Kosmos 587

  1973-066A

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Kosmos-587 was launched in Sep 1973, the first Zenit-4MK mission in four months and the second test flight of the Soyuz-U rocket. The satellite landed after a 13 day flight, with a TF recovery beacon detected by the Kettering Group.

Kosmos-587
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1973 Sep 21	1305:01	Launch by 11A511U	PL
	1309	Blok-I burn
	1313	Blok-I sep
	1849		89.55 204 x 300 x 65.4
1973 Sep 22	1200		89.55 205 x 300 x 65.42 (RAE)
1973 Sep 26	0446		89.51 204 x 295 x 65.4
		Lower perigee
	0914		89.16 177 x 288 x 65.4
1973 Sep 26	1430		89.18 174 x 294 x 65.4
1973 Sep 29	1131		89.07 171 x 285 x 65.4
1973 Sep 30	1245		89.04 171 x 283 x 65.4
		Raise apogee
1973 Oct 1	0932		89.50 171 x 328 x 65.4
1973 Oct 2	1643		89.43 169 x 323 x 65.4
1973 Oct 3		Engine sep
1973 Oct 4	0604?	Retrofire
	0614?	PO sep
	0618?	Entry
	0632?	Landed