Tuesday, August 7, 1979
Thursday, August 2, 1979
Kosmos 256
1968-106A
The third Sfera launch was Kosmos-256, which entered a similar orbit to the first flight.
| Kosmos-256 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Nov 30 | 1200:01 | Launch by 11K65M | PL |
| 1202? | Stage 2 burn 1 | ||
| 1208? | Coast period | ||
| 1253? | Stage 2 burn 2 | ||
| 1253? | Stage 2 sep | ||
| 1968 Dec 1 | 109.45 1175 x 1227 x 74.05 | ||
Thursday, July 26, 1979
Monday, July 23, 1979
Kosmos 377
1970-096A
Kosmos-377 was a Zenit-2M/Gektor mission flown in Nov 1970 from Baikonur.
| Kosmos-377 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Nov 11 | 0920:01 | Launch by 11A57 | KB |
| 0924 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0928 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1937 | 89.39 202 x 285 x 65.0 | ||
| 1970 Nov 16 | 2014 | 89.27 201 x 275 x 65.0 | |
| 1970 Nov 21 | 0121 | 89.16 198 x 267 x 65.0 | |
| 1970 Nov 23 | 0645? | Retrofire | |
| 0655? | PO sep | ||
| 0705? | Entry | -186 x 220 | |
| 0717? | Landed after 11.92d | ||
Sunday, July 22, 1979
Friday, July 20, 1979
Tuesday, July 17, 1979
Thursday, July 12, 1979
Sunday, June 24, 1979
Wednesday, June 20, 1979
Sunday, June 10, 1979
Tuesday, June 5, 1979
Friday, June 1, 1979
Monday, May 28, 1979
Relay 1
1962-068A
The NASA A-15 payload was launched on 1962 Dec 13 from Cape Canaveral and named Relay I on successfully reaching its 1322 x 7439 km x 47.5 deg orbit. After initial communications malfunctions, it started operations on Dec 27 and was successfully used for communications experiments until 1965 Feb 10. Remarkably, intermittent transmissions were reported from the payload in March 1981. Relay was 78 kg, 0.81m dia, height 1.3m including rod antenna. This launch was the first to use the uprated AJ10-118D second stage.
| Relay 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Dec 13 | 2330:01 | Launch by Delta DSV-3B-1 | CC LC17A |
| 2332:29 | T+2:27 MECO | ||
| 2332 | Thor sep | ||
| 2332:32 | T+2:31 Delta S/N 20001 burn, 2:44 | ||
| 2332:53 | T+2:52 Fairing | ||
| 2335:16 | T+5:16 Delta SECO | -3350? x 1300 x 47.8? | |
| -2944 x 1300 x 38.2? | |||
| 15 min coast | |||
| 2348:21 | T+18:20 Delta sep | ||
| 2348:34 | T+18:33 Altair SV-22 burn | ||
| 2349:13 | T+19:12 Altair burnout | ||
| 2351? | Altair sep | 185.08 1300 x 7459 x 47.77 | |
| 1322 x 7439 x 47.5 | |||
| 1965 Feb 10 | End of tx | ||
Saturday, May 26, 1979
Molniya 303
1975-105A
Molniya-3 No. 13 (F3,N3) was launched in Nov 1975 into plane 1.
| Molniya-3 No. 13 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Nov 14 | 1914 | Launch by 8K78M | PL |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 1922 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 2007 | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 2010 | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 737.3 523 x 40790 x 62.8 | |||
| 1975 Nov | 717.2 483 x 39844 x 62.8 | ||