>Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:39:22 -0500 >From: dk058@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Walter Nissen) >Subject: Zenits and payloads >I know (thanks to Allen Thomson, and see also his analyses of the very >peculiar orbital evolution of the 71 degree objects) that one of the >Zenits, perhaps it was C* 1714, suffered a sad fate; but except for that, >does this table contain all the Zenits? I think I recently read of a >short-lived Zenit, perhaps in Jonathan's Space Report or on SeeSat-L. This is my list of Zenit 2 launches: Table of Zenit 2 launches ------------------------- 1985 Suborbital 13. 4.85 Test 1985-053A Unannounced 21. 6.85 195 x 340 64.4 Test, dec 28. 6.85 1985-097A Cosmos 1697 22.10.85 849 x 854 71.0 Elint 1985-121A Cosmos 1714 28.12.85 443 x 853 71.0 upper stage restart failure, dec 27. 2.86 1986-056A Cosmos 1767 30. 7.86 197 x 205 64.9 Test, dec 16. 8.86 1986-080A Cosmos 1786 22.10.86 190 x2565 64.9 Test, dec 6. 3.88 1987-016A Cosmos 1820 14. 2.87 179 x 250 64.8 Test, dec 6. 3.87 1987-027A Cosmos 1833 18. 3.87 846 x 852 71.0 Elint 1987-041A Cosmos 1844 13. 5.87 843 x 855 71.0 Elint 1987-065A Cosmos 1871 1. 8.87 177 x 199 97.0 Test, dec 10. 8.87 1987-071A Cosmos 1873 28. 8.87 178 x 248 64.8 Test, dec 14. 9.87 1988-039A Cosmos 1943 15. 5.88 843 x 852 71.0 Elint 1988-102A Cosmos 1980 23.11.88 845 x 853 71.0 Elint 1990-046A Cosmos 2082 22. 5.90 849 x 855 71.0 Elint 1990 4.10.90 exploded seconds after launch 1991 30. 8.91 exploded seconds after launch 1992 5. 2.92 failed soon after launch 1992-076A Cosmos 2219 17.11.92 846 x 847 71.0 Elint 1992-093A Cosmos 2227 25.12.92 847 x 852 71.0 Elint second stage (93B) disintegrated on 26.12.92 1993-016A Cosmos 2237 26. 3.93 843 x 855 71.0 Elint second stage (16B) disintegrated on 27. 3.93 1993-059A Cosmos 2263 16. 9.93 847 x 852 71.0 Elint 1994-023A Cosmos 2278 23. 4.94 847 x 853 71.0 Elint 1994-053A Cosmos 2290 26. 8.94 210 x 290 64.8 Recon second stage (53B) decayed on 13. 9.1994 1994-074A Resurs 1-3 4.11.94 658 x 661 98.0 Rem.sensing 1994-077A Cosmos 2297 24.11.94 847 x 852 71.0 Elint 1995-058A Cosmos 2322 31.10.95 847 x 850 71.0 Elint Rainer Kracht 0412188960-0001@t-online.de