Hexagon 14

 1978-029A

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Mission 14 operated in a 160 x 240 km orbit from Mar 16 to Apr 22; from Apr 23 to Sep 9 it was in a 160 x 255 km orbit. Its orbit entered a period of rapid decay on Sep 9 and it was deorbited on Sep 11.

HEXAGON 14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Mar 16	1840?	Launch by Titan IIID	V SLC4E
		T+1:49? Stage 1 burn 2:27
		T+1:55 SRM burnout
		T+1:55 SRM sep
		T+4:16 Stage 1 MECO
		T+4:16 Stage 1 sep
		T+4:16 Stage 2 burn
		T+5:05? Fairing
	1847?	T+7:44? Stage 2 MECO
	1848?	T+8:00 Stage 2 sep
			88.5 160 x 240 x 96.4
1978 Mar 17		Titan stage 2 reentered	(166 x 231 x 96.4)
			88.47 160 x 237 x 96.4
1978 Mar 17			88.42 157 x 234 x 96.4
1978 Apr 1			88.43 157 x 236 x 96.4
1978 Apr 20	2100?	SRV-1 MAR
1978 Apr 22	0622		88.47 161 x 235 x 96.4
1978 Apr 23	1950?	Orbit raise
1978 Apr 23	2042		88.77 165 x 262 x 96.4
1978 Apr 29			88.60 163 x 247 x 96.4
1978 May 1			88.67 167 x 249 x 96.4
1978 May 16		Map op 253
1978 May 31		Op 300
1978 Jun 1			88.56 164 x 242 x 96.4
1978 Jun 1	2109?	SRV-2 MAR
1978 Jun 12		Op 325
1978 Jun 14		Op 340
1978 Jun 21		Op 360
1978 Jul 1			88.73 165 x 258 x 96.4
1978 Jul 6		Op 380
1978 Jul 10		Op 386
1978 Jul 11	2044?	SRV5 deorbit opp
	2120?	SRV 1214-5 recovered after 117d
1978 Jul 12			88.61 164 x 247 x 96.34
1978 Jul 22	2120?	SRV-3 MAR
1978 Aug 1			88.67 164 x 252 x 96.3
1978 Sep 2			88.63 162 x 250 x 96.3
1978 Sep 9	2039?	SRV-4 deorbit
1978 Sep 9	2308		88.51 164 x 236 x 96.3
1978 Sep 11	1159		88.26 158 x 218 x 96.3
1978 Sep 11	2125?	Reentered after 179d