Kosmos 434

  1971-069A

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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