Sunday, June 24, 1979
Wednesday, June 20, 1979
Sunday, June 10, 1979
Tuesday, June 5, 1979
Friday, June 1, 1979
Monday, May 28, 1979
Relay 1
1962-068A
The NASA A-15 payload was launched on 1962 Dec 13 from Cape Canaveral and named Relay I on successfully reaching its 1322 x 7439 km x 47.5 deg orbit. After initial communications malfunctions, it started operations on Dec 27 and was successfully used for communications experiments until 1965 Feb 10. Remarkably, intermittent transmissions were reported from the payload in March 1981. Relay was 78 kg, 0.81m dia, height 1.3m including rod antenna. This launch was the first to use the uprated AJ10-118D second stage.
| Relay 1 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 Dec 13 | 2330:01 | Launch by Delta DSV-3B-1 | CC LC17A |
| 2332:29 | T+2:27 MECO | ||
| 2332 | Thor sep | ||
| 2332:32 | T+2:31 Delta S/N 20001 burn, 2:44 | ||
| 2332:53 | T+2:52 Fairing | ||
| 2335:16 | T+5:16 Delta SECO | -3350? x 1300 x 47.8? | |
| -2944 x 1300 x 38.2? | |||
| 15 min coast | |||
| 2348:21 | T+18:20 Delta sep | ||
| 2348:34 | T+18:33 Altair SV-22 burn | ||
| 2349:13 | T+19:12 Altair burnout | ||
| 2351? | Altair sep | 185.08 1300 x 7459 x 47.77 | |
| 1322 x 7439 x 47.5 | |||
| 1965 Feb 10 | End of tx | ||
Saturday, May 26, 1979
Molniya 303
1975-105A
Molniya-3 No. 13 (F3,N3) was launched in Nov 1975 into plane 1.
| Molniya-3 No. 13 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 Nov 14 | 1914 | 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 | |||
| 1922 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 2007 | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 2010 | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 737.3 523 x 40790 x 62.8 | |||
| 1975 Nov | 717.2 483 x 39844 x 62.8 | ||
Friday, May 25, 1979
Tuesday, May 22, 1979
Monday, May 21, 1979
Saturday, May 19, 1979
Tuesday, May 15, 1979
Monday, May 14, 1979
Friday, April 27, 1979
Tuesday, April 24, 1979
Saturday, April 21, 1979
Wednesday, April 18, 1979
Monday, April 16, 1979
Molniya 121
1972-081A
Molniya-1 (F26, N21) was launched on 1972 Oct 14 from Plesetsk. It replaced A plane satellite and was replaced by 73-89A.
| Molniya-1 F26 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 Oct 14 | 0616:00 | Launch by Molniya | PL |
| BVGD sep | |||
| GO sep | |||
| T+4:46 Blok A sep | |||
| T+4:56 KhO sep | |||
| T+8:46 Blok-I MECO | |||
| 0624 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 0709? | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 0712? | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 1036 | 91.59 225 x 479 x 65.3 | ||
| 1972 Oct 28 | 704.74 350 x 39358 x 65.4 | ||
| 1972 Nov 1 | 717.81 633 x 39722 x 65.4 | ||
| 1972 Dec 19 | Electron spectrometer reported still OK | ||
| 1973 Jan 3 | 717.80 700 x 39655 x 65.5 | ||
| 1973 Jun 30 | 717.68 552 x 39797 x 65.8 | ||
| 1974 Nov | end of ops | ||
| 1975 Nov 5 | 717.49 341 x 39998 x 65.3 | ||
| 1977 Feb 7 | 717.44 350 x 39987 x 64.5 | ||
| 1977 Aug 12 | 717.12 169 x 40152 x 64.3 | ||
| 1977 Sep 20 | 712.29 130 x 39953 x 64.2 | ||
| 1977 Nov 1 | Reentered | ||
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