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1981 Apr 25 - - 02:01 GMT. Nation: USSR. Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC200/39. Launch Vehicle: Proton. LV Configuration: Proton-K 299-02.
  • Cosmos 1267 Program: Almaz. Payload: TKS s/n 16301. Mass: 19,000 kg (41,000 lb). Class: Manned. Type: Spacecraft. Spacecraft: TKS . Agency: MOM. Perigee: 192 km (119 mi). Apogee: 259 km (160 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.90 min. COSPAR: 1981-039A. Duration: 459.91 days.

    TKS space station ferry. Flown unmanned to the Salyut 6 space station after the Almaz military station program was cancelled. Capsule recovered 24 May 1981. Docked with Salyut 6 on June 19 at 10:52 AM MT after 57 days autonomous flight. Deorbited and destroyed with Salyut July 29, 1982.

    Maneuver Summary:
    192 km X 258 km orbit to 191 km X 269 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
    188 km X 261 km orbit to 254 km X 273 km orbit. Delta V: 22 m/s
    248 km X 271 km orbit to 251 km X 270 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    248 km X 269 km orbit to 254 km X 268 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    250 km X 266 km orbit to 257 km X 278 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    257 km X 278 km orbit to 259 km X 274 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    251 km X 266 km orbit to 252 km X 294 km orbit. Delta V: 8 m/s
    252 km X 294 km orbit to 267 km X 278 km orbit. Delta V: 8 m/s
    259 km X 269 km orbit to 264 km X 286 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    Capsule jettisoned 24 May 1981. Maneuvers without capsule:
    254 km X 274 km orbit to 306 km X 317 km orbit. Delta V: 27 m/s
    299 km X 311 km orbit to 304 km X 315 km orbit. Delta V: 2 m/s
    298 km X 309 km orbit to 340 km X 348 km orbit. Delta V: 23 m/s
    340 km X 348 km orbit to 340 km X 359 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
    341 km X 358 km orbit to 342 km X 361 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    Docked with Salyut 6 19 June 1981. Maneuvers with Salyut 6:
    332 km X 359 km orbit to 336 km X 368 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
    335 km X 368 km orbit to 338 km X 388 km orbit. Delta V: 5 m/s
    334 km X 380 km orbit to 346 km X 381 km orbit. Delta V: 3 m/s
    346 km X 381 km orbit to 376 km X 404 km orbit. Delta V: 14 m/s
    356 km X 376 km orbit to 355 km X 398 km orbit. Delta V: 6 m/s
    355 km X 397 km orbit to 393 km X 413 km orbit. Delta V: 14 m/s
    393 km X 413 km orbit to 396 km X 411 km orbit. Delta V: 1 m/s
    222 km X 321 km orbit to 90 km X 222 km orbit. Delta V: 67 m/s
    Total Delta V: 164/231 m/s

    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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