Kosmos 2362

 1998-077A

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The first GLONASS launch in three years took place in the closing days of 1998. Kosmos-2362 to 2364 were placed in the usual orbit. Kosmos-2362 was Uragan No. 86L (GLONASS 786), in slot 8 of plane 1.

Kosmos-2362
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1998 Dec 30	1835:46	Launch by Proton-K	KB
		T+2:07 St 1 sep
	1839:06	T+3:20 GO sep
		T+5:38 St 2 sep
	1845:26	T+9:40 St 3 MECO?
	1845:38	T+9:52 St 3 sep
	1845	T+10? Perekhodnik sep from DM2
	1937:44	T+1:01:58 DM burn 1
	1943:36	T+1:07:50 DM MECO1
	2230:34	T+3:54:48 DM burn 2
	2233:00	T+3:57:14 DM MECO2
	2233	T+3:57:29 KA-1 sep
	2250	T+4:15:34 KA-2 sep
	2308	T+4:33:32 KA-3 sep
1999 Jan 29		In service

Kosmos 1673

 1985-068A

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Siluet No. 5 flew in Aug 1985, beginning a series of alternating summer and winter missions.

Kosmos-1673
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1985 Aug 8	1019	Launch by Soyuz-U	Baikonur
	1028	Blok-I sep
1985 Aug 8			197x272x64.8
1985 Aug 12			200x273x64.8
1985 Aug 15			206x269x64.8
1985 Aug 18			206x266x64.8
1985 Aug 27			208x269x64.8
1985 Sep 12			209x264x64.8
1985 Sep 18			208x267x64.8
1985 Sep 19
	2049?	Deorbit
	2108?	Entry
	2124?	Landed

TSX-5

 2000-030A

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TRW's Tri-Service Experiment Mission 5 is a followon to the USAF STEP program. The 113 kg payload is to be launched into highly elliptical orbit to perform experiments for BMDO and Phillips Lab. The STRV-2 payload is for BMDO, in collaboration with the UK MoD, and CEASE is sponsored by AFRL. The spacecraft is an Orbital-McLean small LEOStar. The LEOStar has a 130 kg bus dry mass, and is 0.97m dia and 0.40m high with a dodecahedral cylinder shape. It has a core module, an experiment module (the STRV-2 EM in this case). The optional propulsion module with 77 kg of hydrazine is not carried on this mission. The TSX-5 is 0.95 dia and 1.2m long. The deployable solar array is around 3 m span.

Mass of TSX-5 is 250 kg, and planned orbit is 410 x 1750 km x 70 deg. The orbit gives perigee over the UK in the summer. Control is from Kirtland AFB.

STRV-2 obtains IR background data and downlinks data via the experimental lasercom system. It also carries vibration subpression technology, and environmental exposure tests. DERA's MWIR imager will attempt to image UK military aircraft in tests.

CEASE is an automated environmental monitoring sensor suite which provides alerts of charging, SEU and radiation problems. It's also intended to distinguish between natural effects and deliberate attacks.

TSX-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Jun 7	1221	L-1011 takeoff	VAFB
	1319:30	Drop of Pegasus booster
	1319:35	Drop+5s burn
		T+1:16 St 1 burnout
		T+1:32 St 1 sep
		T+1:33 St 2 burn
		T+2:11 Fairing
	1322	T+2:47 St 2 burnout
	1332	T+12:14 St 2 sep
		T+12:25 St 3 burn
	1332:41	T+13:11 St 3 burnout
	1334:02	T+14:32 Stage 3 sep	406 x 1706 x 69.0
	1353	L-1011 lands at VAFB

Italsat 1

 1991-003A

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Alenia Spazio built the Italsat communications satellite, a flagship technology project to demonstrate Ka-band communications and advanced comsat technology. Italsat supported voice and business communications, digital datalinks, domestic TV and telephone relay. The planned Sicral and Sarit satellites were to use the same bus.

Italsat 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Jan 15	2310:49	Launch by Ariane 44L V41	CSG ELA2
		T+2:31 PAL sep
		T+3:35 St 1 sep
		T+3:38 St 2 MES
		T+4:25 Short fairing 01 sep
		T+5:46 St 2 sep
	2316:39	T+5:50 St 3 MES
	2328:40	T+17:51 St 3 MECO
	2330:01	T+19:12 Italsat 1 sep
	2331:31	T+20:42 Spelda 10 sep
	2333:47	T+22:58 Eut F2 sep
1991 Jan 16			629.36 221 x 35677 x 7.0
1991 Jan 21			627.04 220 x 35557 x 7.0
1991 Jan 21?		LAM-1
1991 Jan		LAM-2
1991 Jan 31			1440.00 35858 x 35867 x 0.2 GEO 14.2E+0.9W
1991 Feb 11			1436.17 35728 x 35847 x 0.1 GEO 13.3E
1991 Mar 2			1436.09 35692 x 35881 x 0.0 GEO 13.1E
1992 Sep 22			1436.01 35702 x 35867 x 0.0 GEO 13.2E
1995 Jul 20			1436.12 35759 x 35815 x 0.0 GEO 13.0E
1998 May 21			1436.06 35781 x 35790 x 1.0 GEO 13.2E
1999 Jun 14			1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 1.8 GEO 13.1E
2001 Feb 26			1436.02 35768 x 35802 x 3.1 GEO 13.2E

Navstar 19

 1989-085A

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Navstar 19 (SVN 19/PRN 19, USA 47) was launched on 1989 Oct 21 by Delta 6925 from Cape Canaveral into the A plane. It was stationed at position A-4.

Navstar 19
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Oct 21	0931:01	Launch by Delta 6925	CC LC17
		T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out
		T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on
		T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off
		T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+4:25 MECO
		T+4:31 VECO
		T+4:33 Stage 1 sep
	0935	Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38)
	0935	Fairing sep (T+4:50)
	0942	SECO-1 (T+11:37)	180 x 186? x 35.66?
		T+20:55 spinup
	0951	T+20:58 Delta sep
	0952	T+21:35 TES
	0954	T+23:02 TECO
	0955	T+24:55 Stage 3 sep
	0955	T+24:57 despin weights
	1036?	T+1:05:00? SES-2 depletion
	1037?	T+1:06:20? SECO-2 depletion	180 x 600?
	1058	SES-3 St 2 pos-depletion peri T+1:27
1989 Oct 22			355.17 163 x 20306 x 37.71
1989 Oct 23		Star 37XFP burn
1989 Oct 23	1200		723.23 20161 x 20461 x 54.8
1989 Nov 14		Navigation systems on
1989 Nov 23		Operational
1997 Feb 1		Operating at slot A4
2001 Mar 20			717.972 20001 x 20362 x 53.2