Wednesday, September 18, 2002

Kosmos 424

  1971-048A


Kosmos-424 was launched in May 1971 from Plesetsk and flew a 13 day mission.


Kosmos-424 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1971 May 28  1030:00  Launch by 11A57  PL 
 1034  Blok-I burn  
 1038 Blok-I sep 
1971 May 30  0657   89.35 198 x 286 x 65.4 
1971 May 30  1430   89.36 204 x 282 x 65.40 (RAE)  
1971 May 31  1411   89.34 195 x 287 x 65.4 
  Orbit change 
1971 Jun 1  1358   89.37 174 x 312 x 65.4 
1971 Jun 7  2148   89.25 175 x 298 x 65.4 
1971 Jun 9  1200?  Engine sep
1971 Jun 10  0316? Retrofire 
 0326?  PO sep 
 0331? Entry 
 0347? Landed after 12.71d 

Apollo 13 (Odyssey)

  1970-029A


Apollo CSM 109 was assigned to Apollo 13, the third attempted landing mission, and named Odyssey. It was paired with LM 7 Aquarius.

At 0306 on Apr 14, the command to stir the cryo tanks was given; within a minute, an electrical fire had begun in Sector IV of the Service Module. At 0307:53 the fire caused Oxygen Tank No. 2 to explode; the side of the SM covering Sector IV was blown away and the CSM lost its electrical power, its oxygen supply, its water supply, and possibly its propulsion capability. The crew were 330000 km from Earth on a trajectory which threatened to strand them in space. The spaceship shook with a loud bang, and RCS jets fired to regain stability. Houston initially suspected erroneous readings, but as the crew saw their precious oxygen venting into space the seriousness of the situation became clear....


Odyssey (CSM 109) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1970 Apr 11  1913:00  Launch by Saturn V (SA-508)  KSC LC39A 
 1915:15  S-IC CECO 
 1915:44  S-IC OECO, S-IC sep 
 1915:46  S-II ignition 
 1916:14  Interstage sep 
 1916:20  LES sep 
 1918:31  S-II premature CECO 
 1922:53  S-II OECO, sep 
 1922:57  S-IVB ignition 
 1925:30  S-IVB cutoff 
 1925:40  Earth orbit insertion  88.32 184 x 198 x 32.6 
 2148:46  S-IVB TLI burn 
 2154:37  S-IVB cutoff 
 2154:47  Translunar injection 217 x 566793 x 31.81  
 2219:39  CSM sep from S-IVB/SLA  219 x 549183 x 31.74  
  SLA panels sep 
 2221  At 24m 
 2230  CSM docked with LM 
 2232  CSM hard docked 
 2314:03  CSM/LM sep from S-IVB 
1970 Apr 12  1215?  Pass h4 = EL1:4  
1970 Apr 13  0153:50  MCC-2 burn, hybrid trajectory  
 0153:53  MCC-2 CO  -146 x 553315 x 31.8  
1970 Apr 14  0119  CDR and LMP to LM 
 0300  CDR and LMP return to CM 
 0306  SM cryo tank stir 
 0307  Electrical fire in SM Sector IV 
 0307:53  Explosion in Sector IV 
 0451  LM transfer hatch open 
 0551  CM power down, crew transfer to LM 
 0906?  Equigravisphere 
1970 Apr 17  1123  CM power up, crew transfer to CM 
 1315  SM-109 jettison  41 x 836791 x 30.6 
 1600  LM hatch closed 
 1643:02  Undocked from LM  41 x 836196 x 30.6 
 1753:47  Entry  43 x 947783 x 30.8 
 1807:41  Splashdown 21 40S 165 22W Pacific 
  Recovered by USS Iwo Jima 

Soyuz 30 (Caucasus)

 1978-065A


Spacecraft 11F615A9 No. 67 was left over from the Almaz OPS 3 program. With no prospect for a near term Almaz 4 mission, it appears to have been converted for use as a DOS ferry. It was launched in June 1978 as Soyuz-30 and docked with the rear port of DOS 5 (Salyut-6) the following day. Soyuz-30 carried veteran Soviet astronaut Pyotr Klimuk and the first Polish astronaut, Miroslaw Hermaszewski.


Soyuz-30 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Jun 27  1527:21  Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 1529 Blok BVGD sep 
 1532  Blok A sep 
 1536  Blok I MECO 
 1536  Blok I sep 
   88.8 194 x 244 x 51.6 
1978 Jun 28  1300  TCM  264 x 310 x 51.6 
 1708  Docked with DOS 5 +X port 
 2010  Hatch open 
1978 Jul 5  1015  Undocked 
 1139  Landing program on 
 1242? Retrofire 
 1245? DO CO 
 1300?  Modules sep 
 1306?  Entry 
 1330:20  Landed 300 km W of Tselinograd

Tuesday, September 17, 2002

Skynet 4A

 1990-001A


The Skynet 4 series were built by British Aerospace and Marconi, using the ECS bus.


Skynet 4A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Jan 1  0007  Launch by Commercial Titan 3  CC LC40 
 0008:49  Stage 1 ignition 
 0009  SRM sep 
 0011:27  Stage 2 ignition 
 0011:38  Fairing sep 
 0015:06  Stage 2 shutdown  165 x 612 x 28.6 
 0118:52  Skynet 4A deployed 
 0205?  PAM-D2 burn to GTO 
 0207? PAM-D2 burnout 
 0210? PAM-D2 sep 
 0830? Apo 1 over 58E 
 1230? Peri 1 
 1900? Apo 2 over 96W 
 2230? Peri 2 
1990 Jan 2  0500? Apo 3 over 110E 
 0900? Peri 3 
 1500? Apo 4 over 42W 
 1900? Peri 4 
1990 Jan 3  0044?  AKM burn over 167E  
 0130? Apo 5 over 162E 
1990 Jan 3    1380.42 33675 x 35703 x 3.4 GEO 170.1E+14.5E 
1990 Jan 10   1382.67 33673 x 35794 x 3.4 GEO 80.8W+13.9E 
1990 Jan 16    1419.99 35133 x 35808 x 3.4 GEO 42.1W+4.1E 
1990 Jan 20    1428.19 35453 x 35809 x 3.4 GEO 27.1W+2.0E 
1990 Jan 29    1427.54 35449 x 35788 x 3.4 GEO 7.8E+2.2E 
1990 Feb 17    1436.12 35781 x 35793 x 3.4 GEO 6.0E 
1990 Dec 10    1436.03 35652 x 35918 x 2.7 GEO 6.2E 
1990 Dec 26   mv out 
1991 Jan 11   mv in  1436.00 35731 x 35838 x 2.7 GEO 29.5E 
1991 Mar 24    1436.03 35769 x 35800 x 2.6 GEO 29.5E 
1991 Jun 20    1435.99 35732 x 35836 x 2.4 GEO 29.6E 
1991 Jul 7    1436.03 35497 x 36073 x 2.5 GEO 29.2E 
1991   Move to 65E? 
1991 Oct 4    1435.71 35625 x 35932 x 2.8 GEO 65.4E+0.1E 
1991 Oct 14    1435.73 35620 x 35738 x 3.0 GEO 65.6E 
1991   Move to 34W 
1992 Jan 3    1436.00 35771 x 35797 x 2.2 GEO 34.0W 
1992 May 2    1436.12 35784 x 35789 x 2.0 GEO 34.0W 
1994 Apr 30    1436.15 35774 x 35800 x 1.7 GEO 34.1W 
1997 Oct 15    1436.12 35772 x 35801 x 3.0 GEO 34.0W 
1999 Jun 16    1436.09 35782 x 35791 x 3.8 GEO 34.0W 
2000 Sep 5    1436.11 35774 x 35798 x 5.6 GEO 34.5W 

Sunday, September 15, 2002

Kosmos 670

  1974-061A


The first of the new Soyuz class was 11F732 No. 1L, or 7K-S No. 1L. It was launched on an unpiloted test flight on 1974 Aug 6, into an unprecedented 50.6 degree inclination orbit, and recovered 3 days later. The craft was given the cover name Kosmos-670. The reentry was ballistic rather than lifting because of a problem at module separation. 


Kosmos-670 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Aug 6  0002:00 Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 0004  Blok BVGD sep 
 0006  Blok A sep 
 0010  Blok I MECO 
 0010  Blok I sep 
1974 Aug 6  89.51 209x292x50.57 
1974 Aug 7  89.51 209x292x50.57 
1974 Aug 8  89.46 210x286x50.55 
1974 Aug 9  0044? DO 80m/s
 0048?  DO CO 
 0100?  PAO sep 
 0108?  Entry  
 0130 Landed 

Tuesday, September 10, 2002

Kosmos 1817

 1987-010A


The first Ekran-M satellite (11F647M No. 11L) was launched on 1987 Jan 30. It failed to reach its final orbit and was given the cover name Kosmos-1817. Kosmos-1817 was originally cataloged as 17367/1987-10C; sometime between 1993 and 1998 both the catalog number and (unusually) the archival TLEs associated with the catalog number were changed to 17365/1987-10A. Below the original designations are noted against the orbits.


Kosmos-1817 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1987 Jan 30  0919  Launch by Proton  KB 
 0928  Stage 3 sep 
 1036? Blok-DM failed to ignite 
1987 Jan 30  (10A)  188x210x51.6 
1987 Jan 30  (10B) 88.3 189x195x51.6
1987 Jan 30  (10C)  212x254x51.6 P/L 
1987 Jan 30  (10D)  213x260x51.6 
1987 Jan 31  (10A)  130x161x51.6, reentered Jan 31 
1987 Feb 13  end of tx (AiK)  
1987 Feb 21  (10C)  201x236x51.6 
1987 Mar 15  (10C)  165x178x51.6 
1987 Mar 17  (10C)  151x161x51.6 
1987 Mar 18  (10C)  121x133x51.6 
1987 Mar 18  (10C) reentered 

Sunday, September 8, 2002

Intelsat 4A2

  1976-010A


Intelsat 4A F2 was launched in Jan 1976 and became the AOR Primary Spare.


Intelsat IVA F-2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1976 Jan 29  2356  Launch by Atlas Centaur  CC LC36 
 2358  Booster sep
1976 Jan 30  0000  Atlas sep 
 0000:18? MES-1 
 0000:30? Fairing 
1976 Jan 30  0006:21? T+10:21 Centaur MECO  184? x 1800? x 28.1? 
 0020:30? MES-2 2:05 
 0022:35? MECO-2 
1976 Jan 30  0024  Centaur sep, Orbit insertion  578 x 36749  
  
  Centaur venting 
 0630?  Apo 1 
 1700? Apo 2 
1976 Jan 31

 

0300? Apo 3 
 1400? Apo 4 
1976 Feb 1  0019  Apo 5, SVM-4A burn? 
1976 Feb 1  0219  Apo 5, SVM-4A burn, over W POR 

1976 Feb 2  

  GEO 140E +3E/d 
   1420.2 35084 x 35869 x 0.11 (Fal) 
1976 Feb   AOR Primary Spare  GEO 29.5W 
1977 Jan 21    1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 29.6W+0.0 
1978 May 25    1436.07 35781 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 29.5W 
1979 Jul 19    1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 29.5W+0.01W 
1979 Jul 21   mv out 1435.82 35766 x 35785 x 0.1 GEO 28.9W+0.06E 
1979 Aug 14   mv in 1436.15 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 27.4W+0.02W 
1979 Sep   Domestic Lease, contingency GEO 27.5W 
1980 Jan 14    1436.13 35774 x 35799 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W+0.02W 
1980 Oct 12    1436.10 35777 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 27.4W+0.0W 
1980 Oct 22    1436.13 35777 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 27.5W+0.02W 
1980 Nov?   Move to 21.5W 
1980 Dec 2    1436.17 35778 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 21.7W+0.03W 
1981 Jan 2    1436.08 35776 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 21.4W+0.0W 
1981 Jun 11   AOR Major Path 2  GEO 21.5W 
1981 Oct 2    1436.15 35778 x 35796 x 0.3 GEO 21.5W+0.02W 
1982 Dec 18  Domestic lease/contingency  1436.13 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 21.5W 
1983 Feb 21    1436.16 35783 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 21.6W+0.01W 
1983 Feb 21   mv out  
1983 Mar 30    1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 0.2 GEO 56.9E+0.02W 
1983 Apr   IOR domestic lease/contingency  GEO 57E 
1983 Jun 1    1436.15 35774 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 57.0E+0.02W 
1984 Jan 11    1436.10 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 56.9E+0.0W 
1984 Jan 17   mv out  
1984 Mar 21    1438.08 35780 x 35870 x 0.3 GEO 46.8E+0.5W 
1984 Aug 4    1437.25 35751 x 35867 x 0.6 GEO 2.8W+0.3W 
1984 Aug   mv in, AOR Spare  GEO 4W 
1984 Aug 17    1436.20 35749 x 35827 x 0.6 GEO 4.0W+0.03W 
1984 Oct 1    1436.14 35750 x 35825 x 0.8 GEO 4.9W+0.02W 
1985 Jan 13    1435.99 35759 x 35810 x 1.0 GEO 4.1W+0.02E 
1985 Mar 15    1435.91 35755 x 35810 x 1.2 GEO 1.5W+0.04E 
1985 Apr 13    1436.12 35761 x 35813 x 1.2 GEO 2.1W+0.01W 
1985 Nov 27    1436.05 35759 x 35812 x 1.8 GEO 1.9E+0.0E 
1985 Dec 19   orbit raise 1443.60 35910 x 35956 x 1.9 
1987 Mar 1    1444.43 35925 x 35973 x 3.0  
1990 Nov 25    1444.41 35930 x 35967 x 6.5 
1995 Nov 24    1444.57 35924 x 35980 x 10.3 
1999 Apr 28    1444.42 35941 x 35957 x 11.9

Thursday, August 29, 2002

Brasilsat 1

 1985-015B


The SBTS 1 (Sistema Brasilero de Telecomunicacoes par Satelite) satellite was built by Spar and Hughes for Telebras (Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras), part of the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. Named Brasilsat 1 on reaching orbit, the HS376 satellite was operated by Embratel (Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes SA, Rio), the operational arm of Telebras.

In 1995 the satellite was leased by Hughes Communications Inc to provide supplemental C-band capacity for US domestic communications in the Galaxy system. In 2000 it was still in use by Panamsat; it was retired in 2002.


Brasilsat A1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1985 Feb 8  2322:00  Launch by Ariane 3 CSG 
  T+0:30 PAP out 
  T+0:33 PAP sep 
  T+2:22 St 1 sep  -6100 x 100?  
  T+2:22 Stage 2 burn 
  T+3:37 Fairing sep
 2326:27 T+4:27 St 2 MECO 
 2326:32 T+4:32 St 2 sep  -4700 x 225 x 9? 
 2326:33 T+4:33 Stage 3 burn 
 2338:40 T+16:40 Stage 3 MECO 
 2341:12 T+19:12 Arabsat sep 
 2342:12 T+20:12 SYLDA 4400 sep 
 2343:45  T+21:45 Brasilsat 1 sep
1985 Feb 9  
 0500?  Apo 1 
 1030? Peri 1 
 1600? Apo 2 
1985 Feb 9  1534  Star 30B burn 20s 
1985 Feb 9    1408.70 34666 x 35830 x 0.1 GEO 70.5W+7.0E 
1985 Feb 11    1437.24 35778 x 35839 x 0.1 GEO 64.7W+0.3W 
1985 Feb 11  0700? Deploy antenna 
1985 Feb 15    1436.04 35779 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 64.8E+0.0E 
1985 Apr 12    1436.10 35783 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 65.0W+0.0W 
1988 Jan 6    1436.17 35782 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 65.2W+0.0W 
1989 Dec 12    1436.17 35779 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 65.0W+0.03W 
1991 May 15    1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 65.0W+0.02W 
1992 Oct 19    1436.12 35781 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 65.0W+0.01W 
1994 Apr 11    1436.16 35782 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 65.1W+0.02W 
1994 Nov 2    1436.11 35782 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 64.9W 
1994 Nov 7   mv out 
1995 Jan 5   mv in 1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 63.2W+0.01W 
1995 Jun 23    1436.17 35780 x 35795 x 0.6 GEO 62.8W+0.02W 
1995 Oct   Leased by HCI 
1996 Jun 2   1436.16 35782 x 35793 x 1.3 GEO 63.1W 
1996 Jun 15   mv out  GEO 63W 
1996 Jul 16   mv in  GEO 79.0W 
1996 Sep 24    1436.13 35783 x 35790 x 1.6 GEO 79.0W 
1997 May 16   Lease to Panamsat   
1997 Jun 2    1436.15 35781 x 35793 x 2.1 GEO 79.1W 
1998 Aug 29    1436.14 35778 x 35796 x 3.0 GEO 79.1W 
1998 Aug 29   mv out 1439.04 35840 x 35847 x 3.0 GEO 92.2W+0.8W 
1998 Dec 23   mv in  1436.11 35784 x 35788 x 3.1 GEO 144.0W 
1999 Jun 10    1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 3.6 GEO 144.1W 
2002 Mar 7    1436.04 35780 x 35791 x 5.6 GEO 144

Monday, August 26, 2002

Raduga 6

 1980-016A


Raduga No. 16 (Gran' 11F638 No. 16) was launched in Feb 1980 to the Statsionar 2 (35E) position. In Dec 1982 it was transferred to the Statsionar 9 (46E) position.


Raduga No. 16 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1980 Feb 20  0805  Launch by Proton-K  KB 
 0814  Stage 3 sep 
 0922? DM burn 1 
 1438? DM burn 2 
 1442? DM sep 
   1464.95 36135 x 36563 x 0.6 GEO 89.8E+7.1W 
1980 Feb 24    1474.50 36431 x 36638 x 0.6 GEO 48.7E+9.4W 
1980 Feb 29    1441.23 35771 x 36002 x 0.4 GEO 35.3E+1.3W 
1980 Mar 5   mv in 1436.37 35736 x 35847 x 0.3 GEO 35.2E 
1980 Oct 2    1435.97 35749 x 35819 x 0.1 GEO 34.8E 
1981 Oct 20    1436.11 35765 x 35808 x 0.9 GEO 34.2E 
1982 Feb 12    1435.89 35754 x 35810 x 1.2 GEO 35.0E 
1982 Feb 27    1435.92 35240 x 36325 x 1.2 GEO 36.4E+0.03E 
1982 Mar 24    1436.20 35704 x 35872 x 1.3 GEO 34.4E+0.03W 
1982 Apr 29    1435.93 35723 x 35843 x 1.3 GEO 34.7E+0.04E 
1982 Sep 27    1436.16 35778 x 35797 x 1.7 GEO 34.0E 
1982 Nov 28    1435.73 34843 x 36715 x 1.4 GEO 35.8E+0.09E 
1982 Dec   mv to Statsionar 9  
1982 Dec 4    1436.09 35720 x 35852 x 1.8 GEO 44.9E 
1982 Dec 20    1435.73 35684 x 35874 x 1.9 GEO 46.1E 
1983 Feb 23    1436.04 35712 x 35858 x 2.0 GEO 44.4E 
1983 Nov 8    1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 2.6 GEO 44.2E 
1983 Dec 29   
1435.66 32604 x 38951 x 3.5 GEO 48.5E+0.1E 
1984 Mar 6   
1435.03 30435 x 41096 x 3.1 GEO 77.6E+0.26E 
1984 May 31   
1437.11 30499 x 41113 x 4.4 GEO 95.5E+0.3W 
1984 Sep 9    1435.80 35760 x 35800 x 3.3 GEO 44.6E 
1985 Mar 21    1435.92 35770 x 35796 x 3.9 GEO 44.9E 
1985 Jun 28    1436.20 35786 x 35790 x 4.0 GEO 44.8E 
1985 Oct 16    1435.95 35771 x 35796 x 4.4 GEO 44.7E 
1985 Nov 7   last mv 1435.96 34939 x 3662 x 4.5 GEO 46.2E 
1986 Jan 17    1435.86 35777 x 35786 x 4.6 GEO 45.0E 
1986 Feb 5    1435.74 35775 x 35784 x 4.6 GEO 46.3E+0.08E 
1986 Mar   end of ops 
1986 Mar 13   Drifting 1435.52 35760 x 35789 x 4.8 GEO 50.6E+0.1E 
1986 Nov 4    1435.56 35770 x 35781 x 5.3 GEO 99.8E+0.1E 
1993 Jun 30    1435.49 35751 x 35797 x 11.0 GEO 98.4E+0.1E

Wednesday, August 21, 2002

Pioneer 7

  1966-075A


Pioneer B was launched at 1520:17 on 1966 Aug 17 by Delta E1 from Kennedy. The Delta separated at 1544:53 and the FW4 ignited at 1545:37. SP-278 and SP-280 give inconsistent values for the injection azimith corresponding to orbit inclinations of 22 and 42 deg respectively, with TR-1022 confirming the 42 deg value. Pioneer VII malfunctioned in 1972 Jul while at aphelion and lost some power, but it was still operable in 1980. 


Pioneer 7 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1966 Aug 17  1520:17  Launch by Delta E1  CK LC17A 
  T+0:42 SRM burnout 
  T+1:11 SRM sep 
 1522:45  T+2:28 Thor MECO 95 km  -5522 x 188  
 1522  T+2:32 Delta burn 6:15 
  T+2:33 Thor sep 
  T+2:54 Fairing 
 1529:04  T+8:47 Delta SECO  
 1544:53  T+24:36 Delta sep  97.4 254 x 1022 x 33.00 
 1545:37  FW4D burn, 30.8s 
 1546:09  FW4D cutoff  367 x +Inf x 41.9 
 1547:09? FW4D sep 
  Delta orbit  97.04 252 x 994 x 32.8 
1966 Aug 26?   Solar orbit  
1966 Sep 25   In geotail at 1000 Re 
1966 Sep 26   XYZ(SE) = -900, 55, 22 
1966 Sep 28   XYZ(SE) = -950, 85, 25 
1966 Sep 30   XYZ(SE) = -1000, 130, 28 
1972 Jul   Electrical system malfunction 
1980   Still operational 

Opera: May 2002

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Molniya 319

 1982-083A


Molniya-3 (F21, N19) was launched in Aug 1982 into plane A. It originally failed to make any burns to stabilize its ground track, but in mid September it started a series of small burns and later that month it was on station to replace F15 (N13). It reportedly carried an experimental SHF transponder.


Molniya-3 No. 33 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1982 Aug 27  0002 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 
 0010 T+8:50 Blok-I sep  
  T+53:16 BOZ burn 
 0055  T+53:56 BOZ sep 
  ML burn 
  T+56:46 ML MECO 
 0058  T+56:54 ML sep   
1982 Aug 29  736.6 450 x 40827 x 62.9 
1982 Sep 15   Begin TCM burns 
1982 Nov 11  717.8 498 x 39856 x 62.9 
1987 Apr 2   end of ops 
2002 Jan 18 Reentered 

My Perfect Guy

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MARECS 2

 1984-114B


INMARSAT's second successful MARECS, leased from ESA, was launched in Nov 1984. The 1050 kg ECS-bus satellite was built by British Aerospace.


MARECS 2 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1984 Nov 10  0114:18  Launch by Ariane 3 (V11)  CSG 
  T+0:32 PAP sep 
  T+2:15 St 1 MECO 
  T+2:20 St 1 sep 
  T+2:20 Stage 2 burn 
  T+3:39 Fairing sep 
  T+4:24 St 2 MECO 
  T+4:29 St 2 sep 
  T+4:32 Stage 3 burn 
  T+4:43 St 3 ullage motors sep 
 0130:50 T+16:32 St 3 MECO 
  T+17:36 St 3 spinup 
  T+17:51 St 3 spindown 
 0132:41 T+18:23 Spacenet 2 sep from Sylda 4400 
 0133:44 T+19:26 Sylda sep 
 0135:21 T+21:03 MARECS 2 sep 
1984 Nov 11  0324:33 Mage burn 43s 
  Despin, uses 33 kg of hydrazine 
  Solar array deploy 
1984 Nov 11    1434.79 35606 x 35916 x 3.2 GEO 135.5E+0.3E 
1984 Nov 13    1431.51 35600 x 35793 x 3.1 GEO 136.2E+1.1E 
1984 Nov 16   Comms payload on 
1984 Dec 9    1431.77 35634 x 35769 x 3.1 GEO 165.1E+1.1E 
1984 Dec 19   Braking 
1984 Dec 21   mv in 1436.33 35782 x 35800 x 3.0 GEO 177.5E 
1985 Jan 8   Operational, POR Spare  GEO 177.5E 
1986 Jan 14    1436.07 35773 x 35799 x 2.4 GEO 177.5E 
1986 Jan 15   Traffic to MCS-D 
1986 Jan 15   mv out  GEO 177.5E dr 
1986 Feb 15    1456.60 36178 x 36195 x 2.3 GEO 17.8E+5.1W 
1986 Feb 25   AOR Primary, replaced MARECS 1  GEO 26W 
1986 Mar 2    1436.08 35769 x 35802 x 2.3 GEO 25.9W 
1987 Sep 25    1436.11 35774 x 35799 x 1.9 GEO 26.0W 
1989 Sep 7    1436.04 35772 x 35798 x 3.0 GEO 26.0W 
1990 Aug 31    1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 3.2 GEO 26.1W 
1990 Sep 19    1436.15 35773 x 35802 x 2.2 GEO 25.9W+0.02W 
1990 Nov   Moved to make new region 
1990 Nov 11    1436.16 35776 x 35799 x 1.7 GEO 55.4W+0.02W 
1990 Nov 19    1436.09 35774 x 35798 x 1.7 GEO 55.3W 
1992 Jun 26    1436.08 35774 x 35798 x 3.1 GEO 55.4W 
1992 Jul 7   mv out 1432.16 35689 x 35729 x 3.1 GEO 43.6W+0.9E 
1992 Aug 11   mv in  
1992 Sep 2    1436.07 35774 x 35798 x 3.2 GEO 15.1W 
1993 Mar 21    1436.09 35765 x 35807 x 3.7 GEO 15.0W 
1996 Mar 15    1436.10 35770 x 35803 x 6.0 GEO 15.0W 
1997 Jan 30    1436.13 35764 x 35810 x 6.6 GEO 15.5W 
1997 Feb   Move to 26W 
1997 Feb 20    1436.05 35771 x 35800 x 6.7 GEO 25.9W 
1999 May 17    1436.15 35769 x 35805 x 8.1 GEO 26.1W 
2002 Jan 18    1436.11 35769 x 35803 x 9.60 GEO 26.3W

Club Management: April 2002

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Sunday, August 18, 2002

Raduga 32

 1994-087A


Raduga (Gran' 11F638) No. 43, Raduga (F33, N32), was launched on 1994 Dec 28. It operated until late 2000 or early 2001.


Raduga 43L 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 Dec 28  1131  Launch by Proton-K  KB LC81 
 1140  Stage 3 sep 
 1240?  DM burn 1 
 1750?  DM burn 2 
 1810?  DM sep 
   1438.13 35740 x 35912 x 2.0 GEO 90.1E 
1995 Jan 1    1439.23 35787 x 35906 x 1.5 GEO 87.1E+0.8W 
1995 Jan 16    1436.24 35784 x 35794 x 1.4 GEO 70.6E 
1995 Mar 5    1436.21 35784 x 35792 x 1.4 GEO 69.0E 
1996 May 11    1435.99 35777 x 35791 x 0.5 GEO 71.0E 
1999 Oct 17    1436.07 35777 x 35794 x 2.1 GEO 70.1E 
2000 Nov 24    1436.00 35777 x 35791 x 3.0 GEO 70.9E 

Koronas-I

 1994-014A


A new generation of AUOS satellites, the AUOS-SM, was introduced by Koronas-I, the first science satellite launched by the Russian Space Agency. KORONAS is an acronym for Kompleksnie Orbital'nie Okolozemnie Nablyudeniya Aktivnosti Solntsa (Near Earth Orbital Complex for Studying Solar Activity). The I stands for IZMIRAN (Institut Zemnovo Magnetizma, Ionosferi i rasprostraneniya radiovoln AN Rossii), the terrestrial magnetism and ionospheric research institute of the Russian Academy Of Sciences. Koronas had the prelaunch designation AUOS-SM-KI-IK ( AUOS-SM-KI-IK) No. 801. The satellite was a 2298 kg 3-axis stabilized cylinder with solar panels. It was 5.0 m high and 2.3m in diameter, with a span of 12.8m once deployed. The satellite achived 40 arcsecond pointing (only 10 arcmin was required).


Koronas-I 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 Mar 2  0325  Launch by 11K68 Tsiklon-3  NIIP-53 LC32 
 0327:00  T+2:00 Stage 1 sep (alt 48.1km) 
 0329:37  T+4:37 Stage 2 sep (alt 147.5 km) 
 0330:20  T+5:20 S5M burn 1 (alt 170.7 km) 
 0332:04  S5M MECO1 (alt 193.1 km, in transfer orbit)  170? x 507 x 82.5 
 0415:00  S5M burn 2 (alt 506.4 km) 
 0415:09  S5M MECO2 (alt 507.1 km) 
 0415:39  S5M sep  94.78 488 x 528 x 82.5 
1994 Jul?   lost attitude control 
1995 Apr   end of ops?
2001 Mar   Reentered 

Payload:

  • Terek Soft XR telescope-coronagraph spectroheliometer

November 20,2006

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