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

Syncom 3

  1964-047A

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The Syncom C payload, Syncom III on orbit, was launched on 1964 Aug 19 at 1215.02 UT. The launch vehicle was the first (and one of only 2) Delta D model, with a Thrust Augmented Thor first stage and an Altair 2 third stage. By 1241 UT the Syncom was in transfer orbit, with apogee motor firing coming on Aug 20. The apogee motor was a JPL SR-12-1 like that of Syncom II. By around Sep 10 the satellite had reportedly reached geostationary orbit at 180 deg East. However, archival NORAD data indicates the initial position was actually 61W, and it reached 180W around Nov 3. On 1965 Apr 1, responsibility for the satellite was transferred to the Department of Defense. During 1965 the satellite was stationed over the Atlantic, but in late 1965 began to drift when fuel ran out. In 1973 Syncom III was revived for engineering tests, and the first geostationary satellite was finally switched off on 1974 Dec 29.

During launch, the second stage yawed 38 deg left, reducing third stage orbit inclination to 16.5 deg. Stage 2 velocity was 6.73 km/s, with Stage 3 adding 3.266 km/s for a stage 3 perigee velocity of 9.517 km/s (TN-D-3375).

Syncom 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Aug 19	1215:02	Launch by Thor Delta
	1216:12	SRM sep
	1217:30	Thor MECO
	1217:34	Thor S/N 20104 sep 112 km	-4832 x 384 x 28.6
	1217:34	Delta S/N 20010 burn
	1217:45	Fairing
	1220:26	Delta SECO 362 km alt, range 967 km	-796 x 1127 x 28.7
	1241:05	Spinup
	1241:07	Delta sep
	1241:12	Altair 2 RH-67 burn 22.6s at 1126 km
	1241:35	RH-67 burnout
	1242:22	Altair 2 sep	694.43 1112 x 38083 x 16.80
		Delta impact (vac) 28.5S 85.4E
1964 Aug 20	1717:56	AKM burn at 3rd apo
	1718:16	AKM burnout	3.3W/d
1964 Aug 22	0454	TCM	7.1E/d
1964 Aug 28	1407	TCM	3.3E/d
1964 Sep 10	1030	TCM On station 180E?	2.06W/d
	2245	TCM	1.01W/d
1964 Sep 11	2240	TCM	0.01W/d
1964 Sep 25	0257		Reduce inc to 0.006
1964 Sep 25	0347		1435.94 35640 x 35926 x 1.0 GEO 61.0W+0.0W
1964 Oct 1	0851	Orbit trim
	2050	Orbit trim
1964 Oct 2	0848	Orbit trim to 0.003 deg/d
1964 Oct 30	1701	Orbit longitude trim
1964 Nov 3			1436.53 35790 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 180.0W+0.2E
1965 Jan		Over POR
1965 Mar 2			1436.63 35785 x 35808 x 0.2 GEO 2.0W+0.1E
1965 Apr 1		To DoD
1965 Jun 1			1436.13 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 24.9W+0.0E
1965 Jul 8		To DoD
1965 Sep 25			1436.20 35784 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 27.0W+0.0E
1966 Mar 3			1436.84 35788 x 35813 x 0.7 GEO 20.5E+0.2E
1966 Jun 15			GEO 165 E
1966 Aug 24			GEO 161 E
1967 Mar 16			1536.49 35786 x 35802 x 1.5 GEO 21.2W+0.1E
1967 Apr 18			GEO 158 E
1967 May 17			GEO 157 E
1967 Jun 02			GEO 157 E
1967 Dec 07			GEO 160 E
1968 Apr 30			1436.43 35778 x 35808 x 2.6 GEO 158.3E+0.1E
1969 Apr		Out of service
1971 Apr 13			1438.17 35795 x 35858 x 5.5 GEO 150.6W+0.5E
1973 Aug 31			GEO 148 E
1974 May 14			GEO 63 E + 0.4W/d
1974 Oct 01			GEO 5 E + 0.2W/d
1974 Dec 6			GEO 1436.87 35744 x 35858 x 8.6 GEO 5.9W+0.2E
1974 Dec 24			GEO 2 W + 0.1W/d
1974 Dec 26		Revived for eng tests
1974 Dec 29		Decommissioned

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