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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 846 draft 2025 May 23 Somerville, MA
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Note: Updates will be delayed while I am on travel May 25-29.
International Space Station
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Expedition 73 continues.
The Dragon CRS-32 cargo ship undocked from IDA-3 on May 23 at 1605 UTC. It carried the EMU 3009
spacesuit, launched to ISS in 2019.
Starlink
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Starlink Group 11-16 (27 Ku V2MO sats) was launched on May 23 from Vandenberg.
Starlink Group 12-22 (13 DTC and 10 Ku V2MO sats) was launched on May 24 from Canaveral.
Kosmos-2588
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A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat was launched on May 23 placing a satellite for the Russian Defense Ministry
in orbit. The satellite was given the cover name Kosmos-2588. The Soyuz third stage
reentered east of New Zealand at about 0921 UTC; the Fregat upper stage was deorbited south of Tasmania
at about 1230 UTC.
The satellite is thought to be an inspector satellite in the Nivelir series; it is in the same orbital
plane as the American spy satellite USA 338.
Table of Recent Orbital (and near-Orbital) Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
May 20 1150 Zhongxing-3B Chang Zheng 7A Wenchang LC201 Comms 106A 206 x 35799 x 15.5
May 21 0319 Starlink Group 12-15 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 107 283 x 291 x 43.0
May 21 0404? Taijing 3-04 Lijian-1 Jiuquan Imaging 108 517 x 537 x 97.5
Taijing 4-02A Radar 108
Xingrui-11 Imaging 108
Xingjiyuan-1 Imaging 108
Xiguang 1-02 Imaging 108
Lifang 108-011 Meteo 108
May 23 0836 Kosmos-2588 Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Inspector 109A 464 x 481 x 73.0
May 23 2232 Starlink Group 11-16 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 110
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload Rocket Site Mission Apogee Target
May 21 0701 GT253 Minuteman 3 Vandenberg LF10 Op.Test 1300? Kwajalein
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