Tuesday, October 15, 2002

Kosmos 1172

 1980-028A


Kosmos-1172 was equipped with bipropellant RCS thrusters to maximize its maneuvering capability. It was the first Oko to actively switch nodes while in orbit.


Kosmos-1172 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Apr 12  2018 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 2026 T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 2118?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 2121?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1980 Apr 12    726.0 608x40155x62.8 
1980 Apr    719.5 621x34822x62.8 
1981 Feb 21-25  mvr from node=90E/270E 
1981 Mar   mvr to node=120E/300E 
1982 Jun 10  end of ops 
1997 Dec 23?   28F (antenna?) detaches from spacecraft
1997 Dec 24  1130reentered over Kerguelen I

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