Kosmos 1498

 1983-096A

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Resurs F-1 (17F41) No. 24 was launched in Sep 1983 as Kosmos-1498. NORAD gives a Sep 29 decay date but the RAE gives Sep 28.29; the 0.01d accuracy usually implies a Kettering recovery time. The first TLEs for the engine associated debris are on Sep 28, which supports the earlier landing date.

Kosmos-1498
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1983 Sep 14	1025	Launch by Soyuz-U	PL LC41
	1034	Blok-I sep	89.4 211 x 279 x 82.3
1983 Sep 15		Orbit raise	89.9 261 x 275 x 82.3
1983 Sep 27			89.76 255 x 269 x 82.3
1983 Sep 28
	0625?	Deorbit
	0633?	PO sep
	0647?	Entry
	0702?	Landed

The Ladies of Beverly Hills

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Gambit-3 10

  1967-121A

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KH-8 10 was launched on 1967 Dec 5 by Titan 3B Agena D from Vandenberg. The mission lasted 11 days. The orbit height was adjusted on Dec 11-12 to counteract decay.

KH-8 10
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Dec 5	1845	Launch by Titan IIIB Agena D	V SLC4W
	1850	Agena burn
	1855	Agena MECO
1967 Dec 6	0317		90.34 139 x 442 x 109.6
1967 Dec 6	1820		90.27 138 x 437 x 109.6
1967 Dec 7	2130?	Rev 33 orbit adjust
1967 Dec 9	0754		89.88 126 x 410 x 109.5
1967 Dec 9	1825		89.84 130 x 402 x 109.6
1967 Dec 11	1816		89.60 129 x 379 x 109.6
1967 Dec 11	1846?	Rev 96 orbit adjust 2
1967 Dec 12	0146		90.04 134 x 418 x 109.6
1967 Dec 16	1204		89.55 130 x 374 x 109.5
1967 Dec 16	2302?	SRV-1 deorbit rev 178
1967 Dec 16		Reentered after 11.2d
1967 Dec 17	0033?	Deboost rev 179

Booklist: January 15,1990

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Kosmos 164

  1967-057A

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Zenit-2 No. 51 was launched in Jun 1967 by an 11A57 rocket from Plesetsk. The satellite entered a 65.6 degree inclination orbit instead of the 64.6 degrees used by earlier 8A92-launched Zenit-2 missions.

Kosmos-164
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jun 8	1300:01	Launch by 11A57	NIIP-53 LC41/1
	1304	Blok-I burn
	1309	Blok-I sep
			89.5 202 x 320 x 65.7 (TASS)
	1844		88.69 193 x 225 x 65.7
1967 Jun 9	0939		89.50 197 x 301 x 65.6
1967 Jun 12	1641		89.44 196 x 296 x 65.6
1967 Jun 14	0725?	Deorbit
	0752	Landed after 5.76d

Mademoiselle Jessica

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Kosmos 128

  1966-079A

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The next flight, Zenit-4 No. 23, returned to use of the 65 degree inclination. 

Kosmos-128
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Aug 27	0950?	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0954?	Blok-I burn
	0959?	Blok-I sep	89.8 213 x 319 x 65.0
1966 Sep 4	0620?	Retrofire
	0640?	Landed after 7.84d

Kosmos 120

  1966-050A

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Zenit-2 No. 41 was the first Zenit-2 spacecraft to be launched using the more powerful 11A57 launch vehicle with a Blok-I upper stage. It was the first 1966 launch to use the summer 51.8 degree slot.

Kosmos-120
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1966 Jun 8	1100	Launch by 11A57	KB LC31
	1105?	Blok-I burn
	1110?	Blok-I sep
	1900		89.4 200 x 300 x 51.8 (TASS)
			89.4 205 x 285 x 51.8 (RAE)
			89.40 201 x 287 x 51.8
1966 Jun 16	0921	Retrofire
	0925?	PO sep
	0936?	Landed after 7.94d

Corona 80

 1964-030A

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The ARGON 21 satellite, mission 9065A, was placed in a 350 km circular orbit at a record inclination of 115 degrees to the equator. (A 65 deg mission would apparently also have been acceptable to the planners, and it is not clear why this was not chosen). The mission required different paint patterns for thermal control. The inclination was chosen to give maximum area coverage for the ARGON mapping mission. Primary purpose was `long ties of northern hemisphere datums', with ties in the south as a secondary objective. In addition to the usual KH-5 camera system, it may have carried an optical flashing beacon (Starflash 1A) which was used as a geodetic beacon.

KH-5 Mission 9065A
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jun 13	1547	Launch by TAT Agena D	V Pad 2
	1548	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	1549	Thor MECO (T+2:29)
	1549	Thor VECO (T+2:38)
	1549	Thor sep (T+2:43)
	1550	Agena burn (T+3:35)
	1554	Agena MECO (T+7:40)	91.82 365 x 370 x 114.98 (VCR)
1964 Jun 13	1945		91.66 343 x 368 x 115.1
1964 Jun 14	1430		91.67 350 x 364 x 115.0 (RAE)
1964 Jun 14	1537		91.66 351 x 361 x 115.0
1964 Jun 16			91.7 352 x 362 x 114.9 (SATCAT)
1964 Jun 19	1818?	SRV ejected on rev 95	-140? x 430? x 115.9
1964 Jun 19	1900	SRV recovered, mid air
1964 Jul 4	1045		91.65 352 x 358 x 115.0
1964 Jul 28	1941		91.61 347 x 359 x 115.0
1964 Aug 7		Deb 30B reentered
1964 Nov 2	1200		91.34 334 x 348 x 115.0 (RAE)
1965 May 29	1900		88.75 205 x 218 x 115.0 (RAE)
1965 Jun 1	1750		88.12 175 x 187 x 115.0
1965 Jun 2	2050?	ARGON/Agena reentered

Solar System Log

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Luna 8

  1965-099A

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E-6 No. 12 (Luna-8) was another failure; this time the retro burn came too late, with the same result - a destructive impact on the lunar surface. The airbags did not inflate properly, tumbling the spacecraft.

The launch used a lower inclination 51.8 deg parking orbit, allowing a larger launch mass of 1552 kg. This may have been the first E-6 flight with the 11S59 core stage.

Luna-8
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Dec 3	1046:14	Launch by Molniya	KB
	1051	Blok-A sep
	1051	Blok-I burn
	1055	Blok-I sep
	1146?	BOZ burn
	1147?	Blok-L burn
	1151?	Blok-L sep
1965 Dec 4	1900	TCM
1965 Dec 6	1944	Set up lunar vertical
1965 Dec 6	2139	T+0 Airbag inflation
		T+13s 90 km
	2151	75 km
1965 Dec 6		Retro ignition
		Retro cutoff 9s
1965 Dec 6	2151:30	Impact 9 8' N 63 18' W

The Longest Day : The D-Day Story, June 6th, 1944

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Corona 90

  1964-085A

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KH-4A Mission 1015 was the 90th flight in the CORONA program. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg by a Thrust Augmented Thor as OPS 3358 and entered a 183 x 410 km x 75 deg orbit. Both SRVs were recovered. The satellite was deactivated from Dec 26 to Dec 28 in the third (and first successful) test of the `zombie' mode, used to protect against weather pattern changes. Imagery included 2 new missile complexes, 8 new launch sites, a new radar site, and coverage of Indonesia, Zaire and Cuba.

KH-4A Mission 1015
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Dec 19	2110:16	Launch by Thor SLV-2A Agena D	V 75-3 Pad 4
	2111:21	Castor sep (T+1:05)
	2112:47	Thor MECO (T+2:31)
	2112:56	Thor VECO (T+2:40)
	2113:04	Thor sep (T+2:48)
	2113:08	Agena burn (T+2:52)
	2117:08	Agena MECO (T+6:52)	90.8 181 x 428 x 74.98 (VCR)
1964 Dec 20	0109		90.50 187 x 411 x 75.0
	1745		90.48 176 x 419 x 75.0
1964 Dec 22	2130		90.46 183 x 410 x 75.0 (RAE)
1964 Dec 22	2233		90.43 180 x 411 x 75.0
1964 Dec 24	2318?	SRV-1 ejected rev 81
1964 Dec 24	2355?	SRV-1 recovered midair
1964 Dec 25		Reactivated
1964 Dec 26		Deactivated after pass 89A
1964 Dec 28		Reactivated for pass 142D
1964 Dec 30	2100?	SRV-2 ejected rev 175
1964 Dec 30	2135?	SRV-2 recovered midair
1965 Jan ?			89.8 175 x 337 x 75.0 (SSR Jan 15)
1965 Jan 4
1965 Jan 5	0351		89.90 185 x 353 x 75.0
1965 Jan 12	2130		88.74 166 x 258 x 75.0 (RAE)
1965 Jan 14	0215		88.17 158 x 210 x 74.9
1965 Jan 14	2230?	Reentered

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

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SCORE

  1958-006

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The first space communications experiment was SCORE, a small package developed by the US Army Signal Corps under the sponsorship of ARPA. SCORE was an acronym for Signal Communications by Orbital Relay Experiment. The package containing two transmitters for handling voice and teletype messages remained attached to the Atlas 10B rocket, which was also the first Atlas stage to enter orbit. The mass in orbit was 3900 kg, of which 68 kg was the payload, the first built by RCA/East Windsor. A special low drag nose cone and adapter were added. 

SCORE
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1958 Dec 18	2302	Launch by Atlas 10B	CC
	2304	BECO
	2306	SECO T+4:30
	2306	Orbit insertion	101.5 185 x 1484 x 32.3
1958 Dec 31		End of transmissions
1959 Jan 21		Reentered near Midway I

Saturn SA-2

  1962-S108

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The second Saturn I launch was SA-2, which was launched at 1400 on 1962 Apr 25. The dummy Saturn S-4-2 and S-V-2 carried 86000 kg of water. At an altitude of 105 km at T+162s the rocket was destroyed on command, allowing atmospheric scientists to study the effects of a large disturbance in the atmosphere. The huge cloud of ice crystals rose to an apogee of 161 km. The experiment was called Project High Water.

SA-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1962 Apr 25	1400:34	Launch by Saturn C-1
	1402:23	T+1:51 IECO
	1402:30	T+1:57 OECO 57.8 km 1.6735 km/s vrel, 48.18 deg	-6255 x 142 x 29.4
	1403:15	T+2:42 105 km destroyed
	1406	Debris apogee 145 km
	1410	Ice cloud apogee 161 km?
	1425?	Debris impact

Progress 2

 1978-070A

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11F615A15 No. 101 (7K-TG No. 101) was launched on 1978 Jul 7 and named Progress-2.

Progress-2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1978 Jul 7	1126:16	Launch by Soyuz-U	KB
	1130	Blok I burn
	1135	Blok I MECO
	1400		88.67 183 x 235 x 51.62
	1900		90.08 248 x 309 x 51.63
1978 Jul 9	0430		90.04 245 x 308 x 51.63
	1258:59	Docked with Salyut-6
1978 Jul 29	1900		91.11 327 x 331 x 51.63
1978 Aug 2	0000		91.05 320 x 332 x 51.63
	0457:44	Undocked from Salyut-6 DP2
	2130		91.06 321 x 332 x 51.62
	2230?	Rerendezvous test with Salyut-6
1978 Aug 4	0131:07	Deorbited
	0155?	Reentry over Pacific

DFH-12

 1982-090A

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FSW No. 5 (PRC 10) was launched in Sep 1982 on a 5 day mission. The new spacecraft had a CCD camera as well as the standard film camera. The apogee was reduced by 80 km relative to earlier flights.

A debris object was cataloged as decaying on Sep 11, 2 days after launch, from an 860 km apogee orbit. It may have been a separation motor cover.

FSW
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1982 Sep 9	0719	Launch by CZ2	JQ
	0721	T+2:10 MECO
	0721	Stage 2 burn
	0723?	T+4:02? Stage 2 MECO
	0726?	Stage 2 VECO
	0726?	CZ-2C sep	90.20 180 x 390 x 63.0
1982 Sep 11		90C	123 x 860 x 62.2
1982 Sep 13			89.98 173 x 373 x 62.98
1982 Sep 14	0554?	Capsule sep	89.74 170 x 355 x 63.0
	0554?	RV retro
	0556?	Reentry
	0604	Capsule landed in China
1982 Sep 16			89.43 166 x 326 x 63.0
1982 Sep 21		Reentered	87.3 127 x 156 x 63.0

Spaceflight: The Records

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Explorer 35

  1967-070A

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The second AIMP, AIMP-E (Anchored Interplanetary Monitoring Platform E or Explorer XXXV) was launched at 1419:02 on 1967 Jul 19 by Delta E1 from Cape Kennedy. It featured an improved attitude control system which could have overcome AIMP-D's problems. AIMP-E successfully reached lunar orbit, with an insertion burn at 0919:25 on Jul 22 into a 691.8 min, 2538 x 9429 km x 169 deg orbit (inclination relative to ecliptic plane). The angle between apoapsis, Moon and Sun was initially 304 deg in selenocentric solar ecliptic coords. The Star 13 motor separated by around 1130. The orbit had changed to 712.0 min, 715 x 7760 km x 171.0 deg by 1972. The probe carried on transmitting until 1973 Jun 24.

Explorer 35
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1967 Jul 19	1419:02	Launch by Delta E1	CK
		T+0:43 SRM 1-3 burnout
		T+1:10 SRM 1-3 sep
	1421	T+2:29 Thor S/N 20218 MECO
	1421	T+2:33 St 1 sep
	1421	T+2:33 Delta S/N 20217 burn
		T+3:35 Fairing
	1427:54	T+8:52 Delta SECO	103.30 155 x 1686 x 29.6
	1440:59	T+21:57 St 2 sep
	1441:12	T+22:10 FW4D S/N 00006 burn 30.8s dV=2.929 km/s
		T+22:41 FW4D burnout	650 x 557687 x 29.34 (TR-1022)
		T+23:10 Despin St3/SC, Yo weights
		T+23:25 Deploy solar paddles and mag boom
		T+24:05 St 3 sep
		T+24:08 St 3 tumble rockets
1967 Jul 22	0919:25	LOI Star 13, 23s burn
	0919:48	Star 13 burnout
	1130	Star 13 sep
		(Post MOR 2 estimate)	800 x 7692 x 147.3
		Lunar orbit	691.8 800 x 7692 x 169.0
1967 Jul 25		Spin axis orientation
1972		Lunar orbit	712.0 715 x 7760 x 171.0
1973 Jun 24		End of transmissions