Friday, March 18, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Progress M-32
1996-043A
Progress M No. 232 was launched on 1996 Jul 31, the first successful Soyuz-U launch following two failures. Mass was 7130 kg. It carried cargo for the EO-21 crew. After initial unloading, it undocked from the front port and carried out a two week free flight before redocking at the rear port.
| Progress M-32 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 Jul 31 | 2000:06 | Launch by Soyuz-U | KB LC 1 |
| 1996 Aug 2 | 2203:40 | Docked -X | |
| 1996 Aug 18 | 0933:45 | Undocked -X | |
| 1996 Sep 3 | 0935:21 | Redocked +X | |
| 1996 Nov 20 | 1951:20 | Undocked +X | |
| 2242:25 | Deorbit over Pacific | ||
| 2320 | Reentered | ||
Monday, March 7, 2005
Wednesday, March 2, 2005
ADEOS-2
2002-056A
ADEOS 2 has a mass of 3680 kg. Size 6 x 4 x 4m, 28 m span, Irreg + 1 panel. GLI will have 36 bands, 1 km res. AMSR has 10 km res at high freq. Named Midori-2 after launch.
This was the first launch since MHI took over launch operations from NASDA on Nov 20. Communications with the satellite failed in Oct 2003, almost exactly the same interval after launch as the ADEOS-1 failure.
| ADEOS-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 Dec 14 | 0131 | Launch by H-2A | |
| T+1:40 SRB-A burnout | |||
| T+1:47 SRB-A sep | |||
| T+4:20 5S PLF sep | |||
| T+6:35 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+6:43 St 1 sep | |||
| 0137 | T+6:49 St 2 MES | -5600? x 500? | |
| 0146 | T+15:38 St 2 MECO | ||
| 0147 | T+16:28 ADEOS sep | 804 x 806 x 98.7 | |
| 0201 | T+30:55 Fedsat sep | ||
| 0203 | T+32:40 WEOS sep | ||
| 0205 | T+34:30 MuLabSat sep | ||
| 2002 Dec 17 | Intersat comms antenna deploy | ||
| 2003 Oct 24 | In safemode | ||
Payload:
- AMSR Adv Microwave scanning radiometer 6.9-53 GHz
- GLI Global Imager; Ocean, land and cloud, 3750A-12.5mu
- IOCS Inter-orbit comms system
- SeaWinds Wind speed sensor.
- CCR Corner cube reflector
- DCS Data collection system
- POLDER Polarization and Directionality of Earth Reflectance
- VMS ODV-4 visual monitoring system (TV camera to observe solar paddle)
- DTL Direct Transmission for Local Users
- ILAS-2 Improved Limb Atmospheric Spectrometer
Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Monday, February 21, 2005
Kosmos 215
1968-033A
DS-U1-A No. 1 (Kosmos-215) was launched in Apr 1968. It was the first Soviet orbiting astronomical observatory, and carried ultraviolet and X-ray telescopes. It might have preceded the Uhuru satellite in making the first X-ray sky survey, but there was a problem with the aspect information needed to reconstruct the direction the spacecraft was pointing, making it difficult to analyze the data. The satellite also carried photometers for Earth atmospheric profiles, and ocean surface brightness measurements.
| Kosmos-215 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Apr 18 | 2230 | Launch by 11K63 | GTsP4 |
| 2232 | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 2240? | Stage 2 sep | 91.03 255 x 403 x 48.41 (RAE) | |
| 1968 May 23 | 1200 | 90.46 238 x 363 x 48.41 (RAE) | |
| 1968 May 31 | Power supply issues | ||
Sunday, February 20, 2005
Progress M-50
2004-032A
ISS flight 15P, vehicle 7K-TGM No. 350. Mass 7264 kg at launch, 6978 kg at docking including 690 kg of prop, 470 kg of air and water, and 1380 kg of dry cargo.
M-50 departed in December; spacesuit Orlan-M No. 12 was jettisoned aboard it. Undocking mass was 5374 kg.
| Progress M-50 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 Aug 11 | 0503:07 | Launch by Soyuz-U 685 | KB LC1 |
| T+1:58 Strapons sep 44 km, 2.68 km/s | -6000? x 90? x 51? | ||
| T+2:31 GO sep 82 km, 3.10 km/s | -5700? x 120? x 51 | ||
| T+4:47 Blok A sep 161 km 5.282 km/s | -4100? x 170? x 51 | ||
| T+4:47 KhO sep 171 km | |||
| 0511:52 | T+8:45 Blok I MECO | ||
| 0511:56 | T+8:49 Blok-I sep | 88.64 177 x 236 x 51.7 | |
| 0838 | DV1 17m/s | ||
| 0913 | DV2 11.6m/s | ||
| 1112 | 89.70 249 x 269 x 51.6 | ||
| 2004 Aug 12 | 0504 | DV3 4.5m/s | |
| 1847 | 89.63 245 x 267 x 51.6 | ||
| 2004 Aug 13 | 0554 | DV4 4m/s | |
| 1706 | 89.88 259 x 277 x 51.6 | ||
| 2004 Aug 14 | 0253s | DV5 14m/s | |
| 0339s | DV6 25m/s | ||
| 0430 | Begin flyaround, 400m | ||
| 0439? | Stationkeeping 170m | ||
| 0453 | Final approach | ||
| 0501:08 | Docked with Zvezda aft port | 91.67 352 x 360 x 51.6 | |
| 0800 | Hatches open | ||
| 2004 Dec 22 | 1937:02 | Undocked Zvezda | 351 x 357 x 51.6 |
| 1940:02 | Sep burn 15s 0.7m/s | ||
| 2232:06 | Deorbit 147.8s 82 m/s | ||
| 2234:34 | DO CO | 74 x 354 x 51.6 | |
| 2310:03 | Entry interface 94 km | ||
| 2317:43 | 70 km | ||
| 2323:38 | Debris impact Pacific 40 58S 136 38W | ||
Saturday, February 19, 2005
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Kosmos 1174
1980-030A
According to Sven Grahn, Kosmos-1174 made three attempts to intercept Kosmos-1171 and was then detonated. Nick Johnson's analysis puts the explosion after the first attempt, implying the second two close passes were coincidental.
| Kosmos-1174 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 Apr 18 | 0051 | Launch by 11K69 | KB |
| 0053 | Stage 2 burn | ||
| 0056 | Stage 2 MECO | 140x432x65.2 | |
| 1980 Apr 18 | 0150? | burn (JCM estimate) | |
| 1980 Apr 18 | 0212? | burn (SG estimate) | 362x1025x65.83 |
| 1980 Apr 18 | 0416 | Intercepted K1171 at rev 2 apogee, range 18km | |
| 1980 Apr 18 | 0625 | mv | 380 x 1661 x 66.11 |
| 550 km from K1167 | |||
| 0726 | explosion at 1600 km (NLJ report) | ||
| 1980 Apr 18 | 2204 | Intercepted K1171, 33km range | |
| 1980 Apr 19 | 0035 | small mv | 105.54 380 x 1659 x 66.13 |
| 1980 Apr 19 | 1257 | Intercepted K1171, 31 km range, over Easter I | |
| 1980 Apr 20 | Exploded (SG estimate) | ||
Friday, February 11, 2005
Thursday, February 10, 2005
Friday, February 4, 2005
Eutelsat 203
1991-083A
Eutelsat II F-3 provided TV broadcasting services like those of F-2. F-3 was the first Eutelsat satellite to use a US launch vehicle, an Atlas II Centaur. The Centaur delivered it to a mildly supersynchronous orbit.
| Eutelsat II F-3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Dec 7 | 2247 | Launch by Atlas II Centaur (AC-102) | CC LC36A |
| 2249 | BECO | ||
| 2251 | Atlas sep | ||
| 2251 | Centaur MES-1 | ||
| 2257? | Centaur MECO-1 | 155 x 2626 x 26.9 | |
| 2312? | Centaur MES-2 | ||
| 2314? | Centaur MECO-2 | ||
| 2316? | Centaur sep | ||
| 748.58 875 x 40988 x 16.8 | |||
| 1991 Dec 8 | 748.13 867 x 40973 x 17.0 | ||
| 1991 Dec 9 | 0622? | LAM-1 | 997.05 12373 x 40990 x 5.4 |
| 1991 Dec 10? | LAM-2 | ||
| 1991 Dec 13? | LAM-3 | ||
| 1991 Dec 14 | 1434.08 35605 x 35889 x 0.1 GEO 12.5E+0.5E | ||
| 1991 Dec 30 | mv in | 1436.06 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 10.0E | |
| 1992 Feb 15 | 1436.05 35751 x 35820 x 0.0 GEO 10.1E | ||
| 1992 Feb 26 | drifting | ||
| 1992 Feb 29 | 1436.05 35739 x 35831 x 0.0 GEO 15.6E | ||
| 1992 Apr 9 | 1436.01 35706 x 35863 x 0.0 GEO 16.4E | ||
| 1995 Apr 11 | 1436.06 35771 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 16.0E | ||
| 1998 Jan 23 | 1436.05 35766 x 35804 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E | ||
| 1998 Dec 6 | 1436.10 35782 x 35790 x 0.0 GEO 16.0E | ||
| 1998 Dec 7 | mv out | ||
| 1999 Jan 6 | 1433.57 35719 x 35755 x 0.0 GEO 42.0E+0.6E | ||
| 1999 Jan 19 | mv in | 1436.03 35772 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E | |
| 1999 Jun 15 | 1436.09 35769 x 35803 x 0.0 GEO 35.9E | ||
| 2000 Jun 5 | 1436.09 35775 x 35797 x 0.27 GEO 35.8E | ||
| 2000 Jun 9 | mv out | ||
| 2000 Jul 11 | mv in | ||
| 2003 Sep 4 | 1436.07 35766 x 35805 x 3.1 GEO 21.6E | ||
| 2004 Dec 9 | 1436.02 35762 x 35807 x 4.2 GEO 22.3E | ||
Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Voskhod 2 (Diamond)
1965-022A
Spaceship 3KD No. 4 followed the 3KD No. 1 test and just preceded the first US Gemini flight. Crew of 3KD No. 4, named Voskhod-2 after launch, were Pavel Belyaev and Aleksey Leonov, both Air Force cosmonauts. Belyaev was designated Komandir (commander) and Leonov was Vtoroy Pilot (Second Pilot).
On rev 17 the spacecraft failed to orient for retrofire. On Rev 18 they manually oriented the spacecraft but ignited the engine 46 seconds late causing a 2000 km overshoot. They landed in the Siberian forest, and spent a night fending off wolves before the rescue party reached them.
| Voskhod-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Mar 18 | 0700:00 | Launch by 11A57 | KB LC1 |
| 0704? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0709? | Blok-I MECO | ||
| 0814 | Airlock extended | ||
| 0828:13 | Leonov in airlock, depress complete | ||
| 0832:54 | Hatch open | ||
| 0834:51 | Exit hatch,first spacewalk | ||
| 0845 | Enter hatch (00:12:09) | ||
| 0847:00 | Ingress complete | ||
| 0848:40 | Hatch closed | ||
| 0851:54 | Repress airlock (00:23:41) | ||
| 0853 | Leonov in cabin | ||
| 1965 Mar 18 | 0953 | (rough TLE?) | 90.91 234 x 403 x 64.60 |
| 1000?? | Airlock jettison | ||
| 1557 | 90.93 167 x 472 x 64.79 | ||
| 1965 Mar 19 | 0554 | Rev 17 deorbit cancelled | |
| 0819 | Orient for retro | ||
| 0836:27 | Deorbit using main retro? | ||
| 0846? | PO sep | ||
| 0902:17 | Landed 59 34 03 N 55 28 00E, 180 km NE Perm | ||
Monday, January 31, 2005
Syncom 3
1964-047A
The Syncom C payload, Syncom III on orbit, was launched on 1964 Aug 19 at 1215.02 UT. The launch vehicle was the first (and one of only 2) Delta D model, with a Thrust Augmented Thor first stage and an Altair 2 third stage. By 1241 UT the Syncom was in transfer orbit, with apogee motor firing coming on Aug 20. The apogee motor was a JPL SR-12-1 like that of Syncom II. By around Sep 10 the satellite had reportedly reached geostationary orbit at 180 deg East. However, archival NORAD data indicates the initial position was actually 61W, and it reached 180W around Nov 3. On 1965 Apr 1, responsibility for the satellite was transferred to the Department of Defense. During 1965 the satellite was stationed over the Atlantic, but in late 1965 began to drift when fuel ran out. In 1973 Syncom III was revived for engineering tests, and the first geostationary satellite was finally switched off on 1974 Dec 29.
During launch, the second stage yawed 38 deg left, reducing third stage orbit inclination to 16.5 deg. Stage 2 velocity was 6.73 km/s, with Stage 3 adding 3.266 km/s for a stage 3 perigee velocity of 9.517 km/s (TN-D-3375).
| Syncom 3 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 Aug 19 | 1215:02 | Launch by Thor Delta | |
| 1216:12 | SRM sep | ||
| 1217:30 | Thor MECO | ||
| 1217:34 | Thor S/N 20104 sep 112 km | -4832 x 384 x 28.6 | |
| 1217:34 | Delta S/N 20010 burn | ||
| 1217:45 | Fairing | ||
| 1220:26 | Delta SECO 362 km alt, range 967 km | -796 x 1127 x 28.7 | |
| 1241:05 | Spinup | ||
| 1241:07 | Delta sep | ||
| 1241:12 | Altair 2 RH-67 burn 22.6s at 1126 km | ||
| 1241:35 | RH-67 burnout | ||
| 1242:22 | Altair 2 sep | 694.43 1112 x 38083 x 16.80 | |
| Delta impact (vac) 28.5S 85.4E | ||
| 1964 Aug 20 | 1717:56 | AKM burn at 3rd apo | |
| 1718:16 | AKM burnout | 3.3W/d | |
| 1964 Aug 22 | 0454 | TCM | 7.1E/d |
| 1964 Aug 28 | 1407 | TCM | 3.3E/d |
| 1964 Sep 10 | 1030 | TCM On station 180E? | 2.06W/d |
| 2245 | TCM | 1.01W/d | |
| 1964 Sep 11 | 2240 | TCM | 0.01W/d |
| 1964 Sep 25 | 0257 | Reduce inc to 0.006 | |
| 1964 Sep 25 | 0347 | 1435.94 35640 x 35926 x 1.0 GEO 61.0W+0.0W | |
| 1964 Oct 1 | 0851 | Orbit trim | |
| 2050 | Orbit trim | ||
| 1964 Oct 2 | 0848 | Orbit trim to 0.003 deg/d | |
| 1964 Oct 30 | 1701 | Orbit longitude trim | |
| 1964 Nov 3 | 1436.53 35790 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 180.0W+0.2E | ||
| 1965 Jan | Over POR | ||
| 1965 Mar 2 | 1436.63 35785 x 35808 x 0.2 GEO 2.0W+0.1E | ||
| 1965 Apr 1 | To DoD | ||
| 1965 Jun 1 | 1436.13 35783 x 35791 x 0.1 GEO 24.9W+0.0E | ||
| 1965 Jul 8 | To DoD | ||
| 1965 Sep 25 | 1436.20 35784 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 27.0W+0.0E | ||
| 1966 Mar 3 | 1436.84 35788 x 35813 x 0.7 GEO 20.5E+0.2E | ||
| 1966 Jun 15 | GEO 165 E | ||
| 1966 Aug 24 | GEO 161 E | ||
| 1967 Mar 16 | 1536.49 35786 x 35802 x 1.5 GEO 21.2W+0.1E | ||
| 1967 Apr 18 | GEO 158 E | ||
| 1967 May 17 | GEO 157 E | ||
| 1967 Jun 02 | GEO 157 E | ||
| 1967 Dec 07 | GEO 160 E | ||
| 1968 Apr 30 | 1436.43 35778 x 35808 x 2.6 GEO 158.3E+0.1E | ||
| 1969 Apr | Out of service | ||
| 1971 Apr 13 | 1438.17 35795 x 35858 x 5.5 GEO 150.6W+0.5E | ||
| 1973 Aug 31 | GEO 148 E | ||
| 1974 May 14 | GEO 63 E + 0.4W/d | ||
| 1974 Oct 01 | GEO 5 E + 0.2W/d | ||
| 1974 Dec 6 | GEO 1436.87 35744 x 35858 x 8.6 GEO 5.9W+0.2E | ||
| 1974 Dec 24 | GEO 2 W + 0.1W/d | ||
| 1974 Dec 26 | Revived for eng tests | ||
| 1974 Dec 29 | Decommissioned | ||