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Kosmos 821

  1976-048A

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Kosmos-821
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 May 26	0900	Launch by Soyuz-U	Plesetsk
	0904	Blok-I burn
	0908	Blok-I sep
1976 May 26			89.66 203 x 312 x 72.9
1976 May 29			89.55 167 x 336 x 72.8
1976 Jun 3			89.44 166 x 326 x 72.8
1976 Jun 4			89.57 166 x 339 x 72.8
1976 Jun 6			89.52 168 x 333 x 72.8
1976 Jun 8
	0416?	Deorbit
	0424?	PO sep
	0428?	Entry
	0445?	Landed

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Venera 11

 1978-084A

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4V-1 No. 360 was launched as the first Venera-78 probe, Venera-11.

Venera-11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Sep 9	0325:39	Launch by Proton-K	KB
		T+2m St 1 sep
		T+5m St 2 sep
		T+5m GO sep
	0335	T+9m St 3 MECO
	0339?	Blok-D burn 1
	0341?	Blok-D MECO-1
	0443?	Blok-D MES-2
	0451:38	Solar orbit insertion
	1330?	Pass EL1:4
1978 Sep 13	1430?	Leave Earth sphere
1978 Sep 16	0900	TCM1 9m/s
1978 Dec 17	0350	TCM2 2.1m/s
1978 Dec 22	1520?	Enter Venus sphere
1978 Dec 25	0324:01	Venus encounter 40355 km C/A, 34303 km alt
1978 Dec 27	1500?	Leave Venus sphere
1978 Dec			320.1d 107 x 167 Mkm
1979 Feb 7		TCM3 350m/s	106.5 x 161.3 Mkm
1980 Feb		end of transmissions

1978-084C

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The V11 lander found conditions of 90 atm, 725K.

Venera-11 SA
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978		Launch by Proton	KB
1978 Dec 22	1520?	Enter Venus sphere
1978 Dec 23	0220?	Separation from Venera-11, range 830000 km?
1978 Dec 25	0221:44	Entry at 125 km 11.2 km/s -18 deg	-388 x -43781
		End of aero braking
	0222:07	Lid off, pilot chute
	0222:43	Sonic relief chute (11s)
	0222:54	Sonic relief chute, upper shield jettison
	0222:54	Braking chute out
	0222:58	Lower shield off, instruments on - first telemetry
	0231:27	Braking chute sep 45 km
	0324:25	Landing at -14, 299
	0500	end of transmissions

Gambit-3 48

 1977-019A

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KH-8 flight 48 was launched on 1977 Mar 13 by Titan 23B Agena D from Vandenberg on a 74 day long mission, a new 30 percent increase in mission duration. It was a Block IV vehicle which introduced solar arrays, as well as a dual platen camera which could expose two different strips of film at once, a new film drive and focus system, and for the SRV, a better heat shield and parachute thermal cover.

KH-8 48
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1977 Mar 13	1841:10	Launch by Titan 23B Agena D	V SLC4W
	1843	Titan stage 1 sep
	1846	Titan stage 2 sep
	1846	Agena burn
	1851?	Agena MECO
1977 Mar 14			89.08 133 x 324 x 96.4
	2353		89.29 122 x 356 x 96.39
1977 Mar 19			89.26 121 x 354 x 96.40
1977 Mar 26			89.20 120 x 349 x 96.39
1977 Mar 30			89.29 120 x 357 x 96.39
1977 Apr 2			89.25 119 x 354 x 96.41
1977 Apr 13			89.23 120 x 352 x 96.40
1977 Apr 17	2033	SRV-1 deorbit
1977 Apr 18	2118		89.29 120 x 358 x 96.41
1977 Apr 22			89.16 122 x 344 x 96.40
1977 May 7			89.35 122 x 362 x 96.41
1977 May 14			89.18 122 x 344 x 96.43
1977 May 21
1977 May 21	2107?	SRV-2 deorbit
1977 May 22			89.13 131 x 331 x 96.43
1977 May 26	1031		88.96 125 x 321 x 96.43
1977 May 26	2130?	Reentered

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USA-167

 2003-008A

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A-3 will be launched in 2003 to IOR. B-6 remains.

At this point the DSCS III program was run by LMSS/Sunnyvale and managed by AFSMC.

Launch by Delta IVM (no solids) with RL10B-2 second stage and 11.7m fairing from Cape Canaveral SLC37B. Launch mass 2732 kg including 1488? kg IABS. Power 1.7kW BOL. Target orbit 235 x 35551 km x 25.5 deg. The IABS stage was incorrectly registered with the UN in a transfer orbit. Some debris objects were probably associated with the Delta 4 second stage, perhaps in its transfer orbit burn.

DSCS III A3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Mar 11	0059:00	Launch by Delta IVM	CC SLC37B
		T+4:19 MECO
		T+4:30 St 1 sep
		T+4:44 SES-1 579s 167 km	-5000? x 200? x 29?
		T+4:55 Fairing sep 179 km
	0113:23	T+14:23 SECO-1	186 x 401 x 29.20
	0125:03	T+26:03 SES-2 248s
	0129:11	T+30:11 SECO-2	233 x 35787 x 25.50
	0141:01	T+42:01 St 2 sep	234 x 35571 x 25.5 (UN)
		T+5:47:13 First asc. node
2003 Mar 13?		5th apo IABS burn 1 hr
		T+4d 1 min trim burn
		Despun
2003 Mar 15?		IABS sep

Navstar 56

 2003-005A

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GPS IIR-8 was SVN 56, launched with the XSS-10 inspector satellite. SVN 56 was to replace SVN-22 in plane B, slot 1 with PRN 16.

Navstar GPS 56
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Jan 29	1806:00	Launch by Delta 7925-9.5	CC LC17
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 out
		T+1:06 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:07 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:12 SRM 7-9 out
		T+4:24 MECO
		T+4:32 St 1 sep
		T+4:38 SES-1
		T+4:59 Fairing sep
	1816:53	T+10:53 SECO-1	174 x 200 x 36.9
	1908:39	T+1:02:39 SES-2
	1909:15	T+1:03:15 SECO-2	187 x 1157 x 37.2
	1910:08	T+1:04:08 Stage 2 sep
	1910:45	T+1:04:45 TES
	1912:11	T+1:06:11 TECO
	1914:05	T+1:08:05 St 3 sep	182 x 20282 x 39.0
2003 Feb 1	0315?	AKM burn	20155 x 20344 x 55.0

Kosmos 2393

 2002-059A

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US-KS satellite launched Dec 2002 with an AOP of 287 deg. Control center at Serpukhov-15. Mass about 1900 kg.

The satellite carried a spacecraft-charging experiment.

Kosmos-2393
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Dec 24	1220:13	Launch by Molniya-M	PL LC16/2
	1229	T+9m Blok-I MECO
	1229	Blok-I sep
	1320?	T+1h Blok-L burn
	1323	T+1:03 Blok-L MECO
	1403	Blok-L sep
2002 Dec 26			704.58 520 x 39181 x 62.8
2003 Jan 3			704.59 533 x 39168 x 62.8
2003 Jan 10			715.91 545 x 39717 x 62.8

Intelsat 4A1

  1975-091A

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The first Intelsat IVA satellite became Atlantic Primary soon after launch and on-orbit testing. In 1981 it was replaced by an Intelsat V and moved to the Major Path 2 position. It was moved to a spare position in 1983 and then retired in 1986.

Intelsat IVA F-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Sep 26	0017:00	Launch by Atlas Centaur	CC LC36B
	0019	Booster sep
	0021	Atlas sep
	0021:18	T+4:18 Centaur D-1A-0532-07 MES-1
	0021:30	Fairing
	0027:21	T+10:21 Centaur MECO-1
	0027:21	Coast	185 x 1806 x 28.1
	0041:51?	T+24:51? Centaur MES-2 2:05
	0043:56?	Centaur MECO-2
	0045:34	Centaur sep, orbit insertion	578 x 36746 x 21.8
1975 Sep 26	0800?	Apo 1
	1900?	Apo 2
1975 Sep 27	0300?	Apo 3
1975 Sep 27	0317	SVM-4A burn	1426 35358 x 35825 x 0 GEO + 10E/d
1975 Sep 28	0300	Braking burn	GEO + 3E/d
1975 Oct 31		Tests complete
1975 Dec 25		On station	GEO 25W
1976 Jan		AOR Primary, replaced IV F-3	GEO 25W
1977 Jan 17			1436.12 35785 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 24.6W
1978 Jun 8			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 24.4W
1978 Sep			GEO 24.5W
1979 Jan		AOR Primary	GEO 24.5W
1980 Feb 19			1436.13 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 24.6W
1981 May 10			1436.13 35780 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 24.6W
1981 Oct 12			1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 0.3 GEO 24.6W
1981 Nov		mv out, replaced by 501	GEO 24.5W
1981 Nov 3			1435.33 35757 x 35785 x 0.3 GEO 21.9W+0.2E
1981 Dec 23		mv in	1436.05 35777 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 18.4W
1982 Jan			GEO 18.5W
1982 Oct		AOR Major Path 2	GEO 18.5W
1982 Dec 17			1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 18.7W
1983 Jan 7		replaced by 506
1983 Feb 7			1435.96 35780 x 35787 x 0.1 GEO 18.4W+0.03E
1983 Aug 18			1436.06 35778 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 18.6W
1983 Sep		mv out
1983 Oct 4			1436.12 35782 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 30.5W
1984 Jan 15			1436.07 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 31.0W
1985 Dec 1			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 1.6 GEO 30.9W
1986 May 12			1436.14 35785 x 35789 x 2.0 GEO 31.1W+0.02W
1986 Jul 6			1436.34 35783 x 35799 x 2.2 GEO 32.9W+0.06W
1986 Jul 24		mv out	0.999 GEO 33W
1986 Aug 6			1441.00 35876 x 35889 x 2.3
1989 Dec 26			1441.03 35853 x 35913 x 5.5
1999 Apr 24			1440.89 35857 x 35903 x 11.8

Kosmos 997

 1978-032A

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The third flight of VA No. 009A/1 was a success; on this mission it was called Kosmos-997 (VA No. 009A/P2, although some reports call it 102P). It landed 50 km from Kosmos-998 at the same time as the other capsule.

Kosmos-997
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Mar 30	0000	Launch by Proton	KB
	0009	Stage 3 MECO
	0009	Stage 3 sep
	0009	MECO+0s Kosmos-997 and TDU sep from LVI
	0009	MECO+2s Kosmos-998 sep from LVI
		88.5 188x213x51.6
			r/b C,185x220x51.66 d Apr 2; D 197x214, d Apr 3
	0115?	Deorbit
	0125?	BSO sep
	0132?	Entry
	0205?	Landed

Comstar 2

 1976-073A

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The second AT&T Comstar satellite, Comstar D2 or Comstar 202, was launched a few months after the first. By 1986, after transfer of ownership from Comsat to AT&T, the ten year old satellite was maintaining its longitude but letting its inclination increase under the Comsat maneuver technique. The satellite was retired in 1993.

Comstar D2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jul 22	2204:00	Launch by Atlas Centaur
		T+2:20 BECO
		T+2:23 Booster sep
		T+3:05 Insulation panels sep
		T+4:07 SECO, VECO
		T+4:09 Atlas sep
		T+4:19 MES-1
	2214	T+10:20 MECO-1 189 km Vrel = 7.786 km/s	189 x 1810? x 28?
	2228	T+24:43 MES-2 559 km Vrel = 7.372
	2230	T+26:19 MECO-2 627 km Vrel= 9.406
	2232	T+28:34 Centaur sep, 807 km
			636.75 548 x 35729 x 21.8 (TLE)
			552 x 35794 x 21.82 (MOR)
1976 Jul 23	0300?	Apo 1
	1500?	Apo 2
1976 Jul 24	0200?	Apo 3
	1200?	Apo 4
	2200?	Apo 5
1976 Jul 24	2212	AKM burn
1976 Aug		GEO	GEO 95W
1977 Jan 27			1436.09 35758 x 35814 x 0.0 GEO 94.9W
1978 Jan 17			1436.14 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 95.1W
1979 Jan 4			1436.15 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 94.9W
1980 Jan 3			1436.12 35775 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 95.1W
1982 Jan 5			1436.15 35778 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 95.1W
1983 Oct 22			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 96.0W
1983 Oct 22		mv out of GEO	0.4E/d
1983 Nov 21			1436.16 35785 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 76.0W
1984 Feb 13			1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 76.0W
1985 Sep		Ownership to AT&T
1986 Jan 2			1436.20 35781 x 35796 x 1.5 GEO 76.6W
1987 Jan 3			1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 2.5 GEO 76.5W
1989 Jan 2			1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 4.4 GEO 76.2W
1991 Jan 1			1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 6.2 GEO 76.1W
1992 Dec 31			1436.1 35784 x 35791 x 7.9
1993 Jun 30			1436.2 35785 x 35791 x 8.3
1993 Dec 1			1436.19 35785 x 35791 x 8.6 GEO 76.2W
1993 Dec 19			1436.12 35782 x 35791 x 8.7 GEO 76.1W
1993 Dec 19?		Orbit raised
1993 Dec 25			1440.43 35866 x 35875 x 8.6

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Gorizont 27

 1992-082A

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In 1998 Gorizont No. 38 was leased by Lockheed Martin Intersputnik and subleased to Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications for positioning at the Turksat-1C slot.

Gorizont No. 38
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Nov 27	1310:00	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	1319	Stage 3 sep	170 x 174 x 51.7
	1427?	DM burn 1	267 x 36485 x 47.2
	1943?	DM burn 2
	1947?	Blok-DM2 No. 65L sep
1992 Nov 28	0809		1472.44 36468 x 36521 x 1.45
1992 Dec 3	0936		1455.81 35814 x 36528 x 1.28 GEO 51.6E-4.9/d
1993 Jan 10			1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 1.4 GEO 52.7E+0.01W
1993 Feb 13			1436.24 35786 x 35792 x 1.3 GEO 53.1E
1994 Feb 3			1436.05 35777 x 35794 x 0.5 GEO 52.6E
1995 Sep 12			1436.10 35761 x 35812 x 0.8 GEO 52.7E
1996 Jul 5			1436.00 35775 x 35793 x 1.4 GEO 52.7E
1996 Jul 8		mv out	GEO 53E
1996 Jul 18			1431.35 35613 x 35773 x 1.4 GEO 64.7E+1.2E
1996 Aug 15		mv in	GEO 95E
1996 Aug 30			1436.13 35782 x 35792 x 1.5 GEO 96.0E
1996 Sep 13			1435.94 35778 x 35788 x 1.5 GEO 96.4E
1997 Jun 4			1435.95 35776 x 35790 x 2.1 GEO 96.4E
1998 Apr 24			1436.02 35780 x 35790 x 2.7 GEO 96.7E
1998 Oct 27			1436.14 35777 x 35797 x 3.0 GEO 96.7E
1998 Nov 23		mv out	1438.17 35781 x 35872 x 3.1 GEO 93.9E+0.5W
1998 Dec 30		mv in
1999 Jan 8			1436.29 35788 x 35792 x 3.2 GEO 50.4E+0.06W
1999 Feb 16			1436.01 35780 x 35789 x 3.3 GEO 49.7E
1999 Oct 18			1436.04 35774 x 35796 x 3.7 GEO 49.6E
2000 Aug 11			1436.08 35780 x 35792 x 4.3 GEO 49.7E
2000 Sep		mv out
2000 Oct 14		mv in at 34E
2001 Jan 12			1436.05 35760 x 35810 x 4.6 GEO 33.7E
2001 Jun 23			1436.22 35786 x 35791 x 5.0 GEO 33.9E+0.04W
2001 Aug 2			1435.96 35782 x 35785 x 5.0 GEO 33.9E
2001 Aug 6		mv out
2001 Aug 11		mv in	1436.27 35623 x 35956 x 5.2 GEO 26.0E
2002 Dec 14			1436.11 35779 x 35794 x 6.1 GEO 26.5E

Kosmos 732

  1975-045A

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Kosmos-732 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 12.

Kosmos-732
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 May 28	0025	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	0032	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	0123?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
			114.65 1405 x 1472 x 74.02

DSP 15

 1990-095A

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DSP 15 was launched by Titan 4/IUS from Cape Canaveral in Nov 1990. The satellite was still operating in 2003.

DSP 15
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Nov 13	0037	Launch by Titan 402/IUS	CC LC41
	0039?	T+2:00 St 1 MES
	0039?	T+2:04 SRM sep
	0041?	T+3:59 Fairing
	0042?	T+5:09 St 2 MES
	0042?	T+5:10 St 1 sep
	0045?	T+8:50 St 2 MECO	152 x 215 x 28.6 (Kit)
	0046?	T+8:59 Titan 4 stage 2 sep	88.1 156 x 159 x 28.6 (UN)
	0144?	T+1:07:19? IUS SRM-1 burn
	0146?	T+1:09:46? IUS SRM-1 burnout
	0151?	T+1:14? IUS RCS-1
	0654?	T+6:17? IUS SRM-1 sep
	0657?	T+6:20? IUS SRM-2
	0659?	T+6:22? SRM-2 burnout
	0702?	T+6:25? SRM-2 RCS
	0719?	T+6:42? IUS SRM-2 sep from DSP
1991 Jan 30			GEO 105E
1991 Jun 1		mv out	GEO 105E
1991 Jun 20			GEO 70E
1992 Feb 4		mv out	GEO 70E
1992 Feb 18			GEO 5E
1993 Jul 10		mv out	GEO 5E
1993 Jul 25			GEO 35W
1999 Jan			GEO 38W
2003 Jan			GEO 38W

Progress M-43

 2000-064A

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Spacecraft 243 was assigned to reboost the Mir station while it was uninhabited pending a planned MirCorp mission.

Progress M-43 was successfully launched at 21:27:06.038 UTC on Oct 16 from the LC1 of Baykonur cosmodrome. Launch mass is 6860 kg. Cargo of 1170 kg of fuel.

Mass was: 532 kg in GO; 872 kg OKD propellant; 582 kg water and O2; 300 kg further propellant? Remaining mass would be 4576 kg. Post undocking mass was 5800 kg.

The long 4-day rendezvous saved on fuel.

Progress M-43
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Oct 16	2127:06	Launch	KB
	2136	Blok-I sep
2000 Oct 17	0203:57	TCM-1 28s DPO 2.6m/s	194 x250 x 51.6
	2101:46	TCM-2 415s 30m/s	192 x 340 x 51.6
2000 Oct 18	1850:00	TCM3 5s 2 m/s	197 x 335 x 51.6
2000 Oct 19	1831:54	TCM4 454s 33 m/s	284 x 350 x 51.6
2000 Oct 20	2116:06	Docked with Mir (Kvant +X)
2000 Oct 24	2012:34	SKD burn 298s 9m/s
2001 Jan 25	0519:23	Undocked from Kvant
	0733:55	TCM 9.5m/s
2001 Jan 29	0211:55	Deorbit burn 64.6m/s 125s
	0245?	Reentry

STS-87 (Columbia)

 1997-073A

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STS-87 pioneered a heads-up roll at T+5min, communicating with the TDRS network instead of the old Bermuda station.

Deploy of the Spartan solar observatory was delayed a day when SOHO went into safemode. Then on Nov 21, Chalwa released Spartan using the RMS arm. But Spartan failed to make its orientation `pirouette' and an attempt was made to regrapple the satellite. Capture was not successful and the arm tipped the satellite over, causing it to tumble. For about an orbit the astronauts tried to manuever to match Spartan's rate, but then Mission Control ordered them to back off to preserve fuel for an attempt during the already planned spacewalk a few days later. In April 1998 the internal review was made public, blaming Chalwa for failing to send the command to switch on the satellite before deployment, and for closing the RMS grapple too quickly, messing up the attempt to recapure it.

In the Nov 25 spacewalk, astronauts Scott and Doi placed themselves on the SPSS as Columbia flew up to match orientation and rates with Spartan. After several hours flying close to the craft, they grabbed it out of space and held it. It was finally lowered into the cradle using the RMS.

The second EVA on Dec 3 was added to the schedule to allow more tests of the crane. It also featured the free flight of AERCam, which reached a maximum range of 12m from Columbia.

STS-87
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Oct 24		Roll to VAB/3
1997 Oct 25		Mate to ET/SRB
1997 Oct 29		Rollout to LC39B
1997 Nov 19	1946:00	Launch
	1948	SRB sep
	1954:37	MECO	83 x 286 x 28.5 (OMS dV)
	1954:49	ET sep T+8:49
	2027:09	OMS-2 burn 126.2s 59.1m/s
	2029:13	OMS-2 cutoff	90.22 283 x 286 x 28.5
	2117	PLBD open complete
1997 Nov 20	0205	RMS checkout
	0446	RMS checkout complete
	1650	+X trim-1 19s 1.4m/s
1997 Nov 21	1919	RMS uncradle
	1932	RMS grapple Spartan
	2018	RMS unberth Spartan
	2104	RMS deploy Spartan	90.16 279 x 285 x 28.5
	2107	Spartan fails to orient
	2110	RMS grapple Spartan
		Spartan free and tumbling
	2211	End of prox RCS burns
	2232	RMS cradle
	2310	RCS sep 3.5s
1997 Nov 22	0142	RMS end effector test
	0158	RMS test complete
1997 Nov 24	0833:17	NC4 burn, 0.4m/s 6s RCS
	2119:33	OMS-3/NC5, 15s 3.5m/s
	2250:38	OMS-4/TI 12s 3m/s
	2256	RMS uncradle
	2310:29	MC1 5s 0.4m/s
	2314	Ku radar acq Spartan
	2342:14	MC2 4s 0.3m/s
	2342	Begin AL 5.5psi hold
	2350?	AL depress complete
	2359:14	MC3 5s 0.4m/s
1997 Nov 25	0001	EVA-1 to battery
	0002	EVA-1 HO	90.13 277 x 283 x 28.5
	0009:15	MC4 3s 0.6m/s
	0053	Range 26m
	0209	Spartan manual capture by Scott, Doi
	0239:04	RMS grapple Spartan
	0240?	Scott, Doi release Spartan
	0323:22	RMS berth Spartan
	0326:36	RMS ungrapple Spartan
		DTO-671 EDFT-5 tests
	0735	Ingress
	0735?	HC
	0745	Rpress
	0745	EVA-1 end
	0758	Repress complete
1997 Nov 27	0049:57	AADSF attitude RCS trim 29s 2.0m/s
1997 Nov 28			90.14 278 x 283 x 28.5
1997 Dec 1	1544:21	Trim 17s 1m/s
1997 Dec 3	0452	RMS grapple Spartan	90.05 275 x 280 x 28.5
	0552	unberth Spartan for VGS tests
		(Video Guidance Sensor)
	0635	RMS berth Spartan
	0650	RMS ungrapple Spartan
	0825	275 x 280x 28.5
		EVA-2
	0847	Begin depress
	0905	AL depress complete
	0908	Battery power
	0915	HO
	0920	Egress
	1215	Scott hand-launches Aercam
	1327	Scott captures Aercam
	1402	HC
	1408	Repress
	1417	Repress complete
1997 Dec 4	0829:06	5s RCS burn for MSX
	0829:21	10s RCS burn for MSX
1997 Dec 5	0600		90.03 273 x 278 x 28.5
	0843	PLBD closed
	1121:28	Deorbit 2:32 dv 76.4m/s
	1124:00	OMS DO CO	87.44 21 x 274 x 28.5
	1220:02	MGTD KSC RW33
	1220:14	NGTD
	1221:02	Wheels stop

Iridium 22

 1997-043E

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The next Iridium launch, Delta Iridium MS-3, was the first under Boeing auspices (Boeing and McDonnell Douglas having just merged). Mass of SV022 is 658 kg. Two sats on this launch were 658 kg and three were 663 kg, I don't actually know which were which; the heavier satellite had a larger battery pack. The larger mass led to a lower deployment orbit.

Iridium 22
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Aug 21	0038:40	Launch by Delta II	V SLC2
	0039:44	T+1:04 SRM 1-6 burnout
	0039:45	T+1:05 SRM 7-9 TIG
	0040:06	T+1:26 SRM 1-3 sep 28 km	-6330 x 33 ?
	0040:07	T+1:27 SRM 4-6 sep
	0040:10	T+1:30 Dogleg manuever to 86.4 deg
	0040:49	T+2:09 SRM 7-9 burnout
	0040:51	T+2:11 SRM 7-9 sep 55 km	-6200 x 75 ?
	0041:10	T+2:30 End of dogleg
	0043:00	T+4:20 MECO, 105 km
	0043	Stage 1 sep
	0043:14	T+4:34 Stage 2 burn 1, 133 km	-4200 x 170 ?
	0043:23	T+4:43 PLF sep 138 km	-4150 x 175 ?
	0049:50	T+11:10 SECO-1
		Coast	169 x 564 x 86.4
	0137:00	T+58:20 Stage 2 burn 2
	0137:14	T+58:34 SECO-2
			541 x 559 x 86.7
	0141:10	T+1:02:30 SV026 deploy
	0151:10	T+1:12:30 SV025 deploy
	0155:20	T+1:16:40 SV024 deploy
	0159:30	T+1:20:50 SV023 deploy
	0203:40	T+1:25:00 SV022 deploy
	0204	Stage 2 retro
	0222:50	T+1:44:10 Depletion burn (20s)
	0223:10	T+1:44:30 SECO-3
1997 Aug 21			95.56 535 x 556 x 86.7
1997 Aug 25			95.67 542 x 560 x 86.7
1997 Aug 29			95.70 542 x 561 x 86.7
1997 Sep 1			96.77 601 x 605 x 86.7
1997 Sep 2			97.19 620 x 627 x 86.6
1997 Sep 3			98.12 666 x 671 x 86.6
1997 Sep 4			98.80 698 x 704 x 86.5
1997 Sep 6			100.05 756 x 764 x 86.4
1997 Sep 7			100.09 753 x 772 x 86.4
1997 Sep 8			100.39 774 x 779 x 86.4
1997 Sep 10			100.38 776 x 777 x 86.4
1998 Mar 5			100.40 775 x 779 x 86.4