Molniya 201

  1971-100A

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The first Molniya-2 satellite was launched in Nov 1971 by 8K78M Molniya from Plesetsk.

Molniya-2 F1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Nov 24	0930:02	Launch by 8K78M	PL
		BVGD sep
		GO sep
		T+4:46 Blok A sep
		T+4:56 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok-I MECO
	0938	T+8:50 Blok-I sep
		T+53:16 BOZ burn
	1023	T+53:56 BOZ sep
		ML burn
		T+56:46 ML MECO
	1026	T+56:54 ML sep
			712.00 516 x 39552 x 65.5
1971 Dec 10			705.73 462 x 39296 x 65.5
1971 Dec 13			705.91 447 x 39320 x 65.5
1972 Jan 11			705.86 464 x 39301 x 65.4
		Orbit raise
1972 Jan 27			717.72 481 x 39870 x 65.5
1972 Feb 26			717.80 507 x 39848 x 65.5
1972 Oct 24		End of ops
1972 Oct 26			717.55 525 x 39818 x 65.5
1973 Aug 8			717.64 262 x 40085 x 65.5
1973 Oct 2			716.33 180 x 40102 x 65.5
1974 Mar?		Reentered

Palapa B4

 1992-027A

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Indonesia's Telkom (formerly Perumtel) launched the final Palapa B satellite, Palapa B4, in May 1992.

Palapa B4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 May 14	0040	Launch by Delta	CC LC17B
		97.5 deg az
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 off
		T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off
		T+4:20 MECO
		T+4:37 SES-1
		T+4:38 Fairing sep
	0049	T+9:45? SECO-1	185 x 185 x 28.5?
	0101?	T+21:40? SES-2
	0101?	SECO-2	185 x 2800? x 27.5?
	0156?	T+1:16:48 SES-3
	0156?	SECO-3	500? x 2800? x 25.2?
	0157?	St 2 sep
	0158?	T+1:18:28 TES 1:27
	0159?	TECO
	0201?	PAM-D sep	702.97 2806 x 36814 x 22.6
	0204?	Delta evasive burn
	0300?	St 2 perigee
	0400?	St 2 apogee
	0400?	Delta depletion burn	501 x 2791 x 19.7
1992 May 15			702.01 2764 x 36809 x 22.5
1992 May 17	1744?	Star 30BP burn
1992 May 17			1441.72 34952 x 36840 x 0.3 GEO 94.7E+1.4W
1992 May 22		mv in	1436.04 35771 x 35799 x 0.2 GEO 118.0E
1992 May 27			1436.03 35773 x 35797 x 0.03 GEO 118.02E+0.01/d
1995 May 7			1436.14 35785 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 118.1E
1999 Jun 14			1436.09 35778 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 118.0E
2005 Aug 16			1436.17 35784 x 35791 x 0.6 GEO 117.5E

Progress M-48

 2003-039A

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Launch mass was 7283 kg; mass at docking was 6934 kg. It carried 2566 kg of cargo, including 879 kg of prop, 420 kg of water. Last minute payloads including the GCF crystal sample experiment for the CGBA, bungee cords for the treadmill, and shoes, as well as a satellite phone and GPS locator for use in case of an off-course reentry, as well as 4 NGL laptops, personal effects and hardware for Expedition 8, and ESA experiments for Pedro Duque's mission.

 

Progress M-48
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2003 Aug 29	0147:59	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
		T+1:58 BVGD sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:45 MECO
		T+8:49 Blok I sep
	0524	DV1
	0602	DV2
2003 Aug 30	0239	DV3a
	0323	DV3b
	0446 TORU test
2003 Aug 31	0151s	DV4
	0234s	DV5, range 80 km
		Flyaround at 400m
		Stationkeeping at 170m
	0330	Final approach
	0340:45	Docked with Zvezda
2004 Jan 28	0835:56	Undocked
	0839:00	DV 15s DPO sep burn
	1311:00	Deorbit 182s 94.36 m/s
	1346:03	Entry
	1351:10	Breakup, 70 km
	1357:12	Debris impact 3500 km E NZ

NATO 3D

 1984-115A

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NATO IIID was launched in Nov 1984. Unlike the earlier satellites in the series, it used a Thiokol Star 27 apogee motor.

NATO IIID
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1984 Nov 14	0034:01	Launch by Delta 3914	CC LC17
		T+1:04 SRM 1-5 sep
		T+1:04 SRM 6-9 on
		T+2:01 SRM 6-9 sep
		T+3:48 MECO
		T+3:56 St 1 sep
		T+3:58 SES-1 Stage 2 burn 4:20
		T+4:05 Fairing sep
	0042:19	T+8:18 SECO-1	166 x 680?
	0054:15	T+20:14 SES-2 51s
	0055:06	T+21:05 SECO-2	680 x 2310 x 21.5
		T+22:07 Spinup
	0056:11	T+22:10? Stage 2 sep
	0056:41	T+22:40 Stage 3 burn 44s
	0057:25	T+23:24 TECO
	0058	T+24:30? Stage 3 sep
1984 Nov 14			647.30 409 x 36409 x 22.9
1984 Nov 16	0205	Star 27 burn 35s
1984 Nov 16			1428.08 35256 x 36002 x 6.0 GEO 143.3E+2.0E
1984 Nov 19		Drift mv
1984 Nov 20			1416.37 35187 x 35611 x 6.0 GEO 163.1E+5.0E
1984 Dec 5			1416.27 35185 x 35609 x 6.0 GEO 117.8E+5.1E
1984 Dec 12			1426.11 35571 x 35610 x 5.9 GEO 127.9W+2.5E
1985 Jan 20			1426.22 35573 x 35612 x 5.9 GEO 30.6W+2.5E
1985 Jan 21		Braking
1985 Jan 25		mv in	1436.11 35785 x 35788 x 5.8 GEO 29.8W
1985 Feb 27			1436.15 35782 x 35792 x 5.8 GEO 29.9W
1985 Mar 18			1436.59 35789 x 35803 x 5.7 GEO 50.3W+0.1W
1985 Mar 24			1435.78 35773 x 35787 x 5.7 GEO 50.7W
1985 Apr 21			1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 5.7 GEO 49.8W
1986 Oct 4			1435.91 35780 x 35785 x 4.4 GEO 49.8W+0.04E
1986 Oct?		Move to 21W
1987 Jan 5			1436.20 35778 x 35798 x 4.1 GEO 21.3W
1987 Nov 5			1436.23 35781 x 35796 x 3.4 GEO 21.7W
1988 Aug 28			1435.94 35777 x 35789 x 2.6 GEO 21.7W
1989 Apr 2			1436.07 35780 x 35791 x 2.0 GEO 20.8W
1990 Feb 24			1436.11 35771 x 35802 x 1.3 GEO 20.6W
1990 Sep 29			1436.24 35783 x 35795 x 0.8 GEO 21.8W+0.04W
1991 Jan 7			1436.18 35781 x 35794 x 0.6 GEO 20.4W
1991 Jan 28		mv out
1991 Apr 13		mv in	1436.06 35776 x 35794 x 0.5 GEO 30.1W
1992 Jan 1			1436.15 35781 x 35794 x 0.6 GEO 29.4W
1993 Jan 29			1436.14 35782 x 35792 x 1.5 GEO 30.9W
1993 Jun 12			1436.16 35779 x 35796 x 1.8 GEO 30.9W
1993 Jun 28		mv out
1993 Aug 4		Mv in	GEO 22W
1993 Aug 15			1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 1.9 GEO 21.0W
1995 Aug 14			1436.11 35777 x 35796 x 3.4 GEO 21.1W
1997 Feb 26			1435.84 35779 x 35791 x 4.4 GEO 21.1W
1997 Mar			GEO 21W
1997 Mar		Relocate	GEO 18.5W
1997 Mar 26			1435.70 35777 x 35779 x 4.4 GEO 18.5W
1999 Apr 13		mv out	1436.32 35781 x 35800 x 5.7 GEO 18.4W+0.06W
1999 Apr 28			GEO 19.5W
2000 Jun 10			GEO 19.8W
2003 Feb 6			1436.15 35783 x 35791 x 5.2 GEO 19.4W

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Navstar 27

 1992-058A

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Navstar SVN 27 was launched on 1992 Sep 9 and placed in plane F-1. The second stage was put in a low inclination 19.8 deg post-depletion orbit. Working backwards from the stage 3 orbit and making the parking orbit pass over Cape Canaveral, it seems that the parking orbit inclination may have been changed to 34 deg for a launch azimuth of 110 deg.

Navstar 27
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1992 Sep 9	0857:00	Launch by Delta 7925	CC LC17A
		SRM 1-9 sep
		St 1 sep
	0901	T+4:40? SES-1
	0908	T+11:00? SECO-1	185 x 185 x 34
		T+20? SES-2 36s?
	0917	T+20? SECO-2	180? x 724? x 34.0?
	0918	T+21? St 2 sep
	0919	T+22? TES 1:24
	0920	T+23? TECO
	0922	T+25? St 3 sep	356.91 183 x 20394 x 34.75
	0955?	SES-3 depletion
		SECO-3	98.59 658 x 724 x 19.8
1992 Sep 11	0608?	Star 37XFP burn
1992 Sep 14			722.96 19979 x 20630 x 54.8
1992 Sep 30		In service
1997 Feb 1		Operating at slot F-1
2000 Jul		Operating at A-4
2005 Aug 10		Decommissioned

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American dream : the houses at Sagaponac

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ATS 3

  1967-111A

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Applications Technology Satellite 3 followed on the successful ATS B mission and was, if possible, even more successful, operating into the 1980s. It carried both communications and weather experiments.

Launch was at 2337 UT on 1967 Nov 5 from pad 12 at Cape Kennedy. The SR-28-3 kick motor fired at 1532 UT on Nov 6, and ATS III reached a 35791 x 36130 km x 0.5 deg orbit on station at 47 W within the day. In 1970 the meteorological imaging camera was handed over to NOAA for operational use. There was an antenna malfunction in Jul 1971.

ATS 3 was drifting back and forth between 46W and 100W from 1968 to 1970 when it was stationed at 63W and then (in Nov 1970) at 46W. From 1971 to 1976 ATS 3 remained at 69W. In early 1977 it arrived at 105W, where it remained until 2000, after officially completing its mission in 1978.

ATS 3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Nov 5	2337:00	Launch by Atlas Agena D
		T+2:08 BECO
		T+2:11 Booster sep
		T+4:49 SECO
		T+5:09 VECO
		T+5:13 Atlas 5103 sep	-4110 x 180 x 28.33
		T+6:12 Agena 6153 MES-1
		T+6:21 Fairing sep
	2345:53	T+8:53 Agena MECO-1, 12 min coast	184 x 192 x 28.4
1967 Nov 6	0002:05	T+25:05 Agena MES-2
	0002	Perigee from TLEs
1967 Nov 6	0003:23	T+26:23 Agena MECO-2
1967 Nov 6	0006	T+29:08 Agena sep	627.87 177 x 35643 x 28.4
1967 Nov 6	1532	AKM burn
1967 Nov 7	2329		1436.47 35772 x 35815 x 0.4 GEO 48.0W+0.1E
1967 Nov 20		Drifting	GEO 49.4W+2.2E
1967 Nov		Initial location at 52.3W
1967 Dec		Relocated to 95W
1968 Mar 9			GEO 86.5W
1968 Oct 21			x 0.7 46.4W
1968 Dec 5			x 0.7 47.2W+0.5 W/d
1969 Jan 25			GEO 72.4W
1969 Feb 15			x 0.5 73.2W+0.5 E/d
1969 May 16			GEO 73.3W
1969 Jun 25			x 0.2 52.1W+0.8 E/d
1969 Jul 2			GEO 46.9W+0.11W
1969 Aug 25			x 0.1 47.8W
1969 Oct 13			x 0.2 45.7W+0.1 E/d
1970 Apr 1			GEO 80W+0.1W
1970 Jun 13			x 0.8 67.9W+0.1 E/d
1970 Aug 14			GEO 63.3W+0.0E
1970 Oct			x 1.1 63.5W
1970 Nov			GEO 46W
1971 Jan			x 1.3 65.6W
1971 Apr 3			x 1.5 80.0W
1971 May 31			1436.15 35665 x 35910 x 1.7 GEO 79.0W+).02E
1971 Jun 10			x 1.7 79.1W
1971 Sep 16			x 2.0 69.4W
1971 Dec 21			x 2.2 69.0W
1972 Mar 15			x 2.4 69.7W
1973 Jun 21			x 3.6 69.6W
1973 Dec 28			x 4.0 69.4W
1974 May 3			x 4.3 69.7W
1974 Sep 15			x 4.6 68.8W
1975 Jan 12			x 4.9 69.5W
1975 Sep 13			x 5.4 69.7W
1976 May 26			x 5.9 70.1W
1976 Dec 7			x 6.3 84.4W
1977 Mar 18			1436.99 35715 x 35892 x 6.5 GEO 105.3W+0.2E
1977 Mar 24			1436.14 35717 x 35857 x 6.5 GEO 105.1W+0.0E
1978 Nov 15			105.3W
1980 Sep			105W
1982 Oct			105W
1983 Oct 31			105.3W
1985 Aug			105.2W
1985 Sep			105.2W
1998 May 5			1436.08 35719 x 35853 x 14.8 GEO 105.5W+0.00E
2003 Feb 8			1436.09 35718 x 35854 x 13.0 GEO 105.9W+0.00W