[JSR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 822
Jonathan McDowell
jcm at planet4589.com
Sat Jul 29 10:59:12 EDT 2023
Jonathan's Space Report
No. 822 2023 Jul 29 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 69 continues.
The Dragon CRS-28 cargo ship undocked at 1630 UTC Jun 29. The trunk was jettisoned into a 252 x 394 km orbit;
the cabin splashed down at 1430 UTC Jun 30 near 80.2W 30.9N, the Jacksonville recovery area.
On Jul 3 at 1735 UTC the IROSA FSE package from the 1A/1B IROSA array installation work was jettisoned into orbit
from the MBS POA.
On Jul 4 at 2117 UTC Progress MS-22 fired its engines to reboost the ISS orbit. The burn lasted 1130 s and
had a delta-V of 1.9 m/s.
On Jul 6 between 0955 and 1140 UTC, six cubesats were deployed from the NRCSD-26 deployer extracted
from the Kibo module. One, Moonlighter, is a US Space Force experiment; the others were for
Canadian universities.
On Jul 19 at 0700 UTC, two 1U cubesats from the U. of the Phillipines
Diliman were deployed from the J-SSOD-26 deployer.
Chinese Space Station
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On Jul 20 astronauts Jing and Zhu carried out an 8 hour spacewalk, and installed some
external cameras.
Soyuz rideshare
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On Jun 27 a Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat launch from Vostochniy placed the Meteor-M 2-3 weather sat in an 800 km orbit.
The Fregat then made two further burns to lower orbit and released a cluster of cubesats and the first
three Rassvet-1 internet relay satellites for the Moscow company Byuro 1440.
Starlink
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Starlink Group 5-13 (48 sats) was launched from Vandenberg on Jul 7.
Starlink Group 6-5 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jul 10.
Starlink Group 5-15 (54 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jul 16.
Starlink Group 6-15 (15 sats) was launched from Vandenberg on Jul 20.
Starlink Group 6-6 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jul 24.
Starlink Group 6-7 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jul 28.
Euclid
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ESA's Euclid space telescope was launched on Jul 1. The 1.2m telescope will measure photometric and
spectroscopic redshifts for a very large number of galaxies, and perform weak lensing measurements
to determine galaxy masses. The Falcon 9 launch vehicle placed it on a transfer trajectory to
Sun-Earth L2.
Ariane VA261
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VA261, the final flight of the Ariane 5 rocket, was successfully carried out on Jul 5.
The Ariane L5119 rocket placed two communications satellites in geotransfer orbit.
The Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit is a 3408 kg experimental communications satellite for Germany's DLR
using OHB's SmallGeo bus with Ku and Ka band payloads.
Syracuse 4B is a military communications satellite for France's DGA with X and Ka band payloads and
a launch mass of 3572 kg.
CALT launches
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China's CALT launched a Chang Zheng 2C rocket from Jiuquan at 1100 UTC
Jul 9, placing two experimental communications sats in
an 1100 km, 86.5 deg orbit. The press release announced the launch of a
'Satellite Internet Technology Test Satellite', Weixing Hulianwang Jishu Shiyan Weixing.
The YZ-1S upper stage made a further burn to lower perigee and was tracked in
a 117 x 1063 km x 86.4 deg orbit before reentering on Jul 22.
SAST launches
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China's SAST launched a Chang Zheng 2D from Taiyuan on Jul 23 with four payloads.
Lingxi-03 is a Yinhe Hangtian (Galaxy Space) flat-panel X/V-band LEO communications test satellite
(earlier Yinhe satellites looked like copies of OneWeb, this one looks like Starlink).
Sixiang-1 to 3 are remote sensing satellites for Sixiang Aishu Keji YG.
SAST launched a CZ-2D from Xichang on Jul 26 with three more Yaogan 36 military
satellites, probably for signals intelligence.
Zhuque-2
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China's LANDSPACE launched the second Zhuque-2 on Jul 12. The rocket placed a dummy payload in
polar orbit. This launch marks the first methalox rocket to successfully reach orbit.
EXPACE launches
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EXPACE launched a KZ-1A on Jul 20 with four more Tianmu-1 satellites for GNSS-RO meteorology.
Gushenxing launch
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Galactic Energy launched Gushenxing-1 no. Y6 from Jiuquan on Jul 22. The
main payload was the 200 kg Qiankun-1 test satellite for Saisi Besi
Zhineng Keji YG, marketed in English as C-Space. The satellite carries a
hyperspectral imager. The Xingshidai-16 satellite for ADA Space (Guoxing
Yuhang Keji) was also aboard.
Hwasong-18
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The second Hwasong-18 missile launch, on Jul 12, flew a high apogee
trajectory very similar to earlier Hwasong-17 missions. It reached an
apogee of 6648 km and a ground range of 1001 km. Flight time was 74
minutes. Because the total energy of the trajectory is comparable to
orbital energy, I have given it a special 'U' designation, 2023-U03, and
included it in the list of near-orbital flights.
Chandrayaan-3
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ISRO's third lunar mission was launched from Sriharikota on Jul 14. The Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft
consists of an orbiter (designated the Propulsion Module, PM), a lander, and a small rover.
The assembly was placed in geotransfer orbit. The PM will propel the vehicle to low lunar orbit.
The lander will then separate and land near the crater Manzinus U, close to the lunar
south pole. Mass of the lander is 1724 kg, the PM is 2145 kg, and the rover is 26 kg.
On Jul 25 the probe had reached a 247 x 127067 km x 21.3 deg orbit, and was preparing for
the translunar insertion burn on Jul 31.
Electron 39
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Rocket Lab launched an Electron from Mahia on Jul 18. The second stage reached a 200 x 579 km x 99.5 deg orbit.
The kick stage then fired to 566 x 585 km x 99.5 deg, and deployed 4 Starling 6U cubesats for NASA-Ames
and 2 Lemur 3U cubesats for Spire Global. The stage then made two more burns and deployed
Telesat's LEO-3 communications test satellite in a 995 x 1019 km x 99.4 deg orbit. A final
kick stage burn lowered to stage's orbit to 427 x 1013 km, reducing its orbital lifetime as space junk.
Falcon Heavy
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FH-007 took off from Kennedy Space Center's LC39A on Jul 29, carrying the 9200 kg Jupiter-3 satellite
(also called Echostar 24) for Echostar Hughes Network Systems. Jupiter-3 is the most massive
commercial communications satellite to date; it was placed in an 8001 x 35504 km x 10.4 deg geotransfer
orbit.
Errata
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In the last issue:
SATTLA-2I should be SATLLA-2I.
Aryis should be Ayris; they are rumoured to be Israeli signals intelligence payloads.
Xingshidai-16 was not aboard the Jun 7 launch.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jun 4 1220 Starlink Group 6-4 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 79A 314 x 321 x 43.0
Jun 5 1547 Dragon CRS-28 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Cargo 80A 403 x 407 x 51.7
Jun 7 0410 Fucheng-1 Lijian-1 Jiuquan Radar 81 491 x 512 x 97.4
Shiyan-24A Tech 81
Shiyan-24B Tech 81
Xi'an Hangtou 8 Imaging? 81
22 unknown payloads Unknown 81
Jun 9 0235 Longjiang-3 Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Comms 82A 490 x 500 x 49.1
Jun 12 0710 Starlink Group 5-11 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 83 297 x 338 x 43.0
Jun 12 2135 Transporter 8 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Tug 84 520 x 534 x 97.5
Jun 12 2350? Otter Pup Orbiter SN3, LEO Tech 84
Jun 15 0530 Jilin-1 GF03D-19 to 26 Chang Zheng 2D Taiyuan Imaging 85 532 x 548 x 97.5
Jilin-1 GF06A 01 to 30 Imaging 85
Jilin-1 PT02A 01 to 02 Imaging 85
Huoerguosi-1 Imaging 85
Jun 18 2221 SATRIA Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 86A 545 x 51670 x 27.9
Jun 20 0318 Shiyan 25 Chang Zheng 6 Taiyuan Imaging 87A 306 x 321 x 96.6
Jun 20? Outpost M1 ION 11, LEO Tech 84
Jun 21 1050 Istanbul ION 11, LEO Tech 84
SATTLA-2I Tech 84
Unicorn-2I Imaging 84
Jun 22 0719 Starlink Group 5-7 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 88 228 x 334 x 43.0
Jun 22 0918 USA 345 Delta 4H Canaveral SLC37B Sigint 89A 35800 x 35800 x 0?
Jun 22 1210 ROM-2 ION 11, LEO Tech 84
MRC-100 Tech 84
URESAT Tech 84
Jun 23 1535 Starlink Group 5-12 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 90 297 x 338 x 43.0
Jun 25? Spei Satelles ION 11, LEO Edu 84
Jun 27 1134 Meteor-M 2-3 Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Vostochniy Weather 91A 909 x 816 x 98.8
Zorkiy-2M Tech 91 544 x 563 x 97.7
Svyatobor-1
VIZARD-Meteo
SITRO-AIS-5 to -12
CubeSX-HSE-3
Stratosat-TK-1
Akhmat-1
Rassvet-1 1 to 3
PHI-DEMO
A-SEANSAT-PG1
CubeBel-2
ArcCube-1
Monitor-2 to -4
Nanozond-1
UmKA-1
KuzGTU-1
ReshUCube-2
Sirius-SINP-3U
Polytech-Universe-3
UTMN-2
CSTP-1.1 and 1.2
Avion-Kaluga-650
Yarilo-3 and 4
Khors No. 1 and 2
Norbi-2
Impul's-1
SAMSAT-ION
SATURN
Jul 1 1212? Euclid Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Astron 92A 200? x 1500000? x 36?
Jul 5 2200 Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit Ariane 5ECA Kourou ELA3 Comms 93 261 x 35672 x 3.0
Syracuse 4B Comms 93
Jul 6 0955 SC-ODIN ISS, LEO Sci 98067
Jul 6 1005 Moonlighter ISS, LEO Tech 98067
Jul 6 1130 RADSAT-SK ISS, LEO Sci 98067
Ukpik-1 Tech 98067
Jul 6 1140 Iris ISS, LEO Tech 98067
ESSENCE Tech 98067
Jul 7 1929 Starlink Group 5-13 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 94
Jul 9 1100 WHJSW Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S Jiuquan Comms 95A 1095 x 1116 x 86.5
Jul 10 0358 Starlink Group 6-5 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 96 297 x 338 x 43.0
Jul 12 0059 Hwasong-18 RV Hwasong-18 Chongdong Test U03 -6258? x 6648 x 42
Jul 12 0100 Dummy payload Zhuque-2 Jiuquan Tech 97A 431 X 461 X 97.3
Jul 14 0905 Chandrayaan-3 LVM3 Satish Dhawan Lunar 98A 139 x 36307 x 21.3
Jul 16 0350 Starlink Group 5-15 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 99A 297 x 337 x 43.0
Jul 18 0127 LEO-3 Electron Mahia LC1B Comms 100G 995 x 1019 x 99.4
Starling-1 Tech 100A? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-2 Tech 100B? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-3 Tech 100C? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-4 Tech 100D? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Lemur AIS/GRO 100E? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Lemur AIS/GRO 100F? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Jul 19 0700 Maya-5 ISS, LEO Comms 98067VW 412 x 416 x 51.6
Maya-6 Comms 98067VX 412 x 416 x 51.6
Jul 20 0320 Tianmu 1-07 Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Met 101A 516 x 529 x 97.4
Tianmu 1-08 Met 101B
Tianmu 1-09 Met 101C
Tianmu 1-10 Met 101D
Jul 20 0409 Starlink Group 6-15 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 102A 284 x 312 x 43.0
Jul 22 0507 Qiankun-1 Gushenxing-1 Jiuquan Imaging 103A 485 x 502 x 96.6
Xingshidai-16 Imaging 103B 485 x 502 x 96.6
Jul 23 0250 Sixiang-1 Chang Zheng 2D Taiyuan Radar 104 488 x 504 x 97.4
Sixiang-2 Imaging 104
Sixiang-3 Imaging 104
Lingxi-03 Comms 104
Jul 24 0050 Starlink Group 6-6 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 105 293 x 302 x 43.0
Jul 26 2002 Yaogan 36-05-01 Chang Zheng 2D Xichang Sigint 106A 488 x 501 x 35.0
Yaogan 36-05-02 Sigint 106B 488 x 501 x 35.0
Yaogan 36-05-03 Sigint 106C 488 x 501 x 35.0
Jul 28 0401 Starlink Group 6-7 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 107 304 x 321 x 43.0
Jul 29 0304 Jupiter 3 Falcon Heavy Kennedy LC39A Comms 108A 8001 x 35504 x 10.4
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Virgin Galactic's Galactic 01 mission was carried out on Jun 29. Carrier
plane takeoff 1426 UTC, Spaceship 2 Unity drop 1528:38 UTC over 107.0W
33.3N (Elephant Butte location P3), apogee 85.1 km, touchdown at 1542:38
UTC. Aboard were: Pilot Mike Masucci, copilot Nicola Pecile, astronaut
instructor Colin Bennet (all Virgin Galactic); Col. Walter Villadei,
LtCol Dr. Angelo Landolfi (both Ital. AF) and Pantaleone Carlucci (CNR
Italy)
Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jun 18 0125 DYNAMO-A HASTE Wallops I. LA0C Hypersonic 300?? Atlantic
Jun 26 2000 V-MAX Terr.Terr.Oriole? Landes SUD-1 Hypersonic 200?? Atlantic
Jun 29 1528 Galactic 01 Spaceship Two Spaceport America Spaceship 85 Spaceport America
Jul 24 1454 KN-? KN-? N Korea Test 100 Sea of Japan
Jul 24 1459 KN-? KN-? N Korea Test 100 Sea of Japan
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