Saturday, September 23, 2000
Friday, September 22, 2000
Kosmos 2333
1996-051A
The only 1996 Zenit-2 launch was a successful Tselina-2 flight.
| Kosmos-2333 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Sep 4 | 0901:00 | Launch by Zenit-2 | KB LC45L |
| 0903 | T+2:23 St 1 MECO | ||
| 0903 | T+2:25 Stage 1 sep | ||
| 0903 | T+2:25 Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0903 | T+2:40 GO sep | ||
| 0907 | T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO | 150? x 850? x 71.0 | |
| Sep motor cover perigee | |||
| 0914? | T+13m? Stage 2 VECO | ||
| 0914? | Stage 2 sep motor covers | ||
| 0914? | T+13m? Stage 2 sep | ||
SBS-5
1988-081B
The final HS-376 SBS satellite was launched for IBM Satellite Transponder Leasing Corp. aboard an Ariane 3.
| SBS 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2300 | Launch by Ariane 3 | CSG |
| T+0:07 PAP on | |||
| T+0:40 PAP sep | |||
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2302:21 | Stage 1 MECO | |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2302:26 | T+2:23 Stage 1 Sep | |
| 2302:29 | T+2:26 St 2 MES | ||
| 2303:50 | T+3:47 Fairing | ||
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2304:32 | Stage 2 MECO | |
| 2304:33 | T+4:33 St 2 sep | ||
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2304:41 | T+4:39 Stage 3 MES | |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2316:49 | T+16:44 Stage 3 MECO | |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2318:38 | T+18:36 Gstar sep from SYLDA | 200 x 36101 x 7.0 |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2320:51 | T+20:48 Sylda sep | |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2320:56 | T+20:53 SBS 5 sep from H-10 | |
| 1988 Sep 8 | 2321:16 | H-10 sep burn | |
| 1988 Sep 9 | 0500? | Apo 1 | |
| 1000? | Peri 1 | ||
| 1600? | Apo 2 over 80W | ||
| 2100? | Peri 2 | ||
| 1988 Sep 10 | 0300? | Apo 3 over 115E | |
| 0800? | Peri 3 | ||
| 1400? | Apo 4 over 49W | ||
| 1900? | Peri 4 | ||
| 1988 Sep 11 | 0000? | Apo 5 over 153E | |
| 0600? | Peri 5 | ||
| 1130? | Apo 6 over 15W | ||
| 1700? | Peri 6 | ||
| 2200? | Apo 7 over 150W | ||
| 1988 Sep 11 | Star 30BP burn | ||
| 1988 Sep 11 | 1425.95 35031 x 36143 x 0.1 GEO 151.3W+2.5E | ||
| 1988 Sep 15 | 1423.33 35288 x 35783 x 0.1 GEO 138.1W+3.2E | ||
| 1988 Oct 3 | mv in | 1436.10 35786 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 123.0W | |
| 1988 Nov 22 | 1436.06 35780 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 123.0W | ||
| 1990 Apr | STLC sold to Hughes HCI | ||
| 1991 Feb 22 | 1436.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 122.9W | ||
| 1992 Sep 2 | 1436.06 35780 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 123.0W | ||
| 1994 Feb 1 | 1436.06 35781 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 122.9W | ||
| 1995 Oct 12 | 1436.06 35779 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 122.9W | ||
| 1997 May 16 | To Panamsat Inc. | GEO 123W | |
| 1999 Jun 14 | 1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 122.9W | ||
| 2000 Feb 21 | 1436.08 35778 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 123.0W | ||
Thursday, September 21, 2000
Sich-1
1995-046A
The Okean-Ukraina (Sich, `sickle') satellite was Ukraine's first spacecraft. It was an Okean-O1 class satellite built by KB Yuzhnoe and carried a side looking radar and a microwave radiometer. Sich-1 was launched on 1995 Aug 31 by Tsiklon-3 from Plesetsk.
| Sich 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 Aug 31 | 0649:59 | Launch by Tsiklon-3 | PL |
| T+2:00 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:31 GO sep | |||
| T+4:38 St 2 MECO | |||
| T+4:38 St 2 sep | |||
| T+5:20 S5M burn 1 | |||
| 0656 | T+6:56 S5M MECO1 | ||
| 0729? | T+39:20 BOZ burn | ||
| T+40:58? S5M burn 2 | |||
| 0731? | T+41:07? S5M MECO2 | ||
| 0731? | T+41:37 S5M sep | 97.64 623 x 667 x 82.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 2 | 97.73 631 x 668 x 82.5 | ||
Payload:
- SLR radar
- Microwave radiometer
Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Kosmos 967
1977-116A
Like Kosmos 959,Kosmos 967 was an ASAT target satellite.
| Kosmos-967 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Dec 13 | 1553 | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 1601? | Stage 2 MECO-1 | ||
| 1656? | Stage 2 MECO-2 | ||
| 1977 Dec 15 | 104.8 963 x 1005 x 65.8 | ||
Navstar 13
1989-044A
The second Block II to be launched was SVN 13 (PRN 2, USA 38). It entered the B plane.
| Navstar 13 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 Jun 10 | 2230:00 | Launch by Delta 6925 | CC LC17 |
| T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out | |||
| T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on | |||
| T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep | |||
| T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep | |||
| T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off | |||
| T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep | |||
| T+4:25 MECO | |||
| T+4:31 VECO | |||
| T+4:33 Stage 1 sep | |||
| 2234 | Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38) | ||
| 2234 | Fairing sep (T+4:50) | ||
| 2241 | SECO-1 (T+11:37) | 166 x 200 x 35.66? | |
| T+20:55 spinup | |||
| 2250 | T+20:58 Delta sep | ||
| 2251 | T+21:35 TES | ||
| 2253 | T+23:02 TECO | ||
| 2254 | T+24:55 Stage 3 sep | 356.15 166 x 20365 x 37.5 | |
| 2254 | T+24:57 despin weights | ||
| 2335 | T+1:05:00 SES-2 depletion | ||
| 2336 | T+1:06:20 SECO-2 depletion | ||
| 1989 Jun 12 | 0720? | Star 37XFP burn | |
| 718.1 20094 x 20278 x 54.6 | |||
| 1989 Jun 13 | 718.15 20094 x 20278 x 54.6 | ||
| 1989 Jun 17 | 714.23 19969 x 20209 x 54.6 | ||
| 1989 Jun 29 | 715.88 19968 x 20292 x 54.6 | ||
| 1989 Jun 30 | 717.52 19970 x 20371 x 54.6 | ||
| 1989 Jul 9 | 717.94 19967 x 20394 x 54.6 | ||
| 1989 Aug 10 | In service | ||
| 1997 Feb 1 | Operating in slot B3 | ||
STS-63 (Discovery)
1995-004A
Mission 20 for OV-103 saw the beginning of Phase I Space Station flights, with the first rendezvous by a Shuttle with the Mir station. The crew was commanded by veteran Jim Wetherbee; Eileen Collins became the first woman to fly as a pilot astronaut; Bernard Harris, a medical doctor, was the payload commander and EV1; Mike Foale was the second EV crewmember, while Janice Voss was Mission Specialist 3. For the first time, a Russian, Vladimir Titov, flew as Mission Specialist (Krikalyov had officially been a Payload Specialist - a rank essentially equivalent to `passenger', but the NASA astronauts were sufficiently embarrassed by Titov and Krikalyov's competence and extensive flight experience that they agreed the Mission Specialist rank was more appropriate).
After a one day delay due to IMU problems, a spectacular nighttime launch at the beginning of the five minute window ended with main engine cutoff easily visible to the naked eye from the Northeast US (the author saw it from Cambridge, Massachusetts). The six ODERACS-II satellites were deployed from a GAS canister mounted on a Hitchhiker-M carrier in the payload bay. On Feb 4 the RMS arm was used to grapple Spartan-204 and move it around the payload bay to obtain UV spectra of the Shuttle environment, characterizing spacecraft-atmospheric interactions.
The highlight of the mission came on Feb 6. A leaky RCS thruster had raised concerns about contamination and as the day dawned it was still not clear whether Discovery would be allowed to make its close approach to 10 metres, or remain at the stationkeeping distance of 120m. The thruster was isolated, and after a joint decision by the Mission Controls in Houston and Kaliningrad the crew were given the go for the full approach. By 1830 Mir was sending back live TV of Discovery at the 120m distance. At 1840 the Shuttle began its slow approach to the Kristall module, reaching its minimum distance of 11m (from the top of the Spacehab module to the axial docking port on Kristall) at around 1929. Photos taken from the porthole in the Mir base module showed the Kristall module in the foreground with the Shuttle just beyond it; closeups revealed the astronauts visible through the cabin roof windows. After about five minutes stationkeeping at 11m the Shuttle backed out back to the 120m point, and stayed there until 2016 when it began a flyaround of the complex. Finally the Orbiter fired its RCS jets to move away, ending the historic rendezvous. The Discovery crew had verified the orbital dynamics of the Mir approach trajectory, had confirmed that the Shuttle could control its approach precisely without pluming Mir with its thrusters, and could position the appropriate point on the payload bay exactly in line with the docking port, and they had verified that all the communications links between the American and Russian spacecraft and mission control centers worked well with the craft in close proximity. All was now ready for the mission of Atlantis later in the year.
On Feb 7 the RMS arm again unberthed the Spartan-204 satellite, and at 1226 Titov released it from the arm for a free flight to make UV spectroscopic observations of the interstellar medium. The satellite was retrieved at 1133 on Feb 9 and berthed shortly afterwards. Mission Specialists Bernard Harris and Mike Foale depressurized the airlock at 1156 on Feb 9 and entered the payload bay from the hatch on the Tunnel Adapter. They carried out a 15-minute cold soak test of their modified spacesuits; earlier EVA crews had problems with getting their hands too cold while in shadow. Next, Harris practiced manually unberthing the Spartan and moving it around by hand, to gain experience for Space Station assembly tasks. A second such exercise by Foale was cancelled when the astronauts reported cold hands. The EVA ended after 4h 39m.
The payload bay doors were closed on Feb 11 and the OMS engines ignited to deorbit the spaceship. Discovery touched down on Runway 15 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at KSC after an 8 day mission.
| STS-63 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
| 1995 Feb 3 | 0522:04 | Launch | |
| 0524:10 | SRB sep | ||
| 0530:36 | MECO | ||
| 0530:55 | ET-68 sep | 88.39 48 x 340 x 51.6 | |
| 0604:14 | OMS-2 2:36 77m/s | ||
| 91.05 310 x 341 x 51.64 | |||
| 90.99 305 x 340 x 51.66 | |||
| 0711 | PLBD open | ||
| 1121 | 91.07 312 x 341 x 51.64 | ||
| 1420:15 | HA OMS 3R 40s 10m/s | 91.42 332 x 355 x 51.65 | |
| 1995 Feb 4 | 0457:06 | ODERACS-II deploy | 91.41 332 x 354 x 51.65 |
| ODERACS II A (10 cm sphere) | |||
| ODERACS II D (13 cm dipole) | |||
| ODERACS II C (5 cm sphere) | |||
| ODERACS II F (4 cm dipole) | |||
| ODERACS II B (15 cm sphere) | |||
| 0457:22 | ODERACS II E (13 cm dipole) | ||
| 0633 | RMS grapple SPTN | ||
| 0648:31 | RMS unberth SPTN-204 | 91.40 332 x 354 x 51.65 | |
| 1301 | 91.40 332 x 354 x 51.65 | ||
| 1318 | RMS reberth SPTN | ||
| RMS ungrapple SPTN-204 | |||
| 1426:48 | NC OMS-4L 24s 6m/s | 91.62 332 x 375 x 51.65 | |
| 1995 Feb 5 | 1837:39 | OMS-5L 50s 12m/s | 92.06 368 x 382 x 51.65 |
| 1995 Feb 6 | 0600 | 92.04 368 x 381 x 51.65 | |
| 1424:03 | NH OMS-6L 10s 3m/s | ||
| 1540 | 92.17 371 x 390 x 51.65 | ||
| 1636:43 | TI OMS-7 burn 18s 5m/s | 92.35 388 x 391 x 51.65 | |
| 1816 | Vbar arrival | ||
| 1830 | Rendezvous 120m from Mir | ||
| 1840 | Approach burn | ||
| 1925 | Stationkeep 11m from Mir | ||
| 1935 | Begin return to 120m | ||
| 2002 | Arrive at 100m point | ||
| 2016 | Begin flyaround | 92.35 387 x 391 x 51.65 | |
| 2113 | End rendezvous | 92.35 388 x 390 x 51.65 | |
| 1995 Feb 7 | 1100 | RMS uncradle | |
| 1125 | RMS grapple SPTN-204 | ||
| 1156:32 | RMS unberth SPTN-204 | ||
| 1227:36 | RMS deploy SPTN-204 | 92.34 388 x 390 x 51.65 | |
| 1230? | RCS sep-1 | ||
| 1995 Feb 8 | 0630 | 92.33 388 x 389 x 51.65 | |
| 1995 Feb 8 | 2226 | 92.32 387 x 388 x 51.65 | |
| 1995 Feb 9 | 0817 | Rendezvous burn | |
| 0913 | TI burn? | ||
| Rendezvous with SPTN-204 | |||
| 1133:20 | RMS retrieve SPTN-204 | 92.31 383 x 391 x 51.65 | |
| 1156:30 | On EVA battery power (nom 4:39) | ||
| 1156 | EVA-1 depress (for 4:44) | ||
| 1201 | Harris, Foale egress | ||
| 1210:27 | SPTN-204 berthed | ||
| 1227 | RMS ungrapple SPTN | 92.31 387 x 388 x 51.65 | |
| 1250 | DTO 833 EMU Thermal Eval | ||
| 1330 | Mass handling exercise | ||
| 1410 | Harris on MPESS near Spartan | ||
| 1411 | Foale on RMS grasp Spartan | ||
| 1412 | SPTN release, Harris raising Spartan manually | ||
| 1415 | Foale release SPTN | ||
| 1430 | Harris continues SPTN handling tests | ||
| 1448 | Harris passes SPTN to Foale | ||
| 1450 | Foale passes SPTN to Harris | ||
| 1451 | Preparing to berth SPTN | ||
| 1452 | SPTN-204 manual reberth | ||
| 1458 | Further unberthing cancelled | ||
| Attitude to warm PLB | |||
| 1530 | Cleaning up PLB | ||
| 1535 | Foale retrv. Hasselblad camera from PLB | ||
| 1609 | Ingress | ||
| 1627 | Hatch closed | |
| 1634:43 | Repress? 4:39 (MR) | ||
| 1640 | EVA-1 repress | ||
| 1995 Feb 11 | 0806 | PLBD closed | 92.31 385 x 390 x 51.65 |
| 1044:04 | OMS deorbit 4:14 137m/s | 26 x 396 x 51.6 | |
| 1119:10 | Entry | ||
| 1150:19 | MGTD RW15 KSC | ||
| 1150:33 | NGTD | ||
| 1151:39 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1945 | Tow to OPF Bay 2 | ||
Tuesday, September 19, 2000
STS-69 (Endeavour)
1995-048A
The discovery of heat erosion on O-rings in the SRB nozzle joints for STS-71 and STS-70 delayed the STS-69 launch while repairs were made to the joints on the pad by the addition of new RTV sealant putty. After further delays the launch took place on Sep 7 despite a poor weather forecast, with high seas due to Hurricane Luis further east.
The payload bay carried the Wake Shield Facility and three MPESS class payloads, Spartan 201, IEH-1 and CAPL/GBA. Launch finally came on 1995 Sep 7. Spartan was deployed on Sep 8; OV-105 maneuvered away and then executed a re-rendezvous on Sep 10. The NCC burn used more prop than expected due to a rendezvous software bug, and the TI burn was off by almost 2 km, but the remainder of the rendezvous proceeded successfully. On arriving at Spartan, it was found in an unexpected orientation; it had entered safemode prior to recovery. Walker and Cockrell executed a slow flyaround to align the RMS with the grapple fixture on Spartan and Gernhardt activated the arm for a successful retrieval almost an hour later than planned. The 370 km orbit was then raised to 400 km for WSF operations. The RMS was moved to grapple WSF late on Sep 10, and left there overnight. The following morning WSF was unberthed and placed over the ram side of the Orbiter to be scrubbed clean. Next, it was moved to the wake side and deployed.
WSF also was safed with systems problems at around 1200 Sep 12 after a day of operations but was restarted at 0800 Sep 13. On Sep 14 Endeavour approached WSF again; at a distance of 80m it began an hour-long series of 14 firings of the RCS jets so that Wake Shield could measure the effect of the jet plumes. WSF was grappled at 1359 UT. Endeavour's orbit was lowered that evening and the next day WSF was unberthed again for CHAWS charging studies. On Sep 16, Voss and Gernhardt entered the payload bay for a spacewalk, EDFT-2, to test out Space Station assembly techniques. On the previous test spacewalk, thermal modifications for low temperature work had proved inadequate, but this time Gernhardt hung in shadow on the end of the RMS arm for almost an hour and felt no significant discomfort; the cooling system on his spacesuit could be disabled and glove heaters were added. Voss used the APFR restraint in bay 2 to work at connectors and cabling in the task board on bay 3.
| STS-69 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 spring | OPF/1 | ||
| 1995 Jun 26? | Roll to VAB | VAB | |
| 1995 Jun 29 | Mate with ET | VAB/1 | |
| 1995 Jul 6 | Roll to LC39A | LC39A | |
| 1995 Aug 1 | 1645 | Rollback (Hurricane Erin) | VAB/1 |
| 1995 Aug 8 | Rollout to LC39A | ||
| 1995 Aug 31 | 0730 | Scrub, electrical problem, T-8h | |
| 1995 Sep 7 | 1509:00 | Launch by Shuttle | LC39A |
| 1511:02 | RSRM-48 sep T+2:02.4 | ||
| 1517:30 | MECO T+8:30.12 | ||
| 1517 | ET sep | 65 x 365 x 28.5 | |
| 1550:54 | OMS-2 3:07 90 m/s | 368 x 377 x 28.5 | |
| 1652 | PLBD open | ||
| 1932 | RMS uncradle | ||
| 2235 | RMS recradle | ||
| 1995 Sep 8 | 1439 | RMS uncradle | |
| 1500? | RMS grapple Spartan | 92.02 369 x 377 x 28.5 | |
| 1512:46 | RMS unberth Spartan | ||
| 1542:58 | RMS deploy Spartan | ||
| 1548:55 | RCS SEP1 | ||
| 1620s | RCS SEP2 | ||
| 1924s | NC1 burn | 92.01 369 x 377 x 28.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 9 | 1021 | NC2 burn | |
| 1101 | NH burn had been scheduled | ||
| 1750 | NC3 burn | 91.99 367 x 376 x 28.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 10 | 0915 | NC4 burn | |
| 1125 | NCC burn | ||
| 1219 | TI burn | ||
| 1420 | Rendezvous Spartan | 91.99 368 x 376 x 28.5 | |
| 1502:22 | RMS grapple Spartan | ||
| 1521:17 | RMS berth Spartan | ||
| 1524 | RMS ungrapple Spartan | ||
| 1835:43 | OMS-3L 34s 11m/s | 92.00 368 x 376 x 28.5 | |
| 1921:35 | OMS-4R 29s 7m/s | 92.57 396 x 404 x 28.5 | |
| 2013 | RMS grapple WSF | ||
| 1995 Sep 11 | 0550:53 | RMS unberth WSF | |
| 1125:06 | RMS release WSF | 92.57 396 x 403 x 28.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 13 | 2335 | 92.57 395 x 405 x 28.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 14 | 92.66 402 x 407 x 28.5 | ||
| 0709:18 | NC-11 OMS 5L 10s 3m/s 105661 kg | ||
| 0925 | NCC RCS | ||
| 1016:55 | TI OMS 6R 13s 3m/s 105566 kg | ||
| 1040 | MC1 | ||
| 1107 | MC2 | ||
| 1117 | MC3 | ||
| 1127 | MC4 | ||
| 1230? | Rendezvous with WSF | 92.54 393 x 404 x 28.5 | |
| 14 thruster firings, 90 to 60m range | |||
| 1315? | Begin WSF approach | ||
| 1359:11 | RMS grapple WSF | ||
| 1516:28 | RMS berth WSF | ||
| 1520 | RMS ungrapple WSF | 92.58 396 x 404 x 28.5 | |
| 1647:10 | OMS-7L 63s 16m/s burn lower orbit | 340 x 400 x 28.5 | |
| 1732:21 | OMS-8R 68s 17m/s burn circ orbit | 91.36 337 x 345 x 28.5 | |
| 1995 Sep 15 | 0717 | WSF unberth | |
| 1226 | WSF reberth | ||
| 1995 Sep 16 | 0800 | Begin airlock depress | 91.38 338 x 346 x 28.5 |
| 0805? | Depress (Green book dur) | ||
| 0820 | EVA-1 begin (Voss, Gernhardt) | ||
| 0832 | Hatch open | ||
| 1451 | Ingress | ||
| 1502 | Airlock repress (Off. time 6:46) | ||
| 1522 | AL repress complete | ||
| 1995 Sep 18 | 0759 | Close payload bay doors | 91.37 338 x 345 x 28.5 |
| 1035:13 | OMS deorbit 10/19:26:13.0, 3:36 114m/s | 30 x 341 x 28.5 | |
| 1106:23 | Entry interface | ||
| 1137:56 | Touchdown RW33 KSC (260:28:56) | ||
| 1138:52 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1522 | Tow to OPF/3 | ||
Sakura 2A
1983-006A
The CS 2 series was developed for NASDA and NTT (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph) and built by Mitsubishi and Ford. CS 2A (Sakura 2A) provided telephone and television relay via C-band and Ka-band. It was operated by TCSJ (Telcommunications Satellite Corp. of Japan).
| Sakura 2A | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 Feb 4 | 0837 | Launch by N-2 | TNSC |
| T+0:00 SOB 1-6 on | |||
| T+0:40 SOB 7-9 on | |||
| T+1:25 SOB 1-9 sep | |||
| T+4:32 Stage 1 MECO | |||
| T+4:40 Stage 1 sep | |||
| T+4:46 Stage 2 burn | |||
| 0842 | T+5:00 Fairing sep | ||
| 0848 | T+11:07? SECO | 165? x 165? x 30.1 | |
| 0905? | SES-2 | ||
| 0905? | SECO-2 | 165 x 1277 x 30.1 | |
| 0905? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 0906? | Stage 3 burn | ||
| 0906? | Stage 3 burnout | ||
| 0908? | Stage 3 sep | 650.83 241 x 36756 x 28.4 | |
| 1400? | Apo 1 | ||
| 2000? | Peri 1 | ||
| 1983 Feb 5 | |||
| 0030? | Apo 2 | ||
| 0700? | Peri 2 | ||
| 1200? | Apo 3 | ||
| 1730? | Peri 3 | ||
| 2305? | Apo 4 180E, Star 27 burn over 177.7E | ||
| 1983 Feb 6 | 1444.74 35146 x 36765 x 0.3 GEO 175.2E-2.1W/d | ||
| 1983 Feb 7 | 1444.80 35145 x 36765 x 0.3 GEO 173.9E-2.1W | ||
| 1983 Feb 25 | mv in | 1436.07 35784 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 131.9E | |
| 1984 Aug 12 | 1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 132.0E | ||
| 1986 Oct | GEO 132.0E | ||
| 1988 May 3 | 1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.8 GEO 132.0E | ||
| 1988 Jun | end of ops | ||
| 1988 Jun 29 | mv out | ||
| 1988 Jul 5 | 1436.29 35789 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 131.2E+0.05W | ||
| 1988 Sep 19 | mv in | 1436.06 35778 x 35793 x 1.0 GEO 128.3E | |
| 1990 Feb 4 | 1436.05 35784 x 35786 x 2.4 GEO 128.2E | ||
| 1990 Dec 2 | 1436.25 35787 x 35791 x 3.1 GEO 127.9E | ||
| 1990 Dec 4 | Orbit raise | ||
| 1990 Dec 14 | 1448.64 36005 x 36057 x 3.3 | ||
| 1995 Aug 19 | 1448.53 35966 x 36093 x 7.0 | ||
Monday, September 18, 2000
Aquacade 4
1978-038A
The final Program 472 satellite was launched in April 1978 using the last Atlas SLV-3A Agena D vehicle.
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Apr 8 | 0045:01 | Launch by Atlas Agena D | CC |
| 0047 | Atlas BECO | ||
| 0047 | Atlas booster sep | ||
| 0048 | Atlas SECO | ||
| 0051 | Atlas sep | ||
| 0051 | Agena burn 1 | ||
| 0051? | Fairing | ||
| 0054? | Agena MECO-1 | 178 x 180 x 28.5 ? | |
| 0138? | Agena MES-2 | ||
| 0139? | Agena MECO-2 | 178 x 33700? x 28.2 | |
| 0140? | Agena sep | ||
| 0730? | LAM-1 | ||
| GEO 115E | |||