TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : March 2002

Monday, March 25, 2002

Progress M1-7

2001-051A

Progress 11F615A55 No. 256 carried the Platan-M experiment and Kromka-1. Launch mass was 7331 kg. Hard dock was not confirmed on Nov 28, and the station remained in free drift for several hours until it was decided that the docking was secure enough to allow the station to maneuver.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress M1-7



2001 Nov 26	1824:12	Launch by Soyuz-FG No F15000-002	KB PU5
		T+1:58 BVGD sep
		T+2:32 GO sep
		T+4:47 St 2 sep
		T+4:58 KhO sep
	1832:56	T+8:44 Blok I MECO
	1833:00	Blok-I sep
2001 Nov 28	1943:02	Soft docked with Zvezda
2001 Dec 3	1455	Progress hard dock during EVA
2002 Mar 13	0006s	Orbit raise 3m/s
	0053s	Orbit raise 3m/s
2002 Mar 19	1743	Undock
	1746	Sep burn 15s rate 0.6m/s
	2140	30s sep-2 burn
	2228	sep-3 burn
2002 Mar 20	0127:23s	Deorbit burn 3:10
	0220	Reentered over Pacific

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Navstar 15

1990-088A

The 9th Block II launch was Navstar SVN 15 (PRN 15, USA 64).

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Navstar 15



1990 Oct 1	2156:00	Launch by Delta II 6925	CC LC17A
		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
	2200	Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38)
		Fairing sep (T+4:50)
	2207	SECO-1 (T+11:37)	186 x 186? x 35.66?
		T+20:55 spinup
	2216	T+20:58 Delta sep
	2217	T+21:35 TES
	2219	T+23:02 TECO	355.32 171 x 20308 x 37.7
	2220	T+24:55 Stage 3 sep
	2220	T+24:57 despin weights
	2258?	SES-3	91.20 184 x 482 x 30.83
			356.24 166 x 20370 x 37.62 (PAM-D)
			357.54 185 x 20431 x 37.63 (GPS)
1990 Oct 4	1227?	Star 37XFP burn
1990 Oct 4	1200		717.02 19936 x 20380 x 54.87
1990 Oct 13	1200		717.71 19916 x 20434 x 54.95
1990 Oct 15		In service
1997 Feb 2		Operating at slot D-2

Monday, March 18, 2002

Soyuz TM-25

1997-003A

The EO-23 `Sirius' crew were launched on 1997 Feb 10.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Soyuz TM-25



1997 Feb 10	1409:30	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1
		T+1:59 Strapons sep
		T+2:42 Fairing sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+5:00 Interstage sep
		Blok I MECO
	1418:19	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	1418		88.64 191 x 250 x 51.6 (AVM)
	1746	TCM-1
	1837	TCM-2
1997 Feb 11			262 x 311 x 51.65
1997 Feb 12			378 x 394 x 51.65
	1544	Kurs docking aborted
	1551:13	Manual docking at -X
	1715	Hatch open

Tsibliev and Lazutkin ended their troubled mission on Aug 14, bad luck dogging them to the final seconds of flight when the Soyuz SA landing rockets fired early at an altitude of 5 km, giving an extremely rough landing. The failure was due to an electrical short caused by water condensation.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Soyuz TM-25 flight 2



1997 Aug 14	0550	Hatch closed
	0855:58	Undocked
	0901:57	Sep burn
	1122	Deorbit
	1126	Deorbit burn complete
	1146?	PAO, BO sep
	1150?	Entry interface
	1155	Entry confirmed by TsUP	-2? x 388 x 51.6
	1217:10	Landing

Tuesday, March 12, 2002

IRS-1B

1991-061A

The IRS-1B satellite was launched with the 8A92M rocket (Vostok-2M) from Baikonur, with NPO Lavochkin providing launch preparation services and Glavkosmos providing the interface. Control was from Bangalore. In 2001 the IRS-1B cameras were still operating well and the spacecraft was being used for systems tests.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

IRS-1B



1991 Aug 29	0648	Launch by Vostok	KB
	0650?	Blok-BVGD sep (T+2:00)
	0651?	Fairing sep (T+3:00), 160 km
	0653?	Blok-A cutoff, Blok-E burn (T+5:10)
	0659?	Blok-E cutoff (T+11:00)
	0659?	Payload release (T+11:10)
1991 Sep 6			102.79 862 x 918 x 99.2
2001 Aug 29		Still operating

Kosmos 838

1976-063A

Third US-P mission. RCS was 37m2; no large debris cataloged.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-838



1976 Jul 2	1030	Launch by Tsiklon 2	KB
	1033	Stage 1 sep
	1035	Stage 2 sep
	1118?	AKM burn
1976 Jul 2			93.27 426 x 442 x 65.1
1976 Aug 29			93.30 429 x 442 x 65.1
1976 Sep		End of burns
1976 Sep 28			93.31 429 x 444 x 65.1
1976 Oct 29			93.35 430 x 447 x 65.1
1976 Nov 14			93.37 431 x 448 x 65.1
1977 May 16			93.15 414 x 443 x 65.1
1977 May 17	1018	exploded into 40 pieces, 431 km above 8.9S

Monday, March 11, 2002

Entering space : creating a spacefaring civilization

https://welib.org/md5/cda85257d4ba00de76c0a669a94a459c

Sunday, March 10, 2002

Hexagon 17

1982-041A

The 1982 launch, mission 1217, was the first of a revised series which did not include the MCS. Instead, two SSS (S-cubed, Solid State Stellar) cameras mounted on the Two Camera Assembly and looking out the side of the main spacecraft section were used to provide attitude measurement for the main stereo pan cameras used in mapping mode. The Doppler Beacon system was retained and fixed directly on the forward bulkhead in the former location of the MCS, while the NAVPAC system was attached to the pallet. In addition, a new film looper reduced the amount of film wasted during typical operations.

The mission `provided an excellent data base of broad area search coverage on Communist countries and Third World areas of major concern to the Intelligence Community', according to a memo from the CIA director.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

HEXAGON 17



1982 May 11	1835	Launch by Titan IIID	V SLC4E
		T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27
		T+1:55 SRM burnout
		T+1:55 SRM sep
		T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO
		T+4:16 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:16 Stage 2 burn
		T+5:05? Fairing sep
	1842?	T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO
	1843?	T+8:00 Stage 2 sep
1982 May 12	1522?	Subsatellite sep
			88.89 176x260x96.4
1982 May 24			88.79 163x262x96.4
1982 May 31			88.74 168x253x96.4
1982 Jun 15			88.73 167x253x96.4
1982 Jun 15		SRV-1 MAR
1982 Jun 30			88.72 167x252x96.4
1982 Jul 15			88.70 166x251x96.4
1982 Jul 31			88.65 165x247x96.4
1982 Aug 2	2108?	SRV-2 sea recovery
1982 Aug 15			88.84 168x262x96.4
1982 Aug 30			88.69 172x244x96.4
1982 Sep 15			88.85 168x263x96.3
1982 Sep 29	2055?	SRV-3 sea recovery
1982 Sep 30			88.98 170x275x96.4
1982 Oct 15			88.87 166x266x96.4
1982 Oct 30			89.02 169x279x96.4
1982 Nov 15			88.87 166x268x96.4
1982 Nov 30			88.79 166x260x96.4
1982 Nov 30	2055?	SRV-4 sea recovery
1982 Dec 5			88.78 171x254x96.2
	1854		88.71 168 x 252 x 96.2
1982 Dec 14	2100?	Deboost, reentered after 216d

Lacey’s Crush

https://welib.org/md5/131e50c11f1b68c6239b321d4d15aa90

Saturday, March 9, 2002

Saturn S-IVB-506

1969-059B

SA-506 was launched at 1332:00 on 1969 Jul 16 on the Apollo 11 mission. The S-IVB reignited for the TLI burn at 1616. Apollo 11 separated at 1749. S-IVB-506 passed the Moon at 4334 km on 1969 Jul 19 at 2022:34 and entered a solar orbit of 134.30 x 151.86 Mkm x 0.38 deg, 342 days.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

SA-506



1969 Jul 16	1332:00	Launch by Saturn V (SA-506)	KSC LC39A
	1334:15	S-IC CECO, 44.4 km
	1334:41	S-IC OECO, 66.3 km
	1334:42	S-IC sep, 67.0 km
	1334:43	S-II ignition, 67.6 km
	1335:12	Interstage sep, 91.8 km
	1335:18	LES sep
	1336:29	S-IC apogee, 115 km	-5998 x 114 x 32.1
	1339:40	S-II CECO, 179.3 km
	1341:03	S-IC impact, 30.21N 74.04W
	1341:11	S-II OECO, 185.9 km
	1341:12	S-II sep, 185.9 km	-2112 x 189
	1341:15	S-IVB burn 1 ignition, 185.9km
	1341:21	Ullage case jettison
	1341:47	S-II apogee, 189 km
	1343:42	S-IVB cutoff, 188.4 km
	1343:49	Earth orbit insertion	88.18 183 x 196 x 32.52
	1352:14	S-II impact, 31.54N 34.84W
	1616:27	S-IVB TLI burn (5:47)
	1622:03	S-4B MECO-2
			224 x 527965 x 31.39 (V)
			224 x 529545 x 31.39 (C3)
	1622:13	Translunar injection
			222 x 564184 x 31.38 (V)
			224 x 566485 x 31.38 (C3)
	1647:23	CSM sep from LM/S-IVB
	1656:03	CSM docked with LM/S-IVB
	1749:03	CSM/LM undocked from S-IVB
	1823:08	CVS LH2 vent 7.3m/s
	1835:07	LOX dump 180s 17m/s
	1836:55	LOX dump end
	1857:00	H2 NPV
	1909:47	APS burn 280s 12m/s
	1914:27	APS cutoff
1969 Jul 19	2022?	Lunar flyby at 3379 km altitude

Friday, March 8, 2002

Helios 1

1974-097A

The Helios solar probes were a joint project between DFVLR and NASA, which provided the Titan Centaur launch vehicle. Helios 1 was launched on 1974 Dec 10 by Titan IIIE Centaur from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 41. Two Centaur burns placed the Helios probe in solar orbit. The Centaur TC-2 stage then made two retrograde test burns, which happened to leave it in an orbit bound to the Earth - it thus became the first object known to have returned to Earth orbit from a solar orbit trajectory with the possible exception of Apollo lunar spacecraft. NORAD cataloged two objects in a 1765 x 157261 km x 31.8 deg orbit; object D, the second object, may be a duplicate of the first or may represent some kind of debris from the Centaur after venting. However, the name of the object was later changed to 'Helios 1 debris' and with its elements marked in the Satellite Situation Report as 'heliocentric orbit', it may be the Star 37E tumble weight.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Helios 1



1974 Dec 10	0711:01	Launch
		T+1:40 Forward bearing reactor sep
		T+1:51 Stage 1 MES
	0713:05	T+2:04 SRM sep
		T+4:18 Stage 1 MECO
	0715	T+4:19 Titan stage 1 sep
	0715	T+4:19 Stage 2 MES
	0716	T+5:18 Fairing
	0718:50	T+7:49 St 2 MECO 165 km 7.01 km/s
	0718:53	T+7:52 Titan stage 2 sep	-1950? x 165 x 29.9
	0719:04	T+8:03 Centaur TC-2 MES1, 100.8s
	0720:42	T+9:44 Centaur TC-2 MECO1, start 21.9 min coast
	0726?	Stage 2 reentry
	0742:40	T+31:39 Centaur TC-2 MES2, 276s,
	0747:14	T+36:13 Centaur MECO-2 255 km?
		T+37:23 Spinup
	0748:26	T+37:25 Centaur TC-2 sep from Helios 1/Star 37
		Clamp band halves separate
	0748:26	T+37:25 TC-2 retro
	0749:06	T+38:05.76 Star 37E burn, 44.90s (action time 43.6s)
	0749:51	T+38:50.66 Star 37E burnout 528 km	289 x -21954 x 29.80
		Payload clamp band
	0751:02	T+40:01 Star 37E sep	Solar orbit 180d, 0.30958 x 1.0 AU x 0.016
	0751:06	T+40:05 Yo deploy
	1156	Helios/Star 37 pass EL1:4
	1654	Centaur clamp pass EL1:4
1974 Dec 12	0330?	Helios/Star 37 exit Earth sphere (L1)
1974 Dec 15	1200?	Centaur clamp band exit Earth sphere
1975 Feb 15	0915	Perihelion, 0.30AU
1976 Mar 29		Perihelion 3
1976 Jul 2		Aphelion 3
1982		Still operating

Payload:

E1 Solar wind plasma expt (MPE/Rosenbauer)
E2 Fluxgate magnetometer (TU Braunschweig/Musmann)
E3 Fluxgate magnetometer (GSFC/Ness)
E4 Search coil magnetometer (Braunschweig/Dehmei)
E5 32 m antenna for plasm and radiowave expt, 50 kHz-2 MHz (Iowa/Gurnett)
E6 Cosmic ray expt (Kiel/Kunow)
E7 Cosmic ray expt (GSFC/Trainor)
E8 Electron detector (MPIA-Lindau/Keppler)
E9 Zodiacal light photometer (LSW-Heidelberg/Leinert)

Wednesday, March 6, 2002

Kosmos 1424

1982-117A

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1424



1982 Dec 16	1000	Launch by Soyuz	Baikonur
	1008	Blok-I sep
1982 Dec 16			89.73 172x351x64.9
1982 Dec 22			89.30 172x308x64.9 from 89.25 165x311
1982 Dec 25			89.67 168x349x64.9 from 88.94 166x279
1982 Dec 29		SpK-1 fid
1982 Dec 30			89.59 163x346x64.9 from 89.35 162x323
1983 Jan 5			89.56 173x333x64.9 from 88.97 154x293
1983 Jan 11			89.60 168x342x64.9 from 88.68 162x257
1983 Jan 13		SpK-2 fid
1983 Jan 24			88.83 165x269x64.9
1983 Jan 28
	2112?	Deorbit
	2128?	Entry
	2140?	Landed

Tuesday, March 5, 2002

Progress 13

1982-047A

The first cargo ferry launched to Salyut-7 was 11F615A15 No. 114 (7K-TG No. 114), announced as Progress-13.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress-13



1982 May 23	0556:41	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	0605	Blok-I MECO
	0610		88.99 186 x 263 x 51.6
	1430		90.85 286 x 347 x 51.6
1982 May 24	0930		90.90 291 x 347 x 51.6
1982 May 25	0756:36	Docked with Salyut-7
1982 May 26			91.35 338 x 344 x 51.6
1982 Jun 4	0631	Undocked
1982 Jun 5			90.75 307 x 316 x 51.6
	0500		90.62 304 x 307 x 51.6
	0930		89.03 214 x 240 x 51.6
	1200		89.02 215 x 238 x 51.6
1982 Jun 6	0005	Deorbited over Pacific

Globalstar 2

1998-023A

Second launch of four sats on Delta 256.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Globalstar FM14



1998 Apr 24	2238:34	Launch by Delta 7420-10	CC LC17A
	2239	T+1:03 SRM 1-4 burnout
	2239	T+1:06,1:07 SRM 1-2, 3-4 sep
	2242	T+4:24 MECO
	2243	T+4:32 St 1 sep
	2243	T+4:37 St 2 burn
	2243	T+4:47 Fairing sep
	2249	T+11:22 SECO 1	185 x 1241 x 52.0
	2339	T+1:01:14 Stage 2 burn 2
	2340	T+1:01:3 SECO-2	1247 x 1247 x 52.0
	2346	T+1:08:20 FM5,6 sep
	2350	T+1:12:30 FM7.8 sep
		SECO-3 sep
1998 Apr 25	0033:34	SECO-4 depletion
1998 May 11			111.61 1273 x 1327 x 52.0
1998 May 22			114.09 1389 x 1438 x 52.0
1998 Jun 16			114.08 1398 x 1428 x 52.0
1998 Nov 16			114.08 1411 x 1415 x 52.0
2001 Sep 26			114.08 1412 x 1414 x 52.0

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