CHAMP

 2000-039A

---

DARA's Champ (Challenging Minisatellite Payload) will study the Earth's magnetic and gravitational fields from a 500 km orbit. The program is managed by the Potsdam GFZ geophysics center, and built by Daimler Chrysler Aerospace Jena Optronic GmbH (DJO) of Jena, Germany; it was intended partly to spur technology development in the former East Germany. It will be launched Jul 1999 by Kosmos-3M from Plesetsk by Cosmos International GmbH (OHB/Polyot). It uses the Astrium/Friedrichshafen Flexbus minisatellite platform and is the first test of GPS altimetry (where GPS signals are received after reflection of the ocean surface).

Mass is 522 kg. Size is 0.75 h 1.6d 4.3l 8.3l with boom. 443 x 460 x 87.3

CHAMP
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Jul 15	1200:00	Launch
		T+2:13 St 1 sep
		T+2:13 St 2 MES-1
		T+2:30 Fairing sep
		T+8:10 St 2 MECO-1
		St 2 MES-2
		T+31:55 St 2 MECO-2
	1232	T+32:18 St 2 sep

Payload:

• Laser retroreflector

• Star sensors (4)

• Sun sensors (3)

• GPS altimeter

• Magnetometers (3)

• Ion sensor

• Accelerometer (ONERA)

Tiros 1

   1960-002B

---

NASA's first application satellite project, the A-01 payload, was renamed Tiros I upon reaching orbit on Apr 1, 1960. Tiros I was described as `hatbox' shaped, a spinning cylinder, 0.48m high and 1.07m in diameter, with 2 TV cameras in the base. It transmitted until Jun 18. Tiros I used a Thor Able II STV (Special Test Vehicle) launch vehicle, as the Thor Delta used for later Tiros flights was not yet ready. The vehicle was surplus from the Able II reentry test vehicle program. In Dec 1993 Tiros I was in a 656 x 696 km x 48.4 deg orbit.

The Tiros payload launched was model D-3; flight models D-1 and D-2 were also built.

Tiros 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1960 Apr 1	1140:09	Launch by Thor Able
	1142:47	T+2:38 Thor burnout
	1142:51	T+2:41 Thor sep
	1142:55	T+2:45 Able burn 103s
	1143:11	T+3:02 Fairing
	1144:39	T+4:30 Able burnout
	1144:41	T+4:32 Able sep	-4300 x 709 x 48.3
	1151:11	T+11:02 Altair burn 38.3s
	1151:49	T+11:40 Altair burnout
		Despin
	1218:29	T+38:20 Altair sep	690 x 754 x 48.4
1960 Jun 18		End of operations

Payload:

• TV Cameras (2)

Wagner Without Fear : Learning to Love--and Even Enjoy--Opera's Most Demanding Genius

 https://welib.org/md5/75f2da21a003e3dbf95a9c28bbda2f52

Kosmos 1203

 1980-066A

---

Resurs F-1 17F41 No. 13 was launched on 1980 Jul 31 as Kosmos-1203.

Kosmos-1203
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Jul 31	0745	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC43/3
	0753	Blok-I sep	89.50 206 x 290 x 82.35
			89.36 213 x 269 x 82.32
			89.44 214 x 276 x 82.32
1980 Aug 1		Orbit raise	89.89 261 x 274 x 82.33
1980 Aug 2			89.85 259 x 273 x 82.3
1980 Aug 8		Orbit trim	89.90 262 x 274 x 82.32
1980 Aug 14			89.86 260 x 272 x 82.32
	0352?	Deorbit
	0402?	PO sep
	0410?	Entry	-167 x 262
	0425?	Landed

Progress M1-5

 2001-003A

---

Progress M1 No 254 originally was to launch 2001 Jan 18. Launch was delayed when Mir lost power. Launch mas was 7082 kg. Fuel load was 2677 kg. It will dock at Kvant-1. The vehicle was used to deorbit the Mir complex.

Progress M1-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2001 Jan 24	0428:42	Launch by Soyuz-U	LC1
		T+1:59 St 1 sep
		T+2:40 GO sep
		T+4:47 St 2 sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:46 St 3 MECO
	0437:31	T+8:49 Blok I sep	193 x 242 x 51.6
	0821:51	TCM1 59.2s 4m/s
	0858:05	TCM2 114s 8m/s
2001 Jan 25	0525:08	TCM3 2m/s 28s
2001 Jan 26	0303:22	TCM4 21m/s 308s
	0349:41	TCM5 7m/s 107s
2001 Jan 27	0323:26	TCM6 4m/s 11s
	0407:30	TCM7 1.6m/s 5s
	0533:31	Docked with Mir/Kvant
2001 Mar 23	0032:47	Begin M1-5 burn 1 9m/s
	0053:38	M1-5 burn 1 cutoff
	0110		88.6 190 x 219 x 51.6
	0201:11	M1-5 burn 2 9.6m/s
	0224:25	M1-5 burn 2 cutoff	150 x 215 x 51.6
	0507:36	Burn 3, SKD, 33m/s?
	0531	Still burning
	0543	Entry
	0550	Breakup