Jonathan's Space Report Jun 20 1991 (no.77) ---------------------------------------------------- Kosmos-2150 was launched on Jun 11 by Kosmos R-14 from Plesetsk. It is a military communications satellite in low orbit. The long duration spy satellite Kosmos-2113 reentered on Jun 11 after 172 days in orbit. This is a bit surprising as recent members of its class had showed lives about 8 months long, so I was expecting it to stay in orbit until August. Anatoliy Artsebarksiy and Sergey Krikalyov continue in orbit aboard the Mir/Kvant/Kvant-2/Kristall/Soyuz TM-12/Progress M-8 complex. ___________________________________ |Current STS status: | |Orbiters | | | |OV-102 Columbia Kelly AFB,TX | |OV-103 Discovery OPF Bay 1 | |OV-104 Atlantis VAB Bay 1 | |OV-105 Endeavour VAB Bay 2 | | | |ML/ET/SRB stacks | | | |ML1/STS-43/ET/OV-104 VAB Bay 1 | |ML2 | |ML3 VAB Bay 3 | ----------------------------------- New objects in orbit 1991 May May 1 1975-52D to DM? Delta 111 debris, 105 objects 1100x1400x99.8 Delta 111 explosion, orbit is typical May 1 1991-31B IBSS-SPAS 2 satellite 245x256x57.0 Retrieved May 2 by OV-103 Discovery May 2 1991-31D USAF CRO-C satellite 243x261x57.0 Reentered May 14 May 2 1991-31E USAF CRO-B satellite 241x262x57.0 Reentered May 12 May 3 1991-31F USAF CRO-A satelllite 250x269x57.0 Reentered May 13 May 6 1991-31C USA-70 satellite 252x267x57.0 Classified May 12? 1990-104K to R 7 PVO radar targets 500x525x82.5 Deployed from Kosmos-2106 May 14 1991-032A NOAA 12 satellite 812x829x98.7 NOAA weather satellite May 14 1991-032B,C NOAA 12 sensor covers? 816x824x98.7 May 16 1991-033G Tsiklon 3 rocket 1415x1473x82.6 May 16 1991-033A Kosmos-2143 satellite 1400x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 16 1991-033B Kosmos-2144 satellite 1412x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 16 1991-033C Kosmos-2145 satellite 1406x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 16 1991-033D Kosmos-2146 satellite 1394x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 16 1991-033E Kosmos-2147 satellite 1390x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 16 1991-033F Kosmos-2148 satellite 1383x1416x82.6 VMF Gonets class comsat May 17 1990-104S to W 5 PVO radar targets 500x525x82.5 Deployed from Kosmos-2106 May 18 1991-034B Blok-I rocket 191x208x51.6 Reentered May 19 May 18 1991-034A Soyuz TM-12 spaceship 191x208x51.6 Docked with Mir complex May 19 May 21 1991-035B Blok-I rocket 181x243x82.3 Reentered May 23 May 21 1991-035A Resurs-F satellite 229x233x82.3 GUGK remote sensing sat May 24 1991-036B Blok-I rocket 164x342x67.1 Reentered May 27 May 24 1991-036A Kosmos-2149 satellite 163x353x67.1 GRU imaging recon sat May 24 1991-037B Delta 205 rocket 400x2353x25.0 May 24 1991-037C PAM-D rocket Geo transfer May 24 1991-037A GE3000 Aurora 2 satellite Geostationary GE Alascom comsat May 26 1990-107 Soyuz TM-11 PAO 0x360x51.6 Reentered May 26 May 26 1990-107 Soyuz TM-11 BO 0x360x51.6 Reentered May 26 May 30 1991-038B Blok-I rocket 185x218x51.6 May 30 1991-038A Progress M-8 cargo ferry 185x218x51.6 Docked with Mir complex 10 years ago: 19 Jun 1981. The third Ariane launch places the Meteosat 2 weather satellite and the experimental Indian APPLE comsat in orbit. 20 years ago: 27 Jun 1971. The third attempt to launch the Soviet N-1 lunar rocket ends in failure. Copyright 1991 Jonathan McDowell. Information in this report is obtained from public sources and does not reflect the official views of NASA. .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (205)544-7724 | | Space Science Lab ES65 | uucp: | | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | bitnet : | | Huntsville AL 35812 | inter : mcdowell@xanth.msfc.nasa.gov | | USA | span : ssl::mcdowell | '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'