6m diam.

The IRDT consists of a conical front shield, the inflation system, the TRD shield, a cylindrical payload canister, and a cylindrical adaptor.

The demonstrator carries the 'Stone 2' experiment with basalt, dolomite and cement-carbonate samples embedded in the heat shield to study heating effects on meteorites.

Landing is in Orenburg zone, Russia

The demonstrator shield, built by Lavochkin, was originally to be used in Mars-96.

Fregat's shield, the Fregat Rescue System, inflates to 14m dia.

The Inflatable Reentry and Descent Technology Demonstrator flies on Soyuz/Fregat in 2000. The Fregat demo flight places itself, the test vehicle, and the attached DASA Mission 2000 payload in orbit. After 8 hours it deorbits and deploys an inflatable thermal shield. The shield is built by Lavochkin. Landing in Kazakhstan. [509] The shield is 8m dia stage 1, 14-m diameter stage 2.

The demonstrator payload also deorbits with a smaller inflatable shield 4-m diameter

2 burns to prove Cluster, and 2 burns for reentry.

IRDT has a mass of 111 kg. Diameter 0.8m initial, 2.3m stage 1, 3.8m stage 2. Landed at 53E 51N. Stage 2 did not deploy and impact was at 60 m/s. Total mass was 112 kg (plus the 33 kg small NTU).

In Russian the inflatable heat shield is called NTU:

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Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Fregat



2000 Feb 8	2320:00	Launch	KB LC31
		T+1:58 Strapon sep
		T+2:54 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+5:21 Interstage sep
	2328:45	T+8:45 MECO
		T+8:49 Blok I sep	-1200 x 180? x 64.9
		T+8:54 Fregat SOZ burn 195s 0.53 km/s
		T+9:49 Fregat MES-1
	2333:04	T+13:04 Fregat MECO-1, transfer orbit	168 x 564 x 64.9
	2336?	Blok I reentry
2000 Feb 9	0022:00	T+1:02:00 Fregat SOZ-2
2000 Feb 9	0022:55	T+1:02:55 Fregat MES-2
		T+1:03:35 Fregat MECO-2	590 x 613 x 64.9
	0023:48	T+1:03:48 GM (Dummy mass) sep
	0641:46	T+7:21:46 SOZ-3
		T+7:22:41 Fregat Burn 3, lower peri
		T+ 7:23:17 Fregat MECO-3 at 582 km	151 x 601 x 64.9
	0728:43	T+8:04:43 SOZ-4
	0729:38	T+8:09:38 MES-4
	0737:49	T+8:17:49 MECO-4 at 135 km	-4300 x 180 x 64.9
	0738:11	T+8:18:11 Demo RV sep
	0738:31	T+8:18:31 Adapter sep from Fregat
		Shield deploy at 50 km
		T+8:19:45 Entry
	0757	T+8:35s Impact at 13m/s

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Friday, February 11, 2000

The Best of Los Angeles & Southern California

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STS-66 (Atlantis)

1994-073A

STS-66 was launched at 1700 UT on 1994 Nov 3. SSME ignition was at 1659:36 and liftoff at 1659:43. The RMS 202, flying for the first time, grappled CRISTA-SPAS at 2154 UT on Nov 3, but the satellite was left berthed until Nov 4. At 1250 UT on Nov 4 the SPAS was deployed by Mission Specialist Clervoy.

The DTO 835 Mir Approach Demonstration involved a `plus R bar' rendezvous. Atlantis carried out the first `plus R-bar' rendezvous on Nov 12, approaching SPAS along its radius vector from below. Ochoa grappled the SPAS with the RMS at 1305 UT on Nov 12 and it was berthed and latched in the bay at 1650 UT.

Atlantis was waved off from KSC because of an Atlantic hurricane. The 3min 30sec deorbit burn was at 1431 UT on Nov 14, with entry interface at 1502. Atlantis touched down on RW22 at Edwards at 1533:48, with wheels stop at 1534:37.

STS-66 mission events
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Oct 4		Tow to VAB	VAB/3
1994 Oct 4		ET mate	VAB/3
1994 Oct 10		Rollout	LC39B
1994 Nov 3	1659:43	Launch from LC39B
	1701:48	SRB Sep
	1708:18	MECO	87.86 26 x 309 x 57.0
	1708:36	ET sep
	1735:56	OMS-2 2:40 80m/s	90.59 296 x 310 x 57.0
	1830	PLBD open
	1927	Activate Spacelab
	2154	RMS grapple SPAS
1994 Nov 4	1145:54	RMS unberth SPAS
	1249:45	RMS deploy SPAS	90.58 295 x 310 x 57.0
	1307		90.57 294 x 310 x 57.0
		Begin 12 RCS burns
	1604:52	NC-1 0.7s
1994 Nov 5	1016:13	NC-2 7s 1.8fps
1994 Nov 5	1303		90.55 291 x 310 x 57.0
1994 Nov 6	2312:42	NC-6 6s 2fps
1994 Nov 7	1359		90.51 289 x 308 x 57.0
	1807:29	NC-7 6s 1.5fps
1994 Nov 8	1119:43	NC-9 2s 0.5fps
	2245:00	NC-10 2.5fps
1994 Nov 9	0223:44	NC-10A
	1254:42	NC-11 0.8fps	90.44 288 x 303 x 57.0
1994 Nov 10	1143:43	NC-13 10s 2.5fps
1994 Nov 11	1924:33	NC-15 8s 0.6fps
1994 Nov 12	0041:43	NC-16 12s 1.8fps	90.38 285 x 300 x 57.0
	0559	NC-17 93s 7m/s	90.59 288 x 318 x 57.0
	0718:00	NC-18 OMS-3L 32s 8m/s	90.32 285 x 294 x 57.0
	0802	NCC-1 24s 2m/s
	1029:00	TI OMS-4L 11s 3m/s
	1049:17	MC1 RCS
	1121:46	MC2 RCS
	1131:40	MC3 RCS
	1153:10	MC4 RCS
	1229		90.37 284 x 301 x 57.0
	1245	Rendezvous with SPAS
	1305	RMS grapple SPAS
	1650	RMS berth SPAS	90.38 284 x 301 x 57.0
1994 Nov 14	0700		90.38 284 x 301 x 57.0
	1115	Deactivate Spacelab
	1155	PLBD closed
	1431:05	OMS DO (3:34) 116m/s	-70 x 301 x 57.0
	1502:26	Entry interface
	1533:45	Landed RW22 EAFB
	1534:37	Wheels stop
1994 Nov 20		SCA to Biggs
1994 Nov 21		SCA to KSC

Thursday, February 10, 2000

Kosmos 144

1967-018A

Meteor No. 6 was launched in Feb 1967. It was the first Meteor launch from Plesetsk and the first launch of the 8A92M rocket.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-144



1967 Feb 28	1435	Launch by Vostok 8A92M	PL
		Blok-E burn
	1445?	Blok-E cutoff, orbit insertion
	1445?	Blok-E sep	96.9 574 x 644 x 81.3
1968 Mar		Still transmitting
1982 Sep 14		Reentered

Friday, February 4, 2000

Kosmos 77

1965-061A

Zenit-4 No. 12 was launched in Aug 1965 and used the 51.8 degree `summer' orbit.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-77



1965 Aug 3	1100	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1104	Blok I burn
	1109	Blok-I sep	89.29 201 x 280 x 51.79
1965 Aug 3	1347		89.36 184 x 300 x 51.8
1965 Aug 4	0738		89.32 200 x 281 x 51.8
1965 Aug 6	2336		89.29 199 x 279 x 51.8
1965 Aug 11	0915?	Retrofire
	0922?	Landed after 7.93d

Kosmos 71

1965-053A

The next 65S3 launch carried five satellites instead of three, and entered a circular orbit at an altitude of 500 km. This was probably the first flight on which the 65S3's second stage was restarted in orbit.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-71



1965 Jul 16	0331	Launch by 65S3	KB
	0333	Stage 2 burn 1
	0339?	Stage 2 MECO-1
	0415?	Stage 2 burn 2
	0415?	Stage 2 sep	95.2 522 x 542 x 56.0
1970 Aug 11		Reentered

Tuesday, February 1, 2000

Kosmos 64

1965-025A

Zenit-2 No. 17 flew an 8 day mission with a slightly lower apogee than normal.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-64



1965 Mar 25	1000	Launch by Vostok 8A92	KB
	1005?	Blok-E burn
	1010?	Blok-E sep
			89.2 206 x 271 x 65 (TASS)
	1200		89.2 201 x 267 x 65.0 (RAE)
1965 Mar 25			89.15 201 x 263 x 65.0
1965 Mar 28			89.11 203 x 256 x 65.0
1965 Mar 31			89.06 205 x 251 x 65.0
1965 Apr 2	0758?	Deorbit
	0818?	Landed after 8d

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