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Kosmos 215

 1968-033A

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DS-U1-A No. 1 (Kosmos-215) was launched in Apr 1968. It was the first Soviet orbiting astronomical observatory, and carried ultraviolet and X-ray telescopes. It might have preceded the Uhuru satellite in making the first X-ray sky survey, but there was a problem with the aspect information needed to reconstruct the direction the spacecraft was pointing, making it difficult to analyze the data. The satellite also carried photometers for Earth atmospheric profiles, and ocean surface brightness measurements.

Kosmos-215
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Apr 18	2230	Launch by 11K63	GTsP4
	2232	Stage 2 burn
	2240?	Stage 2 sep	91.03 255 x 403 x 48.41 (RAE)
1968 May 23	1200		90.46 238 x 363 x 48.41 (RAE)
1968 May 31		Power supply issues

Progress M-50

 2004-032A

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ISS flight 15P, vehicle 7K-TGM No. 350. Mass 7264 kg at launch, 6978 kg at docking including 690 kg of prop, 470 kg of air and water, and 1380 kg of dry cargo.

M-50 departed in December; spacesuit Orlan-M No. 12 was jettisoned aboard it. Undocking mass was 5374 kg.

Progress M-50
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Aug 11	0503:07	Launch by Soyuz-U 685	KB LC1
		T+1:58 Strapons sep 44 km, 2.68 km/s	-6000? x 90? x 51?
		T+2:31 GO sep 82 km, 3.10 km/s	-5700? x 120? x 51
		T+4:47 Blok A sep 161 km 5.282 km/s	-4100? x 170? x 51
		T+4:47 KhO sep 171 km
	0511:52	T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	0511:56	T+8:49 Blok-I sep	88.64 177 x 236 x 51.7
	0838	DV1 17m/s
	0913	DV2 11.6m/s
	1112		89.70 249 x 269 x 51.6
2004 Aug 12	0504	DV3 4.5m/s
	1847		89.63 245 x 267 x 51.6
2004 Aug 13	0554	DV4 4m/s
	1706		89.88 259 x 277 x 51.6
2004 Aug 14	0253s	DV5 14m/s
	0339s	DV6 25m/s
	0430	Begin flyaround, 400m
	0439?	Stationkeeping 170m
	0453	Final approach
	0501:08	Docked with Zvezda aft port	91.67 352 x 360 x 51.6
	0800	Hatches open
2004 Dec 22	1937:02	Undocked Zvezda	351 x 357 x 51.6
	1940:02	Sep burn 15s 0.7m/s
	2232:06	Deorbit 147.8s 82 m/s
	2234:34	DO CO	74 x 354 x 51.6
	2310:03	Entry interface 94 km
	2317:43	70 km
	2323:38	Debris impact Pacific 40 58S 136 38W

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Kosmos 1174

 1980-030A

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According to Sven Grahn, Kosmos-1174 made three attempts to intercept Kosmos-1171 and was then detonated. Nick Johnson's analysis puts the explosion after the first attempt, implying the second two close passes were coincidental.

Kosmos-1174
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Apr 18	0051	Launch by 11K69	KB
	0053	Stage 2 burn
	0056	Stage 2 MECO	140x432x65.2
1980 Apr 18	0150?	burn (JCM estimate)
1980 Apr 18	0212?	burn (SG estimate)	362x1025x65.83
1980 Apr 18	0416	Intercepted K1171 at rev 2 apogee, range 18km
1980 Apr 18	0625	mv	380 x 1661 x 66.11
		550 km from K1167
	0726	explosion at 1600 km (NLJ report)
1980 Apr 18	2204	Intercepted K1171, 33km range
1980 Apr 19	0035	small mv	105.54 380 x 1659 x 66.13
1980 Apr 19	1257	Intercepted K1171, 31 km range, over Easter I
1980 Apr 20		Exploded (SG estimate)

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Eutelsat 203

 1991-083A

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Eutelsat II F-3 provided TV broadcasting services like those of F-2. F-3 was the first Eutelsat satellite to use a US launch vehicle, an Atlas II Centaur. The Centaur delivered it to a mildly supersynchronous orbit.

Eutelsat II F-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Dec 7	2247	Launch by Atlas II Centaur (AC-102)	CC LC36A
	2249	BECO
	2251	Atlas sep
	2251	Centaur MES-1
	2257?	Centaur MECO-1	155 x 2626 x 26.9
	2312?	Centaur MES-2
	2314?	Centaur MECO-2
	2316?	Centaur sep
			748.58 875 x 40988 x 16.8
1991 Dec 8			748.13 867 x 40973 x 17.0
1991 Dec 9	0622?	LAM-1	997.05 12373 x 40990 x 5.4
1991 Dec 10?		LAM-2
1991 Dec 13?		LAM-3
1991 Dec 14			1434.08 35605 x 35889 x 0.1 GEO 12.5E+0.5E
1991 Dec 30		mv in	1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E
1992 Feb 15			1436.05 35751 x 35820 x 0.0 GEO 10.1E
1992 Feb 26		drifting
1992 Feb 29			1436.05 35739 x 35831 x 0.0 GEO 15.6E
1992 Apr 9			1436.01 35706 x 35863 x 0.0 GEO 16.4E
1995 Apr 11			1436.06 35771 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E
1998 Jan 23			1436.05 35766 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E
1998 Dec 6			1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E
1998 Dec 7		mv out
1999 Jan 6			1433.57 35719 x 35755 x 0.0 GEO 42.0E+0.6E
1999 Jan 19		mv in	1436.03 35772 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E
1999 Jun 15			1436.09 35769 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E
2000 Jun 5			1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.27 GEO 35.8E
2000 Jun 9		mv out
2000 Jul 11		mv in
2003 Sep 4			1436.07 35766 x 35805 x 3.1 GEO 21.6E
2004 Dec 9			1436.02 35762 x 35807 x 4.2 GEO 22.3E

Voskhod 2 (Diamond)

1965-022A

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Spaceship 3KD No. 4 followed the 3KD No. 1 test and just preceded the first US Gemini flight. Crew of 3KD No. 4, named Voskhod-2 after launch, were Pavel Belyaev and Aleksey Leonov, both Air Force cosmonauts. Belyaev was designated Komandir (commander) and Leonov was Vtoroy Pilot (Second Pilot).

On rev 17 the spacecraft failed to orient for retrofire. On Rev 18 they manually oriented the spacecraft but ignited the engine 46 seconds late causing a 2000 km overshoot. They landed in the Siberian forest, and spent a night fending off wolves before the rescue party reached them.

Voskhod-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Mar 18	0700:00	Launch by 11A57	KB LC1
	0704?	Blok-I burn
	0709?	Blok-I MECO
	0814	Airlock extended
	0828:13	Leonov in airlock, depress complete
	0832:54	Hatch open
	0834:51	Exit hatch,first spacewalk
	0845	Enter hatch (00:12:09)
	0847:00	Ingress complete
	0848:40	Hatch closed
	0851:54	Repress airlock (00:23:41)
	0853	Leonov in cabin
1965 Mar 18	0953	(rough TLE?)	90.91 234 x 403 x 64.60
	1000??	Airlock jettison
	1557		90.93 167 x 472 x 64.79
1965 Mar 19	0554	Rev 17 deorbit cancelled
	0819	Orient for retro
	0836:27	Deorbit using main retro?
	0846?	PO sep
	0902:17	Landed 59 34 03 N 55 28 00E, 180 km NE Perm