Tuesday, August 2, 1988

Kosmos 317

  1969-109A


The first 11F692 (Zenit-4MK) satellite was Kosmos-317, launched from Plesetsk in Dec 1969. The Kettering group detected a TF recovery beacon (a beacon emitting a telemetry signal similar to the Morse letters TF). According to the RAE Kosmos-317 also carried a supplementary charged particles experiment.


Kosmos-317 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Dec 23  1350:01  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1354 Blok-I burn 
 1358 Blok-I sep 
 2232   89.35 203 x 281 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 24  0930   89.34 205 x 280 x 65.41 (RAE) 
  Orbit raise 
 2130   89.65 211 x 304 x 65.50 (RAE) 
1969 Dec 25  1749   89.21 191 x 279 x 65.4 
1969 Dec 28   Blok-I reentered 
1969 Dec 29 Orbit raise 
1969 Dec 30 1838   89.36 190 x 295 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 3  0930?  Engine sep 
1970 Jan 4  0708   89.26 187 x 287 x 65.4 
1970 Jan 5  0652? Retrofire 
 0702? PO sep 
 0707? Entry 
 0722? Landed after 12.72d

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