The History of the Space Shuttle

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STS-31 (Discovery)

 1990-037A

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STS-31 (STS-31R in KSC's nomenclature) deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.

STS-31
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Mar 5		Tow to VAB
1990 Mar 6		ET mate
1990 Mar 16		Rollout	LC39B
1990 Apr 10	1243	Scrub T-4min
1990 Apr 24	1233:51	Launch from LC39B
	1235:57	SRB sep
	1242:21	MECO	91.05 50 x 602 (PK)
			91.16 52 x 611 (OMS dV)
			91.54 89 x 611 (STSMR)
	1242:39	ET sep
	1316:27	OMS-2 5:05 151.4m/s
	1321:32	OMS-2 CO	96.61 580 x 611 x 28.5
	1401	PLBD open
	1540?	RMS powerup
	1700?	HST photo survey
	1719	Cabin pressure to 10.2psi
	1943:05	RCS circ 2:17, 10m/s	97.02 612 x 619 x 28.5
1990 Apr 25	1045	RMS powered up
	1106	RMS grapple HST
	1142	PRLA release
	1237	HST on internal power
	1240	HST umbilical disconnect
	1249	HST unberth
	1325	HST at low hover
	1345	HST at high hover
	1400		97.03 612 x 620 x 28.5
	1425?	Solar array deploy
	1453?	Solar array arm deploy complete
	1627?	Solar array blankets deploy
	1659?	Solar array blankets deploy, halted
	1719	Aperture door latch released
	1840	Go for EVA depress
	1904	Solar array blankets deploy complete
	1904	EVA depress halted at 5psi
	1919	Go for release
	1937:51	HST released
	1938:20	RCS sep-1
	1940	EVA cancelled
	1948	Stowing RMS
	1958:28	RCS sep-2
	2002	RMS stowed
1990 Apr 26	0939	RCS burn, lower orbit	97.03 612 x 620 x 28.5
	1027	RCS, maintain 78 km behind HST	611 x 619 x 28.5
		DTO-0816 grav grad attitude tests
	2120	RCS, maintain 100km and close
1990 Apr 27	0441?	RCS NC3, maintain 74 km	97.02 611 x 620 x 28.5
		Prepare for possible EVA for aperture door
		EVA not needed
	1730	Raise pressure to 14.7psi
	1905	RCS sep	96.96 608 x 616 x 28.5
1990 Apr 28	1124		96.95 608 x 616 x 28.5
1990 Apr 29	0925	PLBD closed	96.96 608 x 617 x 28.5
	1237:26	OMS DO (4:51) 174m/s
	1242:27	OMS DO CO
	1319:29	Entry
	1349:56	Landed RW22 EAFB
	1350:11	NGTD
	1350:59	Wheels stop
1990 May 6	1245	SCA takeoff	EAFB
	1700	SCA landing	Kelly AFB TX
	1920	SCA takeoff
	2130	SCA landing	Warner-Robbins ALC
1990 May 7	1200	SCA takeoff
	1545	SCA landing	KSC SLF
	1800	Tow to OPF

Anik E1

 1991-067A

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The first Anik E satellite to be built, E-1 was launched second. In Jan 1994, its attitude control system failed in a similar way to that of E-2, but control of the spacecraft was recovered. In 1996, one of the two solar arrays failed, reducing its capacity to 9 C-band and 10 Ku-band channels.

Anik E-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1991 Sep 26	2343:00	Launch by Ariane 44P (V46)	CSG ELA2
		T+1:10 PAL sep
		T+3:33 St 1 sep
		T+3:34 St 2 MES
		T+4:29 Fairing 01
		T+5:44 St 2 sep
	2348:46	T+5:46 St 3 MES
1991 Sep 27	0000:51	T+17:51 St 3 MECO
	0002:47	T+19:47 St 3 sep	639.62 422 x 36003 x 3.95
1991 Sep 27	1500	LAM1 burn	724.53 4905 x 35781 x 2.28
1991 Sep 28	1600?	LAM2	1051.35 19958 x 35785 x 0.57
1991 Sep 29	1800		1051.34 19960 x 35782 x 0.59
1991 Sep 30	2030?	LAM3	1432.42 35640 x 35788 x 0.0 GEO 121.4W+0.9E
1991 Oct 2	1600		1433.47 35666 x 35804 x 0.09 GEO 120.40W+0.65/d
1991 Oct 3	0700		1433.07 35657 x 35797 x 0.08 GEO 119.68W+0.76/d
1991 Oct 6	0700		1435.19 35740 x 35797 x 0.03 GEO 118.37W+0.22/d
1991 Oct 9	0700		1436.00 35779 x 35790 x 0.09 GEO 118.04W+0.02/d
1991 Oct 18	0700		1436.05 35776 x 35795 x 0.01 GEO 117.93W+0.00/d
1991 Oct 27			1436.08 35773 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 117.9W
1991 Nov		Move to 111W
1991 Nov 16			1436.10 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
1991 Dec 3			1436.10 35775 x 35797 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W
1993 Nov 6			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 111.1W
1994 Jan 21		Temporary failure in solar storm
		Recovered after 8 hr
1995 Mar 20			1436.08 35776 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
1996 Mar 26	2047	South solar array failed
1997 Dec 17			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
1999 Jun 12			1436.09 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 111.1W
2001 Mar		Move to 119W
2003 Jan 11			1436.08 35776 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 118.7W
2003 Jul 19			1436.05 35771 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 118.6W
2003 Jul 20		mv out	GEO 119W
2003 Aug 15		mv in
2003 Sep 5			1436.07 35769 x 35803 x 0.3 GEO 109.5W
2005 Jan 17			1436.10 35772 x 35800 x 1.5 GEO 109.3W

The High School Journal: October-November 2004

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Molniya 353

 2003-029A

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A Molniya-3 was launched on 2003 Jun 19 from Plesetsk. It was on station by Jun 30. Novosti Kosmonavtiki reported that this was the last of the Molniya-3 series now that Molniya-3K was phased in.

Molniya-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Jun 19	2000:34	Launch by 8K78M	PL LC43/3
	2009	Blok I MECO
	2009	Blok I Sep	211 x 558 x 62.8
	2054?	BOZ burn
	2054?	BOZ sep
	2054?	ML burn
	2056	ML sep
2003 Jun 19			733.26 625 x 40489 x 62.9
2003 Jun 20	0945		734.65 604 x 40578 x 62.7
2003 Jun 26			721.11 631 x 39887 x 62.9
2003 Jun 30			717.60 632 x 39713 x 62.9
2004 Feb 4			717.90 630 x 39730 x 63.0
2004 Feb		Orbit correction
2004 Feb 17			717.70 625 x 39725 x 63.0

Kosmos 2390

 2002-036A

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A Kosmos-3M (11K65M) rocket was launched from Plesetsk on Jul 8 and placed a pair of Russian Defense Ministry satellites, Kosmos-2390 and Kosmos-2391, in 1466 x 1507 km x 82.5 deg orbits. The launch was a surprise, as it doesn't fit the established profile of any existing Russian military system. Aleksandr Zhelezneyakov's site, www.cosmoworld.ru, was the first to report the pair as Strela-3 satellites.

Kosmos-2390
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Jul 8	0635:41	Launch by Kosmos-3M No 704	PL 132/1
		T+2:10 St 1 MECO
		T+2:12 St 1 sep
	0638	T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km
	0638	T+2:27 Fairing 76km
	0643:49	T+8:03? St 2 MECO 150 km	150 x 1500? x 83
	0730?	S3M burn 2
	0730?	S3M sep
2002 Aug 14			115.71 1468 x 1507 x 82.5

Town and Country: August 2004

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Senior Cut Day

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