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Friday, December 24, 2010

Insat 4B

2007-007A

Insat 4B was an Ariane 5 payload similar to 4A. Mass 3028 kg launch 1335 kg dry, 3.1 x 1.8 x 2.0 m with 15.4m span. Mass 3029 kg launch 1325 kg dry according to EADS. Build by ISAC-Bangalore with 440N LAE.

In 2010 one solar array failed, reducing the satellite to half capacity.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Insat 4B



2007 Mar 11	2203	Launch by Ariane 5ECA
		T+2:19 EAP sep
		T+3:16 Fairing sep
	2211	T+8:58 EPC MECO
	2212	T+9:04 EPC sep	-1251 x 157 x 7.22
	2212	T+9:08 ESC-A MES
	2227	T+24:47 ESC-A MECO
	2229	T+26:40 Skynet 5A sep
	2231	T+28:58 Sylda 5 sep
	2234	T+31:02 Insat 4B sep
2007 Mar 21	1911		631.91 246 x 35782 x 4.5
2007 Mar 13		LAM
2007 Mar 13	1605		921.83 14257 x 35737 x 1.2
2007 Mar 14		LAM
2007 Mar 15	0847		1361.11 32877 x 35734 x 0.2
2007 Mar 16	0506	LAM 3:50
2007 Mar 20			1432.31 35700 x 35724 x 0.2 GEO 55.5E+19.9E/d
2007 Mar 23			1433.8 35703 x 35781 x 0.1 GEO 80.4E+0.6E/d
2007 Apr 12		Arrive 93.5E
2007 May 18			1436.2 35771 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 93.5E
2010 Jul 7		Solar array failure

Poor Little Rich Girl

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Progress M-60

2007-017A

11F615A55 No. 360 with a launch mass of 7264 kg. Flight 25P.

M-60 was used for the Plazma-Progress experiment,involving ground observations of plasma effects from Progress rocket burn.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

PM60



2007 May 12	0325:38	Launch by Soyuz U Ts15000-104 (106)	KB
	0334:27	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	0715:23	DV1 22.0m/s
	0759:23	DV2 5.1 m/s
2007 May 14	0429:18	DV3 1.3m/s
2007 May 15	0505	Braking
	0509:57	Docked with Zvezda
2007 Sep 19	0037:00	Undocked from Zvezda	91.30 331 x 344 x 51.6
		Begin Plasma-Progress experiments
	2152	Burn 1, SKD, 1.5m/s 5s	91.25 331 x 340 x 51.6
2007 Sep 20	1010		91.24 328 x 341 x 51.6
	2039:52	Burn 2, SKD, 6.3s 2.7m/s	91.22 325 x 343 x 51.6
2007 Sep 21	2100:13	Burn 3, DPO 5s 2.6m/s retro	91.18 322 x 341 x 51.6
2007 Sep 22	1944:59	Burn 4 SKD 6.3s 2.5m/s	91.16 320 x 343 x 51.6
2007 Sep 23	2004:19	Burn 5, DPO 6.6s 1.6m/s	91.16 319 x 343 x 51.6
2007 Sep 24	2023:25	Burn 6, DPO 5s, 1.1m/s posi	91.19 320 x 345 x 51.6
2007 Sep 25	1901:00	Deorbited, 147s SKD, 84.2m/s
	1903:27	SKD burn end	54 x 324 x 51.6 (dV)
	1936:42	Entry interface
	1948?	Impact Pacific

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Soyuz TMA-3 (Inguli)

2003-047A

The TMA-3 crew comprised MKS-8, the 8th main expedition, and EP-5, the 5th visting expedition, on mission ISS 7S.

Mike Foale is TMA-3 BI-2 and ISS Commander and Science Officer. Aleksandr Kaleri is TMA-3 Kdr and ISS flight engineer. Callsign was Ingul'. Pedro Duque is TMA-3 BI-1 and EP-5 ("Cervantes") crewmember.

Launch by Soyuz-FG; spacecraft 213. Callsign Inguli. Mass 7270 kg.

The Soyuz TMA-3 spaceship landed in Kazakhstan on Apr 30, returning the Expedition 8 and ESA DELTA crews to Earth. Mike Foale, Aleksandr Kaleri and Andre Kuipers entered TMA-3 from the Station's Pirs module and closed the hatches at 1747 UTC on Apr 29. They undocked from Pirs at 2052 UTC and fired their deorbit engines at 2320 UTC. The 115 m/s burn near apogee lasted 4min 23s and lowered the orbit from 354 x 371 km to about -32 x 369 km. The orbital and propulsion modules were jettisoned at 2345 UTC, and the descent module landed at 50 38N 67 20E around 0012 UTC on Apr 30, 55 km NE of Arkalyk.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Soyuz TMA-3



2003 Oct 18	0538:03	Launch by Soyuz-FG
		T+1:53 SAS jettison
		T+1:57 Strapons sep
		T+2:37 Fairing sep
		T+4:47 Blok A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
	0546:48	T+8:45 Blok I MECO
	0546:51	T+8:48 Blok I sep7 88.58 190 x 218 x 51.65
	0913:08	DV1 44s 17m/s
	0950:55	DV2 43s 17m/s	89.90 266 x 272 x 51.6
2003 Oct 19	0637:19	DV3 2m/s 6.2s	89.94 269 x 273 x 51.6
2003 Oct 20	0504:47	DV4 42.1s 16.87m/s
	0549:36	DV5 82.1s 33.69m/s	92.15 375 x 384 x 51.6
	0638	Range 5 km
	0645	Range 1.6 km
	0650	Range 550m
	0655	Begin flyaround
	0703	Stationkeeping at 120m?
	0708	Resume approach
	0709	Range 107m
	0710	Range 80m
	0711	Range 50m
	0714	Range 10m
	0715:58	Docked with Pirs
	0729	Hard dock
	1019	HO to Pirs	92.15 375 x 384 x 51.6
2004 Apr 29	1747	HC to Pirs
	2052:09	Undock
	2320:04	DO 4:23 115.2m/s	354 x 371 x 51.6
	2324:19	DO CO	-32 x 369 x 51.6
	2345:36	Modules sep
	2348:19	Entry interface at 101 km
	2354	End of blackout
	2357	Parachute deployed
2004 Apr 30	0011:15	Landed

Aviation Week: August 23-30,2010

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Raduga 2004

2004-010A

The Globus satellite launched in Mar 2004 was originally named Kosmos-2406, but was redesignated Raduga-1 in May 2004.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Kosmos-2406/Raduga-1



2004 Mar 27	0330	Launch by Proton-K	KB LC81
		T+2:06 St 1 sep
		T+3:03 GO sep
		T+5:30 St 2 sep
		T+9:34 St 3 MECO
	0339	T+9:44 Stage 3 sep
	0443	T+1:13:25 Blok DM-2 MES-1
	0450	T+1:20:28 DM MECO-1	x 49.2
	1000	T+6:33:49? SOZ burn
	1000	T+6:33:49 DM MES-2
	1004	T+6:37:02 DM MECO-2
	1006	DM sep
2004 Apr 21			1436.01 35772 x 35797 x 1.4 GEO 85.0E
2004 May 18		DM orbit	1438.60 35498 x 36172 x 1.3
2006 Aug 8			1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 1.3 GEO 85.4E
2010 Feb 5			1435.40 35757 x 35788 x 4.4 GEO 85.0E

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Progress M-56

2006-013A

11F615A55 No. 356. Launched by 11A511U-PBV P15000-100. Mission 21P to dock with Zvezda. Mass 7281 kg.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

Progress M-56



2006 Apr 24	1603:25	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB LC1
		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
	1612:14	T+8:49 Blok I sep
	1938s	DV1
	2029s	DV2
2006 Apr 25	1709	DV3
2006 Apr 26	1703	Braking
	1720	Flyaround begins at 400m
	1731	Stationkeep at 160m
	1732	Final approach
	1741:31	Docked with Zvezda
2006 May 4	1129	Orbit raise 393s burn
2006 Aug 23	1604	PM56 orbit raise
2006 Sep 19	0028:17	Undocked
	0031	Sep burn
	0328:00	Deorbit 162.9s 85.3 m/s	334 x 349 x 51.6
	0330:43	Deorbit CO	55 x 338 x 51.6
	0403:44	Entry

Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties

https://welib.org/md5/90431d9f3565efd59187ea0206687521

NATO 4B

1993-076A

NATO IVB was launched in Dec 1993. After two months slow drift across the Atlantic, it was placed on station in early Mar 1994 over 6E. In 1998 it was moved to the 20W position.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit

NATO IVB



1993 Dec 8	0048:00	Launch by Delta 7925	CC LC17
		Az 95 deg
		T+1:03 SRM 1-6 off
		T+1:06 SRM 1-6 sep
		T+2:09 SRM 7-9 off
		T+2:12 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+4:20? MECO
		T+4:28 St 1 sep
		T+4:34 Delta stage 2 burn
	0059	T+11:03 Delta SECO-1	185? x 2119? x 29.4?
			164? x 2119? x 29.4
	0109	T+21:25 Delta SES-2
	0109	Delta SECO-2	300? x 2119? x 29.4
	0110	Delta sep
	0111	TES
	0112	TECO
	0114	T+26 Stage 3 sep	643.70 725 x 35908 x 23.2
	0142?	SES-3 depletion	109.77 313 x 2119 x 23.0
1993 Dec 10	1239?	Star 30E AKM
1993 Dec 11			1448.20 35095 x 36951 x 4.2 GEO 14.7W+3.0W
1994 Jan 9			1440.95 35117 x 36645 x 4.1 GEO 59.6W+1.2W
1994 Mar 11		mv in	1436.20 35786 x 35790 x 3.8 GEO 5.9E
1994 Jun 2			1436.06 35782 x 35789 x 3.9 GEO 6.0E
1997 Jul 22			1436.07 35776 x 35795 x 2.3 GEO 6.0E
1998 Jan 14		mv out	1436.20 35773 x 35803 x 2.1 GEO 5.8E
1998 Feb 1			1438.54 35776 x 35892 x 2.1 GEO 6.1W+0.6W
1998 Mar 28		mv in	1436.11 35776 x 35797 x 2.0 GEO 20.2W
1999 Oct 17			1436.12 35772 x 35801 x 1.5 GEO 20.3W
2006 Jul 10			1436.11 35772 x 35801 x 5.3 GEO 20.3W
2006 Nov?		Move out
2007 Feb 4			1435.90 35777 x 35787 x 5.8 GEO 35.4E
2008 Nov 25			1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 7.0 GEO 34.9E

Monday, December 20, 2010

People: September 6,2010

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