Re: Radioactive Debris
Rainer Kracht (R.Kracht@t-online.de)
Wed, 24 Jan 96 18:29 +0100
This is my list of radioactive payloads/debris.
(Satellites in orbit from SSR 1995 November)
First generation RORSAT's:
3081 67-127A COSMOS 198 CIS 103.4 65.1 945 892 1.1
3158 68-023A COSMOS 209 CIS 103.1 65.3 923 885 4.2
4564 70-079A COSMOS 367 CIS 104.5 65.3 1011 930 6.1
5105 71-025A COSMOS 402 CIS 104.9 65.0 1033 946 4.1
5721 71-117A COSMOS 469 CIS 104.7 64.5 1025 933 4.5
6154 72-066A COSMOS 516 CIS 104.6 64.8 1013 933 9.8
7005 73-108A COSMOS 626 CIS 104.0 65.4 977 916 3.3
7291 74-029A COSMOS 651 CIS 103.4 65.0 943 897 1.9
7297 74-032A COSMOS 654 CIS 104.4 65.0 1024 910 8.5
7718 75-024A COSMOS 723 CIS 103.7 64.7 970 893 7.8
7727 75-025A COSMOS 724 CIS 103.0 65.6 948 851 9.7
8473 75-116A COSMOS 785 CIS 104.2 65.1 1020 894 5.7
9486 76-103A COSMOS 860 CIS 104.3 64.7 1017 904 9.3
9494 76-104A COSMOS 861 CIS 104.3 64.9 1008 911 7.2
10358 77-088A COSMOS 952 CIS 104.1 64.9 995 910 3.8
10361 77-090A COSMOS 954 CIS DEC 1978 JAN 01
Second generation RORSAT's:
11788 80-034A COSMOS 1176 CIS 103.4 64.8 947 892 5.1
11971 80-034D COSMOS 1176 FUEL COR CIS 103.1 64.8 935 875 .15
12319 81-021A COSMOS 1249 CIS 103.9 65.0 990 894 4.2
12409 81-037A COSMOS 1266 CIS 103.6 64.8 961 895 2.0
12435 81-037D COSMOS 1266 FUEL COR CIS 103.4 64.8 938 899 .19
12551 81-021C COSMOS 1249 FUEL COR CIS 103.6 65.0 971 884 .15
12783 81-081A COSMOS 1299 CIS 104.0 65.1 976 915 2.6
12808 81-081D COSMOS 1299 FUEL COR CIS 103.7 65.1 950 919 .26
13175 82-043A COSMOS 1365 CIS 103.7 65.1 979 884 3.9
13243 82-052A COSMOS 1372 CIS 103.9 64.9 970 919 1.8
13416 82-052D COSMOS 1372 FUEL COR CIS 103.6 64.9 938 921 .22
13441 82-084A COSMOS 1402 CIS DEC 1983 JAN 23
13594 82-043D COSMOS 1365 FUEL COR CIS 103.4 65.1 966 871 .22
13600 82-099A COSMOS 1412 CIS 103.9 64.8 974 913 3.4
13653 82-099E COSMOS 1412 FUEL COR CIS 103.6 64.8 949 909 .17
13748 82-084C COSMOS 1402 FUEL COR CIS DEC 1983 FEB 07
Third generation RORSAT's:
15085 84-069A COSMOS 1579 CIS 103.9 65.1 990 898 12.1
15330 84-069D COSMOS 1579 FUEL COR CIS 103.6 65.1 963 896 .23
15378 84-112A COSMOS 1607 CIS 104.1 65.0 975 930 3.2
15503 84-112C COSMOS 1607 FUEL COR CIS 103.8 65.0 948 928 .20
15930 85-064A COSMOS 1670 CIS 104.1 64.9 1001 903 3.8
15986 85-075A COSMOS 1677 CIS 103.9 64.7 975 909 4.0
16647 86-024A COSMOS 1736 CIS 104.4 65.0 1010 924 4.4
16809 86-024E COSMOS 1736 FUEL COR CIS 104.2 65.0 993 924 .24
16917 86-062A COSMOS 1771 CIS 104.2 65.0 998 914 3.1
17035 86-062C COSMOS 1771 FUEL COR CIS 103.9 65.0 974 910 .26
18122 87-052A COSMOS 1860 CIS 104.0 65.0 993 902 3.9
18241 87-052D COSMOS 1860 FUEL COR CIS 103.7 65.0 970 896 .25
18665 87-101A COSMOS 1900 CIS 99.2 66.1 744 697 5.0
18957 88-019A COSMOS 1932 CIS 104.4 65.0 993 938 4.8
19162 88-019D COSMOS 1932 FUEL COR CIS 104.1 65.0 966 936 .21
Fuel cores from Cosmos 1670/1677/1900 are missing in SSR9511.
Topaz test flights:
17369 87-011A COSMOS 1818 CIS 100.7 65.0 799 782 6.5
18187 87-060A COSMOS 1867 CIS 100.7 65.0 800 783 6.9
US-SNAP (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power):
116 61-015A TRANSIT 4A US 103.6 66.8 984 872 2.4
202 61-031A TRANSIT 4B US 105.7 32.4 1101 950 5.5
1314 65-027A OPS 4682 (SNAPSHOT) US 111.5 90.2 1317 1273 10.2
3890 69-037A NIMBUS 3 US 107.3 100.1 1131 1072 5.1
65-27A carried a nuclear reactor, 61-15A/61-31A/69-037A carried RTG's.
Spaceflight Vol. 32, p. 314 (September 1990) has:
"In total, RTGs have been used on 23 US missions. The Apollo moon missions
experiments, the Viking Mars Landers, Pioneer and Voyager missions have
all used RTGs. RTGs are currently providing electricity for Pioneer 10
and 11, Voyager 1 and 2, and the Galileo probe launched last year."
Apollo to Galileo (12 missions):
69-099 APOLLO 12 US MOON
71-008 APOLLO 14 US MOON
71-063 APOLLO 15 US MOON
5860 72-012A PIONEER 10 US ESCAPED SOLAR SYSTEM
72-031 APOLLO 16 US MOON
72-096 APOLLO 17 US MOON
6421 73-019A PIONEER 11 US ESCAPED SOLAR SYSTEM
75-075 VIKING 1 LANDER US MARS
75-083 VIKING 2 LANDER US MARS
10271 77-076A VOYAGER 2 US ESCAPED SOLAR SYSTEM
10321 77-084A VOYAGER 1 US ESCAPED SOLAR SYSTEM
20298 89-084B GALILEO US HELIOCENTRIC ORBIT (SUN)
Additionally there are three failed missions:
1964 Apr 21 Transit 5BN
1968 May 18 Nimbus B1
1970 Apr 11 Apollo 13 (dec 1970 Apr 17).
Five (or eight?) US-missions with RTG's are missing in my list.
My best guess for these missions are the remaining Transit 5B's:
US-SNAP?
670 63-038B TRANSIT 5B-1 US 107.2 90.0 1127 1067 1.4
704 63-049B TRANSIT 5B-2 US 107.0 90.1 1112 1061 2.4
965 64-083D OPS 6582 (TRANSIT 5B US 106.2 89.7 1082 1019 1.0
1420 65-048A TRANSIT 5B-6 (OPS 84 US 106.7 90.1 1128 1017 2.0
1514 65-065F TRANSIT 5B-7 (OPS 84 US 108.0 90.0 1184 1081 1.3
Rainer Kracht 1996 Jan 24
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