Chalet 8

 1978-058A

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The first Program 366 payload was launched in Jun 1978. A burn at first descending node seems most probable, with a good match to insertion into elliptical GEO over the Indian Ocean, the preferred location for CANYON-type operations over the USSR.

CHALET 8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jun 10	1908	Launch by Titan IIIC	CC LC40
		T+1:50 Stage 1 ignition
		T+2:02 SRM sep
		T+4:35 St 1 sep
	1912	T+4:45 Fairing sep
	1916	Stage 2 MECO
	1916	Stage 2 sep
	1930?	Transtage burn 1, desc node guess
	2017?	Transtage burn 1, asc node
1978 Jun 11	0150?	Burn 2 (desc node case)
	0152?	MECO-2
	0155?	Transtage sep
1978 Jun 11	0240?	Transtage burn 2 (asc node case)
	0242?	MECO-2
	0245?	Transtage sep
		Deploy antenna	1446.3 29929 x 42039 x 12.0 (UN)