Tuesday, November 18, 2003

Hexagon 12

  1976-065A


Mission 12 was maintained in a 155 x 240 km orbit until Oct 29, when its orbital variation was increased to range from 138-163 x 250-280 km. It had a record lifetime to date of 159 days.


HEXAGON 12 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jul 8  1830 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 
 1837? T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO 
 1838? T+8:00 Stage 2 sep 
   88.5 159 x 242 x 97.0 
 2005?  SSU deploy (notional) 
 2214?  S3-3 deploy (notional) 
1976 Jul 8    88.39 155 x 234 x 97.0 
1976 Jul 21    88.40 154 x 235 x 97.0 
1976 Aug 3  2107? SRV-1 deorbit 
1976 Aug 11    88.38 155 x 234 x 97.0 
1976 Sep 5    88.50 158 x 242 x 97.0 
1976 Sep 6  2157? SRV-2 deorbit 
1976 Sep 7   Mapping op 279 last image 
1976 Sep 8 2228? SRV-5 deorbit opp 
 2300? SRV 1212-5 recovered after 62d 
1976 Sep 10   DB-15 turned off 
1976 Oct 2    88.34 155 x 229 x 96.9 
1976 Oct 19  2200? SRV-3 deorbit 
1976 Oct 29    88.71 146 x 274 x 96.9 
1976 Nov 14    88.68 140 x 277 x 96.9 
1976 Dec 1    88.87 163 x 273 x 96.9 
1976 Dec 8    88.76 138 x 287 x 96.9 
1976 Dec 9  2143? SRV-4 deorbit 
1976 Dec 12    88.70 163 x 256 x 96.9 
1976 Dec 14 Reentered after 159d 

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