Titan IVA/K-18 launch
Agapov Vladimir (avm@kiam1.rssi.ru)
Mon, 6 Oct 1997 07:20:14 +0400
Hello,
Here is unclussified information on Titan IV launch extracted
from ILAM (INITIAL LAUNCH ALERT MESSAGE).
Best regards,
Vladimir Agapov.
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LAUNCH INFORMATION
(U) NAME: TITAN IVA/NUS, A-18/K-18/NUS
(U) LAUNCH AGENCY: 4 SPACE LAUNCH SQUADRON
(U) LAUNCH SITE: WESTERN RANGE
(U) LAUNCH AZIMUTH: 153.0000 DEG
(U) LAUNCH WINDOW: 10 OCT 97 0500Z TO 10 OCT 97 0900Z
(U) LAUNCH VEHICLE: TITAN IVA
(U) NOMINAL ORBITS
PARKING ORBIT
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 283/05:08:58.000
PERIOD (MIN): 95.730
INCLINATION (DEG): 56.999
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.018460
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 6931.9925
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 160.923
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 179.581
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 353.359
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:08:58.000
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 002:30:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 428.1240
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 21.59N
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 248.68E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 144.192
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 283/05:08:58.000
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS
(U) LIFTOFF TO INJECTION:
EVENT HH:MM:SS
LIFTOFF 00:00:00
STAGE 1 IGNITION 00:01:57
STAGE 1 SHUTDOWN 00:05:02
STAGE 2 IGNITION 00:05:02
JETTISON STAGE 1 00;05;03
STAGE 2 SHUTDOWN 00:08:38
PARK ORBIT INJECTION 00:08:58
GENERAL INFORMATION
(U) OBJECTS TO ACHIEVE ORBIT:
TWO - PAYLOAD AND 2ND STAGE ROCKETBODY.
THE PAYLOAD PARAMETERS ARE CLASSIFIED.
THE STAGE 2/PAYLOAD COMBINATION IS APPROXIMATELY 115.6 FEET BY 16.7 FEET.
IT IS THREE AXIS STABILIZED.
THERE WILL BE A STAGE 2 RETROGRADE BURN TO SEPARATE THE PIECES
(U) LAUNCH VEHICLE DESCRIPTION:
THE TITAN IVA/NUS (NO UPPER STAGE) UTILIZES TWO STRAP-ON SOLID ROCKET
MOTORS AND THE TWO STAGE TITAN IVA CORE VEHICLE.
(U) MISSION NARRATIVE:
CLASSIFIED
(U) COMMUNICATIONS FREQUENCIES
THE TITAN CORE VEHICLE TRANSMITS TWO DATA STREAMS;
(1) PCM 384 KBPS REMOTE MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (RMIS)
DATA ON 2287.5 MHZ
(2) ANALOG WIDEBAND INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM (WIS) DATA ON 2255.5 MHZ
NOTE: THE ANALOG AND DIGITAL DATA STREAMS ARE EACH RELAYED THROUGH
TWO SEPARATE ANTENNAS; ONLY ONE WIS, AND ONE RMIS ANTENNA IS
TRANSMITTING AT ONE TIME.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS A C-BAND RADAR BEACON, RADIATING THROUGH TWO 6
SEPARATE ANTENNA; THE BEACON CAN BE INTERROGATED THROUGH EITHER
ANTENNA AT ANY TIME TUNED TO 5765 MHZ.