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Kosmos 2372

 2000-056A

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The Kosmos-2372 satellite is rumored to be designated Yenisei-2. Only one object was cataloged as ejected, on the day prior to reentry.

Kosmos-2372
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2000 Sep 25	1010:00	Launch by Zenit-2	KB LC45/1
	1012:28	Stage 1 sep
	1014:58	Fairing
	1017:18	Stage 2 MECO
	1020:28	Stage 2 VECO
	1020:29	Stage 2 sep
2000 Sep 25			90.00 211 x 337 x 64.8
2000 Sep 26			89.98 211 x 335 x 64.8
2000 Oct 5			89.67 203 x 312 x 64.8
2000 Oct 6		mv	90.00 207 x 340 x 64.8
2000 Oct 17			89.60 199 x 309 x 64.77
2000 Oct 17	0306?	SpK-1/2 fiducial	-679 x 237 x 64.8
2000 Oct 18		mv up	90.01 212 x 337 x 64.77
2000 Nov 1		trim	89.63 208 x 303 x 64.76
2000 Nov 7		89.36 199 x 286 x 64.8
2000 Nov 7	2053?	SpK-3/4 fiducial
2000 Nov 9		mv up	89.77 209 x 317 x 64.77
2000 Nov 17			89.52 203 x 297 x 64.8
2000 Nov 17		mv up	89.74 246 x 276 x 64.8
2000 Nov 27	1420?	SpK-5/6 fiducial
2000 Dec 6			89.10 218 x 241 x 64.8
2000 Dec 6		mv up	89.73 221 x 300 x 64.8
2000 Dec 14			89.47 214 x 282 x 64.8
		mv up	89.82 220 x 309 x 64.8
2000 Dec 17	0945?	SpK-7/8 fid
2000 Dec 25			89.49 211 x 286 x 64.8
2000 Dec 29		mv up	89.80 211 x 317 x 64.8
2001 Jan 6	0213?	SpK-9/10 fid
2001 Jan 17			89.34 197 x 286 x 64.8
		mv up	89.60 198 x 310 x 64.8
2001 Jan 25	2026?	SpK-11/12 fid
2001 Jan 26			89.22 189 x 282 x 64.8
		mv up	89.95 197 x 346 x 64.8
2001 Jan 29			89.87 196 x 338 x 64.7
		mv up	89.97 205 x 340 x 64.8
2001 Feb 13			89.46 195 x 299 x 64.7
2001 Feb 14		mv up	89.65 207 x 306 x 64.7
2001 Feb 20			89.35 200 x 284 x 64.8
2001 Mar 3			88.66 181 x 235 x 64.8
2001 Mar 4		Orbit raise	91.45 244 x 446 x 64.8
2001 Mar 5			91.43 243 x 445 x 64.8
2001 Mar 23			91.21 239 x 428 x 64.7
2001 Mar 23		Orbit lower	89.90 188 x 350 x 64.7
2001 Mar 31			89.46 180 x 314 x 64.7
2001 Mar 31		Orbit raise	89.84 211 x 321 x 64.7
2001 Apr 18			88.78 179 x 249 x 64.7
2001 Apr 19		56H cataloged
2001 Apr 22	1830?	Deorbited

Kosmos 2344

 1997-028A

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The unusual satellite Kosmos-2344 was launched in Jun 1997. A few days earlier, a newspaper report identified it as a new type of GRU reconnaissance satellite, the 11F664. The ILS web page identifies the payload as Arak (possibly an error for Araks). The Kettering group identified earlier papers in Russian journals which had described the Arkon-1 satellite in this orbit. The papers were by organizations NPAO Elas and NPC Opteks, and revealed that the satellite had a 27m focal length reflecting telescope and an 8-band CCD optical/NIR sensor with a 30 km swath width.

The satellite was launched by a Proton-K with a DM-2M upper stage. The Proton-K entered a low parking orbit. The DM-2M then made two burns to a 1506 x 2744 km x 63.4 deg orbit. This altitude was unprecedented for a Soviet military satellite, although a 1986 Zenit-2 11K77 test flight had delivered a calibration satellite, Kosmos-1786, to a similar orbit to the elliptical transfer orbit for this mission.

Kosmos-2344 seems to have stopped operating in Oct 1997, well short of its planned 1 year life. In a 2003 interview, Lavochkin officials claimed that a mistake by ground controllers caused the failure. A followon Arkon (Araks Konvertsiya?) satellite is being funded by the arms export agency Rosvooruzhenie.

The third volume of the history of the VKS identifies Araks-N and Araks-R satellites and claims there were also launches of Araks in 1995 and 1996: this likely refers to tests of the Araks equipment flown on other satellites.

Kosmos-2344
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 Jun 6	1656:54	Launch by Proton-K	KB LC200
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:19 Fairing sep
		T+5:38 St 2 sep
		8S812 burn
	1706	8S812 cutoff	135 x 148 x 64.8
	1706:14?	8S812 sep (28B)
	1706	Blok DM-2M adapter sep (uncataloged)
	1753	DM-2M burn 1	201 x 2490 x 64.5
		SOZ sep (28D)
		SOZ sep (28E)
	1857	DM-2M burn 2
	1900?	DM-2M cutoff	1506 x 2744 x 63.4
	1900?	DM-2M sep (28C)
		Adapter sep (28F)	1508 x 2751 x 63.4
		Payload activation (28A)	1509 x 2747 x 63.4
1997 Jun 18	1632	Reduced apogee by 36 km
1997 Jun 22	1615?	28G sep (sensor cover?)
1997 Oct 9		Orbit raise

QuickSCAT

 1999-034A

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QuickSCAT  was ordered in Nov 1997 for launch in Nov 1998, to replace the NSCAT scatterometer on the failed ADEOS craft and fill a data gap prior to its ADEOS-2 successor instrument SeaWinds. QuickSCAT (or QuikScat) is managed by JPL for NASA's Office of Earth Science/Mission to Planet Earth, and Goddard procures the BCP-2000 (RS-2000) satellite built by Ball Aerospace under a special fast procurement method. Launch will be by Titan II. The satellite has a rotating dish microwave antenna like SeaWinds.

Quikscat
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Jun 20	0215:00	Launch
		T+2:31 Stage 1 MECO
		T+2:32 Stage 2
		T+2:33 Stage 1 sep
		T+3:37 Titan 23G Short Fairing sep
	0220	T+5:36 Stage 2 MECO	222 x 815 x 98.6
	0310	T+55:48 Stage 2 vernier apogee burn, 15s
	0313	T+58:43 Stage 2 sep	276 x 815 x 98.6
	0315	T+1:00:00 Solar array deploy
	0345	T+1:30:43 Stage 2 retro burn
1999 Jun 24	2000	Begin orbit raising burns	95.62 281 x 815 x 98.7
1999 Jun 24			95.82 302 x 814 x 98.7
1999 Jun 27			99.11 601 x 830 x 98.7
1999 Jun 29			100.21 715 x 821 x 98.7
1999 Jul 1			100.21 714 x 822 x 98.7
1999 Jul 3			100.21 724 x 812 x 98.7
1999 Jul 5			101.01 791 x 820 x 98.6
1999 Jul 9		Final burns	101.01 791 x 820 x 98.6
1999 Jul 14			100.99 797 x 814 x 98.6
1999 Jul 19			101.00 804 x 807 x 98.6
1999 Jul 30			101.00 804 x 806 x 98.6
2001 Jan 31			100.97 804 x 805 x 98.6
2003 Jul 3			100.94 802 x 803 x 98.6
2006 Apr		Still operating

Helios 1B

 1999-064A

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Control from Helios CMP at CNES/CST. Mass 2544 kg. Matra Marconi Space. Used Ariane medium fairing 02. The satellite failed in 2004.

Helios 1B
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Dec 3	1622:46	Launch by Ariane 40 V124	CSG ELA2
		T+2:56 Stage 1 sep
		T+2:59 Stage 2 burn
		T+3:45 Fairing 02 sep
		T+5:13 Second stage sep
	1628	T+5:18 Stage 3 (H10-3) burn
	1640:54	T+18:08 Stage 3 MECO
	1641:06	T+18:20 Helios 1B sep
	1644:39	T+21:53 Clementine sep
1999 Dec 5			98.00 660 x 666 x 98.1
1999 Dec		Orbit raising
1999 Dec 15			98.37 679 x 681 x 98.1
2004 Sep 10			98.37 679 x 682 x 98.1
2004 Oct 14			98.37 679 x 681 x 98.15

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Skynet 4C

 1990-079A

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Skynet 4C was launched in Aug 1990. Operations were transferred to Paradigm Secure Communications in May 2003; ownership was transferred probably in Oct 2003.

Skynet 4C
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Aug 30	2246	Launch by Ariane (V38)	CSG ELA2
		T+1:06 PAP sep
		T+2:27 PAL sep
		T+3:33 St 1 sep
		T+3:36 St 2 MES
		T+4:35 Fairing 02 sep
	2251:44	T+5:44 St 2 sep
		T+5:49 St 3 MES
	2303:49	T+17:49 St 3 MECO
	2306:11	T+20:11 Skynet 4C sep
	2308:11	T+22:11 Spelda 10 sep
	2309:55	T+23:55 Eutelsat sep
1990 Aug 31			631.78 220 x 35802 x 7.0
	0500?	Apo 1
	0930?	Peri 1
	1500?	Apo 2
	2000?	Peri 2
1990 Sep 1	0130	Apo 3
1990 Sep 1			631.68 214 x 35803 x 7.0
	0630?	Peri 3
	1200?	Apo 4
	1700?	Peri 4
	2230?	Apo 5
1990 Sep 2	0400?	Peri 5
	0900?	Apo 6
	1400?	Peri 6
1990 Sep 2	1827?	Star 30E burn
	1930?	Apo 7 over 134W
1990 Sep 2			1402.26 34721 x 35522 x 4.3 GEO 136.4W+8.7E
1990 Sep 24			1431.51 35605 x 35787 x 4.3 GEO 7.2W+1.1E
1990 Sep 30			1436.09 35785 x 35787 x 4.3 GEO 1.5W
1990 Dec 28			1436.41 35499 x 36086 x 3.8 GEO 1.2W
1991 Apr 4			1436.05 35775 x 35795 x 3.9 GEO 1.0W
1993 Dec 17			1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 2.0 GEO 1.0W
1996 Jul 22			1436.05 35778 x 35792 x 1.0 GEO 1.1W
1999 Jun 13			1436.05 35776 x 35795 x 2.2 GEO 1.0W
2003 Sep 5			1436.10 35781 x 35791 x 5.2 GEO 1.1W
2006 Aug 1			1436.07 35776 x 35795 x 7.5 GEO 1.3W

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Asiasat 3S

 1999-013A

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Asiasat/Hong Kong's Asiasat 3S is an HS-601HP satellite to replace the abandoned Asiasat 3. The satellite was built in record time, reaching orbit only 15 months after the Asiasat 3 failure. It was launched in Mar 1999 by ILS Proton. It will be stationed at 105.5E and controlled from Hong Kong. Launch mass was 3463 kg. Asiasat 1 will move to 122E, replacing Asiasat G.

Asiasat 3S
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1999 Mar 21	0009:30	Launch by Proton
		T+2:02 Stage 2 burn
		T+2:06 Stage 1 sep
		T+5:34 Stage 2 MECO
		T+5:35 Stage 2 sep
		T+5:40 Stage 3 burn
	0019:08	T+9:38 Stage 3 MECO	170? x 180? x 51.64
	0019:19	T+9:49 Stage 3 VECO
	0019:19	T+9:49 Stage 3 sep
	0123:49	T+1:14:19 DM burn 1
	0130:20	T+1:20:52 DM MECO-1	205 x 35988 x 51.48
	0628:25	T+6:18:55 DM burn 2
	0630:15	T+6:20:45 DM MECO-2
	0650:02	T+6:40:32 DM sep
1999 Mar 23			827.66 9677 x 35967 x 13.1
1999 Mar 25	0730?	LAM-1
1999 Mar 26			1007.79 17869 x 35968 x 6.2
1999 Mar 27?		LAM-2
1999 Mar 31?		LAM-3
1999 Apr 1			1436.39 35761 x 35822 x 0.1 GEO 98.1E
1999 Apr 20			1436.06 35766 x 35805 x 0.05 GEO 98.3E
1999 Apr 26			1433.32 35725 x 35739 x 0.1 GEO 100.6E
1999 May 7		Move in	1436.08 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 105.6E
1999 Nov 5			1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 105.6E
2002 Oct 20			1436.10 35778 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 105.5E

Vortex 13

 1989-035A

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The final VORTEX mission was launched in 1989 and given the designation USA 37. It was still operational well more than a decade after its launch.

VORTEX 13
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 May 10	1947:01	Launch by Titan 34D/Transtage	CC LC40
		T+1:50 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:35 St 1 sep
	1951	T+4:45 Fairing sep
	1956?	Stage 2 MECO	103.0 208 x 1570 x 29.1 (UN)
	1956	T+8:05 Stage 2 sep
	2013?	Transtage burn 1	720.0 455 x 40073 x 27.5
1989 May 11	0250?	Transtage burn 2
	0300?	Transtage sep
2004 Jun 26			GEO

Syracuse 3B

 2006-033B

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Second dedicated French milcomsat.

Alcatel Alenia Space, Spacebus 4000B3.

3750 kg mass at launch, 1658 kg dry. Size 4.0 x 2.3 x 1.8m, span 29.5m.

Total mass of satellites, adapters and Sylda is 8910 kg.

Syracuse
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Aug 11	2215	Launch by Ariane 5 L531/V172	CSG ELA3
		T+2:18 EAP sep
		T+3:12 Fairing sep
		T+8:55 EPC MECO
		T+9:01 EPC sep	-1163 x 167 x 6.21
		T+9:05 ESC-A burn
		T+24:46 ESC-A MECO
		T+27:07 JCSAT 10 sep
		T+30:42 Sylda 5 sep
		T+32:50 Syracuse 3B sep
		T+43:23 Ariane end of mission
2006 Aug 12			628.11 255 x 35578 x 6.0
2006 Aug 15			628.12 258 x 35576 x 6.0
2006 Aug		LAM burns
2006 Aug 22			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 5.2W

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Soyuz TMA-7 (Dawn)

 2005-039A

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Soyuz TMA 217 by Soyuz-FG No. 017 on flight ISS 11S. Carried the Ex 12 crew of Bill McArthur and Valeriy Tokarev, as well as the EP-9 space tourist Greg Olsen.

Launch mass 7230 kg including 1279 kg BO and 2877 kg SA. Undocking mass 6867 kg.

Soyuz TMA-7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Oct 1	0354:53	Launch by Soyuz FG	KB LC1
		T+1:53 SAS
		T+1:58 Strapons sep
		T+3:07 GO sep
		T+4:47 St 2 sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:45 St 3 MECO
	0403:41	T+8:48 St 3 sep
	0742:41	DV1 21.0 m/s 52s
	0826:47	DV2 11.2m/s 30s
2005 Oct 2	0457:57	DV3 1.7m/s 5.5s
2005 Oct 3		Approach burns
	0527:58	Docked with Pirs
	0836	HO
2005 Nov 18		Ex12 aboard, HC
	0846	Undock from Pirs
	0852	Begin stationkeeping
	0900	Final approach
	0905	Docked with Zarya
	1056?	HO
2006 Mar 20	0649	Undock from Zarya
		Back off 30 m
		Translate along ISS
		Stationkeep with Zvezda
	0706	Begin final approach
	0711	Dock to Zvezda
		HO to Zvezda
	0740	Hatch open to US side
2006 Apr 8	1715s	HC and command change
	2027:54	Undock from Zvezda
	2031	8s sep burn
	2257:31	DO burn 4:19s 115.2m/s	339 x 347 x 51.6
	2301:50	DO cutoff	-47 x 347 x 51.6
	2321:40	Modules sep 153 km
	2324:32	Entry
	2347:24	Landing