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