Canyon 7

 1977-038A

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The only orbital data available for this flight is that for a debris object, 1977-38C, which is registered with the UN in an equatorial, circular, near-geosynchronous orbit more typical of the RHYOLITE missions.

However, independent observations in the 21st century identified two objects in 30528 x 41062 km and 29003 x 41434 km orbits typical of earlier Canyon flights. The UN-registered orbit is therefore probably incorrect.

1977-38C is in the satcat as "ATLAS AGENA R/B (2)" suggesting it may be a kick motor. Perhaps the final vehicle was heavier than the earlier ones and the Agena is in transfer orbit, with or without a third burn.

CANYON 7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 May 23	1813:00	Launch by Atlas Agena D	CC LC13
		BECO
		Atlas sep
	1818?	Agena MES-1
	1823?	Agena MECO-1	190 x 190 x 28.5?
	1840?	Agena MES-2
		Agena MECO-2	191 x 40980 x 27.1
	1900?	Agena sep
1977 May 24	0045?	Kick motor burn
		Kick motor shutdown	1422.0? 30200? x 40800? x 9.0
	0100?	Motor sep
			1435.1 35679 x 35855 x 0.2?
1977 Jun			GEO 115E?
1984 Nov		1977-38C cataloged	1440.0 34325 x 34500 x 0.3 (UN)

The King Arthur Trilogy

https://welib.org/md5/9b9548dd47a353a6f5d7c20cca9b8b84

Raduga 24

 1990-112A

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Raduga (Gran') No. 37 was launched in Dec 1990 to the Statsionar 3 (85E) location.

Raduga No. 37F27
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Dec 20	1135	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	1144	Stage 3 sep
	1250?	DM burn 1
	1808?	DM burn 2
	1812?	DM sep
1990 Dec 21			1443.43 35917 x 35942 x 1.4 GEO 88.7E+1.8W
1990 Dec 29			1435.69 35761 x 35795 x 1.4 GEO 84.8E
1991 Jan 11			1435.97 35723 x 35845 x 1.4 GEO 86.0E
1991 Feb 6			1436.22 35777 x 35800 x 1.3 GEO 85.3E
1992 Feb 6			1436.21 35779 x 35798 x 0.5 GEO 84.9E
1993 Jan 23			1436.21 35779 x 35797 x 0.4 GEO 85.2E
1993 Sep 6			1436.14 35771 x 35804 x 0.9 GEO 85.5E
1993 Oct 5
1995 Mar 27			1435.56 35769 x 35782 x 2.1 GEO 90.9E+0.1E
1998 Jun 30			1436.47 35764 x 35824 x 4.4 GEO 55.5E+0.1W
1999 Jun 16			1435.52 35742 x 35807 x 5.0 GEO 89.3E+0.1E

Kosmos 1516

 1983-124A

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Siluet No. 3 flew in Dec 1983 to Feb 1984, repeating the previous mission's 44 day duration, which would become standard for the class.

Kosmos-1516
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Dec 27	0930	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0939	Blok-I sep
1983 Dec 27			89.22 196 x 276 x 64.9
1983 Dec 30			89.18 195 x 272 x 64.9
1983 Dec 30		Orbit raise	89.28 205 x 272 x 64.9
1984 Jan 5			89.18 202 x 264 x 64.9
1984 Jan 6		Orbit raise	89.27 209 x 267 x 64.9
1984 Jan 15			89.14 204 x 259 x 64.9
1984 Jan 15		Orbit raise	89.30 214 x 265 x 64.9
1984 Jan 26			89.15 210 x 254 x 64.9
1984 Jan 27		Orbit raise	89.28 213 x 264 x 64.9
1984 Feb 6			88.91 203 x 238 x 64.9
1984 Feb 9
	2032?	Deorbit
	2052?	Entry
	2107?	Landed

Kosmos 499

  1972-051A

---

Kosmos-499 was launched on an 11 day Zenit-4M flight from Baikonur. It used the summer 51.8 degree inclination slot.

Kosmos-499
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Jul 6	1040	Launch by 11A57	KB
	1044	Blok-I burn
	1048	Blok-I sep
	1700		89.31 204 x 283 x 51.77 (RAE)
	1755		89.38 204 x 282 x 51.8
1972 Jul 7	0717		89.24 205 x 268 x 51.8
		Lower orbit
	1908		88.89 188 x 250 x 51.8
1972 Jul 8	1125		88.87 187 x 249 x 51.8
		Adjust orbit
1972 Jul 10	0322		88.79 173 x 255 x 51.8
	1343		88.78 174 x 253 x 51.8
		Raise orbit
1972 Jul 11	2348		89.21 177 x 293 x 51.8
1972 Jul 16	1212		89.09 175 x 283 x 51.8
1972 Jul 16		Engine sep	88.84 171 x 269 x 51.76
1972 Jul 17	0730?	Retrofire
	0740?	PO sep
	0745?	Entry
	0802?	Landed after 10.88d

The Rumor About Julia

https://welib.org/md5/20d19ff93631d56f5a8369c55e5ca836

Resurs 1994

 1994-074A

---

The 11F697 (Resurs-O1) No. 3L was launched in Nov 1994. It was the first to be officially announced as Resurs-O1 and the first to use the 11K77 Zenit launch vehicle. In 1996 the Swedish company Satellitbild began Western marketing of data from the MSU-SK imager.

Resurs-O1 No. 3L
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1994 Nov 4	0547:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB LC45L
	0549	T+2:23 St 1 MECO
	0549	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	0549	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	0549	T+2:40 GO sep
	0553	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO	150? x 818? x 98.8
	0600?	T+13m? Stage 2 VECO
	0558?	Stage 2 sep motor covers
	0558?	Stage 2 sep
	0558	Sep motor cover perigee
1996 Mar		Still operating

Intelsat 510

 1985-025A

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The Ford Aerospace-built Intelsat VA F-10 was the first Intelsat VA satellite, with extra C-band spot beams.

Intelsat VA F-10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Mar 22	2355:00?	Launch by Atlas Centaur AC-63	CC LC36
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+2:44 Centaur insulation sep
		T+3:29 Fairing sep
		T+4:14 MECO
		T+4:17 Atlas sep
	2359:23	T+4:23 Centaur MES1 5:11
1985 Mar 23	0004:34	T+9:34 Centaur MECO1	150 x 1220 ?
	0018:42	T+23:42 Centaur MES2
1985 Mar 23	0020:16	T+25:16 Centaur MECO2	341 x 35779 x 23.3
	0022?	Centaur sep
	0025:30	T+30:30 AC venting
		T+34:40 AC venting complete	273 x 33825 x 23.4
	0600?	Apo 1
	1700?	Apo 2
1985 Mar 24
	0300?	Apo 3
	1400?	Apo 4
1985 Mar 24	1330?	Star 37XF burn 62s
1985 Mar 24			1400.58 34429 x 35747 x 0.4 GEO 31.7W+9,1E
1985 Mar 30			1434.39 35710 x 35796 x 0.3 GEO 1.4E+0.4E
1985 Apr 3		Testing	1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.3 GEO 2.6E
1985 Apr 2		drift	1442.84 35909 x 35927 x 0.1 GEO 2.3E+1.6W
1985 May 4		Drift	GEO 11W
1985 May 16		mv in	1436.00 35773 x 35795 x 0.2 GEO 27.4W
1985 May 31		mv out	1434.32 35715 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 27.5W+0.4W
1985 Jun 11		mv in	1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 24.3W
1985 Jul		AOR satellite	GEO 24.4W
1985 Sep			GEO 24.3W
1986 Jul 21			1436.09 35771 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 24.5W
1988 Oct 17			1436.07 35770 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 24.5W
1990 Feb 14			1436.07 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 24.4W
1990 Apr 29			1436.15 35766 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 24.6W
1990 Apr 30		mv out	1444.03 35940 x 35942 x 0.0 GEO 28.2W+2.0W
1990 Jul		Replaced by 602
1990 Jul 23		mv in	1436.13 35774 x 35800 x 0.2 GEO 173.9E
1990 Oct 11			1436.06 35770 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 174.1E
1991 Jul 7		POR	1436.05 35770 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 174.0E
1992 Nov 17			1436.05 35770 x 35801 x 0.4 GEO 174.1E
1993 May 16			1436.06 35764 x 35807 x 0.8 GEO 174.0E
1994 Jan 15			1436.05 35770 x 35800 x 1.4 GEO 174.0E
1994 Jan 27		mv out	1438.00 35817 x 35830 x 1.4 GEO 169.1E+0.5W
1994 Jul 26		mv in	1436.02 35703 x 35867 x 1.8 GEO 65.0E
1995 Mar 14			1436.05 35735 x 35835 x 2.2 GEO 66.2E
1995 Mar		Relocate
1995 Apr 9			1436.09 35770 x 35802 x 2.2 GEO 56.9E
1995 May 16			1436.05 35767 x 35803 x 2.3 GEO 57.0E
1996 Jun 21			1436.08 35774 x 35797 x 3.1 GEO 57.0E
1996 Jul 1		mv out	1437.12 35805 x 35807 x 3.2 GEO 56.0E+0.3W
1996 Oct 28		mv in	1436.48 35762 x 35825 x 3.4 GEO 33.4E+0.1W
1996 Dec 28			1436.03 35773 x 35797 x 3.5 GEO 33.0E
1999 Jun 6			1435.98 35770 x 35797 x 5.2 GEO 33.1E
1999 Jul 7			1436.05 35773 x 35797 x 5.22 GEO 32.90E

SAGE

 1979-013A

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Applications Explorer Mission B (AEM-B) was the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment. The satellite carried a single experiment, the 4-channel SAGE radiometer which measured the intensity of the sun seen through the Earth's atmosphere on the horizon, studying aerosols and the ozone layer.

Launch was at 1618 on 1979 Feb 18 by Scout D-1 from Wallops Island. Orbit insertion was at 1629 and the fourth stage separated at 1633. SAGE was in a 96.7 min, 549 x 661 km x 54.9 deg orbit. It operated until 1981 Nov and on 1989 Apr 11 reentered from a 87.51 min, 146 x 157 km x 54.9 deg orbit.

SAGE
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Feb 18	1618	Launch by Scout D-1	WI
		T+1:23 St 1 cutoff
		T+1:28 St 1 sep
		T+1:35 st 2 burn
		T+2:14 St 2 burnout
		T+2:35 Fairing
		T+2:37? St 2 sep
		T+2:37 Antares burn
		T+3:10 Antares burnout
		T+10:06 Antares sep
	1628	T+10:52 Stage 4 burn 33s
	1629	T+11:25 Stage 4 cutoff
	1630?	Yo-yo weights deployed
	1634	Stage 4 sep	96.79 548 x 660 x 54.9
1981 Nov 18		end of ops
1989 Apr 11		reentered

DSCS-2 F9 / DSCS-3 F1

 1982-106A

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The F-16 satellite was paired with the first DSCS III satellite, A-1, on the first launch of a Titan 34D with an IUS upper stage.

DSCS II F-16
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Oct 30	0405	Launch by Titan 34D/IUS (34D-1)	CC LC40
	0406	Core engines on (T+1:47)
	0406	SRM jettison (T+1:56)
	0409	Stage 2 ignition (T+4:33)
	0409	IUS fairing sep (T+4:46)
	0412	Stage 2 cutoff (T+7:58)	152 x 185 x 28?
	0412	Stage 2 sep (T+8:08)
	0514	IUS SRM-1
	1025	SRM-1 sep
	1027	IUS SRM-2 burn
	1036	DSCS II F-16 sep SRM-2
	1042	DSCS III sep SRM-2
1982 Oct 31			1437.74 35772 x 35865 x 2.5 GEO 93.3W+0.4W
1982 Nov 1			1432.18 35640 x 35778 x 2.5 GEO 93.8W+1.0E
1982 Nov 18
1983 Jan 1			1432.33 35650 x 35774 x 2.3 GEO 33.8W+0.9E
1983 Jan 29		mv in	1436.02 35773 x 35796 x 2.3 GEO 14.9W
1983 Feb			GEO 14.7W
1983 Apr			GEO 14.3W
1984 Oct 22			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.8 GEO 14.8W
1984 Dec 19			1436.19 35787 x 35789 x 0.7 GEO 15.7W
1985 Apr 19			1436.11 35774 x 35779 x 0.5 GEO 14.6W
1987 Jul 15		mv out	1436.14 35777 x 35797 x 2.0 GEO 15.7W+0.02W
1987 Oct 3		mv in	1436.14 35762 x 35813 x 2.1 GEO 66.2E
1987 Dec 14			1436.21 35785 x 35792 x 2.4 GEO 65.6E
1987 Dec 15		move to 60E	1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 2.4 GEO 60.2E
1988 Aug 11			1436.05 35780 x 35791 x 3.0 GEO 59.3E
1990 May 24			1435.97 35767 x 35801 x 4.4 GEO 60.0E
1990 Oct 19			1436.18 35784 x 35792 x 3.8 GEO 59.8E
1992 May 7			1436.22 35762 x 35815 x 5.2 GEO 59.8E
1993 May 17			1435.96 35774 x 35792 x 6.0 GEO 60.2E
1993 Aug 30			1435.88 35771 x 35793 x 6.2 GEO 60.8E
1993 Nov 16			1435.92 35674 x 35891 x 6.5 GEO 60.3E
1994 Jan 23			1436.03 35780 x 35790 x 6.6 GEO 59.6E
1994 Feb		move to 65E
1994 Feb 16		mv in	1436.08 35784 x 35788 x 6.7 GEO 65.0E
1994 May 31			1436.06 35303 x 36268 x 6.8 GEO 65.4E
1995 Jul		IO Reserve	GEO 65.0E
1996 Jul 18			1435.95 35774 x 35792 x 8.3 GEO 65.6E
1997 Apr 5			1435.95 35770 x 35797 x 8.7 GEO 66.3E

1982-106B

---

The DSCS III A-1 satellite was launched on 1982 Oct 30 together with the DSCS II F-16 satellite on a single IUS upper stage. The satellite was also designated vehicle 4524.

DSCS III A-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Oct 30	0405	Launch by Titan 34D/IUS (34D-1)	CC LC40
	0406	Core engines on (T+1:47)
	0406	SRM jettison (T+1:56) at 39 km
	0409	Stage 1 sep at 113 km
	0409	Stage 2 ignition (T+4:33)
	0409	IUS fairing sep (T+4:46)
	0412	Stage 2 cutoff (T+7:58)	152 x 185 x 28.5?
	0412	Stage 2 sep (T+8:08)
	0514	IUS SRM-1 164s burn
	0517	SRM-1 burnout
	0518?	RCS-1 burn
	0530?	Stage 2 reentry near Hawaii at perigee?
	1025	SRM-1 sep (SRM-2 minus 2:20)
	1027	IUS SRM-2 burn, 81s or 114s
	1028	SRM-2 burnout
	1030?	RCS-2 burn
	1036	DSCS II F-15 sep SRM-2
	1042	DSCS III sep SRM-2
1982 Oct 31			1439.92 35845 x 35877 x 2.5 GEO 94.1W+1.0W
1982 Nov 15			1443.63 35835 x 36032 x 2.4 GEO 114.1W+2.0W
1982 Nov 28		mv in	1436.37 35726 x 35857 x 0.5 GEO 125.0W+0.08W
1982 Dec 22			1435.81 35755 x 35806 x 0.1 GEO 127.0W
		Move to 105W
1982 Dec 23			1436.17 35783 x 35792 x 0.4 GEO 105.0W
1983 Apr 19			1436.10 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 104.5W
1983 May 1		Opl
1983 May 9		mv to 135W	1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 134.9W
1984 Jun 16			1436.05 35766 x 35805 x 0.0 GEO 135.0W
1986 Jan 3			1436.05 35770 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 134.9W
1986 Dec		Charging events.
1987 Aug 3			1436.08 35773 x 35798 x 0.1 GEO 135.0W
1989 Feb 8			1436.12 35773 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 135.1W
1989 Oct 28			1436.14 35771 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 134.9W
1989 Oct 30		mv out	1434.20 35698 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 133.5W+0.5E
1989 Nov 13		mv in	1436.07 35767 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 130.0W
1990 Jun 15			1436.02 35772 x 35798 x 0.3 GEO 129.9W
1992 Sep 28			1436.13 35741 x 35833 x 2.3 GEO 129.9W
1995 May 22			1436.15 35783 x 35792 x 4.4 GEO 130.0W
1995 Jul		EPAC Reserve	GEO 130.0W
1997 Jun 12			1436.05 35769 x 35801 x 5.8 GEO 130.1W

Kosmos 1319

 1981-112A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1319
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1981 Nov 13	0930	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	0934	Blok-I burn
	0938	Blok-I sep
1981 Nov 13			90.38 208x378x70.4
1981 Nov 14			92.22 352x414x70.4
1981 Nov 18			92.22 350x417x70.4
1981 Nov 24			92.20 350x416x70.4
1981 Nov 27
	0618?	Deorbit
	0628?	PO sep
	0646?	Entry
	0702?	Landed

Club Management: August 2001

 https://welib.org/md5/b237a40f527cd2b30b6a4152a870c814

Spaceflight: July 2001

 https://welib.org/md5/77bf02998ec5c13a07d05a5f2b0d5ae4

Minisat 1

 1997-018A

---

Minisat-01 is a technology precursor to the Minisat-1 observation satellite and the Minisat-2 comsat. It carries technology and astronomy experiments. The EURD spectrographs will observe the interstellar medium. The LEGRI gamma ray experiment is a joint Spanish-British instrument, testing out advanced hard X-ray (10-100 keV) HgI2 detectors. A third experiment measures effects of microaccelerations on liquids.

The 209 kg satellite was built for INTA (Espana) by CASA. The Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL launch vehicle was attached to the L-1011 carrier plane at Torrej'on AFB, Madrid. The L-1011 then flew to Gando Air Base on the eastern end of the island of Gran Canaria. Gran Canaria is Spanish territory located just off the North African coast. On Apr 21, the L-1011 took off from Gando, and flew south to the drop point at 11.5 km over the ocean between Gran Canaria and Africa, at 27.0 N 15.33 W. Five seconds after drop, the XL ignited and soared westward to a record high inclination orbit in a ten minute flight. Minisat separated from the Pegasus third stage carrying the Celestis satellite. The inclination of 151.0 degrees was six degrees higher than the record set by OV1 satellites in the 1960s. Launch control and orbit control was from Maspolamas space center on the southern tip of Gran Canaria. Operational control is from INTA/Torrejon and the science operations center is at INTA's LAEFF lab at Villafranca del Castillo.

The satellite was 1.1 x 1.0 x 1.2m with four solar panels 1.5m in size, so approx 4.0 span.

Minisat-01
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Apr 19	1545	L-1011 takeoff from Torrej'on AFB, Madrid
	1620	Arrive Gando AFB, Gran Canaria
1997 Apr 21	1101	Takeoff from Gando AFB, Gran Canaria RW03/21(LorR)
	1159:06	11.9 km over drop point, release
	1159	T+0:05 Stage 1 ignite, 150 m below L-1011
	1200	T+1:05 Fin rockets
	1200	T+1:15 Stage 1 cutoff
	1200	T+1:30 Stage 1 sep
	1200	T+1:31 Stage 2 burn
	1201	T+2:10 Fairing sep
	1201	T+2:42 Stage 2 cutoff, coast
	1207	T+8:31 Stage 2 sep
	1207	T+8:42 Stage 3 burn
	1208	T+9:47 Stage 3 cutoff
	1209	T+10:45 Stage 3 sep	562 x 581 x 151.0
1999 Apr		Still operating

Parcae 5

 1983-008A

---

The 1983 PARCAE launch saw the introduction of the Atlas H launch vehicle, whose five flights were used exclusively for the PARCAE program. 

PARCAE 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Feb 9	1347	Launch by Atlas H	V SLC3
	1349	BECO
	1352	Atlas VECO, sep
	1414?	Star 20 burn
	1416?	Plume shield sep
			107.7 1043 x 1195 x 63.4
1983 Feb 20?		SSA/SSB cataloged
1983 Feb 24?		SSC cataloged

Kosmos 434

  1971-069A

---

T2K No. 3 was launched in Aug 1971 as Kosmos-434, the final hardware of the N-1/L-3 program to reach orbit. It repeated the profile of the previous two missions, testing the Blok-E engine of the LK.

Kosmos-434
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Aug 12	0530:00	Launch by 11A511L	KB
	0534?	Blok-I burn
	0539	Blok-I sep
	0930		89.06 189 x 267 x 51.54 (TLE)
1971 Aug 13			89.05 188 x 267 x 51.5 (TLE)
	0655?	T+25:25 Blok-E burn 1 over 80E 51N
	0930		99.28 194 x 1254 x 51.49 (TLE)
	1452		99.31 190 x 1261 x 51.60 (TLE)
1971 Aug 16			99.3 188 x 1262 x 51.6 (TLE)
	0600?	Descent section (69D) and debris (69C,E) sep
	0603?		Blok-E burn 2
	0921		221.16 141 x 11331 x 51.83 (TLE)
1971 Aug 17	1312		228.60 180 x 11834 x 51.54 (TLE)
1971 Aug 19	1828		228.48 185 x 11819 x 51.56 (TLE)
1971 Aug 19		End of transmissions
1981 Aug 23		Reentered

Kosmos 1009

 1978-050A

---

2-rev intercept of Kosmos-967, partial failure.

Kosmos-1009
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 May 19	0021	Launch by 11K69	KB
	0023	Stage 2 burn
	0026	Stage 2 MECO	97.41 147x1125x65.1
	0115?	Apogee burn
1978 May 19			108.9 964x1384x65.8
			965 x 1362 x 65.87 (NLJ)
1978 May 19	0349?	Intercepted K967 at 985 km over Algeria
1978 May 22	0805	Reentered near 10N 147E

Aurora 2

 1991-037A

---

The GE Satcom C-5 satellite was renamed Aurora 2 on reaching orbit; it is owned by GE Alascom and used for Alaskan domestic communications. The Series 3000 satellite had 24 C-band transponders.

1338 kg launch (Jane's); 644 kg BOL (Martin). About 180 kg hydrazine.

The transfer orbit perigee was 1440 km, occuring 30 minutes after launch. To reach such an altitude requires a steep climb; from the normal 185 km insertion orbit a 185 x 6700 km orbit is required to achieve the altitude in the required time and this seems unlikely. Alternatively a direct ascent orbit of -80 x 2625 km does the trick.

Aurora 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 May 29	2255:00	Launch by Delta 7925	CC LC17
		95 deg az.
		T+1:03 SRM off
		T+2:09 SRM off
		T+4:20 MECO
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:38 Fairing sep
	2304?	T+9:45? SECO-1	-80? x 2600? x 28.5?
	2320?	SES-2
	2320?	SECO-2	400? x 2600? x 25.5?
	2321?	St 2 sep
	2322?	TES 1:27
	2323?	TECO
	2325?	PAM-D sep
	2346?	Delta depletion	113.28 400 x 2353 x 25.0
1991 May 30			649.85 1442 x 35506 x 24.1
1991 Jun 1	0011?	Star 30C burn
1991 Jun 1			1401.67 34713 x 35506 x 0.8 GEO 156.7E+8.9E
1991 Jun 7			1413.30 35091 x 35586 x 0.2 GEO 142.6W+5.8E
1991 Jun 10			1436.31 35734 x 35847 x 0.2 GEO 136.1W+0.06W
1991 Jun 26			1436.01 35774 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 136.0W
1991 Jul 6		mv out
1991 Jul 16		mv in	1436.10 35773 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 139.0W
1993 Sep 20			1436.02 35776 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 138.9W
1994 Oct 13			1436.06 35780 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 139.0W
1997 Sep 8			1436.06 35767 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 139.0W
1999 Jun 10			1436.03 35753 x 35817 x 0.0 GEO 138.9W
2001 Mar 6			1436.06 35775 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 140W

Progress M-18

 1993-034A

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11F615A55 No. 218, Progress M-18, was launched in May 1993. It carried a set of medical experiments.

Progress M-18
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 May 22	0641:47	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
1993 May 24	0824:44	Docked with Mir DP1
1993 Jul 3	1558:16	Undocked from Mir
1993 Jul 4	1625?	Deorbit
	1650	VBK sep
	1712	VBK landed

SMS 1

  1974-033A

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Synchronous Meteorological Satellite 1 was launched at 0931 on 1974 May 17 by Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral. The Thor first stage shut down prematurely at 0935 after a LOX tank pressure loss; the Delta burned from 0935 to 0940 and reached a 155 x 213 km x 28 deg parking orbit with insufficent propellant to make its second 8s burn. After a 14 minute coast, the Star 37E third stage ignited at 0954. After it separated at 0956, SMS 1 was in a 182 x 33250 km x 24 deg transfer orbit, significantly lower in apogee than planned. The solid SVM-5 apogee motor fired at 0700 on May 19, and was followed by 9 daily thruster burns to raise the altitude. Finally on Jun 4 SMS 1 was near geostationary at 86 deg W. After a brief checkout it was stationed at 45W for GATE (the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment). SMS 1 was turned over to NOAA for operational use on 1974 Dec 10 despite problems with the S-band transmitter. By 1975 Oct it had been moved back to 75 W, which was to become the operational GOES East position. In early 1976 it was moved to 105W as a standby satellite, after being replaced by GOES 1. On 1979 Jan 26 it arrived at the GOES E position to replace GOES 2 in the First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE), but after SMS 1 had S-band transmitter problems in April GOES 2 took over again and SMS 1 moved to the side. SMS 1 spent 1980 at 131W backing up the GOES W position. On 1981 Jan 29 the orbit was raised by 500 km and SMS 1 was decommissioned a few days later.

SMS 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1974 May 17	0931:00	Launch by Delta 2914
		T+0:59 SRM 7-9 on
		SRM 1-6 sep
		SRM 7-9 sep
	0934:48	T+3:48 MECO
	0935	Thor sep
	0935:01	T+4:01 Delta SES-1 burn 5:13
	0940:14	Delta SECO-1	155 x 213 x 28
	0952?	SES-2 burn
	0954?	Stage 2 sep
	0954:15	T+23:15 Star 37E burn 44s?
	0955:59?	Star 37E burnout
	0957:14?	Star 37E sep	182 x 33250 x 24.52
1974 May 19	0700	SVM-5 fired 40s; GEO 56 deg/d
1974 May 19?		SVM-5 ejected	30823 x 32860 x 2?
1974 May 20		Raise orbit OTM-1
1974 May 21		Raise orbit OTM-2
1974 May 22		Raise orbit OTM-3
1974 May 23		Raise orbit OTM-4
1974 May 24		Raise orbit OTM-5
1974 May 24?		Cooler cover eject
1974 May 24		First test images
1974 May 25		Raise orbit OTM-6
1974 May 26	2130	First operational image
1974 May 26		Raise orbit OTM-7
1974 May 27		Raise orbit OTM-8
1974 May 28		Raise orbit OTM-9
1974 Jun 4		On station	GEO 60W dr
1974 Jun		Checkout
1974 Jun			45W
1974 Dec 10		To NOAA
1975 Oct		GOES E	75W
1976 Jan		Move to standby, replaced by GOES 1	GEO 105W
1977 Jan 26			1436.08 35705 x 35876 x 2.3 GEO 104.4W
1978 Feb 11			1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 3.0 GEO 106.1W
1978 Jul 24			1436.09 35761 x 35811 x 3.3 GEO 105.3W
1978 Aug 7		Mv out	1433.55 35710 x 35763 x 3.3
1978 Aug 24			1436.02 35761 x 35808 x 3.4 GEO 90.1W
1978 Dec 7			1436.32 35773 x 35808 x 3.6 GEO 91.4W
1979 Jan 11			1431.66 35689 x 35710 x 3.6 GEO 81.8W+1.1E/d
1979 Jan 26		GOES E, replacing GOES 2
1979 Feb 8			1436.17 35720 x 35855 x 3.7 GEO 74.5W
1979 Apr		Replaced by GOES 2
1979 Apr 25		mv out	1434.05 35734 x 35759 x 3.8 GEO 74.8W+0.5W
1979 May 7		mv in	1436.02 35766 x 35803 x 3.8 GEO 69.9W
1979 Sep 29			1436.20 35729 x 35847 x 4.1 GEO 68.1W
1979 Nov 3			1436.17 35721 x 35854 x 4.2 GEO 70.2W
1979 Nov 5			1438.15 35802 x 35850 x 4.2 GEO 86.0W+0.5W
1980 Mar 2			1437.15 35787 x 35827 x 4.5 GEO 126.8W+0.3W
1980 May 7			1436.36 35783 x 35800 x 4.6 GEO 132.6W+0.07W
1980 May		GOES W backup
1981 Jan 29	0600		1436.00 35777 x 35792 x 5.2 GEO 130.8W
1981 Jan 29		Orbit raise
1981 Feb 3		End of ops
1981 Mar 17			1435.76 35766 x 35793 x 5.3 GEO 128.1W
1984 Sep 25			1460.24 36199 x 36316 x 8.1 GEO 171.5E+6.0W
1990 Jan 4			1460.23 36206 x 36308 x 12.7
1995 Dec 24			1460.27 36187 x 36328 x 16.5
1998 Aug 4			1460.23 36181 x 36333 x 17.2

Payload:

• VISSR Visible/InfraRed Spin Scan Radiometer, with 0.55-0.75,10.5-12.6 mu bands.

• DCS Data Collection System

• SEM Space Environment Monitor, containing

  • EPM Energetic Particle Monitor

  • SXM Solar X-ray monitor