Tuesday, July 25, 1989

Polyot 1

  1963-043A


I-2B was a prototype of the IS satellite with an Isayev engine. Two flight vehicles, No. 102 and 103, were built. I-2B No. 102 was launched as Polyot 1. The I-150 (or I-2B No 102) (Polyot 1) satellite was launched on 1963 Nov 1 by the 11A59 launch vehicle, a special variant of the 8K74A (R-7A) Sputnik class core vehicle with no upper stage. Converted 8K74 ICBMs were used, refurbished at NII-88/Podlipki with a new fairing and adapter and modified systems. Orbital insertion was performed by the Polyot propulsion system. The purpose of the mission was to test the anti-satellite propulsion engine; it was originally planned to use the UR-200 rocket to launch Polyot, but that rocket was behind schedule.


Polyot I-2B No. 102 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1963 Nov 1  0856  Launch by 11A59  KB 
  T+1:30 strapon thrust reduced 
 0858 T+2:05 8K74BVGD strapon sep  
  Fairing sep 
 0901  T+5:30 8K74A core burnout, sep  -450? x 390? x 58.9? 
  5 min coast 
 0906  Polyot engine burn 95s, 300 m/s 
 0907  Polyot engine cutoff at apogee 339 x 592 km 
 1745? Polyot engine burn 2 dV = 210 m/s? 
  Polyot engine burn 2 cutoff  343 x 1437 x 58.92  
1963 Nov 1  1859   102.48 335 x 1416 x 58.9 (TLE) 
1963 Nov 3   End of transmissions 
1964 Feb 4    102.41 342 x 1402 x 58.9 
1967 Feb 17    101.96 342 x 1360 x 58.9 
1981 Sep 19    94.16 297 x 658 x 58.9 
1982 Oct 14  1249  88.35 180 x 206 x 58.8 
1982 Oct 16   Reentered 

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