[FPSPACE] Cosmos 382 mystery update

[Phillip Clark]

Hi Peter

This is from a posting that I did to the SEESAT mailing list on August 2nd, 1997:

This mission has been described in Russian literature now - for example 
the Kamanin Diaries.

This mission and a similar launch failure in November 1969 were 
designated L-1E and were primarily tests of the Block D fourth stage atop 
Proton-K.   These two launches took the L-1 spacecraft which had been 
intended for manned circumlunar missions, stripped out the life 
support systems and installed a great deal of monitoring equipment.   The 
primary goal was to test the Block D's manoeuvres for lunar orbit 
injection and the descent to the lunar surface while in Earth orbit, to 
prove that the Block D could still perform following a simulated quiet 
period during the trans-lunar coast.   It is unclear whether the L-1 
spacecraft separated and performed the final manoeuvre itself - I believe 
that it did - leaving the Block D to perform the initial Earth orbit 
injection and then two manoeuvres before the L-1 spacecraft separated.

Cosmos 382 appears to have been successful, obviously the November 1969 
launch "was not". :-)

Phil



  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Peter Pesavento 
  To: 'Phillip Clark' 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:09 PM
  Subject: RE: [FPSPACE] Cosmos 382 mystery update


  Phil,

   

  What do you think Kosmos 382 was then?  I am fully cognizant that Russian histories can be wrong.

   

  I am all ears Phil, as to what you think it may have been.

   

  Peter

   


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  From: fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org [mailto:fpspace-bounces at friends-partners.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Clark
  Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 1:03 PM
  To: fpspace at friends-partners.org
  Subject: Re: [FPSPACE] Cosmos 382 mystery update

   

  Two problems with the idea that Cosmos 382 was intended to fly around the Moon.   (1) The lunar GHA at launch was wrong and (2) the objects left in orbit are nothing like an intended deep space launch.

   

  Phillip Clark

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Peter Pesavento 

    To: fpspace at friends-partners.org 

    Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:44 PM

    Subject: [FPSPACE] Cosmos 382 mystery update

     

    Greetings everyone.

     

    I just got a book yesterday authored by V V Poroshkov entitled (my English translation of the Russian title) "Rocket-Cosmic Feats of Baikonur."  It was published in 2007.

     

    In the back of the book there are several appendices/tables.  Cosmos 382 is identified as the last launching attempt to send a 7K-L1 around the Moon.  But it is labeled a 7K-L1 "yeh", and I don't know why it has the "yeh" Russian letter after it.  (Third letter from the back of the Russian alphabet.)

     

    Anyone know of a version of the 7K-L1 that was the "yeh" version?

     

    If you know, enlighten me.

     

    Thanks in advance.


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