Sunday, March 3, 1985
Saturday, March 2, 1985
Ferret 15
1970-066A
The third STRAWMAN carried the standard THRESHER and REAPER payloads only, on mission 7166.
REAPER was able to locate radars to 7 km accuracy.
| OPS 8329 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Aug 26 | 1001 | Launch by LTTA Thor Agena D | V |
| 1002? | Castor II SRMs sep (T+1:42?) | ||
| 1004? | Thor MECO (T+3:37?) | ||
| 1004? | Thor VECO (T+3:46?) | ||
| 1004? | Thor sep (T+3:52?) | ||
| 1004? | Agena burn (T+3:58?) | ||
| 1009? | Agena MECO (T+8:00?) | -100? x 483 x 75.0 | |
| 1031? | Agena MES-2 | ||
| 1031? | Agena MECO-2 | ||
| 1970 Aug 27 | 0903 | 94.48 484 x 501 x 75.0 | |
| 1970 Dec 12 | THRESHER TI mode failed | ||
| 1971 Jan 16 | 94.27 474 x 491 x 75.0 | ||
Wednesday, February 27, 1985
Wednesday, February 20, 1985
Monday, February 18, 1985
Venera 5
1969-001A
V-69 No. 330 was named Venera-5 after its successful launch. The solar orbit insertion burn was over Africa. The SA stopped transmitting at an altitude of 25 km. It impacted at -3 latitude, 18 longitude. Conditions at the site were calculated to be 530 C, 140 bar.
| Venera-5 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 Jan 5 | 0628 | Launch by 8K78M | KB |
| 0633 | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0633 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0637 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 0747 | BOZ burn | ||
| 1969 Jan 5 | 0747 | Blok-L burn 3:48, solar orbit | |
| 0751 | Blok-L sep | ||
| 1000 | 25100 km over SE China | ||
| 1969 Mar 3 | TCM 9m/s | ||
| 1969 May 16 | 0408 | Landing sequence on at range 50000 km | |
| 0436 | SA sep, range 37000 km | ||
| 0601 | Entry 11.16km/s | ||
| 0602:30 | AOS, parachutes out | ||
| 0654:56 | End of signal, 53 min, 25 km up | ||
| 0715? | Impact | ||
Surveyor 7
1968-001A
Surveyor SC7 (Surveyor G) was launched at 0630:01, on azimuth 102.9 deg, on 1968 Jan 7 by Atlas Centaur. The Centaur coasted in parking orbit, then reignited and shut down at 0705:16 to deliver Surveyor VII to a translunar trajectory. The Surveyor made a course correction at 2230 on 1968 Jan 7. The radar was jettisoned around 0100 on Jan 10 and the retro fired successfully, with landing at 0105:38 on Jan 10 on the Tycho ejecta blanket. For the first time both the alpha-scatter and sampler experiments were carried on the same mission. The craft returned over 21000 pictures, and survived one lunar night. The surface sampler was tested, manipulating rocks and digging trenches. On the second lunar day, battery degradation limited operations. The last transmission from Surveyor VII was at 0024 on 1968 Feb 21.
| Surveyor 7 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Jan 7 | 0630:01 | Launch by Atlas SLV-3C Centaur | CC LC36 |
| 0632:33 | BECO | ||
| 0632:36 | Booster sep | -5940 x 100 ? | |
| 0633:17 | Insulation panels jettison | ||
| 0633:47 | Fairing | ||
| 0634:09 | Atlas SECO | -5450 ? x 166 ? | |
| 0634:11 | Atlas sep | ||
| 0634:21 | Centaur MES-1 | ||
| 0639:53 | Centaur MECO-1 | 87.80 166 x 176 x 30.69 | |
| 22.5 min coast | |||
| 0702:20 | Centaur MES-2 | ||
| 0704:15 | Centaur MECO-2 | 166 x 729739 x 30.68 (GD) | |
| 0704:33 | SV legs deploy | ||
| 0705:16 | Centaur sep | 169 x 697813 x 30.69 | |
| 0709:16 | Centaur retro | ||
| 0713:25 | Centaur retro complete | 166 x 483702 x 30.68 (GD) | |
| 2330:09 | MCC 11.3s 11.1m/s | 217 x 716748 x 29.5 | |
| 1968 Jan 10 | 0035 | Attitude for landing | |
| 0057:34 | AMR on | ||
| 0102:13 | Vernier engines on | ||
| 1968 Jan 10 | 0102:14 | Radar jettison | -1056 x -9282 x 62.85 |
| 0102:14 | Retro | ||
| 0102:57 | Retro burnout | ||
| 0103:08 | Vernier high thrust | ||
| 0103:09 | Retro eject | -1736 x 18 x ? | |
| 0105:12 | Altitude 300m | ||
| 0105:28 | Altitude 15m | ||
| 0105:36 | Landing 40.89S 11.44W | ||
| 1326 | AC-15 flyby 19743 km | ||
| Centaur orbit | 167124 x 445181 | ||
| 1968 Jan 26 | 1412 | Shutdown for lunar night | |
| 1968 Feb 12 | 1900 | Revived for day 2 | |
| 1968 Feb 20 | Communications problems | ||
| 1968 Feb 21 | 0024 | Last transmission | |
Friday, February 15, 1985
Sunday, February 10, 1985
Molniya 121
1970-101A
Molniya-1 (F21,N16) entered the D plane, replacing N14 and being replaced by N22.
| Molniya-1 F21 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Nov 27 | 1547:17 | 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 | |||
| 1555 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 1640? | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 1643? | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 1970 Dec 6 | 707.15 469 x 39359 x 65.5 | ||
| 1970 Dec 9 | 707.20 438 x 39393 x 65.5 | ||
| 1970 Dec 22 | 717.81 462 x 39893 x 65.4 | ||
| 1971 Apr 16 | 717.81 612 x 39743 x 65.5 | ||
| 1971 Apr 24 | 717.78 624 x 39730 x 65.5 | ||
| 1971 Jun 2 | 717.70 703 x 39647 x 65.5 | ||
| 1972 Feb? | end of ops | ||
| 1974 Aug 1 | 717.97 807 x 39556 x 65.6 | ||
| 1975 Jul 24 | 717.51 202 x 40139 x 65.2 | ||
| 1975 Nov 25 | Reentered | ||
Wednesday, February 6, 1985
Sunday, February 3, 1985
Wednesday, January 30, 1985
Friday, January 25, 1985
Ume 1
1976-019A
NASDA and the Radio Research Lab (RRL) developed the Ionospheric Sounding Satellite (ISS), a 135 kg, 0.82 m long, 0.94m diameter spacecraft with a swept frequency topside sounder with 36.8m and 11.4m span dipole antennae covering a range from 0.5 to 148 MHz. Prime contractor was Mitsubishi. The satellite was named Ume (Japanese apricot blossom) after launch. Launch was southeast from TNSC at azimuth 115 deg (corresponding to a 38 deg inclination); a yaw burn in second stage changed inclination to 70 deg.
| Ume | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Feb 29 | 0330 | Launch N-I 2 | TNSC |
| 0333 | St 1 sep | -6000? x 200? x 38? | |
| Fairing sep | |||
| 0335 | St 2 burn 4:30 | ||
| 0339 | St 2 cutoff | -3200 x 998 x 51.4 | |
| 0340 | St 3 burn, circ | ||
| 0341? | St 3 sep | 105.2 994 x 1013 x 69.7 | |
| 1976 Mar | Electrical malfunction | ||
| 1976 Aug 2 | End of tx | ||
Payload:
- TOP Swept frequency topside sounder, 36.8m., 11.4m dipoles; 0.5-148 MHz
- PIC Ion mass spectrometers
Wednesday, January 23, 1985
Sunday, January 20, 1985
Molniya 103
1965-030A
The third launch of an 11F67 Molniya-1, Molniya-1 No. 3, was the first to be given the Molniya-1 name.
| Molniya-1 (F3) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Apr 23 | 0155 | Launch by 8K78 | KB |
| 0200? | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0200? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0204? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 0255? | BOZ burn | ||
| 0256? | Blok-L burn | ||
| 0300? | Blok-L sep | ||
| 1965 Apr 23 | 0321 | 94.38 198 x 778 x 64.8 | |
| 1965 Apr 25 | 0228 | 707.29 530 x 39305 x 65.5 | |
| 1965 Apr 29 | 0046 | 707.25 535 x 39298 x 65.1 | |
| 1965 Apr? | TCM, test of KDU | ||
| 1965 May 4 | 720.55 529 x 39961 x 65.3 | ||
| 1965 Nov 26 | End of operations | ||
| 1978 Oct 29 | 718.13 244 x 40127 x 64.2 | ||
| 1979 Feb 22 | 668.98 151 x 37767 x 64.1 | ||
| 1979 Apr 10 | 558.93 107 x 32089 x 64.1 | ||
| 1979 May 8 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- C-band 6/4 GHz transponders