1979-081A
| Kosmos-1128 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Sep 14 | 1530 | Launch by Soyuz-U | Plesetsk |
| 1534 | Blok-I burn | ||
| 1538 | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1979 Sep 14 | 89.55 174 x 330 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 15 | 89.55 176 x 327 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 15 | 89.53 175 x 327 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 16 | 89.67 176 x 340 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 17 | 89.40 153 x 336 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 20 | 89.15 149 x 314 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 21 | 89.34 149 x 334 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 25 | 89.10 145 x 314 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 26 | 89.65 148 x 365 x 62.8 | ||
| 1979 Sep 27 | |||
| 0658? | Deorbit | ||
| 0708? | PO sep | ||
| 0711? | Entry | ||
| 0731? | Landed | ||
1982-F06
The second MARECS was lost in the Ariane L5 launch failure. The third stage pump failed at an altitude of 182 km, 9 minutes after liftoff. Four minutes later the rocket and payload impacted the Atlantic 2700 km downrange from Kourou, off the coast of Africa.
| MARECS B | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 Sep 9 | 0212:03 | Launch by Ariane L5 | CSG |
| T+2:27 Stage 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:32 Stage 1 sep | |||
| T+2:34 St 2 MES | |||
| T+2:40 St 2 ullage motors sep | |||
| T+4:19 Fairing sep | |||
| T+4:49? St 2 MECO | |||
| T+4:54? St 2 sep | |||
| 0216:48 | T+4:58 (T+4:45?) Stage 3 HM-7 ignition | -4700? x 220 x 10? | |
| -4580 x 180 x 10? | |||
| 0221:23 | T+9:20 Stage 3 pump failed after 4:35 | ||
| 0222:03 | T+10:10 Stage 3 pump stopped after 5:25 | -1900? x 220 x 10? | |
| 0225 | Impacted in Atlantic Ocean | ||
1976-115A
| Kosmos-870 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Dec 2 | 0017 | Launch by 11K65M | Plesetsk |
| 0019 | S3 burn | ||
| 0025? | T+8m? S3 MECO-1 | ||
| 0050? | T+33m? S3 MES-2 | ||
| 0050? | S3 sep | ||
| 1976 Dec 2 | 95.3 513x548x74.0 | ||
| 1980 Dec 20 | reentered | ||
1959-003
The second CORONA vehicle, Agena 1018, was intended as a recovery test, carrying a small biomedical payload. On rev 17 the CORONA was tilted down 60 deg for SRV ejection. The SRV ejected too early because of a programming error and landed somewhere near the Spitsbergen Islands in the Arctic. The SRV was probably the first artificial object to return intact to the Earth from orbit. It may even have been the first to be recovered - although the CIA never saw it again, they concluded at the time that the Soviets may have located it, inspiring the novel and movie `Ice Station Zebra'. However, the Soviet involvement seems to have been an imaginative stretch.
| CORONA 2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 Apr 13 | 2119 | Launch by Thor Agena A | V |
| 2121 | Thor MECO (T+2:39) | ||
| 2121 | Thor VECO (T+2:48) | ||
| 2121 | Thor sep (T+2:51) | ||
| 2124 | Agena 1018 burn (T+4:59) | ||
| 2126 | Agena cutoff (T+6:58) | ||
| 253 x 346 km (VCR) | |||
| 90.4 239 x 346 x 89.9 (RAE) | |||
| 90.4 239 x 346 x 89.9 (SATCAT) | |||
| 1959 Apr 15 | 0004? | Rev 17 SRV sep prematurely | |
| Sep + 10s SRV deorbit | -245? x 415? x 89.9 | ||
| Sep + 22s T/C sep | |||
| 0014? | Sep +10m reentry | ||
| 0018? | SRV impact in Spitzbergen | ||
| 1959 Apr 15 | 1000? | End of tx rev 25 | |
| 1959 Apr 19 | CW beacon last detected | ||
| 1959 Apr 24 | 1430 | 88.9 199 x 238x 89.9 (RAE) | |
| 1959 Apr 26 | 0900? | Agena reentered between rev 203 and 206 | |
1978-087A
The EXOS-B spacecraft, Jikiken (Magnetosphere), was launched on 1978 Sep 16 by Mu 3H. It had four long antennae to study magnetospheric fields.
The 92 kg satellite was a domed polyhedral cylinder, 0.75m dia 0.60m high of a different design to the Tansei-3/EXOS-A satellites. EXOS-B had a new, 0.70m dia KM-B kick motor as a fourth stage. Unlike MS-T3, the motor was below the payload at launch and was fired immediately after the third stage, which was suborbital. 30 min later NASA picked up the signal. The antennae were extended, dropping spin rate from 150 to 3 rpm. Actual deployment was to 69.8m and 103.0m span (maximum would have been 206 m span).
KM-B mass is 284 kg f 49? em, 22.6 kN, 0.86m long 0.73m dia, Isp 283s, 30 s burn time. The delta-V calculations suggest a stage 3 orbit of -1000 x 231 km but the impact zone of 160W 10N suggests a trajectory more like -450 x 231 km.
| Jikiken | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 Sep 16 | 0500 | Launch by Mu 3H | KASC |
| T+0:08 SOB burnout | |||
| T+0:09 SOB sep | |||
| 0502? | St 1 burnout | ||
| T+1:24 St 1 sep | |||
| T+1:26 St 2 sep | |||
| 0502? | St 2 burnout | -5179 x 233 x 31.1 | |
| 0502? | Fairing top off | ||
| 0502? | Fairing lower part off | ||
| 0505? | Spinup St 3 | ||
| 0505 | T+5:57 St 2 sep | ||
| 0504 | T+4:30 St 3 burn 53s, 224 km (ISAS doc) | ||
| T+5:41 KM burn 33s (ISAS doc) | |||
| 0506 | T+6:02 St 3 burn, 54s | ||
| 0506 | T+6:56 St 3 burnout | -1000? x 231 x 31.1 | |
| 0507 | T+7:12 St 3 sep | ||
| 0507 | T+7:12 KM Kick motor burn | ||
| 0508 | T+8:37 KM sep | 517.9 230 x 30558 x 31.1 | |
| 1978 Sep 25 | Booms deployed | ||
| 1981 | Still operating | ||
1984-050A
| Kosmos-1558 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 May 25 | 1130 | Launch by Soyuz | PL |
| 1138 | Blok I sep | ||
| 1984 May 25 | 89.11 167 x 293 x 67.2 | ||
| 1984 May 26 | 89.06 166 x 289 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 May 27 | Orbit raise | 89.59 171 x 337 x 67.1 | |
| 1984 Jun 2 | 89.13 164 x 298 x 67.1 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.43 171 x 321 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jun 11 | 88.71 160 x 261 x 67.1 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.24 165 x 308 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jun 15 | 88.96 161 x 284 x 67.1 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.17 164 x 302 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jun 19 | 88.79 159 x 270 x 67.2 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.22 167 x 304 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jun 23 | 88.88 162 x 275 x 67.2 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.21 166 x 304 x 67.2 | ||
| 1984 Jun 28 | 88.74 159 x 264 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jun 28 | Orbit raise | 89.29 160 x 317 x 67.1 | |
| 1984 Jul 2 | 88.92 157 x 284 x 67.1 | ||
| Orbit raise | 89.89 194 x 343 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jul 5 | 89.69 192 x 325 x 67.1 | ||
| 1984 Jul 8 | |||
| 2004? | Deorbit | ||
| 2019? | Entry | ||
| 2031? | Landed | ||
1964-072A
The seventh launch appears to have completed the initial batch of Ferret missions, which were all launched from pad 75-3-5 into 82 degree orbits, with Agena serial numbers in the 2300 series. This vehicle was Agena SS-01A No. 2317, with a mass of 1526 kg. It carried a digital payload operating in the Group 3 frequency bands.
| OPS 3062 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Nov 4 | 0212:11 | Launch by TA Thor Agena D | V |
| 0213:16 | Castor sep (T+1:05) | ||
| 0214:38 | Thor MECO (T+2:27) | ||
| 0214:47 | Thor VECO (T+2:36) | ||
| 0214:54 | Thor sep (T+2:43) | ||
| 0215:33 | Agena burn (T+3:22) | ||
| 0219:29 | Agena MECO (T+7:18) | ||
| 0310? | Agena burn 2 | ||
| 0310? | Agena burn MECO-2 | 95.03 518 x 536 x 82.04 (VCR) | |
| 1964 Nov 5 | 0230 | 95.1 512 x 526 x 82.0 (RAE) | |
| 1964 Nov 8 | End of operations | ||
| 1968 Jan 11 | 1200 | 94.21 477 x 485 x 82.0 (RAE) | |
| 1968 Dec 16 | 0000 | 93.32 431 x 442 x 82.0 (RAE) | |
| 1969 Nov 5 | 1452? | Reentered | |
1979-077A
| Kosmos-1124 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Aug 28 | 0017 | Launch by 8K78M | Plesetsk |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 0025 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+1:00? BOZ burn | |||
| 0117? | T+1:00? BOZ sep | ||
| 2BL burn | |||
| 2BL MECO | |||
| 0120? | T+1:03 2BL sep | ||
| 1979 Aug 28 | 727.3 561x40267x63.0 | ||
1984-096A
| Kosmos-1596 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 Sep 7 | 1913 | Launch by 8K78M | Plesetsk |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 1921 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+1:00? BOZ burn | |||
| 2013? | T+1:00? BOZ sep | ||
| 2BL burn | |||
| 2BL MECO | |||
| 2016? | T+1:03 2BL sep | ||
| 1984 Sep 7 | 92.28 216 x 555 x 62.8 | ||
| 1984 Sep 7 | 707.22 602 x 39229x 63.0 | ||
| 1984 Sep 11 | 717.40 611 x 39724 x 62.9 | ||
1977-083A
| Kosmos-948 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Sep 2 | 0900 | Launch by Soyuz | Plesetsk |
| 0904? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0908? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 1977 Sep 2 | 88.99 215 x 233 x 81.4 | ||
| 1977 Sep 13 | 88.75 207 x 217 x 81.4 | ||
| 1977 Sep 15 | |||
| 0452? | Deorbit | ||
| 0502? | PO sep | ||
| 0508? | Entry | ||
| 0526? | Landed | ||
