[FPSPACE] Zond launch times - I need help!

[agzak at optonline.net]

Dear Sven:

To confuse things further, the history of the 19th OIICh, (the military unit, which processed Proton in 
Baikonur), lists the launch as April 23, 02:01, however the top of the list says that the format is Moscow 
Decree Time.

Anatoly Zak
RussianSpaceWeb.com



----- Original Message -----
From: Sven Grahn <svengrahn at telia.com>
Date: Thursday, December 29, 2005 5:14 am
Subject: [FPSPACE] Zond launch times - I need help!

> Dear Friends,
> 
> A few months ago I received the following e-mail from a reader of 
> my web site:
> 
> " ...Dear Mr. Sven Grahn!
> I have a question concerning the Proton/Zond 7K - L1 launch failure 
> on 22 
> April 1968. In  your and Richard S. Flagg's Internet article 
> "Mission 
> profiles of 7K- L1 flights" the exact launch time is given as 
> 2301:57 UT. 
> In A.A.Siddiqi's book The Soviet Race With Apollo (2003) on page 
> 619 the 
> launch time is given as 2301hours,7 seconds Moscow Time, "just 
> after 
> midnight local time" (top of that page) "precisely on schedule" 
> (center of 
> that page). Siddiqi refers to a Kamanin publication. Can you say 
> which time 
> (UT or Moscow Time) is correct?
> 
> Best greetings
> Ulrich Brocks ...."
> 
> The launch time that Dick Flagg and I used in the web article was 
> given to 
> me by a very reliable source, i.e. Vladimir Agapov! On the other 
> hand Asif 
> seldom makes a mistake! However, Kamanin's diaries are not all that 
> reliable as to times and tech details. The time zone difference 
> between 
> Moscow and Baikonur is +2 hours on my map (I could be wrong - there 
> may be 
> a exception to the geographical time zone). If  my zone difference 
> is 
> correct then Kamanin has it wrong (23 + 2 h = 0100 local time, 
> which is not 
> "just after midnight local time"). In Mark Wade's EA he gives the 
> launch 
> time as 0200 local time, which seems to be wrong also when 
> comparing to 
> Asif's 2301 MT launch time. Russian sources (Chertok) says the 
> launch was 
> planned for 23 April. That does not agree with a 2301 MT launch on 
> the 
> 22nd. Russian sources (in this case Cherttok, usually uses MT).
> 
> So, I am totally confused. Can anyone help?
> 
> Best wishes
> 
> Sven 
> 
> 
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