Monday, April 17, 1972
Sunday, April 16, 1972
Saturday, April 15, 1972
Wednesday, April 12, 1972
Monday, April 3, 1972
Kosmos 1
1962-008
The DS-2 No. 1 satellite was the third launch attempt by Yangel. The stripped down spherical DS-2 satellite had a mass of 47 kg and carried practically no equipment except for an ionospheric beacon. This time the 63S1 rocket reached orbit successfully, placing DS-2 No. 1 in a 49 degree inclination orbit from which its ionospheric beacon payload transmitted for at least a month. After orbit insertion, the satellite was declared to be part of the Kosmos program, inaugurating the Kosmos cover name which would be used for the majority of Soviet space missions. The announcement of the Kosmos program indicated that it would consist of scientific satellites, but the program also included all military payloads, and unacknowledged in-orbit failures from other civilian programs.
| Kosmos-1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Mar 16 | 1159 | Launch by 63S1 No. 6LK | GTsP4 Mayak-2 |
| 1201 | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 1206? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 204 x 967 x 49.0 | |||
| 1962 Apr 15 | Mayak still transmitting | ||
| 1962 May 25 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- Mayak-O2 E-177-2 ionospheric beacon 2-channel transmitter
Sunday, April 2, 1972
Sunday, March 26, 1972
Saturday, March 25, 1972
OV1-20P
1971-067A
The OV1-20 propulsion module carried some particle experiments and the OAR-901 LOADS II satellite. OV1-20 was launched on STP flight P70-2.
P70-2 carried a complex of experiments. AVL-802 mass was 44 kg per the STP history, of which about 21 kg was the deployed satellites and 23 kg was canister hardware. The unaccounted mass noted below is presumed to be payload attachment hardware that remained with the propulsion modules.
| CRLU-928/OAR-901 LOADS-2 | 364 | |
| OV1-20P | 125? | |
| OV1-20 Expts | 17 | |
| OV1-20 propellant | 272 | |
| Unaccounted | 54 | |
| OV1-20 Total | 832 | |
| OAR 907 RTDS | 72 | |
| LCS-4 canister | 30? | |
| RTD 701 LCS-4 | 37 | |
| AVL-802-1 Can | 12? | |
| AVL-802-2 Can | 12? | |
| AVL-802 Mylar | 0.8 | |
| AVL-802 Grid 7-1 | 6.2 | |
| AVL-802 Grid 7-2 | 4.0 | |
| AVL-802 Rigid | 10? | |
| Star 13A | 37 | |
| OV1-21 Expts | 32 | |
| OV1-21P | 125? | |
| OV1-21 propellant | 272 | |
| Unaccounted | 202 | |
| OV1-21 Total | 851 | |
| Post burn | 579 | |
| Post RTDS | 505 | |
| Post AKM | 472 | |
| OV1-20P | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 Aug 7 | 0011 | Launch by Atlas F | V |
| 0016? | Atlas SECO | ||
| 0020? | Sep Atlas at 166 km | ||
| 0022? | Sep+2 min, FW4S burn | ||
| 0022? | Perigee | ||
| 0025? | Ejected OAR-901 LOADS II | ||
| 106.2 133 x 1957 x 92.0 | |||
| 1971 Aug 29 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- SAMSO-132 Energetic proton analyser, 15 kg
- SSD-975B Particle flux and thermal detector (ne,Te), 2 kg
- OAR-901 Low Altitude Density Satellite II