Landsat 3

 1978-026A

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Landsat 3 reached a 900 x 918 km x 99.1 deg orbit on 1978 Mar 5. Landsat 3 was transferred to NOAA in 1983 Feb and turned off on Sep 7.

Landsat 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Mar 5	1754	Launch by Delta 2910	V SLC2W
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 out
		T+0:39 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:17 SRM 1-9 sep
		T+3:47 MECO
		T+3:54 St 1 sep
		T+3:59 SES-2
	1758	T+4:33 Fairing
	1805	T+8:55 SECO-1 189 km vrel 7.993
	1849		T+55:32 SES-2 912 km vrel 7.201
	1849	T+55:44 SECO-2
	1908:27	T+1:14:27 Landsat sep
	1908:47	Delta PIX ops begin
	1918	T+1:24:42 SES-3 4s 7.3906 7m/s
	1918	T+1:24:46 SECO-3 7.3838 930 km
	1919	T+1:25:21 Oscar sep from Delta
1978 Mar 5	Landsat orbit	103.15 898 x 917 x 99.1
	Oscar orbit	902 x 914 km x 99.0
	Delta orbit	903 x 914 km x 99.1
1978 Mar 6			103.17 900 x 916 x 99.1
1978 Mar 22			103.18 904 x 913 x 99.1
1978 Sep 10			103.21 900 x 920 x 99.1
1983 Feb		To NOAA
1995 May 12			103.12 894 x 917 x 99.2