January 1980:satellite digest

Westar 3

1979 Aug 10.014

Cylinder: 1.56 long,1.91 dia

Geostationarv orbit

ETR

1979-72A

indefinite

Delta

Western Union/NASA (1)

Cosmos 1120

1979 Aug 11.39

Cylinder + sphere : 6 long, 2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1979-73A

13 days (R)

1979 Aug 24

169

361

70.56

89.85

A-2

USSR/USSR (2)

Cosmos 1121

1979 Aug 14.65

Cylinder + sphere: 6 long, 2.4 dia

170

346

67.16

89.70

Plesetsk

1979-74A

30 days (R)

1979 Sep 13

A-2

USSR/USSR (3)

Cosmos 1122

1979 Aug 17.32

Sphere-cylinder: 5 long, 2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1979-75A

13 days (R)

1979 Aug 30

212

238

81.34

89.06

A-2

USSR/USSR (4)

Cosmos 1123

1979 Aug 21.47

Cylinder + sphere:6 long, 2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1979-76A

13 days (R)

1979 Sep 4

210

232

81.36

88.99

A-2

USSR/USSR

Cosmos 1124

1979 Aug 28.00

Cylinder-cone + panels + antennae: 3.4 long, 1.5 dia

566

40259

62.99

875.33

Plesetsk

1979-77A

12 years?

A-2-e

USSR/USSR (5)

Cosmos 1125

1979 Aug 28.04

Cylinder: 3 long, 1 dia

Plesetsk

1979-78A

120 years?

782

811

74.05

100.84

C-1

USSR/USSR

Cosmos 1126

1979 Aug 31.47

Cylinder + sphere:6 long,2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1979-79A

14 days (R)

1979 Sep 15

378

394

72.86

92.31

A-2

USSR/USSR

Cosmos 1127

1979 Sep 5.43

Cylinder + sphere

6 long,2.4 dia

Plesetsk

1979-80A

13 days (R)

1979 Sep 18

213

254

89.41

89.78

A-2

USSR/USSR (6)

Supplementary notes:

(1) Domestic US communications satellite, located above longitude 91° west. The satellite is owned by the Western Union Telegraph Company and was built by the Hughes Aircraft Company.

(2) Manoeuvrable, recoverable satellite.

(3) Orbital date are at 1979 Aug 15.5 and Sep 12.8.

(4) Cosmos 1122 carried an Earth Resources package.

(5) Probably a military early warning satellite. Orbital data are at 1979 Aug 28.6 and Sep 4.1.

(6) Orbital data are at 1979 Sep 5.6, Sep 12.7 and Sep 13.0.