Soyuz 9

  1970-041A

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The Soyuz-9 mission, which used spacecraft 7K-OK No. 17, was a transition mission between the lunar and Salyut phases of the Soyuz program. Andrian Nikolaev and Vitaliy Sevastyanov spent a record 18 days in space. The BO carried a thermal control system prototype for DOS/Almaz.

Sevastyanov said in 2001 that three 0.5-meter target subsatellites were ejected from the BO and tracked optically in support of an Almaz-related space defense experiment. 

Soyuz-9
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1970 Jun 1	1900:00	Launch by Soyuz	KB
		T+1:55 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:45 Fairing
		T+4:48 Blok A sep
		T+4:48 St 3 MES
	1908:50	T+8:50 St 3 MECO
	1909?	St 3 sep
	2315		88.53 176 x 228 x 51.64
1970 Jun 2		3 subsats ejected
	0043	Ascending node at apogee
	0044	Begin rev 5?
1970 Jun 2	0105?	Burn on rev 5
	0212	End of rev 5
	0300	End of working day
	0330		88.59 180 x 225 x 51.64
1970 Jun 3	1230		89.54 244 x 260 x 51.68
1970 Jun 16			89.05 222 x 234 x 51.68
	0930	Orbit lower	88.78 210 x 219 x 51.68
	1645		88.75 199 x 226 x 51.68
1970 Jun 18	1915		88.44 196 x 200 x 51.67
1970 Jun 19	1052	Prep for retrofire
1970 Jun 19	1117:30	Retrofire 145s, 0.15 km/s
	1119:55	DO CO
	1132?	Modules sep
	1140?	Entry
	1144	Parachute deployment
	1158:55	Landed 75 km W of Karaganda

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Kosmos 2407

 2004-028A

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A Parus satellite was launched in Jul 2004,continuing the annual replenishment.

Kosmos-2407
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Jul 22	1746:28	Launch by Kosmos-3M	PL LC132/1
	1748	Stage 2 MES-1
	1754?	Stage 2 MECO-1
	1848?	Stage 2 MES-2
	1848?	Stage 2 MECO-2
	1849:30	S3M sep

Kosmos 2406

 2004-021A

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Kosmos-2406 was launched by FKA in Jun 2004 as the first replenishment launch for Tselina-2 in 4 years.

Kosmos-2406
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Jun 10	0128:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB
	0130	T+2:23 St 1 MECO
	0130	T+2:25 Stage 1 sep
	0130	T+2:25 Stage 2 burn
	0130	T+2:40 GO sep
	0134	T+6:42 Stage 2 MECO	150? x 850? x 71.0
		Sep motor cover perigee
	0141?	T+13m? Stage 2 VECO
	0141?	Stage 2 sep motor covers
	0141	T+13m Stage 2 sep
2004 Jun 17			102.05 846 x 865 x 71.0

Ekspress AM-11

 2004-015A

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AM No. 11 and No. 12 replaced the cancelled Troika/Spacebus-3000 project. These are separate from AM 1-3 and have Alcatel payloads. AM 11 has 26 C and 4 Ku. 2542 kg launch. AM 11 was launched for GP KS by Proton K 410-08 with Blok DM-01 11S861-01 No. 14L.

Ekspress AM-11
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Apr 26	2037:00	Launch by Proton-K 410-08	KB PL200/39
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:03 GO sep
		T+5:33 St 2 sep
		T+9:34 St 3 MECO
	2046	T+9:44 St 3 sep
	2047	T+10:39 DM adapter sep	154 x 155 x 51.6
	2150	T+1:13:27 MES-1
	2157	T+1:20:34 MECO-1	632.51 329 x 35730 x 47.5
2004 Apr 27	0306	T+6:29:24 MES-2, SOZ sep
	0309	T+6:32:41 MECO-2	143.06 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 96.5E
	0309:57	T+6:32:57 DM sep
2004 Apr 27		R/B reentered
2004 May 19			1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.1 GEO 96.5E