Friday, June 20, 2003
Wednesday, June 18, 2003
STS-7 (Challenger)
1983-059A
Challenger's second flight began on 1983 Jun 18. After re-rendezvous with SPAS, the astronauts carried out a total of 5 retrievals with the RMS arm. The next day, the SPAS was unberthed again for tests of the dynamics of the loaded RMS arm. SPAS was placed in various positions near the orbiter and the thrusters were fired to see how much the arm wobbled; the satellite was reberthed at the end of the experiment. STS-7 was to have been the first Shuttle landing at KSC but bad weather diverted Challenger to Edwards.
| STS-7 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 Apr 17 | OPF Bay 1 | ||
| 1983 May 21 | VAB Bay 3 | ||
| 1983 May 26 | Rollout | LC39A | |
| 1983 Jun 18 | 1133:00 | Launch | LC39A |
| 1135:06 | SRB sep, 45.5 km | -6250 x 65? | |
| 1141:20 | MECO, 110.2 km | ||
| 1141:38 | ET sep, 111.7 km | 86.15 8? x 157? x 28.5 | |
| 1143:20 | OMS 1 (2:20) 69.2m/s | 96 x 297 | |
| 1145:39 | OMS 1 CO | ||
| 88.47 102 x 294 x 28.5 (dV) | |||
| 1217:30 | OMS 2 (2:00) 59.0m/s | ||
| 1219:28 | OMS 2 CO | ||
| 1220 | ET breakup | ||
| 1257 | PLBD open | 90.50 294 x 302 x 28.5 | |
| 1408 | OSTA 2 on | ||
| 2046 | Anik sunshield open | ||
| 2102:00 | Anik C2 deploy | ||
| 2116:29 | OMS 3 sep (5s) 3m/s | ||
| 1983 Jun 19 | 1251 | 90.81 306 x 321 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 19 | 1333:00 | Palapa B1 deploy | |
| 1351:10 | OMS 4 sep (5s) 3m/s | ||
| 1648 | SPAS activation | 90.70 296 x 320 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 20 | 1129 | 90.71 296 x 321 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 20 | 1450:11 | OMS 5 (3s) 2m/s | 296 x 314 x 28.5 |
| 1535:33 | OMS 6 (13s) 7m/s | 90.39 291 x 295 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 21 | 2335 | 90.39 291 x 296 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 22 | 0700? | RMS grapple SPAS | |
| 0740? | RMS unberth SPAS | ||
| 0805 | RMS deploy SPAS - Fabian | ||
| 0806 | RMS grapple SPAS - Fabian | ||
| 0835 | RMS deploy SPAS | ||
| 0835 | RCS sep to 300 m | ||
| Range 300m | |||
| 1150? | 180m range | ||
| 1200? | V-bar Rendezvous with SPAS | ||
| 1225? | Grapple SPAS - Fabian? | ||
| 1232? | Release SPAS for rotating capture test | ||
| 1236? | Grapple SPAS - Thagard | ||
| 1450? | Release SPAS for second phase prox ops | ||
| Short range 60m operations, plume tests | |||
| 1536 | 90.39 291 x 296 x 28.5 | ||
| 1640? | Begin flyaround for regrapple | ||
| 1725? | Regrapple SPAS - Ride | ||
| 1730? | Release SPAS - Ride | ||
| 1730? | Regrapple SPAS - Ride, manual mode | ||
| 1738? | RMS reberth SPAS | ||
| 1746 | RMS reberth SPAS | ||
| 2102 | 90.37 289 x 295 x 28.5 | ||
| 1983 Jun 23 | Loaded arm tests | ||
| 0850? | RMS unberth SPAS | ||
| 1225? | RMS reberth SPAS | ||
| 1983 Jun 24 | PLBD closed | 90.36 289 x 294 x 28.5 | |
| 1983 Jun 24 | 1256:00 | OMS DO (166s) 94.5m/s | |
| 1258:46 | OMS DO CO | 87.52 9 x 294 x 28.5 | |
| 1325:58 | Entry | ||
| 1356:59 | Landing | RW15 EAFB | |
| 1357:19 | NGTD | ||
| 1358:14 | Wheels stop | ||
| 1983 Jun 28 | SCA 905 | Kelly AFB,TX | |
| 1983 Jun 29 | SCA 905 | KSC SLF | |
Luna 21
1973-001A
E-8 No. 204 (Luna-21) carried the third rover, Lunokhod 2. En route to the Moon, the Lunokhod's solar cell array was deployed for extra power; it was retracted during the trajectory correction maneuver.
| Luna-21 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 Jan 8 | 0655:38 | Launch by Proton-K | KB |
| 0705 | Stage 3 sep | ||
| 0709? | D MES-1 | ||
| 0711? | D MECO-1 | ||
| 0811 | D MES-2 | ||
| 0813 | Asc node | ||
| 0816? | D MECO-2 | ||
| 0816? | Blok D sep | ||
| 1973 Jan 8 | Lunokhod solar array deployed | ||
| 1973 Jan 9 | 1455:40 | TCM | |
| 1973 Jan 12 | 1711:23 | LOI burn 235s | |
| 1715:18 | Lunar orbit insertion | 114.2 89 x 111 x 62.1 | |
| 1973 Jan 13 | 1759:31 | TCM 11s | 117.8 7 x 129 x 62.8 |
| 1973 Jan 14 | 2208:22 | TCM 1s | 114.8 15 x 134 x 62.7 |
| 1973 Jan 15 | 2219 | Descent burn 270s | |
| 1973 Jan 15 | 2235 | Landed 25 51 N 30 27 E | |
| 1973 Jan 16 | 0114 | Deployed Lunokhod 2 | |
| Lunokhod-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 Jan | Launch by Proton aboard Luna-21 | ||
| 1973 Jan 16 | Landed on Moon (Luna-21) | ||
| 0114 | Rollout onto surface from Luna-21 | ||
| 1973 Jan 17 | Return to 4 m from Luna-21 for inspection | ||
| 1973 Jan 19 | Traverse 1148m SE | ||
| 1973 Jan 24 | 0130 | Lunar night 1 | |
| 1973 Feb 7 | 1900 | Lunar day 2 | |
| 1973 Feb 9 | Traverse SE | ||
| 1973 Feb 22 | Lunar night 2, travelled 11.1 km | ||
| 1973 Mar 9 | 0830 | Lunar day 3 | |
| 1973 Mar 10 | 0925 | Open solar cell | |
| 1973 Mar 11 | Resume traverse | ||
| 1973 Mar 24 | Lunar night 3, elapsed 25.6km | ||
| 1973 Apr 7 | 2130 | Lunar day 4 | |
| 1973 Apr 22 | Park for lunar night 4, 36.2 km | ||
| 1973 Apr 22 | 1900 | Lunar night 4 | |
| 1973 May 7 | 1000 | Lunar day 5 | |
| 1973 May 9 | Begin traverse NE | ||
| 1973 May 22 | Lunar night 5 | ||
| 1973 Jun 3 | End of operations | ||
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Navstar 54
2001-004A
The USAF's SVN 54 (LMMS's GPS IIR SV 14) was launched on mission IIR-7 as PRN-18, into orbital plane/slot E4.
| GPS SVN 54 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Jan 30 | 0755:00 | Launch by Delta 7925-9.5 | CC SLC 17A |
| T+0:54 SRM 1-6 out | |||
| T+2:00 SRM7-9 out | |||
| T+4:26 MECO | |||
| T+4:35 St 1 sep | |||
| T+4:40 SES-1 | |||
| T+4:56 Fairing sep | |||
| 0806 | T+11:00 SECO-1 | 90.17 175 x 390 x 36.9 | |
| 0815 | T+20:00 SES-2 | ||
| 0815:36 | T+20:36 SECO-2 | 99.36 189 x 1265 x 37.2 | |
| 0816:29 | T+21:29 St 2 sep | ||
| 0817:06 | T+22:06 TES | ||
| 0818:30 | T+23:30 TECO | ||
| 0820:26 | T+25:26 St 3 sep | 356.58 177 x 20380 x 39.0 | |
| T+1:33:27 SES-3 depletion | |||
| T+1:33:49 SECO-3 | 100.02 200 x 1318 x 37.5 | ||
| 2001 Jan 31 | 356.68 160 x 20397 x 39.1 | ||
| 2001 Feb 1 | 1643 | Scheduled AKM burn | |
| 2001 Feb 1 | 1700 | AKM burn at apo 10 T+57h 54m | |
| 2001 Feb 2 | 718.11 20104 x 20266 x 55.0 | ||
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