Kosmos 723

  1975-024A

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Kosmos-723 and its partner Kosmos-724 may have monitored the USSR's Okean-75 naval exercise. The first elset in the high orbit was at 0730 UTC on May 16; this is given in the RAE tables as the time of the orbit change but my analysis suggests that a burn around 1720-1730 UTC on May 15 is more likely.

Kosmos-723
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1975 Apr 2	1100:00	Launch by Tsiklon-2	KB
	1102	Stage 1 sep
	1104	Stage 2 sep	-800? x 265 x 65
	1114?	DU burn
	1124?	Stage 2 reentry
1975 Apr 2			89.65 246 x 267 x 65.0
1975 Apr 9			89.65 250 x 263 x 65.0
1975 Apr 24			89.65 251 x 267 x 65.0
1975 May 15	1728?	Reactor raise	258 x 919 x 647
	1814?	DV2
1975 May 15	2042		89.66 253 x 261 x 65.0
1975 May 15	2042	(D) DU orbit	253 x 261 x 65.01
1975 May 16	0111	(B) RLS orbit	249 x 258 x 65.0
1975 May 16	0732		103.72 916 x 951 x 64.7
1975 May 15		(D)	89.66 253 x 261 x 65.0
1975 Jun 30		(D)	88.84 211 x 222 x 65.0
1975 Jul 8		(D)	88.42 188 x 203 x 65.0
1975 Jul 15		Main craft reentered after 104d
1993 Oct 21			103.67 905 x 957 x 64.7

The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy

 https://welib.org/md5/f5ef8da893884adf6d0e698064fd4fea

Tough at the Top

 https://welib.org/md5/939326846fe91328f30c14b53017f7a0

Kosmos 1987

 1989-001A

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Uragan No. 27L (239)

Kosmos-1987
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Jan 10	0205	Launch by Proton	KB
1989 Jan 10			(01D) 131x153x64.8
1989 Jan 10			(01G) 336.72 182x19127x64.7
1989 Jan 10			(01F) 19077x19134x64.9
1989 Jan 10			674.66 19074x19132x64.9
1989 Jan 10.6			675.55 19113x19138x64.9
1989 Jan 16.1			677.10 19134x19195x64.9
1989 Jan 18			675.72 19116x19143x64.9
1989 Feb 1		In service
1993 Mar 14		End ops
1993 Jun		In reserve status

Ms. Quarterback

 https://welib.org/md5/996e107dbe9b41175af6fe6a64a1aa81

Landsat 6

 1993-F04

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Landsat 6 was developed by General Electric for Eosat Co. and was intended to use the Eosat ground station in Norman, Oklahoma. The launch vehicle was a Titan II (23G) with a Thiokol Star 37FXP apogee motor. Landsat 6 was originally to use the large GE Omnistar but the project was descoped to use a Tiros N derivative. By the time of launch GE had been taken over by Martin Marietta.

The Titan II lifted off Space Launch Complex 4-West at Vandenberg AFB at 1756:29 on 1993 Oct 5. Titan stage 1 separation was at 1759:01 followed by stage 2 ignition a second later. The fairing was jettisoned at 1800:13 and stage 2 cutoff came at 1801:58, separating at 1802:01 with the Landsat/Star 37 combination on a suborbital trajectory at an altitude of 724 km. The Star 37FXP was meant to fire at 1810 to insert the payload in a 705 x 705 km orbit at an inclination of 98.2 deg. However, during the solid motor burn, the payload's attitude control system failed when its hydrazine fuel tank ruptured.

Landsat 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Oct 5	1756:29	Launch	V SLC4W
	1759:01	Stage 1 sep
	1759:02	Stage 2 burn
	1800:13	Fairing
	1801:58	Stage 2 MECO
	1802:01	Stage 2 sep 500 km?
	1810	SRM burn (66s) over equator
			-2300? x 705 x 98.7
	1822?	Reentry over 140W 42S?

Club Management: July-August 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/0ca285a2f35a282b664b9014c09c9ced

People: August 2,1993

 https://welib.org/md5/481dd9f49653ddf128014801b118ae3c

Kosmos 1211

 1980-077A

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The usual TL beacon was detected during the mission. The beacon broadcasted on a slightly higher frequency than usual, apparently due to incorrect commanding.

Kosmos-1211
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1980 Sep 23	1030	Launch by Soyuz	Plesetsk
	1034	Blok-I burn
	1038	Blok-I sep
1980 Sep 23			89.10 216x241x82.35
1980 Sep 26			89.00 215x232
1980 Sep 28			89.11 216x242
1980 Oct 2			88.65 198 x 217 x 82.4
1980 Oct 4
	0703?	Deorbit
	0710?	PO sep
	0719?	Entry
	0736?	Landed

Sunset On The Road

 https://welib.org/md5/7a49c0a76fe083e641129317363645e0

Kosmos 1724

 1986-004A

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Kosmos-1724
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Jan 15	1420	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1428	Blok-I sep
1986 Jan 15			89.52 168 x 332 x 67.1
1986 Jan 22			89.15 162 x 302 x 67.1
1986 Jan 22		Orbit raise	89.60 170 x 339 x 67.1
1986 Feb 5			89.44 168 x 325 x 67.1
1986 Feb 6		SpK-1 fiducial
	0452?	Deorbit
	0502?	Entry
	0514?	Landed
1986 Feb 6	0516	Orbit trim	89.18 167 x 300 x 67.1
1986 Feb 9			88.93 163 x 279 x 67.1
1986 Feb 9		Orbit raise	89.61 171 x 338 x 67.1
1986 Feb 14			89.35 169 x 315 x 67.1
1986 Feb 14		Orbit lower	88.80 167 x 262 x 67.2
1986 Feb 18			88.50 163 x 237 x 67.1
1986 Feb 18		Orbit raise	89.32 171 x 310 x 67.1
1986 Feb 21			89.12 169 x 292 x 67.1
1986 Feb 22		Orbit raise	89.56 173 x 322 x 67.1
1986 Feb 25		SpK-2 fiducial
	2303?	Deorbit
	2313?	Entry
	2325?	Landed
1986 Mar 1			89.01 167 x 283 x 67.1
1986 Mar 1		Orbit raise	89.88 175 x 362 x 67.1
1986 Mar 14			88.84 166 x 267 x 67.1
1986 Mar 15
	0234?	Deorbit
	0246?	Entry
	0258?	Landed

Fortune: June 14,1993

 https://welib.org/md5/72e8076b3a2ccab651e817e2715a9e31

Kosmos 259

 1968-113A

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DS-U2-I No. 3 was launched in Dec 1968 for VLF radio propagation studies. It also carried an STS-5 triple-coincidence radiation telescope and an STS-5 counter on a 2-m long extendable boom. The satellite was reported to be still operating in Feb 1969 and reportedly detected the Chinese test nuclear explosion.

Kosmos-259
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Dec 14	0510	Launch by 11K63	GTsP4
	0512	Stage 2 burn
	0520?	Stage 2 sep
1968 Dec 15	1900		100.22 215 x 1331 x 48.40
1969 Mar		End of operations
1969 May 5	1019?	Reentered

Fortune: August 9,1993

 https://welib.org/md5/6b364efb11b18305289f5a7cef44b68e

Angle of attack : Harrison Storms and the race to the moon

 https://welib.org/md5/da104ad60c011a111210d4e527c9f3a6

The Pictorial History of World Spacecraft

https://welib.org/md5/766fc0b26e605f7e28a191f29ea5ee4a

Apollo: The Race to the Moon

https://welib.org/md5/e6515673b402073b5f3c9ed9206cc104

For All Mankind

https://welib.org/md5/26a27a924beda63624dc841a7da1e374

Seventeen: August 1993

 https://welib.org/md5/082218eb39cabbef3de5b0e29fa5791c

Kosmos 2000

 1989-010A

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Priroda E3. Two-tone telemetry; Resurs-F2 class long duration hi res satellite 

Kosmos-2000
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Feb 10	1655:00	Launch by Soyuz	PL
	1659	Blok-I burn
	1704	Blok-I MECO
1989 Feb 10			88.75 178 x 246 x 82.3
1989 Feb 11			90.15 187 x 375 x 82.4
1989 Feb 18			91.93 342 x 396 x 82.4
1989 Mar 1			91.89 341 x 392 x 82.36
1989 Mar 2	1246?	Deorbit
	1256?	PO sep
	1308?	Entry	-82 x 372 x 82.36
	1318	Landed

Payload:

• SA-34 Multispectral survey camera 5-band, 15m res