Club Management: April 1990

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Kosmos 406

  1971-029A

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Kosmos-406 was launched on 1971 Apr 14 on a 10 day mission from Plesetsk with no large orbit changes. The first TLE for 29D is on Apr 21, 3 days before recovery. The engine may have separated at the same time.

Kosmos-406
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1971 Apr 14	0800:00	Launch by 11A57	PL
	0804	Blok-I burn
	0808	Blok-I sep, orbit
	1047		89.10 215 x 244 x 81.3
1971 Apr 20	1348		88.99 213 x 235 x 81.3
1971 Apr 22		Engine sep (29E)
1971 Apr 23	0705		88.93 210 x 232 x 81.3
1971 Apr 24	0513?	Retrofire
	0523?	PO sep
	0531?	Entry
	0544?	Landed after 9.93d

Ofeq 1

 1988-087A

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'Ofeq 1 was a spin stabilized polygonal cylinder built for the Israeli Space Agency by Israel Aircraft Industries MBT's Space Technology Directorate (STD). It was launched by the Shavit rocket from Palamchin Beach Air Force Base on 1988 Sep 19. Launch was carried out almost due west over the Mediterranean to avoid overflight of Arab countries, and the satellite entered a highly retrograde orbit with an inclination of 143 degrees.

'Ofeq-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1988 Sep 19	0932?	Launch by Shavit	PAL
	0934?	Stage 1 sep
	0937?	Stage 2 sep
	0939?	Fairing sep
	0943?	AUS-51 third stage burn
	0943?	AUS-51 sep	98.74 245 x 1152 x 142.9
1989 Jan 14		Reentered

Kosmos 80

 1965-070A

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After the Kosmos-71 to 75 quintet placed in 500 km orbits, the 65S3 launched a second quintet into a much higher 1400 km orbit. The second stage and quintet payload entered an elliptical orbit with a low perigee and a 1500 km apogee a few minutes after launch, and coasted to apogee. At apogee, the engine restarted for a short burn which circularized the orbit, and the five Strela-1 satellites were ejected.

Kosmos-80
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1965 Sep 3	1400	Launch by 65S3	KB
	1402?	Stage 2 burn 1
	1408?	Stage 2 MECO-1
	1458?	Stage 2 burn 2
	1458?	Stage 2 sep	115.0 1357 x 1555 x 56.0

Kosmos 226

 1968-049A

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Meteor spacecraft No. 10 was launched in Jun 1968 as Kosmos-226. It operated until early 1969.

Kosmos-226
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1968 Jun 12	1314:59	Launch by 8A92M Vostok	PL
	1319?	Blok-E burn
	1325?	Blok-E sep	96.9 579 x 639 x 81.2 (RAE)
1969 Apr		Still operating
1983 Oct 18		Reentered

Payload:

• Meteor TV Cameras (2)

• IR sensor

• Radiation sensor

• Magnetometer

Kosmos 1072

 1979-003A

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Kosmos-1072
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1979 Jan 16	1737	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
	1745?	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
	1840?	T+1:02:50 St 2 sep
1979 Jan 20			105.0 965x1020x82.9

The mass media and the school newspaper

 https://welib.org/md5/0ad5fa258f98d644bf8950780805c855

The High School Journal: December 1989-January 1990

 https://welib.org/md5/c3ac5d96ceaae670cdec5e37ce4fbd85

Kosmos 1804

 1986-095A

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Two-tone telemetry; Medium res satellite

Kosmos-1804
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Dec 4	1019	Launch by Soyuz	KB
	1023	Blok I burn
	1029	Blok I MECO
1986 Dec 4			90.77 201 x 423 x 69.99
1986 Dec 4	2123?	Orbit raise	92.17 346 x 415 x 70.0
1986 Dec 9			92.17 347 x 414 x 70.0
1986 Dec 17			92.18 347 x 414 x 70.0
1986 Dec 18.7			(95C,D) 376x580,346x414
1986 Dec 18			(95E,F) 333x413,347x416
1986 Dec 18			(95G)
1986 Dec 19
	0704?	Deorbit
	0714?	PO sep
	0729?	Entry	-76 x 393
	0746?	Landed

Elektron 3/4

 1964-038A

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2D No. 3 (Elektron-3) was the low orbit member of the second pair. It operated for 186 days.

Elektron-3
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jul 10		Launch by 8K72 Vostok	KB
		2D No. 3 sep from Blok-E	404 x 7025 x 60.8
1965 Jan 13		end of ops

Payload:

• Photoelectric Trapped radiation detectors (IFA/Galperin?)

• Solar cell studies

• Particles

1964-038B

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The final 2D satellite, Elektron-4, was launched on 1964 Jul 10 as the high orbit member of the second pair.

Elektron-4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1964 Jul 10	2151:02	Launch by 8K72 Vostok	KB
	2153	Blok BVGD sep
	2155	Blok A sep
	2155	Blok-E burn
	2200?	2D No. 3 sep from Blok-E	404 x 7025 x 60.8
	2201?	Blok-E MECO
	2202?	2D No. 4 sep from Blok-E	457 x 66261 x 60.8
1964 Jul 14			1313.86 458 x 66259 x 60.8
1965 Feb 1			1313.85 650 x 66065 x 59.8
1965 May 23		end of ops
1967 May 5			1313.81 1769 x 64946 x 58.7
1974 Jul 16			1313.47 751 x 65950 x 68.0
1976 Sep 22			1313.47 2451 x 64250 x 69.8
1979 Oct 19			1313.47 4120 x 62581 x 68.0
1982 Sep 26			1313.49 1634 x 65067 x 66.0
1983 Aug 22			1311.60 158 x 66467 x 65.9
1983 Sep 5			1293.33 95 x 65792 x 65.9
1983 Sep 8			1271.23 63 x 64925 x 65.9
1983 Sep 15		Reentered (RAE)
1983 Oct 12		Reentered? (NORAD)

Payload:

• Meteoritic dust expt

• Cosmic radio emission

• Solar x rays

Seventeen: January 1990

 https://welib.org/md5/112085cf92af7ba57519617f0cc427b3

Kosmos 1715

 1986-001A

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Two-tone telemetry; Hi res satellite

Kosmos-1715
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Jan 8	1125	Launch by Soyuz-U2
	1129	Blok I burn
	1134	Blok I MECO
1986 Jan 8			89.36 195 x 290x 72.83
1986 Jan 9	2330?		89.61 226 x 283 x 72.8
1986 Jan 10			89.59 226 x 282 x 72.8
1986 Jan 13	1230?		90.30 230 x 348 x 72.8
1986 Jan 15			90.29 229 x 348 x 72.8
1986 Jan 15	0808?		89.45 228 x 266 x 72.8
1986 Jan 21			89.43 227 x 264 x 72.8
1986 Jan 22
	0516?	Deorbit
	0526?	PO sep	-188 x 248 x 72.8
	0534?	Entry
	0549?	Landed

April 10,1990

 https://planet4589.org/space/jsr/back/news.34.txt

Meteor 216

 1987-068A

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Meteor-2 (F16) was launched in Aug 1987. 

Meteor-2 (F16)
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Aug 18	0227:00	Launch by Tsiklon-3 11K68	PL
	0229	T+2:00 Stage 1 MECO
	0231	T+4:37 Stage 2 off, sep
	0232	T+5:20 S5M burn 1
	0234	T+7:03 S5M cutoff 1	150? x 964 x 82.5
	0315?	T+48m? S5M burn 2, 15s?
	0315?	T+49m? S5M cutoff 2
	0316?	T+49m? S5M sep from Meteor-3
1987 Dec 20			103.99 934 x 961 x 82.57

DMSP 1976

 1976-016A

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The final Block 5C satellite, 11534, was launched on 1976 Feb 19, but the Thor booster didn’t provide enough velocity and the Burner 2A stages couldn’t make up the difference. The DMSP and the Star 26 entered a 90 x 355 km orbit but reentered after a few hours. The DMSP sensor history implies that the engine had improperly loaded fuel and another declassified DMSP history confirms that incorrect mass-to-propellant  calculations caused the failure.

DMSP 11534
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1976 Feb 19	0752:52	Launch by Thor Burner 2A	V SLC10W
	0755	Thor MECO
	0756?	Star 37B burn
	0756?	Star 37B sep
	0806?	Star 26B burn
	0845?	Perigee 1 over Madagascar
	0920?	Apogee 1
	1012?	Perigee 2 over S Africa
	1012?	Reentered?
	1020	Asc node
	1020		88.92 81 x 360 x 98.9
	1142?	Perigee 3 over S Atlantic

Kosmos 2088

 1990-066A

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Geo-IK 3?. GEOS geodetic transponder.

Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Jul 30	0006:00	Launch by 11K68	PL
		T+2:00 St 1 sep
		T+3:33 GO sep
		T+4:38 St 2 sep, alt 126 km	-2400? x 170? x 73.6
		T+5:19 S5M burn 1, alt 143 km	-2400? x 170? x 73.6
	0012	T+6:48 S5M MECO-1, alt 173 km	90 x 1502 x 73.6
		T+49:37 BOZ burn
		T+51:15 S5M MES2	90 x 1502 x 73.6
		T+51:33 S5M MECO2
	0058	T+52:03 S5M sep
1990 Jul 30			116.1 1484x1526x73.6

Kosmos 1769

 1986-059A

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RCS was 40m2; 3 debris tracked, all small.

Kosmos-1769
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1986 Aug 4	0508	Launch by 11K69	Baykonur
	0510	Stage 1 sep
	0512	Stage 2 sep
	0556?	AKM burn
1986 Aug 4			111x365x65.0
1986 Aug 4			427x444x65.0
1986 Aug 5			429x444x65.0
1987 Jul 14			93.30 426x446x65.0
1987 Aug 5			93.30 426 x 445 x 65.0
1987 Aug 6		Orbit lower	92.52 377 x 417 x 65.0
1987 Aug 6			92.08 308 x 444 x 65.0
1987 Oct 29			91.79 297x419x65.0
1988 Feb 10			89.31 218x255x65.0
1988 Feb 18		reentered

Kosmos 513

 1972-060A

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Kosmos-513 was launched in Aug 1972 from Baikonur. The Zenit-4M satellite was recovered 14 days later.

Kosmos-513
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1972 Aug 2	0815:00	Launch by 11A57	KB
	0819	Blok-I burn
	0823	Blok-I sep
1972 Aug 2	1835		89.73 204 x 318 x 65.0
1972 Aug 3	1200		89.73 203 x 320 x 64.97 (RAE)
	1232		89.72 202 x 318 x 65.0
		Orbit lower
1972 Aug 4	0329		89.35 173 x 311 x 65.0
1972 Aug 10	2135		89.11 169 x 291 x 65.0
		Orbit adjust
1972 Aug 12	0445		89.06 171 x 284 x 65.0
		Orbit raise apogee
	1043		89.93 169 x 372 x 65.0
1972 Aug 14		Engine sep (60E)
1972 Aug 15	0439		89.86 169 x 365 x 65.0
1972 Aug 15	0434?	Retrofire
	0444?	PO sep
	0449?	Entry
	0506?	Landed

Samos 14

 1969-065A

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Ferret 14 was launched in 1969. The second STRAWMAN carried the standard THRESHER and REAPER payloads and the second CONVOY ABM study payload. CONVOY II (Mission 7239) was targeted at TI (technical intelligence) on DOG HOUSE, HEN HOUSE and the still-classified advanced ABM signal.

OPS 8285
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1969 Jul 31	1019	Launch by LTTA Thor Agena D	V
	1020?	Castor II SRMs sep (T+1:42?)
	1022?	Thor MECO (T+3:37?)
	1022?	Thor VECO (T+3:46?)
	1022?	Thor sep (T+3:52?)
	1022?	Agena burn (T+3:58?)
	1027?	Agena MECO (T+8:00?)	-100? x 483 x 75.0
	1049?	Agena MES-2
	1049?	Agena MECO-2
1969 Aug 1	1058		94.63 460 x 540 x 75.0
1969 Oct 13		Wideband recorder failed, EOB mode only
1970 Feb 1			94.40 454 x 524 x 75.0
1970 Aug 23		THRESHER and REAPER turned off
		In caretaker status
1971 Jul 26		Battery 2 failed
1971 Jul 27		Switched off by command from Guam after 725 days
1973 Jan 3			88.41 190 x 201 x 75.0

Opera News: February 17,1990

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