Friday, July 23, 1999

Kosmos 961

 1977-104A


Kosmos-961 carried out a record low altitude intercept of Kosmos 959. The deorbit of Kosmos-961 was observed from Japan. 


Kosmos-961 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1977 Oct 26  0514 Launch by 11K69  KB 
 0516  Stage 2 burn 
 0519  Stage 2 MECO 88.7 125x302x66 (NLJ) 
 0542? Possible orbit change  101.8 269x1421x66.4 (RAE) 
 0555? Orbit change  
 0640? Guess perigee burn 
 0725? Orbit change  

0820? Flyby K959 

0837? Reentered over NE Japan coast 

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