Monday, June 26, 2000

Kosmos 881/882

  1976-121A


Kosmos-881 was the first of the dual-launch TKS VA reentry tests. It was 11F74 No 009A/1 (the A designated the presence of an ADU - Avariynaya DU, escape engine).

It is possible that none of the TLEs available are for the payloads. The single B TLE seems to be for object C, while the A and early C TLEs are for a rapidly decaying object. The D TLEs appear to be consistent with a single object although E may be mixed in.


Kosmos-881 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Dec 15  0130  Launch by Proton  KB 
 0132 T+2:50 ADU sep 
  Stage 1 sep 
  Stage 2 sep 
 0139  Stage 3 MECO 
 0139  Stage 3 sep 
 0139  MECO+0s Kosmos-881 and TDU sep from LVI 
 0139  MECO+2s Kosmos-882 sep from LVI 
1976 Dec 15.18   88.91 200x242x51.60 
1976 Dec 15.36   88.82 198x234x51.60 
 0145  Begin deorbit procedure 
 0245? Kosmos-881 deorbit TDU burn after 1 rev 
 0255? BSO sep 
 0303? Entry 
 0335? Landed 

Kosmos 882 was VA No. 009/1, the lower VA with no ADU.


Kosmos-882 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Dec 15   Launch by Proton  KB 
1976 Dec 15.36 88.53 190x214x51.60 
 0245? Kosmos-882 deorbit TDU burn after 1 rev 
 0255? BSO sep 
 0303? Entry 
 0335? Landed 

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