TeamNathanFTW’s New and Improved Blog : October 2003

Sunday, October 26, 2003

Intelsat 511

1985-055A

Intelsat VA F-11 was stationed over the Atlantic after launch in Jun 1985.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Intelsat VA F-11



1985 Jun 30	0044	Launch by Atlas G Centaur	CC LC36
		T+2:32 BECO
		T+2:55 Booster sep
		T+2:57 Insulation panels sep
		T+3:45 Fairing sep
	0048	T+4:44 SECO
		T+4:46 Atlas sep
		T+4:56 Centaur MES1
	0054	T+10:15 Centaur MECO1	148 x 1217 x 28.5
	0107	T+23:07 Centaur MES2
	0108	T+24:37 Centaur MECO2
	0110	T+26:52 Centaur sep	633.25 340 x 35758 x 23.1
	0155	T+1:21:07 Depletion
	0600?	Apo 1
	1600?	Apo 2
1985 Jul 1	0300?	Apo 3
	1400?	Apo 4
1985 Jul 1	1403?	Star 37XF burn
1985 Jul 1			1400.51 34400 x 35773 x 0.1 GEO 29.7W+9.2E
1985 Jul 5		mv up
1985 Jul 10			1436.87 35735 x 35868 x 0.3 GEO 4.5E+0.2W
1985 Jul 29			1436.20 35732 x 35844 x 0.3 GEO 2.7E+0.03W
1985 Aug 1		mv out	1444.27 35941 x 35951 x 0.2 GEO 0.7W+2.0W
1985 Aug 23		mv in	1436.01 35780 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 27.6W
1985 Sep		AOR backup	GEO 27.5W
1985 Dec 26			1436.12 35766 x 35807 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W
1986 Dec 13			1436.08 35775 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W
1989 Jan 13			1436.12 35763 x 35810 x 0.0 GEO 27.6W
1990 Jun 3			1436.09 35770 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 27.4W
1990 Oct 2			1436.12 35776 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 27.5W
1990 Oct 3		mv out	1426.22 35575 x 35610 x 0.1 GEO 1.0W+2.5E
1990 Dec 28		mv in IOR	1436.07 35772 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 62.0E
1991 Sep 27			1436.06 35768 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 62.9E
1992 Jun 2			1436.11 35762 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 62.9E
1992 Jun 4		mv out
1992 Sep 9		mv in	1436.07 35770 x 35801 x 0.0 GEO 177.1E
1993 Feb 23			1436.04 35767 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 177.0E
1994 Jan 29			1436.06 35769 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 177.0E
1994 Nov 30			1436.06 35769 x 35802 x 1.6 GEO 177.1E
1994 Dec 8		move to 180	1436.07 35772 x 35800 x 1.6 GEO 179.9E
1995 Oct 22			1436.07 35772 x 35799 x 2.2 GEO 179.9W
1997 Sep 4			1436.04 35772 x 35798 x 3.6 GEO 179.9W
1997 Sep 5		mv out	GEO 179E
1997 Sep 12			1438.70 35830 x 35844 x 3.6
1998 Jun 21		mv in, replace 506	1436.09 35764 x 35808 x 4.1 GEO 29.5W
1999 Jun 10			1436.07 35772 x 35800 x 4.8 GEO 29.6W
2003 Aug 5			1436.13 35770 x 35803 x 7.7 GEO 29.3W

Kosmos 1357

1982-040A

Kosmos-1357 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 30.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-1357



1982 May 6	1807	Launch by 11K65M	PL
		Stage 2 burn 1
	1814	T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1
		Stage 2 burn 2
	1905?	T+58m? Stage 2 sep
1982 May 10			114.71 1403 x 1480 x 74.01

Saturday, October 25, 2003

EUVE, the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, carried out a survey of the sky at extreme ultraviolet wavebands, extending the one done by the Wide Field Camera on Rosat, and made EUV spectroscopic observations of bright sources. The satellite was developed by a team at the University of California at Berkeley. The 3280 kg GSFC-managed satellite was built by Fairchild (Loral) using the Explorer Platform (MMS) bus.

The last observations were made 2001 Jan 26. End of life tests included testing out the backup high voltage supplies for the science instrments, and testing out the spacecraft battery capacity. Late on 2001 Jan 31 EUVE was sent into safehold and pointed anti-sun.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

EUVE



1992 Jun 7	1640:00	Launch by Delta
		T+0:55 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+1:00 SRM 7-9 burn
		T+1:01 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+1:56 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+2:02 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:24 MECO
		T+4:32 St 1 sep
		T+4:38 SES
	1645	T+5:05 Fairing
	1651	T+11:11 SECO-1 177 km 7.910 km/s	177 x 568? x 28.4
	1746	T+1:06:53 SES-2
	1747	T+1:07:11 SECO-2
	1751	T+1:11:05 St 2 sep
		T+1:11 St 2 retro
		T+1:13 Solar array deploy
	1813	T+1:33:20 SES-3 evasive
		T+1:33:25 SECO-3	? x 524? x 28.5?
	1817	T+1:37:45 SES-4 depletion (at apo)
		T+1:37:59 SECO-4	280 x 524 x 30.2
1992 Jun 8			95.06 514 x 528 x 28.43
1992 Oct 11			95.02 511 x 527 x 28.43
1997		Control to UCB-CEA
2001 Jan 26		Complete last obs (NISM He Cone)
2001 Jan 27		End of life tests
2001 Jan 31	2350?	Command In safehold
	2359	In safehold, systems off	93.18 426 x 434 x 28.4
2001 Feb 2		Transmitters off
2002 Jan 31	0230		137 x 141 x 28.43
2002 Jan 31	0400		123 x 125 x 28.43
	0416?	Reentered

The New Millionaire’s Handbook

https://welib.org/md5/4423b93f46b8890fc9b6cb07632c1cad

Friday, October 24, 2003

With this ring : a For better or for worse collection

https://welib.org/md5/3ae409daabea89c49e819a07d7d9a8d0

Saturday, October 18, 2003

GOES-9

1995-025A

GOES J (GOES 9 on orbit) was launched a year after the first GOES NEXT satellite. The satellite was 2134 kg at orbit insertion. It started having momentum wheel problems in 1998 and was replaced by GOES 10 before being moved to serve as a spare satellite.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

GOES 9



1995 May 23	0552.02	Launch from LC36B
	0554.37	BECO
	0554.40	Booster sep
	0555.02	Insulation panel sep
	0555.38	Fairing sep
	0556.28	SECO
	0556.30	Atlas sep
	0556.52	AC-77 MES1
	0602.06	AC-77 MECO1
	0616.05	AC-77 MES2
	0617.38	AC-77 MECO2
	0621.05	Centaur sep
1995 May 22			755.57 161 x 42041 x 27.0
1995 May 25	0145	AMF-1
1995 May 25			989.89 10929 x 42117 x 8.2
1995 May 27	1957	AMF-2
1995 May 29	1839	AMF-3
1995 May 29			1604.32 35622 x 42413 x 0.3
1995 May 31	1259	AAM (LAM4)
1995 Jun 1		Mag boom deploy
1995 Jun 2			1434.74 35633 x 35886 x 0.3 GEO 90.0W+0.3E
1995 Jun 3		Solar sail deploy
1995 Jun 4			1436.06 35650 x 35921 x 0.2 GEO 89.9W
1995 Jun 7	0106	TMF-1
1995 Jun 8	1259	TMF-2
1995 Jun 10	0142	TMF-3, GEO
1995 Jun 15		Cooler covers opened
1995 Dec 1		Complete checkout	GEO 90W
1995 Dec 5			1436.18 35770 x 35806 x 0.2 GEO 90.1W
1995 Dec 14		mv out
1996 Feb 1		mv in	1436.27 35775 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 134.7W+0.05W
1996 Jan 22		mv in GOES W	GEO 135W
1996 Mar 19			1436.02 35773 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 135.2W
1997 Apr 6			1435.92 35773 x 35793 x 0.2 GEO 134.9W+0.04E
1998 Apr 6			1435.92 35770 x 35795 x 0.2 GEO 134.7W
1998 Jul 10		Replaced by GOES 10
1998 Jul 28			1435.99 35782 x 35786 x 0.4 GEO 135.2W
1998 Aug 2		mv out	GEO 135W
1998 Aug 17		mv in	GEO 106W
1998 Aug 20		mv in	1435.90 35771 x 35793 x 0.3 GEO 105.7W+0.04E
1998 Aug		Drifting 105W-98W
1999 May 26			1436.15 35767 x 35808 x 0.3 GEO 98.3W+0.02W
1999 Oct 17			1436.28 35768 x 35812 x 0.6 GEO 102.8W+0.05W
2000 Jun 12			1436.09 35759 x 35813 x 0.1 GEO 106.7W+0.01W
2002 Mar 8			1436.14 35741 x 35833 x 0.2 GEO 105.1W

Zond 8

1970-088A

The final L-1 flight was intended to develop technology for the L-3 program. 11F91 No. 14 (7K-L1 No. 14) was launched on 1970 Oct 20 and named Zond-8. The attitude control sensor failed during reentry; a ballistic reentry over the North Pole led to a splashdown in the Indian Ocean 730 km southeast of the Chagos Archipelago.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Zond-8



1970 Oct 20	1955:39	Launch by Proton-K	KB
	2004	Stage 3 MECO
	2009	Blok D MES-1
	2011?	Blok D MECO-1	190 x 200 x 51.6?
	2055?	SOK cone sep
	2109?	Blok D MES-2
	2109?	SOZ sep
	2113	Asc node
	2114	Blok D MECO-2
	2114?	Blok D sep	200 x 400000? x 51.6
1971 Oct 21	0700	Altitude 118000 km over 27N 9W
1970 Oct 23	0300?	TCM
1970 Oct 24	0035?	Perilune 1120 km
1970 Oct 27		Attitude control sensor failed
	1330?	PAO sep
	1340?	Ballistic entry over N pole
	1355	Splashdown in Indian Ocean

Thursday, October 16, 2003

Shenzhou 3

2002-014A

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The SZ 3 was the first SZ to have full life support systems and carried an astronaut-simulator. The simulator reproduces the shape and mass distribution of a real astronaut and simulates the electrical, breathing, body temperature and blood pressure signals for telemetry.

It was also the first CZ-2F to have a live escape tower.

The LES including the upper fairing is 15.1m long and 3.8m dia, with a mass of 11260 kg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

SZ 3



2002 Mar 25	1415	Launch by CZ-2F	JQ
		T+2:16 SRM burnout, sep
		T+2:38 St 1 MECO
		T+2:39 St 1 sep, St 2 burn
		T+2:40? LES sep
		T+2:40 Fairing sep
		T+7:41 St 2 MECO
		T+9:43 St 2 VECO
	1424	Stage 2 MECO
	1425	Stage 2 sep	89.75 197 x 326 x 42.40
	2120?	Orbit raise	91.23 332 x 337 x 42.40
2002 Mar 27			91.22 331 x 337 x 42.40
2002 Mar 29	1015	Orbit adj 8s
2002 Mar 30			91.21 330 x 337 x 42.40
		Orbit adj?	91.22 330 x 339 x 42.41
2002 Apr 1	0752?	OM separated
	0802?	Deorbit burn -200 m/s?	-300 x 330 x 42.4
	0815	Asc node at 34E
	0830?	Entry
	0851	Landed

Saturday, October 11, 2003

Apollo 7

1968-089A

Commander: Walter Schirra, Capt. USN
Senior Pilot: Donn Eisele, Maj. USAF
Pilot: Walter Cunningham, Ph.D., NASA

Apollo CSM 101 was launched on the first piloted Apollo flight, Apollo 7, on 1968 Oct 11 at 1502. The launch vehicle was SA-205, a Saturn IB. The AS-205 mission would test out the Command and Service Module in Earth orbit. Apollo 7 reached a 227 x 284 km orbit at 1513, remaining attached to the SLA (Spacecraft LM Adapter) and the S-IVB stage. Over the next orbit they carried out tests in controlling the rocket stage. Apollo 7 separated from the stage at 1757, and three of the four panels of the SLA opened wide. A fourth panel stuck in an intermediate position. (On this mission, they were attached to the Saturn by hinges; on later missions they would be jettisoned.) At 1800 the Apollo completed a simulated transposition and docking maneuver - but no Lunar Module was carried on the flight, so there was nothing to actually dock with.

Over the next day, the crew tested the RCS and SPS engines with a separation and re-rendezvous with the Saturn S-IVB stage. Rendezvous was complete at 2100 on Oct 12. After 20 minutes the Apollo moved away again to begin the next phase of the mission.

From Oct 14 to Oct 21, 5 more burns of the large SPS engine were made to test out the system. A final burn at 1042 on Oct 22 brought Apollo 7 out of orbit for splashdown in the Atlantic at 1111 on Oct 22.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

CSM 101 Mission Log



1968 Oct 11	1502:45	AS-205 launch
1968 Oct 11	1505:06	S-IB inboard engine cutoff
1968 Oct 11	1505:09	Outboard engine cutoff
1968 Oct 11	1505:10	T+2:25 S-IB separation, 62 km altitude
1968 Oct 11	1505:31	T+2:46 LES separation
	1507:04	S1B apogee 119 km	-6145 x 119 x 33.3
	1512:05	S-IB impact 75.72W 29.76N
1968 Oct 11, 1513:02	S-IVB shutdown
1968 Oct 11, 1513:12	Earth orbit insertion	227 x 284 km x 31.64 deg,
			222 x 282 x 31.61 (Traj)
1968 Oct 11	1637:13	propellant dump begin	223 x 289 x 31.62
	1649:14	LOX dump complete	223 x 309 x 31.61
1968 Oct 11	1757:47	S-IVB-205 separation	232 x 309 km
			228 x 315 x 31.64
1968 Oct 11	1758?	SLA panels opened
1968 Oct 11	1800	Simulated Transposition and Docking
1968 Oct 11	1822:55	Phasing sep (RCS),	231 x 305 km
1968 Oct 11	1917		89.86 228 x 305 x 31.7
1968 Oct 12	0654:45	Phasing (RCS),	224 x 305 km
1968 Oct 12	1727:41	Corrective combination (SPS),	228 x 360 km
1968 Oct 12	1903:42	Coelliptic (SPS),	211 x 285 km
1968 Oct 12	2019:18	TPI (RCS),	225 x 285 km
1968 Oct 12	2059:28	TPF (RCS),	226 x 298 km
1968 Oct 12	2100	Rendezvous with S-IVB-205
1968 Oct 12	2122:45	Sep (RCS),	226 x 298 km
1968 Oct 13	2123		89.81 227 x 302 x 31.6
1968 Oct 14	1508		89.78 221 x 304 x 31.6
1968 Oct 14	1850:45	SPS-3 (SPS perigee lower)	166 x 296 km
1968 Oct 14	1926		89.12 161 x 300 x 31.2
1968 Oct 15	0650		89.04 163 x 290 x 31.2
1968 Oct 16	1500?		89.12 168 x 292 x 31.2
1968 Oct 16	1545	SPS-4 (SPS minimum firing),	165 x 290 km
	1820		89.02 169 x 282 x 31.2
1968 Oct 17	1632		88.94 166 x 277 x 31.2
1968 Oct 18	1202:45	SPS-5 (SPS phasing),	165 x 452 km
1968 Oct 19	0249		90.64 165 x 446 x 30.1
	0720		90.61 164 x 444 x 30.1
1968 Oct 20	0910:45	SPS-6 (SPS minimum firing)	, 163 x 434 km
1968 Oct 20	1457		90.50 164 x 434 x 30.1
1968 Oct 21	1408:57	SPS-7 (SPS burn),	164 x 426 km
1968 Oct 21	2144		90.52 162 x 437 x 29.9
1968 Oct 22			90.44 172 x 420 x 29.88 (SAO)
1968 Oct 22	1042:01	SPS-8 (deorbit) over Hawaii 12s at 376 km
1968 Oct 22	1046:19	SM-101 separation
	1053?	3.7m dia insulation disk separates
1968 Oct 22	1056:12	Entry interface	88.52 -47 x 450 x 30.0
	1106	SM-101 impact Atlantic at 29N 72W
1968 Oct 22	1111:48	Splashdown in Atlantic Ocean, 27 32 21.5N 64 04W
1968 Oct 22	1140?	Recovered by USS Essex

Saturday, October 4, 2003

Kosmos 2400

2003-037A

A Strela-3M satellite pair was launched in Aug 2003 on Kosmos-3M.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-2400



2003 Aug 19	1050	Launch by Kosmos-3M	PL LC132-1
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
	1052	T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
	1052	T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	1058	T+8:03? St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1500? x 83
	1142?	T+52m S3M burn
	1144	T+54m S3M deploy satellites	115.62 1467 x 1503 x 82.5
2003 Sep 25			115.66 1468 x 1501 x 82.5

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