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Ranger 1

  1961-021A

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Launch of Ranger I (P-32) was at 1004:10 by Atlas Agena B from Cape Canaveral. At 1006 (T+2:10) the Atlas separated at an altitude of 61 km. The fairing separated at T+4:40. The Agena B ignited at 1009 (T+4:56) at an altitude of 168 km. The 3280 kg Ranger/Agena combination entered orbit at 1011 (T+7:23) at an altitude of 186 km. The Agena B restarted at 1024 but shut down prematurely, imparting a delta-V of only 70 m/s of the required 3180 m/s. The Agena separated and Ranger I was left in a 179 x 446 km x 32.9 deg orbit. It transmitted until Aug 27 and reentered over the Gulf of Mexico on Aug 30.

Ranger 1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1961 Aug 23	1004:10	Launch by Atlas Agena B
		BECO
	1006	T+2:10 Booster sep
	1008:50	T+4:40 Fairing sep
	1008:50	Atlas sep
	1009:06	T+4:56 Agena B MES-1
	1011:33	T+7:23 Agena B MECO-1	186 x 224? x 32.9
	1024	Agena B MES-2
	1024	Agena B MECO-2 70m/s
	1027:23	Agena B sep	179 x 446 x 32.9
	1034?	Agena solid retro
1961 Aug 27	0549	End of transmissions
1961 Aug 28	2353	Last transponder and beacon signal
1961 Aug 30	0830?	Reentered

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Navstar 21

 1992-089A

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Navstar SVN 29 (USA 87) was launched on 1992 Dec 18.

Navstar 29
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Dec 18	2216:00	Launch by Delta 7925	CC LC17
		SRM 1-9 sep
		St 1 sep
	2220	T+4:40? SES-1
	2227	T+11:00? SECO-1	185 x 185 x 34
		T+20? SES-2 36s?
	2236	T+20? SECO-2	180? x 720? x 34?
	2237	T+21? St 2 sep
	2238	T+22? TES 1:24
	2239	T+23? TECO
	2241	T+25? St 3 sep
	2320?	SES-3 depletion	610 x 734 x 20.3
1992 Dec 20	1902?	Star 37XFP burn
1992 Dec 20	1857		724.35 20127 x 20550 x 54.75
1993 Jan 5		In service
1997 Feb 1		Operating at slot F-4
2001 Jul		Operating at F-5