TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : November 2001

Thursday, November 29, 2001

Kosmos 2224

1992-088A

Perry in AeDaily 24 Dec 1999 suggests this satellite was an early warning satellite like K1940 and K2209.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-2224



1992 Dec 17	1245:00	Launch by Proton	KB
	1254	Stage 3 sep
	1403	NEC 1
	1403?	DM burn 1
	1531	NEC 2
	1658	NEC 3
	1828	NEC 4
	1954	NEC 5
1992 Dec 17	1920?	DM burn 2
	1940?	DM sep
1992 Dec 18			1448.43 35876 x 36178 x 2.3 GEO 91.2E+3.0W
1992 Dec 30			1448.24 35978 x 36069 x 2.3 GEO 59.2E+3.0W
1993 Jan 14		Move in?
1993 Feb 11			1436.22 35704 x 35873 x 2.2 GEO 12.1E+0.04W
1993 Mar 1			1436.11 35704 x 35869 x 2.1 GEO 11.7E+0.01W
1993 Jul 22			1436.06 35691 x 35880 x 1.8 GEO 11.7E
1993 Jul 24		mv out	1442.26 35708 x 36106 x 1.9 GEO 8.1E+1.5W
1993 Aug 20			1436.57 35700 x 35891 x 1.8 GEO 21.3W+0.1W
1993 Sep 14		mv in	1436.17 35698 x 35877 x 1.8 GEO 23.8W+0.03W
1994 Feb 16			1436.04 35716 x 35854 x 1.4 GEO 24.1W
1994 Apr 1		mv out	1428.47 35558 x 35716 x 1.5 GEO 20.2W+1.9E
1994 Apr 25		mv in	1436.11 35773 x 35799 x 1.3 GEO 11.5E
1994 May 9			1435.93 35765 x 35801 x 1.3 GEO 11.9E
1995 Sep 21			1436.14 35772 x 35802 x 0.6 GEO 11.4E
1996 Jul 4			1435.94 35771 x 35796 x 0.7 GEO 12.5E

Monday, November 26, 2001

Kosmos 1130

1979-084A

Kosmos-1130 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 23.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1130



1979 Sep 25	2100	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	2107	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	2158?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
1979 Oct 4			114.69 1400 x 1482 x 74.03

Sunday, November 25, 2001

Thursday, November 22, 2001

Woodhill Country Club, 1901-2001

https://welib.org/md5/056bb8d9e554cf4df546abb7354cad15

Tuesday, November 20, 2001

Meteor-1 17

1974-025A

Meteor F17 was placed in a standard 102.6 minute orbit.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Meteor F17



1974 Apr 24	1150	Launch by 8A92M Vostok	PL
	1154?	Blok E burn
	1200?	Blok E sep
			102.6 865 x 894 x 81.2
1976?		end of ops

Sunday, November 18, 2001

Aviation Week: July 23,2001

https://welib.org/md5/7ee0aefcbecb8d38c33affd2f0e4b5ac

Kosmos 438

1971-077A

Kosmos-438 was a Zenit-4MK mission launched from Plesetsk in Sep 1971. It flew a 13 day mission at 65.4 degrees and maneuvered extensively.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-438



1971 Sep 14	1300:29	Launch by 11A57	PL
	1305	Blok-I burn
	1309	Blok-I sep
1971 Sep 15	0341		89.53 207 x 295 x 65.4
1971 Sep 16	0802		89.52 204 x 296 x 65.4
		Lower orbit
	1658		89.34 204 x 278 x 65.4
1971 Sep 18	1806		89.31 203 x 277 x 65.4
		Lower perigee
1971 Sep 19	1157		89.11 184 x 277 x 65.4
1971 Sep 21	0402		88.97 175 x 271 x 65.4
		Raise apogee
1971 Sep 21	1128		89.45 172 x 321 x 65.4
1971 Sep 27	0003		89.31 170 x 309 x 65.4
1971 Sep 27	0500?	Engine sep
	0556?	Retrofire
	0603?	PO sep
	0611?	Entry
	0627?	Landed after 12.72d

Aussat 2

1985-109C

Aussat K2, (renamed Optus A2 when Aussat became Optus Comms.) was launched in 1985 Nov. It was stationed at 156E until 1993 when it was moved to the 164E position.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Aussat K2



1985 Nov 28	0120:33	Launch from Atlantis
	0205	PAM D burn
	0206	PAM D burnout
	0208	PAM-D sep
			657.60 792 x 36550 x 24.2
1985 Nov 29	1623?	Star 30BP burn
1985 Nov 29			1315.74 30221 x 36571 x 1.0
1985 Nov 30			1315.56 30228 x 36557 x 1.1
1985 Dec 1	0115?	mv up	1455.59 35764 x 36569 x 0.3 GEO 161.1E+4.8W
1985 Dec 2			1435.12 35731 x 35804 x 0.2 GEO 156.1E+0.2E
1985 Dec 2			1436.11 35733 x 35840 x 0.1 GEO 156.1E
1985 Dec 30		In service
1986 Jan 21			1436.12 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1988 Oct 18			1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1989 Nov 11			1436.11 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1991 Apr 26			1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 156.0E
1993 Apr 25			1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 156.0E
1993 May 6		mv out	1435.81 35764 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 156.5E+0.06E
1993 Aug 9		mv in	1435.95 35780 x 35787 x 0.3 GEO 164.1E+0.01E
1994 May 20			1436.09 35772 x 35800 x 0.9 GEO 164.0E
1996 Mar 1			1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 2.3 GEO 164.0E
1997 Aug 8			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 3.3 GEO 164.0E
1999 Jun 10			1436.08 35770 x 35802 x 4.5 GEO 164.0E
2000 Aug 2		mv out	1437.96 35817 x 35830 x 5.3
2000 Aug 29			1438.01 35820 x 35827 x 5.4
2001 Feb 24		mv in	1436.16 35774 x 35800x 5.8 GEO 122.4E
2001 Apr 28			1436.22 35780 x 35797 x 5.8 GEO 121.0E

Saturday, November 17, 2001

The first ABMA Pioneer probe, Pioneer III, was launched on 1958 Dec 6 by Juno II AM-11 from pad 5 at Cape Canaveral. The Jupiter cut off early, and the upper stage guidance was poor. The probe did not attain the required velocity, reaching 10.736 km/s instead of 11.136 km/s, and the injection angle was 3.5 deg too low. It reached an apogee of 102200 km. It reentered over Africa at 1952 on 1958 Dec 7. NASA formally was given responsibility for the program but in practice it was still Army run.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Pioneer 3



1958 Dec 6	0544:52	Launch
	0547:48	Jupiter shutdown T+2:56
	0547:56	Jupiter sep T+3:04
	0548:09	Fairing sep T+3:17
	0548:47	Stage 2 burn T+3:55
	0548:53	Stage 2 cutoff
	0548:56	Stage 3 burn T+4:04
	0549:02	Stage 3 cutoff
	0549:05	Stage 4 burn T+4:13
	0549:11	Stage 4 cutoff
	0549:20	Stage 4 sep T+4:28 223 km 10.736km/s?	-70? x 102209 x 28.5
	0826	35000 km, 3.50 km/s
	1530	Despin device failed to operate
1958 Dec 7	0030?	Apogee 102200 km
	0034	102300 km
	1151	AOS at Puerto Rico
	1930	LOS from Puerto Rico, 3200 km over Africa
1958 Dec 7	1951	Reentry at 10.3km/s?
	1953	burnup at 88 km over 16.4N 18.6E

Friday, November 16, 2001

Progress M-44

2001-008A

Progress No. 244 was launched to ISS in Feb 2001. It delivered 730 kg of propellant to Zvezda and 1800 kg of other cargo.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress M-44



2001 Feb 26	0818	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0827	Blok I sep
2001 Feb 28		Rendezvous with ISS
	0949:47	Docked with Zvezda -Y
	1145?	Hatch open
2001 Apr 4	1250	Test burn commanded via Zvezda 1m/s
2001 Apr 8	1702	Burn 3m/s
2001 Apr 16	0848	Undocked
	1323	Deorbit burn 95.0m/s
	1405	Reentry

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