Saturday, October 14, 2000
Kosmos 557
1973-026A
The DOS 3 station, 17K No. 123, was launched on 1973 May 11. This time the station reached orbit, but failed shortly after separation. According to Chertok's memoirs the attitude control system was activated incorrectly and command-and-control mistakes led to depletion of the propellant in the first few orbits before the station could be brought under control. Instead of getting the name Salyut-3, DOS 3 was publicly designated Kosmos-557. Kosmos-557 reentered on 1973 May 22.
| Kosmos-557 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 May 11 | 0020:00 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 0022? | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0025? | Stage 3 burn | ||
| 0030? | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 0032 | Attitude control command | ||
| 0800? | RCS propellant depleted | ||
| 1973 May 11 | 1755 | 89.12 216 x 244 x 51.6 | |
| 1973 May 12 | 0500 | 89.01 214 x 243 x 51.59 (RAE) | |
| 1973 May 17 | 2200 | 88.62 196 x 216 x 51.6 | |
| 1973 May 21 | 0401 | 87.91 163 x 178 x 51.6 | |
| 1973 May 22 | 0307? | Reentered over Indian Ocean | |
Wednesday, October 11, 2000
Zond 7B
1969-F10
The 11F92 No. 5 (L-1S No. 5) spaceship was the test payload on N-1 5L, the second N-1 test launch. At launch, one engine failed and caught fire, and it and three others were automatically shut down. However, at 100 m above the pad, the remaining engines shut down except one, and the N-1 fell back to the pad and exploded. The plan was a circumlunar flight.
| L1S No. 5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jul 3 | 2018:32 | Launch by N-1 (5L) | KB LC110 |
| 2018:40 | Engine 8 destroyed at T-0.2s | ||
| 2018:46 | SAS fired | ||
| 2018:50 | Engines failed, booster fell back to pad | ||
| 2018:55 | Crashed on pad, destroyed complex | ||
| 2021 | L-1S landed | ||
Kosmos 731
1975-041A
Kosmos-731 carried a 9KS capsule.
| Kosmos-731 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 May 21 | 0659:32 | Launch by Soyuz-U | Baikonur |
| 0704 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0708 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1975 May 21 | 89.5 203x296x65.0 | ||
| 1975 May 26 | 89.45 202 x 292 x 65.0 | ||
| 1975 May 31 | Capsule sep | ||
| 1975 May 31 | 89.40 201 x 288 x 65.0 | ||
| 1975 Jun 2 | |||
| 0330? | Deorbit | ||
| 0340? | PO sep | ||
| 0346? | Entry | ||
| 0402? | Landed | ||
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
Yuri 3A
1990-077A
The Broadcasting Satellite 3a (BS-3a) was named Yuri 3A on reaching orbit. The satellite used a GE Series 3000 bus, built with collaboration by Nippon Electric Corp. It was procured by NASDA for the NHK (Nihon Hoso Kyokai) broadcasting network, and operated by the Telecommunications Satellite Corp. of Japan (TCSJ). Two channels were used by NHK and one by Japan Satellite Broadcasting.
The bus was 1.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 m in size, 3.2 m high once the antennae were deployed with a 15 m solar panel span. Launch mass was 1115 kg, 550 kg BOL. Apogee motor is 0.8m dia 1.5m long 515 kg max propellant.
The satellite was turned over to TCSJ from NASDA on 1990 Nov 28. It was retired in Apr 1998.
| BS-3a | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 Aug 28 | 0905 | Launch by H-1 (H22F) | TNSC Osaki |
| T+0:40 SOB 7-9 on | |||
| 0906 | Strapons sep (T+1:25) | ||
| T+4:30 MECO | |||
| T+4:36 VECO | |||
| 0909 | Stage 1 sep (T+4:38) | ||
| 0909 | T+4:42 SES-1 | ||
| 0910 | T+5:14 Fairing sep | ||
| 0915 | Stage 2 MECO (T+10:45) | 151 x 200? x 30.7 | |
| SES-2? | |||
| SECO-2? | |||
| 0929 | T+24:00 Spinup | ||
| 0929 | T+24:05 St 2 sep | 91.12 184 x 475 x 30.67 | |
| 0930 | Stage 3 burn 62s (T+24:28) | ||
| 0931 | TECO T+25:30 | ||
| 0931 | Stage 3 sep (T+26:47), alt 190 km | ||
| Stage 3 tumble (sep+2s) | |||
| 1500? | Apo 1 | ||
| 2030? | Peri 1 | ||
| 1990 Aug 29 | 0200? | Apo 2 | |
| 0800? | Peri 2 | ||
| 1330? | Apo 3 | ||
| 1990 Aug 29 | 668.11 195 x 37680 x 28.8 | ||
| 1850? | Peri 3 | ||
| 1990 Aug 30 | 0021 | AKM at Apo 4 | |
| 1990 Aug 30 | 1470.95 35254 x 37677 x 0.3 GEO 157.7E+8.6W | ||
| 1990 Aug 31 | Solar panels deployed | ||
| 1990 Sep 7 | 1428.40 35191 x 36080 x 0.3 GEO 111.1E+1.9E | ||
| 1990 Sep | Partial solar power loss | ||
| 1990 Sep 19 | Tests | GEO 122.5E | |
| 1990 Oct 15 | On station | GEO 110E | |
| 1990 Oct 25 | 1436.06 35771 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 109.9E | ||
| 1990 Nov 28 | Operational, to TCSJ | ||
| 1991 Apr 29 | 1436.19 35776 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 110.0E | ||
| 1992 Apr 11 | 1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 109.9E | ||
| 1993 Oct 18 | 1436.17 35777 x 35798x 0.0 GEO 110.0E | ||
| 1994 Feb 22 | Electrostatic discharge, 1 hr outage | ||
| 1995 Jun 23 | 1436.17 35775 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 109.9E | ||
| 1997 Aug 1 | 1436.13 35757 x 35817 x 0.1 GEO 109.8E | ||
| 1997 Aug | Replaced by BSAT 1a, in reserve | ||
| 1997 Sep 1 | 1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 109.6E | ||
| 1998 Apr 6 | 1436.20 35773 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 109.7E | ||
| 1998 Apr 13 | Begin orbit raise | GEO 109E | |
| 1998 Apr 14 | 1444.07 35900 x 35985 x 0.2 | ||
| 1998 Apr 20 | End orbit raise | ||
| 1998 Apr 28 | 1445.04 35832 x 36089 x 0.2 | ||
| 1998 May | Orbit raise | ||
| 1998 Jun 9 | 1457.31 36154 x 36247 x 0.2 | ||