Saturday, May 14, 2005

Gorizont 2

 1979-062A


The second Gorizont was launched in Jul 1979 and located at 14W, the Statsionar 4 position.


Gorizont No. 12  
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1979 Jul 5  2319 Launch by Proton  KB 
 2328  Stage 3 MECO 
1979 Jul 6  0036? DM Burn 1 
 0552? DM burn 2 
1979 Jul 6  0556? Blok-DM No. 21L sep 
1979 Jul 24    1436.18 35767 x 35809 x 0.8 GEO 13.9W 
1979 Nov 13    1436.13 35756 x 35818 x 0.6 GEO 14.4W 
1980 Dec 15    1436.15 35754 x 35820 x 0.3 GEO 14.2W 
1981 Jan   Move to 90E 
1981 Jan 28    1435.99 35751 x 35818 x 0.4 GEO 90.2E 
1982 May   Statsionar 6 position GEO 89E 
1982 Dec 11    1436.02 35778 x 35791 x 1.9 GEO 90.1E 
1983 Sep 27    1436.12 35776 x 35798 x 2.6 GEO 90.0E 
1983 Dec 6   Out of service 
1983 Dec 11   Drifting 1436.19 35777 x 35799 x 2.9 GEO 89.9E+0.03W 
1984 Feb 7    1436.40 35776 x 35809 x 2.9 GEO 87.1E+0.08W 
1984 Apr    1436 GEO 82E+0.1 dr 
1984 May 23    1436.61 35792 x 35800 x 3.2 GEO 75.4EW+0.1W 
1987 Jul 31    1435.59 35761 x 35791 x 6.1 GEO 77.8E+0.1E

Sunday, May 8, 2005

Molniya 349

 1998-040A


After a two year gap, a new Molniya-3 satellite was launched in July 1998 by the RVSN.


Molniya-3 No. 61 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1998 Jul 1  0048:01  Launch by 8K78M  PL 
 0052 Blok-I burn 
 0056? Blok-I sep  
   208 x 372 x 62.8 
 0141  Perigee  
 0141? BOZ sep 
 0142? Blok-ML burn  
 0144? Blok-ML sep   
1998 Jul 2  0232   735.07 424 x 40779 x 62.8  
2004 Nov 3    717.63 1191 x 39155 x 64.1

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