Friday, February 15, 1985
Sunday, February 10, 1985
Molniya 121
1970-101A
Molniya-1 (F21,N16) entered the D plane, replacing N14 and being replaced by N22.
| Molniya-1 F21 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 Nov 27 | 1547:17 | 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 | |||
| 1555 | T+8:50 Blok-I sep | ||
| T+53:16 BOZ burn | |||
| 1640? | T+53:56 BOZ sep | ||
| ML burn | |||
| T+56:46 ML MECO | |||
| 1643? | T+56:54 ML sep | ||
| 1970 Dec 6 | 707.15 469 x 39359 x 65.5 | ||
| 1970 Dec 9 | 707.20 438 x 39393 x 65.5 | ||
| 1970 Dec 22 | 717.81 462 x 39893 x 65.4 | ||
| 1971 Apr 16 | 717.81 612 x 39743 x 65.5 | ||
| 1971 Apr 24 | 717.78 624 x 39730 x 65.5 | ||
| 1971 Jun 2 | 717.70 703 x 39647 x 65.5 | ||
| 1972 Feb? | end of ops | ||
| 1974 Aug 1 | 717.97 807 x 39556 x 65.6 | ||
| 1975 Jul 24 | 717.51 202 x 40139 x 65.2 | ||
| 1975 Nov 25 | Reentered | ||
Wednesday, February 6, 1985
Sunday, February 3, 1985
Wednesday, January 30, 1985
Friday, January 25, 1985
Ume 1
1976-019A
NASDA and the Radio Research Lab (RRL) developed the Ionospheric Sounding Satellite (ISS), a 135 kg, 0.82 m long, 0.94m diameter spacecraft with a swept frequency topside sounder with 36.8m and 11.4m span dipole antennae covering a range from 0.5 to 148 MHz. Prime contractor was Mitsubishi. The satellite was named Ume (Japanese apricot blossom) after launch. Launch was southeast from TNSC at azimuth 115 deg (corresponding to a 38 deg inclination); a yaw burn in second stage changed inclination to 70 deg.
| Ume | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Feb 29 | 0330 | Launch N-I 2 | TNSC |
| 0333 | St 1 sep | -6000? x 200? x 38? | |
| Fairing sep | |||
| 0335 | St 2 burn 4:30 | ||
| 0339 | St 2 cutoff | -3200 x 998 x 51.4 | |
| 0340 | St 3 burn, circ | ||
| 0341? | St 3 sep | 105.2 994 x 1013 x 69.7 | |
| 1976 Mar | Electrical malfunction | ||
| 1976 Aug 2 | End of tx | ||
Payload:
- TOP Swept frequency topside sounder, 36.8m., 11.4m dipoles; 0.5-148 MHz
- PIC Ion mass spectrometers
Wednesday, January 23, 1985
Sunday, January 20, 1985
Molniya 103
1965-030A
The third launch of an 11F67 Molniya-1, Molniya-1 No. 3, was the first to be given the Molniya-1 name.
| Molniya-1 (F3) | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 Apr 23 | 0155 | Launch by 8K78 | KB |
| 0200? | Blok-A sep | ||
| 0200? | Blok-I burn | ||
| 0204? | Blok-I sep | ||
| 0255? | BOZ burn | ||
| 0256? | Blok-L burn | ||
| 0300? | Blok-L sep | ||
| 1965 Apr 23 | 0321 | 94.38 198 x 778 x 64.8 | |
| 1965 Apr 25 | 0228 | 707.29 530 x 39305 x 65.5 | |
| 1965 Apr 29 | 0046 | 707.25 535 x 39298 x 65.1 | |
| 1965 Apr? | TCM, test of KDU | ||
| 1965 May 4 | 720.55 529 x 39961 x 65.3 | ||
| 1965 Nov 26 | End of operations | ||
| 1978 Oct 29 | 718.13 244 x 40127 x 64.2 | ||
| 1979 Feb 22 | 668.98 151 x 37767 x 64.1 | ||
| 1979 Apr 10 | 558.93 107 x 32089 x 64.1 | ||
| 1979 May 8 | Reentered | ||
Payload:
- C-band 6/4 GHz transponders
Thursday, January 17, 1985
Wednesday, January 16, 1985
Sunday, January 6, 1985
Thursday, January 3, 1985
Tuesday, January 1, 1985
Saturday, December 29, 1984
Friday, December 28, 1984
Kosmos 864
1976-108A
| Kosmos-864 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 Oct 29 | 1240 | Launch by 11K65M | Plesetsk |
| T+2:10 St 1 MECO | |||
| T+2:12 St 1 sep | |||
| T+2:12 St 2 burn 59km | |||
| T+2:27 Fairing sep 76km | |||
| 1248? | T+8:03 St 2 MECO 150 km | 150 x 1003? x 83 | |
| T+1:02:19 St 2 MES2 | |||
| T+1:02:30 St 2 MECO2 | |||
| 1343? | T+1:02:50 St 2 sep | ||
| 1976 Oct 29 | 104.9 966x1011x82.9 | ||
Tuesday, December 25, 1984
Hakucho
1979-014A
The second ISAS X-ray astronomy satellite, CORSA-b, was launched in Feb 1979. The satellite was renamed Hakucho (`Cygnus'). It was 97 kg in mass, and 0.66m long, 0.82m diameter.
The craft was spin stabilized with a 12s period. By 1983 it was dormant, and it was finally abandoned in 1985.
The M-3C-4 rocket used the M-3A2 model third stage.
| Hakucho | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 Feb 21 | 0500 | Launch by Mu-3C-4 | KASC |
| T+0:08 SOB burnout | |||
| T+0:09 SOB sep | |||
| 0501? | T+1:24 St 1 burnout | -6228? x 100? x 31.3 | |
| T+1:26 B2 ig | |||
| 0502? | St 2 burnout | -5776 x 540 x 31.33 | |
| 0502? | Fairing top off | ||
| 0502? | Fairing lower part off | ||
| 0505? | T+6:00? Spinup St 3 | ||
| 0506? | T+6:02? St 2 sep | ||
| 0506? | T+6:07? St 3 burn, 54s | ||
| Stage 3 burnout | |||
| 0510? | Stage 3 sep | 95.6 541 x 572 x 29.9 | |