Progress M-55

 2005-047A

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Mission 20P, spacecraft 355. Mass 7285 kg launch, 6985 docking, 5634 kg undocking.

PM-55
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Dec 21	1838:20	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
		T+1:59 Strapons sep
		T+2:41 GO sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
		T+8:46 Blok I MECO
	1847:09	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	2232:18	TCM-1 25s 9m/s
	2311:31	TCM-2 64s 25.8m/s
2005 Dec 22	1935:24	TCM-3 4s 1.1m/s
2005 Dec 23	1757:33	TCM-4 23m/s
	1821:55	TCM-5 1m/s
	1845:23	DV 9m/s
	1924:11	DV 8m/s
	1930:52	DV 5m/s range 0.9 km
	1933:02	DV 2m/s, 580m
	1946:18	Docking with Pirs
2006 Feb 10		0.5m/s test burn
2006 Feb 11	2222	M-55 burn 522s, raise ISS 1.5km
2006 Jun 19	1406:35	Undocking from Pirs
	1409:35	Sep-1 burn 15s 0.35m/s
	1415:45	Sep-2 burn 30s 1.1m/s
	1428	Pass 2.3km below ISS
	1706:00	Deorbit 83.7 m/s, 171 kg, 159s 43 30 N 58 30E	335 x 349 x 51.6
	1708:41	Deorbit cutoff 48 14 N 71 18E	58 x 351 x 51.6
	1741:48	Entry 90 km, 19 37 S 162 38 W
	1747:02	Breakup 70 km, 35 12 S 146 31 W
	1753:14	Debris impact 41 31 S 136 37W

September 9,2006

 https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.570.txt

Laguna Beach

https://welib.org/md5/3a8f747c2b6591b1ff93dd6f01f94f6e

DirecTV-9S

 2006-043A

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Backup to 4S and 7S at 101W or 119W. Initial station 101W.

54 transponders for digital video service broadcast in 27 high power spot beams.

Loral LS-1300-Omega satellite. Mass 5535 kg launch 2364 kg dry. Size 7.5 x 2.9 x 3.3m span 31.3m.

Mass 5505 kg (EADS PK) launch, 2346 kg dry.

Ariane 5 ECA L533, V175 with Sylda 5C (900m stretch) 5.8m high and large fairing. DTV9S on an 1194H adapter; Optus on a 937VB5 adapter and LDREX-2 (NEC TOSHIBA) on an Astrium-UK ASAP5, 2.62m dia 0.35 high with a 0.06m high 3.86m dia platform.

DTV9S
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Oct 13	2056	Launch by Ariane 5ECA	CSG ELA3
		T+2:20 PAP sep
		T+3:14 Fairing sep
		T+8:56 EPC MECO
	2105	T+9:02 EPC sep	-1105 x 159 x 6.73
	2105	T+9:06 ESC-A burn
	2140	T+24:44 ESC-A MECO
	2142	T+26:58 DTV 9S sep
	2146	T+30:49 Sylda 5 sep
	2148	T+32:02 Optus D1 sep
	2148	T+32:14 ESC-A sep burn
	2158	T+42:46 Begin LDREX deploy
	2223	T+1:27:05? Complete LDREX deploy
	2224	T+1:28:07 LDREX separates
		T+1:37:20 Passivation of ESC-A
		T+1:37:44 End of Ariane mission
2006 Oct 17			631.34 249 x 35750 x 7.0
2006 Oct 18			1385.45 33775 x 35803 x 0.1
2006 Oct 21			1436.61 35736 x 35856 x 0.0 GEO 139.6W+0.14/d
2006 Nov 8			1433.25 35717 x 35743 x 0.1 GEO 138.0W+0.7/d
2006 Dec 13		Braking
2006 Dec 19		On station
2006 Dec 23			1436.10 35775 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 101.1W

Inside the space race : a space surgeon's diary

https://welib.org/md5/675a9a28eed366aa2de07f43fea1ec16

Kosmos 2424

 2006-062A

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A Proton-K rocket with a DM-2 (11S861 no. 108L) upper stage launched Kosmos-2424, -2425, -2426 (three Glonass-M) satellites from Baikonur on December 25.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2006 Dec 25	2018:12	Launch by Proton-K/DM-2	KB LC81/24
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:17 GO sep
	2023	T+5:38 St 2 sep
	2027	T+9:40 St 3 MECO
	2028	T+9:52 St 3 sep
	2107?	T+49:19? DM 11S861 No. 106L burn 1
	2113?	T+55:06? DM MECO 1
2006 Dec 26	0000?	DM MES2
	0002?	DM MECO 2
	0002?	DM sep	19134 x 19143 x 64.9