Saturday, September 20, 1997

Momo 2

 1990-013A


MOS-1b (Momo 1b) was launched in Feb 1990 to continue MOS-1's work. It operated four years beyond its planned two year life.


Momo 1b 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Feb 7  0133:00  Launch by H-I  TNSC 
 0134:30  SRB sep 
 0137:40  Stage 1 sep 
 0137:45  Stage 2 on 
 0137:52  Fairing sep
 0143:18  T+10:18 Stage 2 cutoff  103.32 911 x 919 x 99.1  
 0221:48  T+48:48 Momo 1b sep from Stage 2 
 0229?  Stage 2 SES-2  
 0229?  SECO-2  110.54 893 x 1610 x 99.1  
 0233:21  T+1:00:21 DEBUT sep 
 0233:26  JAS sep 
1996 May   End of operations 

Payload:

  • Multispectral electronic self-scanning radiometer

  • Vis/Thermal IR radiometer

  • Microwave scanning radiometer

Kosmos 1051

 1978-109A


Kosmos-1051 was satellite 1 of Strela-1M octuplet no. 21.


Kosmos-1051  
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 Dec 5  1812  Launch by 11K65M  PL 
 1814  Stage 2 burn 1  
 1819  T+7m Stage 2 MECO-1 
  Stage 2 burn 2 
 1910? T+58m? Stage 2 sep 
1979 Jan 16  114.72 1397 x 1487 x 74.02

Kosmos 1961

 1988-066A


Geizer No. 16L was launched in Aug 1988 as Kosmos-1961. It was stationed at 14W by Aug 25. In 1992 it was moved to 80E, where it operated until mid-1993.


Kosmos-1961 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Aug 1  2104:00  Launch by Proton  KB 
 2113  Stage 3 sep 88.25 184x192x51.6 
 2220? DM burn 1 
1988 Aug 2  0343? DM burn 2 
 0347? DM sep 
1988 Aug 4    1463.07 36213 x 36412 x 1.5 GEO 72.6E
1988 Aug 25    1435.96 35777 x 35780 x 1.4 GEO 13.9W 
1988 Oct 31    1436.10 35768 x 35805 x 1.2 GEO 13.9W 
1989 Sep 6    1436.15 35775 x 35799 x 0.5 GEO 14.0W 
1990 May 3   1436.11 35768 x 35804 x 0.2 GEO 13.6W 
1991 Jan 2    1436.09 35761 x 35811 x 0.8 GEO 13.6W 
1992 Feb 13    1436.08 35764 x 35808 x 1.8 GEO 13.7W 
1992 Mar 2    1436.09 35764 x 35808 x 1.8 GEO 13.6W 
1992 Mar 5   mv out  
1992 Apr 13   mv in  
1992 Apr 18    1435.76 35776 x 35783 x 1.9 GEO 80.3E 
1992 Jun 23    1436.17 35781 x 35794 x 2.1 GEO 79.8E 
1993 Apr 6   1436.14 35777 x 35797x 2.8 GEO 79.8E 

Monday, September 15, 1997

Kosmos 9

  1962-048


Zenit-2 11F61 No. 7 (Kosmos-9) flew from 1962 Sep 27 to Oct 1. It carried supplementary sodium iodide and cesium iodide radiation counters to study the radiation belts. 


Kosmos-9 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1962 Sep 27  0940  Launch by Vostok  KB LC1 
 0944  Blok-A sep 
 0949  Blok-E sep 
1962 Sep 27    90.9 301 x 358 x 65.0 (TASS) 
 2008   90.88 299 x 336 x 65.0 
1962 Sep 28    90.9 292 x 346 x 65.0 (RAE) 
1962 Sep 29  1907   90.90 297 x 339 x 65.0 
1962 Oct 1  0900? Deorbit 
 0905?PO sep 
 0923 Landed near Kustanai 

Monday, September 8, 1997

ESSA 5

  1967-036A


ESSA V was another global weather monitoring satellite with an AVCS camera system. Launched from Vandenberg on 1967 Apr 20, it entered a 1361 x 1423 km x 102.0 deg orbit and replaced ESSA III. It transmitted until 1970 Feb 20.


ESSA 5 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1967 Apr 20  1121:10  Launch by Delta E  V SLC2E 
  T+0:43 SRM out 
  T+1:10 SRM sep 
 1123:42  T+2:32 Thor S/N 20215 MECO 
  T+2:34 Thor sep 
 1123  T+2:34 Delta S/N 20214 burn 6:11 
  T+2:38 Fairing sep 
 1129:59 T+8:49 Delta SECO V=5.87 km/s 
 1139:33 T+18:23 X-258C4 RH141 burn 23s 
 1139:56 T+18:46 X-258 burnout  1361 x 1423 x 102.0  
 1141:18 T+20:08 X-258 sep 
1967 Apr 24   Cameras on 
1967 May 8   To ESSA,replaced ESSA 3 
1970 Feb 20   end of tx 

Saturday, September 6, 1997

Progress M-4

 1990-072A


Progress M 11F615A55 No. 204 (Progress M-4) was launched in Aug 1990. It docked with Mir on Aug 17 delivering 2689 kg of cargo. After undocking on Sep 18 it carried out the Fokus plasma gun experiment injecting plasma into the ionosphere. One debris object was cataloged prior to reentry, possibly related to Fokus. 


Progress M-4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1990 Aug 15  0400:38Launch by Soyuz-U  KB 
 0405  Blok-I burn 
 0409  Blok-I sep 
 0840 88.52 183 x 219 x 51.61 
 1200   89.70 249 x 269 x 51.60 
1990 Aug 16  0700   89.73 250 x 271 x 51.61 
1990 Aug 17  0230 89.71 249 x 270 x 51.61 
 0526:18Docked with Mir DP1 
1990 Aug 18  1000 92.03 367 x 380 x 51.61 
1990 Sep 17  1242:43  Undocked 
1990 Sep 18  0500 92.37 373 x 407 x 51.61 
 0620Fokus plasma source release 
1990 Sep 19  1730Object 72C tracked 
1990 Sep 20  1105Retrofire
 1142:49  Reentered over Pacific 

Kosmos 1008

 1978-049A


This was the third Tselina-OK satellite.


Kosmos-1008 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1978 May 17 1439  Launch by 11K65M  Plesetsk 
 1441  S3 burn 
 1447? T+8m? S3 MECO-1 
 1512? T+33m? S3 MES-2 
 1512? S3 sep 
1978 May 17   95.1 499x549x74.0 
1981 Jan 8   reentered 

Friday, September 5, 1997

Meteor-1 18

  1974-052A


Meteor 11F614M No. 24 was launched on 1974 Jul 9. It was a prototype of the new Meteor-Priroda series. The satellite was later given the designation Meteor-Priroda 11F651 No. 1. It was the second mission to carry a low thrust plasma engine. 


Meteor-Priroda No. 1 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Jul 9  1440 Launch by Vostok 8A92M  PL 
 1444? Blok E burn 
 1450? Blok E sep 
   102.6 865 x 893 x 81.2 
1975 Nov    103.1 890 x 918 x 81.2 
1976 Oct 28   end of ops 

Kosmos 305

  1969-092


Kosmos-305 (E-8-5 No. 404) suffered the same fate as Kosmos-300 in the following month's launch window. Various reports claimed that the Blok-D disintegrated or that the payload may have entered a high orbit, but the modern consensus seems to be that the second burn was cut short and occurred at the wrong orientation, with rapid reentry of the payload and Blok-D.


Kosmos-305 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1969 Oct 22  1409:59  Launch by Proton-K  KB LC81 
 1412?  Stage 2 burn 
 1415?Stage 3 burn 
 1419  Stage 3 sep  -800? x 210 x 51.5 
 1425?  Blok-D burn 1  
 1427?  Blok-D cutoff 1, parking orbit  182 x 210 x 51.5? 
 1436?  Stage 3 reentry 
 1520?  Blok-D burn 2  
 1520?  SOZ burn 
 1520? SOZ sep (92A/B) 
 1530?  Blok-D MECO?  70? x 187? x 51.5 
 1615  Reentry over Australia? 

Monday, September 1, 1997

IRS-1A

 1988-021A


IRS-1A took off from Baikonur aboard a Vostok 8A92M on a southbond trajectory to polar sun-synchronous orbit.


IRS-1A 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1988 Mar 17  0643:30  Launch by Vostok 8A92M  KB LC31  
 0645:30  Blok-BVGD sep (T+2:00) 
 0646:30  Fairing sep (T+3:00), 160 km 
 0648:40  Blok-A cutoff, Blok-E burn (T+5:10) 
 0654:30  Blok-E cutoff (T+11:00) 
 0654:40  Payload release (T+11:10) 
   102.82 870 x 914 x 99.0 
1988 Apr 7   Complete orbit maneuvers 
1991   Still operating 
1995 Mar 17   On standby status 

Payload:

  • Radiometers

  • LISS cameras - linear imaging self scanning CCD

  • LISS 1: 72m res, 148 km swath, 4000-9000A in 4 bands

  • LISS 2: 36m res, 74 km swath, 4000-9000A in 4 bands

Tuesday, August 26, 1997

Soyuz 15 (Danube)

 1974-067A


11F615A9 No. 63 (Soyuz-15) was launched on 1974 Aug 26, the second flight to Almaz OPS 2. The spacecraft made rendezvous with the space station the next day, but the docking was aborted. At 350 m range, the Igla system decided the range was actually 20 km and increased approach speed to 20 m/s - Soyuz rushed past the station, missing it by only 40 m. The automatic system repeated this close flyby twice more. Ground control shut down the system and the mission was returned early.


Soyuz-15 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1974 Aug 26  1958:05  Launch by Soyuz  KB 
 2000 Blok BVGD sep 
 2004  Blok A sep 
 2006  Blok I MECO 
 2006  Blok-I sep 
   195 x 221 x 51.6 
  Orbit raise  254 x 275 x 51.6 
1974 Aug 27  1900?  Rendezvous with Salyut-3 
  Flyby 1 at 40 m 
  Flyby 2 at circa 40 m 
  Flyby 3 at circa 40m 
  Failed to dock 
1974 Aug 28  1924  Retrofire  258 x 278x 51.6 
 1927?  DO CO   
 1940?  Modules sep 
 1946?  Entry  -103? x 258 x 51.6 
 2010:16  Landed 48 km SW of Tselinograd

Wednesday, August 20, 1997

Kosmos 2001

 1989-011A



Kosmos-2001 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1989 Feb 14  0421:11 Launch by 8K78M  Plesetsk 
  BVGD sep 
  GO sep 
  T+4:46 Blok A sep 
  T+4:56 KhO sep 
  T+8:46 Blok-I MECO 
 0430 T+8:50 Blok-I sep 
  T+1:00? BOZ burn 
 0521?  T+1:00? BOZ sep 
  2BL burn 
  2BL MECO 
 0524?  T+1:03 2BL sep  
1989 Feb 14   92.67 211x600x62.8 
1989 Feb 15  708.5 617x39279x62.8

STS-60 (Discovery)

 1994-006A


STS-60 was launched on 1994 Feb 3 at 1210 on a research mission to fly the Wake Shield Facility and carry out research in the Spacehab module on materials and bioprocessing. The original plan was to release the WSF into a 350 x 354 km orbit at 1400 on Feb 5, and rendezvous with it on Feb 7, retrieving it at 2010. However, problems with WSF attitude control aborted the deploy on two occasions, and it was used instead attached to the RMS arm.

The CAPL experiment showed that start-up of the capillary pumped loop thermal control system was much harder in orbit than on the ground, prompting a redesign of the system.

Six ODERACS calibration spheres and the German BREMSAT microsat were ejected from the GAS bridge during the mission.


STS-60 events 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1994 Jan 4   Tow to VAB 
1994 Jan 10   Rollout  LC39A 
1994 Feb 3  1210:00  Launch from LC39 
 1212:05  SRB sep 
 1218:33 MECO  88.74 66 x 357 x 57.0 (OMS dV) 
 1218:52  ET sep 
 1252:16  OMS-2 2:44 82m/s 
 1255:00  OMS 2 CO 91.60 347 x 358 x 57.0 
 1341  PLBD open 
1994 Feb 4  0000   91.59 347 x 358 x 57.0 
  RMS tests 
1994 Feb 5  0944  Supply water dump 

1113:57  RMS grapple WSF 
 1223:41  WSF unberth 
  WSF deploy cancelled 
 2058  RMS reberth WSF 
 2103  Ungrapple 
1994 Feb 6  1114  RMS grapple WSF 
 1153 RMS unberth WSF 
1994 Feb 7  1721  RMS reberth WSF  91.58 345 x 358 x 57.0 
 1724  Ungrapple 
 1724  Grapple 
 2051  Unberth 
1994 Feb 8  1159  Berth 
 1434  Unberth 
1994 Feb 9  0657   91.58 345 x 358 x 57.0 
 1218  Berth 
 1245  Ungrapple WSF 
 1453:24  ODERACS deploy sequence initiated 

1454:23  ODERACS-A (10cm) deploy 
 1454:25  ODERACS B (10cm) deploy 
 1454:28  ODERACS C (5 cm) deploy 
 1454:30  ODERACS D (5 cm) deploy 
 1454:35  ODERACS E (15cm) deploy 
 1454:37  ODERACS F (15cm) deploy 
 1923:19  BREMSAT deploy 
1994 Feb 10  0700   91.62 349 x 358 x 57.0 
1994 Feb 11  1409  PLBD closed  91.63 349 x 358 x 57.0 
 1814:50  OMS DO (3:54) 124m/s  
 1818:45  OMS DO CO  87.39 -67 x 358 x 57.0 
 1847:51  Entry interface 
 1919:22  Landed KSC RW15 
 1919:35  Chute 
 1919:43  NGTD 
 1919:57  Chute sep 
 1920:14  Wheels stop 
 2245Tow to OPF/3 

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