Saturday, November 18, 2000

Kosmos 402

  1971-025A


The next US-A flight was Kosmos-402, launched in Apr 1971. It again tested the reactor separation system after only one day.


Kosmos-402 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 Apr 1  1130:00  Launch by 11K69  KB  
 1132  Stage 2 burn  
 1134  Stage 2 sep  
 1144  US-A DU burn  
  US-A DU cutoff, orbit  
 1154? Stage 2 entry 
 1200   89.71 247 x 274 x 65.0  
1971 Apr 1  1441?  US-A orbit raise over KB, DU sep  
 1533?  DV2 
 1926   104.95 949 x 1034 x 65.0 
1971 Apr 3  1407  (25B) 89.59 246 x 261 x 65.0 
1971 Apr 6   DU reentered 
1971 Apr 9  1430  Reactor section104.94 948 x 1036 x 65.0 (25A) 
1971 May 6  1355? Radar section reentered 

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