Saturday, December 24, 2005

Soyuz 29

 1978-061A


7K-T 11F615A8 No. 46 was launched on 1978 Jun 15 with the DOS-5 EO-2 crew, Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov. It was named Soyuz-29. Soyuz-29 docked with the front port on Salyut-6 on Jun 16.

On Sep 3, the EP-4 Interkosmos crew of Valeriy Bykovskiy and Sigmund Jahn entered the spacecraft and undocked, returning to Earth later that day.


Soyuz-29 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Jun 15  2016:45  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 2019 Blok BVGD sep 
 2021  Blok A sep 
 2025  Blok I MECO 
 2026Blok I sep 
   88.8 193 x 248 x 51.6 
   253 x 309 x 51.6 
1978 Jun 16    338 x 353 x 51.6 
 2158  Docked 
1978 Sep 2  1400Test burn 
1978 Sep 3  0645Crew entry 
 0823:18  Undocked 
 1052:09  Retro 
 1055?  DO CO  
 1110:32  PAO, BO sep 
 1116?  Entry 
 1140:34  Landed 140 km SE of Dzezkazgan 

Friday, December 23, 2005

FSW-21

 2005-027A


FSW launched in Aug 2005.


FSW 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2005 Aug 2  0730:03  Launch by CZ-2C  JQ 
 0740? Stage 2 MECO 
 0750  
91.12 165 x 493 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 3  0400  Orbit tweak  91.14 166 x 494 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 4  2025   91.10 166 x 491 x 63.00 
2005 Aug 5   Orbit raise 
 1915   91.49 166 x 528 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 7   orbit raise 
 0603   91.73 166 x 552 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 10  1952   91.65 166 x 544 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 18    91.56 167 x 535 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 19   orbit raise  91.72 167 x 550 x 63.0 
2005 Aug 28  2142?  Deorbit 
 2200?  Landing 

Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Thaicom 1

 1993-078B


Thaicom 1 was the first lightweight HS-376L model, using a Star 30BP solid apogee motor and with a dry mass of only 436 kg. The satellite carried 644 kg of fuel at launch, with 193 kg remaining at BOL, for masses of 1080 kg and 629 kg respectively. The HS-376L satellite was 2.16m in dia, 2.6 m high at launch, with a height of 6.7 m after deployment of the solar panel skirt and antennas.

Thaicom was built for the Shinawatra Satellite Co, Bangkok, Thailand, a subsidiary of the Shinawatra Computer and Communications Group (SC&C;). It was launched as a Spelda Dedicated Satellite payload (SDS) on Ariane. The Ariane SPELDA, VEB and associated equipment had a mass of 1353 kg, and the dry mass of the H10+ third stage was 1242 kg.

In Jul 1997 Thaicom 1 was moved to 120E and renamed Thaicom 1A.


Thaicom 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1993 Dec 18  0127  Launch by Ariane   
1993 Dec 18  0129  PAL sep (2:21) 
 0130  St 1 sep (3:32) 
 0131  Fairing sep (4:31) 
 0132  St 2 sep (5:44) 
 0132  St 3 TIG (5:49) 
 0145  St 3 MECO (18:13) 
 0148  DBS 1 sep (21:37) 
 0150  Mini-Spelda top sep (23:07) 
 0152  Thaicom 1 sep (25:11) 
 0152  H10+ sep burn (25:13) 
 0156  H10+ end of mission (29:12) 
 0730? Apo 1 at 88E 
 1230? Peri 1 
 1800? Apo 2 at 71W 
 2300? Peri 2 
1993 Dec 19  0500? Apo 3 at 125E 
1993 Dec 19    638.97 214 x 36177 x 3.9 
 1000?  Peri 3 
 1530?  Apo 4 at 33W 
 2000? Peri 4 
1993 Dec 20  0200? Apo 5 at 170E 
 0700? Peri 5 
 1230? Apo 6 at 9E 
 1730? Peri 6 
 2300?  Apo 7 at 150W 
1993 Dec 21  0430?  Peri 7 
 1000? Apo 8 at 48E 
1993 Dec 21  0943? Star 30BP burn  1403.92 34093 x 36215 x 0.1 GEO 49.9E+8.3E 
1993 Dec 22    1378.17 33927 x 35362 x 0.4 GEO 56.4E+15.2E 
1993 Dec 23  2200?  mv in  
1993 Dec 26    1436.10 35771 x 35802 x 0.1 GEO 78.6E 
1994 Jan 14    1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 0.1 GEO 78.5E 
1997 Mar 10    1436.10 35762 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 78.4E 
1997 Jul   mv out  GEO 78E 
1997 Jul 31    GEO 119E 
1997 Aug 17    1436.13 35781 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 120.0E 
1999 Oct 17    1436.07 35781 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 120.1E 
2002 Aug 3    1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 120.0E 

Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Spaceflight: August 2005

 https://welib.org/md5/d5f30d4e40ab519a5b5b2b0ef07a2a33

Gambit-3 20

  1969-019A


KH-8 20 was launched by Titan IIIB Agena D from Vandenberg SLC4W into a 92 degree orbit, the lowest inclination (closest to polar) flight of any KH-8 mission.


KH-8 20 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Mar 4  1930  Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D  V SLC4W 
 1932? Titan stage 1 sep 
 1935?  Titan stage 2 sep 
 1935?  Agena burn 
 1940? Agena MECO 
1969 Mar 5  0402   90.43 132 x 459 x 92.0 
1969 Mar 8  1448   89.98 128 x 417 x 92.0 
  Orbit raise 
 2244   90.21 121 x 448 x 92.0 
  Orbit raise 
1969 Mar 9  0422   90.46 127 x 466 x 92.0 
1969 Mar 10  1803   90.23 130 x 440 x 92.0 
  Orbit raise 
 2234 90.57 136 x 468 x 92.0 
  Lower perigee 
1969 Mar 11  1210   90.24 114 x 458 x 92.0 
1969 Mar 12  1217  Raise orbit  90.31 125 x 453 x 92.1 
1969 Mar 14  
 2200? SRV recovered rev 161 
1969 Mar 16  0923   89.72 132 x 388 x 92.0 
1969 Mar 17  1945   89.47 125 x 371 x 92.0 
1969 Mar 18   Reentered after 14d 
 2145? Deboost rev 224 

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Monitor-E

 2005-032A


Launch 2005 Jul by 14A05 Rokot with Briz-KM No. 72507 from PL. The satellite, Monitor-E 98M No. 1 uses Krunichev Yacht bus, 750 kg. Krunichev is owner/operator. Box + 2 panels. Bus is 1.2 x 1.2m.


Monitor-E 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2005 Aug 26  1834:28  Launch by Rokot  KB PL LC133/3 
  T+2:26 St 1 sep 
  T+3:05 GO sep 
  T+5:19 St 2 sep 
 1839:53  T+5:25 MES-1 dV 2229 m/s  -4000? x 250? x 97.6? 
 1848:14  T+13:46 MECO-1  200? x 520? x 97.6?  
 1946:12  T+1:11:44 MES-2 dV 161m/s 
 1946:38  T+1:12:10 MECO-2 
 2006:08  T+1:31:40 Briz sep 
2005 Aug 26    524 x 544 x 97.6  
 2013:48  T+1:39:20 depletion 147 m/s 
2005 Aug 26   Briz orbit  147 x 538 x 97.8  
2005 Oct 18   loss of attitude 
  
2005 Nov 23   Spacecraft resumes testing 
2005 Nov 26   Gamma-S first picture 

Payload:

  • Gamma-L 8-m camera pan, 90 km swath

  • Gamma-S 20-m camera 3-band, 160 km swath

Maclean’s: July 25,2005

 https://welib.org/md5/03429978908d4196095316a7e55be733

Friday, December 2, 2005

Navstar 31

 1993-017A


Navstar GPS 31 (USA 90) was launched on 1993 Mar 30 from Cape Canaveral by a Delta II. The Delta also carried the SEDS experiment. SVN 31 was placed in plane C-3.


Navstar 31 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1993 Mar 30  0309  Launch by Delta 7925  CC LC17 
 0318? T+9? Delta SECO-1  185 x 185 x 34.0 
 0329? T+20? Delta SES-2 
 0329? T+20? Delta SECO-2 184 x 746 x 34.0  
 0330? Delta/SEDS sep from GPS/PAM-D 
 0331? T+22? TES 
 0333? T+24? TECO 
 0334? T+25? PAM-D sep  357.68 185 x 20440 x 34.9 
1993 Apr 1  1820? Star 37XFP burn  723.66 20187 x 20456 x 54.9 
1993 Apr 13   In service   
1993 Apr 22   On station 
1993 Aug 7    717.99 20071 x 20293 x 55.0 
1997 Feb 1   Operating at slot C-3 
2005 Oct 24   retired from service 

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Progress M-53

 2005-021A


Progress No. 353 on Mission ISS 18P. 7261 kg launch mass. Docking mass 6989 kg.


PM-53 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2005 Jun 16  2309:32  Launch by Soyuz-U No. Zh15000-094  KB LC1-5 
  T+1:59 Strapons sep 
  T+3:11 Fairing sep 
 2314:19 T+4:47 Blok A sep 
 2314:29 T+4:57 KhO sep 
 2318:17 T+8:45 Blok I MECO 
 2318:24 T+8:49 Blok I sep 
2005 Jun 17  0255:25  DV1 21.6m/s 54.5s 
 0340:04  DV2 3.3m/s 9.5s 
2005 Jun 18  0020:58  1.1m/s 4.0s 
 2249:18  15.8m/s 43s 
 2311:48  1.1m/s 29s 
 2332:41  25.9m/s 67.2s 
2005 Jun 19  0013:57  3 km, 8.1m/s 26s 
 0020:13  1.1km, 4.5m/s 16.2s 
 0022:27  600m, 2.3m/s 35s 
2005 Jun 19   150m Comm failure, Krikalyov takes TORU control 
 0041:31  Docking  
2005 Sep 7  1025:57  Undocking from Zvezda 
 1326:00  Deorbit 167s 87.1m/s  350 x 351 x 51.6  
 1328:47 DO CO  56 x 350 x 51.6  
 1405? Reentry  

Aviation Week: July 11,2005

 https://welib.org/md5/68441144ce2ca5ec15780e9358b8535a

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Intelsat 306

  1970-003A


The F-6 satellite replaced F-2 as the primary AOR satellite, but was soon replaced in turn by F-7. After a stint in 1971 as the Atlantic backup, it was moved to the Indian Ocean in 1972, and then to the Pacific in around 1974-75. It was retired in 1976 and decommissioned in 1977.


Intelsat III F-6 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Jan 15  0016:03  Launch by Delta M  CK LC17A 
  Azimuth 100 deg 
  SRM 1-3 sep 
 0019:46 T+3:43 MECO 
 0019:52? St 1 sep 
 0019:52? SES-1 6:27 
 0026:19? SECO-1 
 0041? St 2 sep 
 0042? TES 41.6s 
 0042? TECO 
 0044? St 3 sep  631.70 267 x 35750 x 28.0 
1970 Jan 16  1329  SVM-2 burn  
1970 Jan 19    1436.14 35754 x 35820 x 1.0 GEO 20.6W 
1970 Feb 1   AOR Primary, replaced III F-2  GEO 24W 
1970 Mar 9    1436.41 35784 x 35801 x 0.9 GEO 25.1W 
1970 May 4    1436.25 35784 x 35794 x 0.8 GEO 24.3W 
1970 May?   Replaced by III F-7 
1970 May?   AOR Backup   
1970 Jun 8    1436.16 35785 x 35790 x 0.7 GEO 28.7W 
1971 Jan 18    1436.46 35730 x 35857 x 0.1 GEO 30.3W+0.1E 
1971 Apr   AOR Backup, moved  GEO 20W 
1971 Apr 26    1434.40 35718 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 21.9W+0.4W 
1971 May 3   Move in  1436.20 35787 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 20.1W 
1972 Feb 28    1436.21 35781 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 19.4W 
1972 Mar?   Move out to IOR 
1972 Jul 31   IOR  1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 1.3 GEO 64.7E+0.04E 
1972 Dec 22    1436.04 35784 x 35786 x 1.7 GEO 63.1E+0.0W 
1974 Dec   Move out of IOR
1975?   Move to POR 
1975 Mar 14    1436.26 35780 x 35799 x 3.5 GEO 176.9W+0.05E 
1975 Dec 30    GEO 182E (Morgan) 
1976 Jan 15    1436.24 35782 x 35796 x 4.2 GEO 178.2W+0.04E 
1976   Move out 
1976 Oct 20    1436.80 35733 x 35866 x 4.7 GEO 152.1W+0.1E 
1977 May 9    1435.50 35737 x 35812 x 5.1 GEO 154.2W+0.1W 
1977 May 25   Orbit raise  1465.69 36185 x 36542 x 5.2  

Friday, November 18, 2005

Seventeen: June 2005

 https://welib.org/md5/89edb97bcd0b7ca72ff7091fa2cd7742

MUBLCOM

 1999-026B


MUBLCOM (Multiple beam Beyond Line-of-sight Communications) is an experimental satellite funded by DARPA and managed by the US Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Ft Monmouth, New Jersey. It was built by Orbital using the Microstar (Orbcomm type) bus and carries a payload testing hand-held radio satellite communications for the armed forces.

Orbit is 750 x 750 km x 98 deg. The gravity gradient stabilized craft has a mass of 48 kg and is 0.16 long x 1.0 dia. MUBLCOM stands for Multiple Beam Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications. MUBLCOM relays packet data from user terminals to a data/voice network providing secure, mobile, terrain-independent, all-weather comms. The comms payload was developed by Torrey Science Corp. (TSC). The MUBLCOM demonstration satellite was launched in 1999. Program manager is the Space and Terrestrial Comms Directorate (S&TCD;) of CECOM, the US Army Communications/Electronics Command (part of Army Materiel Command?)

MUBLCOM also carries retroreflectors designed for use with MSFC's Advanced Video Guidance Sensor used on the DART satellite. This was not made public until DART launch preps in 2004.

The satellite was retired in 2005 Sep.

Saturday, November 12, 2005

STS-74 (Atlantis)

 1995-061A


The STS-74 mission was the second Mir docking mission. Delivered from Atlantis to Mir were 324 kg of equipment, 147 kg of food, 450 kg of water, 20 kg of N2, and 27 kg of O2 for a total of 967 kg.. From Mir to Atlantis came 9 kg of ESA equipment, 190 kg of RKA equipment, and 171 kg of NASA equipment for a total of 371 kg. This implies a net Atlantis mass decrease of 596 kg. (The SODB data shows 313 kg down and implies 455 kg up as well as the DM; but the contemporary PAO reports seem more likely to be reliable).


STS-74 mission events 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1995 Oct 3  0720  Roll to VAB 
1995 Oct 4   Mate with ET/SRB 
1995 Oct 12  0406  Roll to LC39A 
1995 Nov 11   Scrub T-5m (WX) 
1995 Nov 12  1230:43 Launch  KSC LC39A 
 1232:47  SRB sep 
 1239:17  MECO  88.29 80 x 299 x 51.7 (OMS dV) 
 1239:35  ET sep 
 1312:35 OMS 2 2:11 64.9m/s  90.52 294 x 305 x 51.7 
 1314:46  OMS 2 CO  
 1357:23 PLBD open   
 1530:20  OMS-3 (R) 46s 12m/s 
 1602   90.92 299 x 339 x 51.6 
1995 Nov 13  0415NC2 burn (RCS?) 
 1513:55  NC3 OMS 4 40s 20m/s  91.95 346 x 394 x 51.6 
 1611:44  NC4 OMS 5 (L) 38s 9m/s 
1995 Nov 14  0546  RMS grapple Docking Module 
 0637  Unberth DM 
 0716Berth DM to ODS with RCS 
 0900RMS ungrapple DM 
 0941  HO to DM 
 1519  NC4 RCS 21s 1.5m/s 92.00 350 x 394 x 51.7 
1995 Nov 15  0153:04  NC5 OMS-6 (R) 33s 8m/s  92.29 379 x 394 x 51.6 
 0326:43  OMS-7 (L) TI 9s 3m/s 92.39 387 x 396 x 51.7 
 0528  Rendezvous at 50m 
 0556  Resume approach 
 0618  Stationkeep at 10m 
 0622  Resume approach 
 0627:39  Dock DM with Kristall 
 0636  APDS retracted and latched 
 0900  DM hatch open  92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 
 1130? DM control to Russia 
1995 Nov 16  0526  RCS Orbiter/Mir structural dynamics test 
1995 Nov 17  1746  Crew return, hatch closed 
1995 Nov 18  0815:44  Atlantis undock from DM  92.42 391 x 395 x 51.6 
 0832  Stationkeep at 120 m, begin flyaround 
 0915? Second flyaround 
 1005  Sep burn  92.39 388 x 395 x 51.6  
 1514:20  OMS 8L 47s 13m/s lower orbit for GLO   
 1558:03  OMS 9R 55s 15m/s  91.39 337 x 348 x 51.6 
1995 Nov 19  1134  DTO 829 plume test RCS 
 1841  GLO RCS burns begin 
 1914  GLO RCS burns end 
1995 Nov 20  1320  PLBD closed  91.36 336 x 346 x 51.6 
 1558:43  OMS deorbit 3:54 132.2m/s  -106 x 346 x 51.6 
 1602:37  OMS DO CO 
 1630:02  Entry interface 122km 
 1701:09  Gear down 
 1701:27  MGTD RW33 KSC 
 1701:37  NGTD 
 1702:24  Wheels stop 
 1955Tow to OPF/1 

Back in Black

 https://welib.org/md5/b1e3cf8bdfa7a822d2dafc3bf30f2e1d

Sunday, October 23, 2005

Explorer 42

  1970-107A


The first small Explorer payload, SAS-A, carried two x-ray proportional counters provided by the American Science and Engineering team which later became the x-ray astronomy group of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. It was launched at 1053 on 1970 Dec 12 by a Scout B from the San Marco Launch Complex in the Indian Ocean off Kenya. It reached a 95.30 min, 522 x 563 km x 3.04 deg orbit and began operations on Dec 18. SAS-A was given the designations Small Astronomy Satellite 1 (SAS 1) and Explorer 42, but it is famous by the name given to it in honor of the Kenya-based launch site - Uhuru, the Swahili for `freedom'. Uhuru was the first successful x-ray astronomy satellite and made a survey of the 2-10 keV x-ray sky which was turned into a series of catalogs, the final one being the Fourth Uhuru (4U) catalog. Uhuru operations ended on 1973 Mar 18 and the satellite reentered on 1979 Apr 5.


Uhuru 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Dec 12  1053:50  Launch by Scout B S175C SMLC 
  T+1:16 St 1 burnout 
  T+1:19 Stage 2 burn 
  T+1:59 Stage 2 burnout 
  T+2:13 Stage 3 burn 
  T+2:49 Stage 3 burnout 
  T+9:05 spinup 
  T+9:07 Stage 3 sep 
 1103:02 T+9:12 Stage 4 burn 
 1103:37 T+9:47 Stage 4 burnout 
 1108:17 T+14:27 Stage 4 sep 
  Magnetic despin  
1970 Dec 13    95.76 535 x 574 x 3.0 
1971 Feb   Tape recorder failed 
1971 May 25    95.63 530 x 568 x 3.0 
1971 Aug   Transmitter strength weakened 
1971 Sep   Degraded star sensors 
1971 Dec   Transmitter recovered 
1972 Mar   Battery failed, day ops only
1973 Mar 18   End of ops 

Sunday, October 2, 2005

Anik E2

 1991-026A


Anik E-2, the first Anik E to be launched, left the South American launch pad in Apr 1991. 8 days later on Apr 12 the C-band antenna failed to deploy, but finally on Jul 3 the antenna was successfully released. In Sep 1991 E-2 replaced the Anik C-1 Ku-band satellite.

In Jan 1994 a magnetic storm caused the momentum wheel assembly to fail, and the spacecraft was feared lost. Services were transferred to other satellites. However, control was regained in Jun 1994 using a ground based computer to control attitude thruster firings. 


Anik E-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Apr 4  2333:00  Launch by Ariane 44P V53  CSG ELA2 
  T+1:09 PAL sep 
  T+3:32 St 1 sep 
  T+3:34 St 2 MES 
  T+4:27 Fairing 01 sep 
  T+5:43 St 2 sep 
 2338:46 T+5:46 St 3 MES 
 2350:47 T+17:47 St 3 MECO 
 2352:42 T+19:43 St 3 sep  636.35 451 x 35805 x 4.0 
1991 Apr 5  1540? LAM-1  724.50 4907 x 45778 x 1.8 
1991 Apr 6  1500? LAM-2  918.11 14077 x 35748 x 0.7 
1991 Apr 8  1330? LAM-3 1090.64 21692 x 35747 x 0.2 
1991 Apr 10  0150? LAM-4 1195.52 26119 x 35751 x 0.3 
1991 Apr 11  1800? LAM-5 1434.56 35715 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 109.3W+0.4E 
1991 Apr 25    1432.26 35671 x 35751 x 0.1 GEO 98.1W+1.0E 
1991 Jun 11    1435.30 35749 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 81.5W+0.2E 
1991 Jul 31   mv in 1436.05 35779 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 108.6W 
1991 Sep 1   Replaced Anik C-1 
1991 Sep 28    1436.09 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1993 Jan 26    1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.4W 
1994 Jan 21   Attitude control failure 
1994 Mar 1    1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 107.4W 
1994 Jun 21   Attitude control regained 
1994 Aug   Restored to service 
1994 Oct 19    1436.09 35780 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1996 Sep 5    1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
1999 Jun 10    1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 107.3W 
2001 Feb 19    1436.16 35774 x 35801 x 0.1 GEO 107.3W 
2001 Feb   Move to 111W 
2001 Feb 27    1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W 
2003 Jun 27    1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W 
2003 Jul 7    GEO 111W 
2003 Jul 23   Move to 119W GEO 119W 
2003 Sep 6    1436.12 35768 x 35805 x 0.2 GEO 118.7W 
2005 Mar 29    1436.01 35766 x 35803 x 1.7 GEO 118.5W

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Thuraya 2

 2003-026A


Boeing GEM launched Jun 2003 by Boeing for Thuraya/Abu Dhabi, to supplement T-1 at 44E. T-3 to follow.

5177 kg launch, 3200 kg BOL. Size is box + 2 panels 7.6 x 3.2 x 3.4m with 40.4m span. T-2 has longer arrays that T-1 with no solar concentrators.

Planned inclination is 6.3 deg at 44E.


Thuraya 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2003 Jun 10  1355:59.2  Launch by Zenit-3SL  Odyssey  
  T+2:24 St 2 MES 
  T+2:29 St 1 sep 
 1359:44 T+3:45 Fairing sep
 1404:31 T+8:32 St 2 sep-2155 x 187 x 6.3  
 1404:39 T+8:40 DM MES-1 
 1409:57 T+13:38 DM MECO-1  180 x 1390 x 6.3  
 1510:41 T+1:14:42 DM MES-2 
 1515:58 T+1:20:59 DM MECO-2 
 1535:18 T+1:40:19 DM sep  649.54 1177 x 35755 x 6.2 
2003 Jun 11    650.79 1207 x 35788 x 6.3 
2003 Jun 12   LAM-1  759.15 6604 x 35772 x 6.3 
2003 Jun 16   LAM-2  1259.69 28752 x 35764 x 6.3 
2003 Jun 17  0830?  LAM-3  1388.62 33920 x 35783 x 6.3 
2003 Jun 19   LAM-4  1436.01 35747 x 35822 x 6.3 GEO 28.7E+0.0E 
2003 Jul 28    1436.09 35711 x 35861 x 6.2 GEO 28.8E 

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Town and Country: February 2005

 https://welib.org/md5/92ba34d88418c3ae37d9b51ec0d65ff1

Apollo 11 (Eagle)

  1969-059C


The first spacecraft to carry humans to a landing on another world was Lunar Module 5, the spaceship Eagle.

On 1969 Jul 20, Eagle landed at Tranquility Base, 00 41 15 N, 23 26 00 E, later given the official astronomical name Statio Tranquillitatis, in the Mare Tranquillitatis, Luna.

During the descent, computer program alarms occupied the crew, preventing them from noticing the rough terrain the automated descent was leading them towards. Armstrong took over manual control with three and a half minutes of fuel left, and flew Eagle around until he found a safe spot, landing with only 45 seconds of fuel left and 25 seconds from the abort decision point.


Eagle (LM 5) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Jul 16  1332  Launch by Saturn V (SA-506)  KSC LC39A 
 1749:03  Extract from S4B-506 by CSM 107 
1969 Jul 18  2100  Hatch open, first crew entry 
1969 Jul 20  1300  Crew entry 
 1744  Undocked from CSM 107  100 x 122 
 1908:14  DPS DOI-1 (0:30) 23m/s  16 x 106 
 1908:44  DOI-1 cutoff 
 2004  At 15 km 
 2005:05  DPS PDI 
 2008  Yaw LM to face-up 
 2010:22  1202 program alarm 
 2010:50  At 10 km altitude 
 2011:02  1202 alarm 
 2013:32  Program P64 2.2km, high gate 
  Approach phase 
 2013:43  Attitude hold 
 2014:18  1201 alarm 
 2014:19  Below 750m 
 2015:22  P-66, manual control 
  150m, low gate 
  Landing phase 
 2017:40  Landed at Tranquility Base 
1969 Jul 21  0227  LEVA-1 begin depress 
 0230  Pressure at 0.4psi 
 0238  Depress complete 
 0239  Hatch open 
 0249  Cdr egress 
 0256  Cdr to lunar surface 
 0311  LMP egress 
 0315  LMP on surface 
  Deploy EASEP 
 0503? LMP return after 01:47 
 0510  Cdr return after 02:20 
 0511  Hatch closed 
 0514  Repress  
 0740:12  Depress for equipment dump 114:08:12 
 0742?  HO? 
  Dump LiOH canister, 2 PLSS, 2 LM arm rests 
 0744?  HC 
 0745  Repress 
 0750  Repress complete 



LM 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Jul 21  1754:01  Launch from LM 5 DS, Tranquility Base 
  APS burn 7:15 
  Residual trim complete 8:37 
 1801:21  LOI  17.6 x 87.6 
 1851:34  RCS CSI (0:45)  84 x 90 
 1852:22  RCS CSI cutoff 
 1949:50  RCS CDH (0:18)  76 x 87 
 2035:52  TPI (0:23)  81 x 113 
 2036:14  TPI cutoff 
 2051:25MCC1 midcourse 
 2106:58MCC2 midcourse 
 2111:34  TPF (0:28)  105 x 115 
 2117  Rendezvous with CSM 107 
 2135:00  Docked with CSM 107 
 2145  Crew and cargo transfer 
 2342  Undocked from CSM 107
1969 Jul 220425?end of ops 

Friday, September 16, 2005

Kosmos 2414

 2005-002A


Parus satellite launched in early 2005. The satellite was launched using a Kosmos-3M with a special fairing designed for the SAR-Lupe satellites. This flight qualified the fairing, which has bulges on the side to contain the SAR-Lupe antenna; the heavier fairing meant Parus was targeted at a lower orbit than usual.


Kosmos-2414 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2005 Jan 20  0300:07  Launch by Kosmos-3M  PL 132/1 
 0302  Stage 2 burn 
 0308?  Stage 2 MECO-1 
 0401?  Stage 2 MES-2 
 0401?  Stage 2 MECO-2 
 0402  Sep from stage 2  912 x 966 x 83.0  
 0402? Universitetskiy sep 
2005 Jan 27    103.80 909 x 966 x 83.0 

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