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1983 Mar 2 - - 09:37 GMT. Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200/39. Launch Vehicle: Proton. LV Configuration: Proton-K 309-02.
  • Cosmos 1443 Program: Almaz. Payload: TKS-M s/n 16401L. Mass: 20,000 kg (44,000 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: TKS . Agency: MOM. Perigee: 194 km (120 mi). Apogee: 261 km (162 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 89.00 min. COSPAR: 1983-013A. Duration: 200.62 days.

    TKS manned ferry spacecraft from the cancelled Almaz OPS-4 mission. Flown unmanned to the Salyut 7 space station. Docked with Salyut 7 on 4 March 1983. Separated from Salyut 7 on 14 August. The VA re-entry capsule separated and the space station deorbited itself on September 19, 1983 at 0:28 GMT. The VA capsule continued in space for four more days, demonstrating autonomous flight, before successfully re-entering on 23 August 1983. Returned 350 kg of material from the station.

    Maneuver Summary:
    195 km X 242 km orbit to 196 km X 262 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    191 km X 253 km orbit to 191 km X 253 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    191 km X 259 km orbit to 193 km X 396 km orbit. Delta V: 39 m/s
    193 km X 396 km orbit to 259 km X 349 km orbit. Delta V: 32 m/s
    259 km X 349 km orbit to 280 km X 314 km orbit. Delta V: 16 m/s
    278 km X 313 km orbit to 260 km X 313 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    260 km X 313 km orbit to 325 km X 327 km orbit. Delta V: 22 m/s
    Maneuvers docked with Salyut 7:
    318 km X 320 km orbit to 296 km X 319 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
    294 km X 316 km orbit to 293 km X 305 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
    282 km X 295 km orbit to 291 km X 333 km orbit. Delta V: 12 m/s
    290 km X 333 km orbit to 329 km X 341 km orbit. Delta V: 13 m/s
    315 km X 328 km orbit to 326 km X 337 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    Maneuvers after undocking with Salyut 7:
    313 km X 326 km orbit to 326 km X 348 km orbit. Delta V: 9 m/s
    322 km X 338 km orbit to 288 km X 337 km orbit. Delta V: 9 m/s
    287 km X 336 km orbit to 90 km X 287 km orbit. Delta V: 72 m/s
    Total Delta V: 177/249 m/s
    Officially: Testing of onboard systems, appliances and construction units of the satellite in various flight regimes, including joint flight with the Salyut-7 station.

    Bibliography:

    • McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
    • JPL Mission and Spacecraft Library, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1997. Web Address when accessed: http://msl.jpl.nasa.gov/home.html.
    • Kaesmann, Ferdinand, et. al., Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, "Proton - Development of A Russian Launch Vehicle", 1998, Volume 51, page 3.
    • Vladimirov, A, Novosti kosmonavtiki, "Tablitsa zapuskov RN 'Proton' i 'Proton K'", 1998, Issue 10, page 25.
    • Przybilski, Olaf, Almaz-Proton: Das supergeheime Aufklaerungssystem der UdSSR, Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Raumfahrtausstellung eV, TU Dresden, 2. Auflage, 1999..
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