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

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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

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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

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Resurs 1994

 1994-074A

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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