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For decayed satellites the data concerning the orbit parameters are those immediately after launch­ ing. For the others, still in orbit, the orbit parameters are those reported on 31 December 1969 by GSFC. Fragments or stages of rockets left over from launching operations and placed in orbit with the various space­ craft have not been included. TELECOMMUNICATION JOURNAL - VOL. 37 - IV/1970 Frequencies Code name International Perigee Period C o u n try Date Transmitter Observations Description num ber Apogee Inclination po w e r Venera-5 1969-1-A USSR 5 Jan. heliocentric o rb it 922.763 MHz Interplanetary station. Carried a 1130 kg; scientific capsule which separated he ig ht: from the spacecraft and landed on approx. 3 m ; 16 May 1969 on the dark side of d iam eter: Venus. During descent it trans­ approx. 1 m ; mitted information about the tw o main chemical composition, pressure, sections: density and temperature of the a cylindrical planet’s atmosphere. Two solar command panels module and a nearly spherical scie n tific capsule (404.5 kg) Venera-6 1969-2-A USSR 10 Jan. heliocentric o rb it 922.763 MHz Interplanetary station. Carried a similar to scientific capsule which separated Venera-5 from the spacecraft and landed on 17 May 1969 on the dark side of Venus. During descent it trans­ mitted information about the chemical composition, pressure, density and temperature of the planet’s atmosphere. Two solar panels Cosmos-263 1969-3-A USSR 12 Jan. 205 km 89.8 min 19.995 M Hz Carried scientific apparatus, radio 346 km 65.4° system for precise measurements of orbital elements and radio tele­ metry system. Decayed on 20 Ja­ nuary 1969 Soyuz-4 1969-4-A USSR 14 Jan. 213 km 88.8 min 20.008 MHz Spaceship piloted by cosmonaut 227 km 51.7° Vladimir Shatalov. Rendezvoused A p p ro x . 6400 kg; w ith S o yu z-5 on 16 January. Landed 17 January 1969. Two solar panels three-part space­ s h ip : tw o spherical habitable modules (orbital compartment and command m odule) connected in tandem to cylin­ drical service m odule Soyuz-5 1969-5-A USSR 15 Jan. 196 km 88.6 min 15.008 M Hz Spaceship crewed by three cosmo­ similar to 212 km 51.7° nauts: B. Volynov, A. Yeliseyev, Soyuz-4 Y. Khrunov. S o yu z-4 and 5 were b ro u g h t to g e th e r on 16 January and Khrunov and Yeliseyev transferred to S o yu z-4 . Landed 18 January 1969. Two solar panels OSO-V 1969-6-A U nited 22 Jan. 528 km 95.4 min Tracking beacon: Orbiting Solar Observatory; mea­ 291 kg; States 550 km 32.9° 136.29 MHz sures the frequency and energy of he ig h t: 95 c m ; 500 m W solar emissions. 2016 solar cells base s e c tio n : nine-sided spinning wheel; d ia m e te r: 112 cm, joined to fan-shaped sail section N o name 1969-7-A U nited 22 Jan. 148 km 96.9 min Decayed on 3 February 1969 States 1082 km 106.1° 1 Frequencies C o d e nam e International P erigee P e riod C o u n try D ate Transmitter Observations Description n u m b e r A p o g e e Inclination p o w e r C osm os-264 1969-8-A USSR 23 Jan. 219 km 89.7 m in 19.150 M H z Carried scientific apparatus, radio 330 km 70.0° system for precise measurements of orbital elements and radio tele­ metry system. Decayed on 5 Feb­ ru a ry 1969 ISIS-A 1969-9-A Canada 30 Jan. 580 km 128.3 m in D a ta : International Satellite for Iono­ 3521 km 88.4° 401.75 MHz spheric Studies (ISIS); 11 136 solar 239 kg ; 136.08 MHz cells spheroid shape; 4 W d ia m e te r: 136.59 MHz 127 c m ; 2 W height: 107 cm ; Radio beacon: two extendable 137.95 MHz ante nn a e 73 m 136.41 MHz and 19 m long 60 m W N o nam e 1969-10 -A U n ite d 5 Feb. 146 km 88.7 m in Decayed on 24 February 1969 States 282 km 81.5° N o nam e 1969-10-B U n ite d 5 Feb. 1398 km 114.1 m in States 1437 km 80.3° In te ls a t-Ill F-3 1969-11-A U n ite d 6 Feb. 35 767 km 1435.9 min Reception: INTELSAT commercial telecommu­ States 35 798 km 0.8° 6042.5; nication satellite: 1200 two-way 287 kg cylinder; 6307.5 M H z voice channels or four television height: 104 cm; T ransmission: channels; in geostationary orbit d ia m e te r: 3817.5; above Atlantic Ocean at 6° W longi­ 142 cm 4082.5 MHz tude. Solar cells 12 W Telemetry and tr a c k in g : 3967 M H z ; 0.45 W C osm os-265 1969-12 -A USSR 7 Feb. 283 km 91.9 m in Carried scientific apparatus, radio­ 485 km 71.0° system for precise measurements of orbital elements and radiotele­ metry system. Decayed on 1 May 1969 Tacsat-I 1969-13 -A U n ite d 9 Feb. 35 772 km 1436.2 min 225 to 400 MHz Governmental telecommunications States 35 804 km 0.3° band and 7 to satellite (TACtical communications 726 kg cylinder; 8 G H z band SATellite). Capacity comparable to height: 7.62 m ; 10 000 two-way telephone channels; d ia m e te r: upper despun portion contains a 2.75 m ; biconical horn for telemetry and despun upper command, tw o microwave horns and portion con­ five helical antennas for experi­ taining large­ mental reception by mobile light­ sized antenna weight surface and airborne term i­ arrays and nals having antennas as small as spinning right; 30 cm in diameter; cylindrical lower circular cylin­ portion covered by 60 000 solar drical lower cells portion covered w ith solar cells M a rin e r-V I 1969-14 -A U n ite d 25 Feb. heliocentric a r b it Tracking signal Studies surface and atmosphere of States and data trans­ 413 k g ; Mars. Carried two television came­ span: 579 cm mitted continu­ ras, infrared and ultraviolet spectro­ o u s ly on w ith solar meters. Four solar panels. On panels extended; 2296.851852 31 July 1969 crossed the orbit of height: 46 cm : M H z, 10 W Mars within 3400 km, took 75 335 cm to top photos of the planet o f ante nn a C osm os-266 1969-15 -A USSR 25 Feb. 208 km 89.9 m in 19.995 M H z Carried scientific apparatus, radio­ 358 km 72.9° system for precise measurements of orbital elements and radiotele­ metry system. Decayed on 5 March 1969 2 Frequencies C o d e nam e International Perigee P e rio d C o u n tr y D ate Transmitter Observations Description n u m b e r A p o g e e Inclination p o w e r ESSA-9 1969-16 -A U n ite d 26 Feb. 1423 km 115.2 m in Data transm it­ Meteorological satellite. Has two States 1506 km 101.8° ted on command 155 k g ; AVCS cameras and circuits for on 1697.5 MHz, magnetic tape recording and tele­ nearly cylindrical 4 W vision transmission. Gathers infor­ satellite; Tracking beacon: mation on the earth’s heat balance. height: 57 cm ; 136.77 MHz Solar cells d ia m e te r: 250 m W 107 cm C osm os-267 1969-17 -A USSR 26 Feb. 210 km 89.9 m in 19.995 M H z Carried scientific apparatus, radio­ 346 km 65.0° system for precise measurements of orbital elements and radiotele­ metry system.