Soyuz 7 (Snowstorm)

  1969-086A

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7K-OK No. 15 was part of the Soyuz triple flight of 1969; it carried the Igla passive docking system and acted as the target for spacecraft No. 16. The crew was Anatoliy Filipchenko (Komandir), Vladislav Volkov (Bortinzhener), and Viktor Gorbatko (Inzhener-ispitatel').

Soyuz-7
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Oct 12	1044:42	Launch by Soyuz 11A511	KB
		T+1:55 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Blok BVGD sep
		T+2:45 Fairing
		T+4:45 Blok A sep
		T+4:48 St 3 MES
	1033:32	T+8:50 St 3 MECO
	1033	St 3 sep
	1930		88.79 202 x 227 x 51.64
1969 Oct 14	1245		88.84 211 x 223 x 51.66
	1400	Range 250 km, begin approach
	1526	Failed rendezvous with Soyuz-8
	1705	Range 1 km, failed to complete rendezvous
	1720	Drift apart to 3 km
	1803	Rendezvous aborted
	2010		88.83 215 x 218 x 51.64
1969 Oct 15		Rendezvous with Soyuz-8 to 17 km
		Rendezvous with Soyuz-6 to 800m ?
		Stationkeeping
	2000		88.70 203 x 218 x 51.64
1969 Oct 16	2100		88.94 201 x 244 x 51.65
1969 Oct 17	0844:12	Retrofire
	0846?	DO CO
	0857?	Modules sep
	0903?	Entry
1969 Oct 17	0925:05	Landed 155 km NW of Karaganda

Soyuz 21 (Baikal)

 1976-064A

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The 7K-T No. 64 spacecraft was launched in Jul 1976, carrying Boris Volynov and Vitaliy Zholobov. It was named Soyuz-21 on reaching orbit. The spacecraft was an 11F615A9 variant (although some records say Soyuz-21 was an A8, 7K-T No. 41). During undocking on Aug 24, the latches failed to separate for about an orbit.

Soyuz-21
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Jul 6	1208:45	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1210	Blok BVGD sep
	1213	Blok A sep
	1217	Blok I MECO
	1217	Blok-I sep
			193 x 253 x 51.6
			89.7 246 x 274 x 51.6
1976 Jul 7	1340	Docked with Almaz OPS 3 (Salyut 5)
1976 Aug 24	1400?	Undocking failed to complete
	1512	Undocking complete
	1748?	DO
	1751?	DO CO
	1804?	Modules sep
	1810?	Entry
	1832:17	Landed

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Kosmos 2389

 2002-026A

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Launched May 2002 into Plane 4, replacing Kosmos-2336.

Kosmos-2389
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 May 28	1814:41	Launch by Kosmos-3M
	1816:53?	St 2 MES-1
	1823?	St 2 MECO-1	150? x 960 x 83
	1905?	St 2 MES2
	1905?	St 2 MECO2	104.76 950 x 1016 x 82.95

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Shenzhou 4

 2002-061A

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The fourth Shenzhou flight was the final test. Two dummy astronauts were carried. Total mass was 7794 kg. The spaceship landed successfully at 7:16 p.m. in the designated area in the middle part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in north China, said the officials. Landing was 40 km from Hohhot (40.5N 111.4E).

SZ 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2002 Dec 29	1640:00	Launch
		T+2:00 LES sep
		T+2:16 SRM burnout, sep
		T+2:38 St 1 MECO
		T+2:39 St 1 sep, St 2 burn
		T+3:20 Fairing sep
		T+7:41 St 2 MECO
	1649	T+9:43 Stage 2 VECO
	1649	T+9:43 Stage 2 sep	198 x 331 x 42.4
	2335	Orbit raise	330 x 337 x 42.4
2003 Jan 2	1240	Orbit raise
2003 Jan 4		orbit trim
2003 Jan 5		orbit trim	330 x 336 x 42.4
	1016	OM sep
	1026	Deorbit over S Atlantic
	1039	Eq crossing N
	1116	Landed

Calipso

 2006-016B

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ESSP-3 is Calypso or Calipso, also called Picasso-Cena, for Picasso (Pathfinder Instruments for Cloud and Aerosol Spaceborne Observations), or Cena (Climatologie Etendue des Nuages et des Aerosols), is a joint CNES/NASA mission. CNES supplies a Proteus bus and an IR imager, while NASA provides launch and other instruments. The mission is an ESSP flight, ESSP 3, and will study the vertical distribution of clouds and aerosols and their role in the energy budget.

Launch with Cloudsat on a Delta II.

Cylinder + 2 panels. Size 1.9 x 1.6 x 2.5m with 9.7m span. Mass 587 kg full including 28 kg of hydrazine.

A-Train 1:31:15PM

Payload:

• CALIOP Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization, with 1-m beryllium-mirror telescope and Nd:YAG lasers.

• IIR Imaging IR radiometer

• WFC Wide Field Camera

• Propulsion system (Alcatel, hydrazine) 4 x 1N thruster

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Progress M-49

2004-019A

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Progress M-49 (249) was mission ISS 14P. Progress 249 carries Orlan-M No. 0240027. Mass 7261 kg at launch, 6965 kg at docking including 1253 kg of propellants, 45 kg of air, and 420 kg of water as well as around 800 kg of dry cargo, leaving 4400 kg for the empty Progress.

Progress M-49
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 May 25	1234:23	Launch by Soyuz-U 684	KB LC1
		T+1:58 BVGD sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	1243:12	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	1615:24	DV 35.6s 12.5m/s
	1645:38	DV 16s 7.3m/s
2004 May 26	1325:46	DV 6.3s 2m/s
2004 May 27	1354:43	Docked to Zvezda aft
2004 Jul 30	0604:48	Undocked
	0608	15s sep burn
	1037:00	Deorbit 48N 60E 156s 90.48 m/s
	1039:36	DO CO
	1117:24	Breakup
	1123:35	Impact near 44 28S 142 46W

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Sich-1M

 2004-052A

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NKAU satellite: Okean-O1 No. 9. Launch 2004 Dec 24 by Tsiklon 3 from PL. Mass 2223 kg. Innovations included use of onboard GPS navigation.

Sich-1M
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2004 Dec 24	1120	Launch by Tsiklon 3 No. 701	PL LC32-1
		T+2:00 St 1 sep	-6200 x 70?
		T+3:31 GO sep 111 km	-5600 x 120?
	1124	T+4:38 St 2 MECO
		T+4:38 St 2 sep
		T+5:20 S5M burn 1 172 km	-2620? x 180? x 82.5
	1126	T+6:56 S5M MECO1 205 km	78 x 650 x 82.5
	1159	T+39:20 BOZ burn
	1200	T+40:58? S5M burn 2
	1201	T+41:07? S5M MECO2 (incomplete)	280 x 640 x 82.6
	1201	T+41:37 S5M sep
2004 Dec 25	2100?	Rev 7 subsat sep
2006 Apr 15			136 x 144 x 82.5

Payload:

• Propulsion system

• RLS-BO Side looking radar 2 km res.

• RM-0.8 scanning microwave radiometer, 0.8 cm; res 25 km

• MSU-E1/E2 Optoelectronic scanner, 24m res, 3 channels. 5000-9000A

• MSU-M Low res multiband scanner, 0.52-1.03mu,

• MTVZA-OK Visible-microwave scanner, 6.9-13 GHz, 1km res.

Thaicom 5

 2006-020B

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Shinawatra Ku/C-band. Alcatel Alenia Space Spacebus 3000A.

Originally Thaicom 4; cancelled; begame Agrani and then cancelled again; and then rebought by Shin Satellite, with the Thaicom 4 name going to iPStar. Launch mass 2766 kg, 1220 kg dry. Size is 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.2m with 26.2m span; station at 78.5E for telecom and TV transmission in the Asia-Pacific region. Will replace Thaicom 3.

Dual payload to GTO 8200 kg; 9172 kg including adaptors. L529 is the first of 30 PA contract launchers from EADS Space Transportation. It uses the 4.6m dia 6.2m high Sylda 5E (300mm extension) and a 13.8m high 5.4m dia medium fairing on a ACY 5400 2m high adapter. SATMEX 6 is on an 1194H adapter on the Sylda. Thaicom 5 is on an 1194V5 adapter on the 3936 cone and the VEB Type C. L529 has two P240 EAP type B boosters and an H175 Vulcain-2-powered EPC stage type C, 30m high 5.4m dia 14.1t dry.

Thaicom 5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 May 27	2109:00	Launch by Ariane 5 L529
		T+2:20 EAP sep
		T+3:15 Fairing sep
	2117:56	T+8:56 EPC MECO	-1132 x 158 x 6.6
	2118:02	T+9:02 EPC sep
		T+9:06 ESC-A burn
	2133:51	T+24:51 ESC-A MECO
	2136	T+27:00 Satmex 6 sep
	2137	T+28:55 Sylda 5 sep
	2141	T+32:19 Thaicom 5 sep
		T+44:24 end of mission
2006 May 28			252 x 35774 x 7.0
2006 Jun 3			631.11 256 x 35732 x 7.0
2006 Jun 3		LAM	1436.99 35355 x 36252 x 0.1

Intelsat 709

 1996-035A

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Intelsat 709 flew on an Ariane 44P in Jun 1996. The launch restored Arianespace's morale, coming days after the first Ariane 5 launch ended in a spectacular failure. Intelsat 709 was the last of the VII/VIIA satellites. It had a launch mass of 3420 kg (2085 BOL, 1473 dry). The satellite is 2.38 x 2.2m x 4.77m with a 21.9m span. It will provide international telephone and TV transmission links for the Americas, Europe and Africa.

Intelsat 709
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1996 Jun 15	0655	Launch by Ariane 44P	CSG ELA2
	0658	Stage 1 sep (T+3:32)
	0658	Stage 2 burn (T+3:35)
	0659	Fairing 01 sep (T+4:45)
	0700	Stage 2 sep (T+5:44)
	0700	H10-3 burn (T+5:49)
	0713	H10-3 cutoff (T+18:51)
	0715	H10-3 sep	200 x 35955 x 7.0
1996 Jun 16			662.11 123 x 37448 x 7.1
1996 Jun 17	1020?	LAM-1
1996 Jun 17			1093.02 21751 x 35790 x 1.0
1996 Jun 18	2200?	LAM-2
1996 Jun 18			1438.76 35745 x 35932 x 0.1 GEO 53.4W+0.7W
1996 Jun 25			1436.10 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 57.1W+0.0W
1996 Jul 18			1436.16 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 57.2W
1996 Jul 19		mv out	1428.61 35638 x 35641 x 0.0
1996 Jul 31		mv in	1436.13 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 50.1W
1997 Aug 23			1436.12 35771 x 35802 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
1999 Oct 15			1436.15 35779 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May 8			1436.21 35780 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 50.0W
2002 May		move to 55W
2002 May 30			1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 55.4W
2002 Feb 1			1436.11 35779 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 55.4W
2003 May 18		mv out	GEO 55W
2003 Aug 15		mv in
2003 Sep 4			1436.12 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 85.1E
2006 Aug 3			1436.10 35774 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 15			1436.09 35771 x 35801 x 0.02 GEO 85.2E
2010 Feb 16		Move out
2010 Mar 18			1438.68 35815 x 35858 x 0.1 GEO 65.4E+0.6W/d
2010 Apr 14		Move in	1436.13 35785 x 35788 x 0.02 GEO 50.0E
2001 Apr 28		Move from 50E to 55E
2005 May 11			1436.10 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 54.8E