Jonathan's Space Report
No. 847 draft 2025 Jun 23 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 73 continues.
SpaceX launched Dragon C213 'Grace' on Jun 25 for the Axiom Space Axiom-4 mission,
commanded by Peggy Whitson (Axiom Space), with ISRO's Group Capt. Shubanshu Shukla as
pilot. Mission specialists were ESA's Slawosz Uznanski-Wisniewski
and Hungary's Tibor Kapu. Axiom-4 docked with ISS at the IDA3 port at 1031 UTC Jun 26.
The Progress MS-29 cargo ship undocked from Poisk at 1843 UTC Jul 1 and was deorbited
at 2152 UTC, with entry over the S Pacific at about 2230 UTC.
Progress MS-31 was launched from Baykonur on Jul 3. It docked with the Poisk module
at 2125 UTC Jul 5.
Chinese Space Station
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Cheng Dong and Chen Zhongrui made a spacewalk on Jun 26 to install more debris
shields. Hatch open was at 0704 UTC and hatch close at 1329 UTC.
On Jul 4, Tianzhou-8 made a small reboost to the orbit of the station.
On Jul 8 at 0709 UTC, the Tianzhou 8 cargo ship undocked from the station.
It was deorbited the same day and reentered at 2246 UTC.
Starlink
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Starlink Group 10-16 (27 Ku sats) was launched on Jun 25 from Canaveral.
Starlink Group 10-34 (27 Ku sats) was launched on Jun 28 from Canaveral.
Starlink Group 15-7 (26 Ku sats) was launched on Jun 28 from Vandenberg.
Starlink Group 10-25 (27 Ku sats) was launched on Jul 2 from Canaveral.
Starlink Group 10-28 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Jul 8 from Canaveral.
Transporter 14
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SpaceX launched the Transporter 14 rideshare mission on Jun 23 to 1308 LTDN sun-sync
orbit. One group of satellites was released in a 512 x 520 km orbit; a
second group in a 592 x 593 km orbit; and the Mission Possible capsule was released
in a suborbital trajectory after the second stage's deorbit burn.
Other SpaceX launches
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EUMETSAT's Meteosat Third Generation - Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) is a 3800 kg geosynchronous weather satellite built by
Thales. It was launched to supersynchronous transfer orbit by Falcon 9 on Jul 1.
Electron
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Rocket Lab launched an Electron from Mahia on Jun 26 with a cluster of Hawkeye 360 commercial
sigint satellites, Hawk 12A, 12B and 12C, and a Hawkeye 360 next-gen test satellite, Kestrel-0A.
Rocket Lab launched an Electron from Mahia on Jun 28; payload is thought to have been the Echostar
Australia (Sirion) Lyra-2 communications satellite to a 1924 LTDN sun-sync orbit. The kick stage
was left in the deployment orbit.
H2A
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JAXA/MHI's final H2A launch, H2A F50, put the 2900 kg Ibuki-GW (GOSAT-GW) greenhouse gas observing satellite
in a 0125 LTDN sun-sync orbit on Jun 28.
Kosmos-2558
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The Kosmos-2558 satellite appears to have released a manueverable subsatellite on Jun 26; the subsatellite
is manuevering to re-rendezvous with the parent.
LDPE-2
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The LDPE-2 tug released another satellite, USA 548, in late June.
ZX-9C
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The Chinasat ZX-9C comms satellite is now in GEO at 92E, confirming that the low-apogee transfer orbit
released on Space-Track was erroneous.
SJ-21/SJ-25
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China's SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites are performing close manuevers in GEO at 127.5E.
On Jun 12, SJ-25 approached SJ-21 to within 10 km. Then SJ-21 began rendezvous manuevers to within 1 km of SJ-25,
completing a brief rendezvous on Jun 13 and then retreating to a distance of 150 km. On Jun 30,
SJ-21 made a second rendezvous with SJ-25.
SAST launches
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SAST launched a CZ-4C from Xichang on Jul 3 carrying the Shiyan 28B-01 satellite to an unusually
low inclination (11 deg) orbit. The satellite and rocket stage were cataloged by US Space Force
six days after launch.
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
Jun 17 0336 Starlink Group 15-9 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 129 265 x 279 x 70.0
Jun 17? USA 547 LPDE-2, GEO Tech? 22144M 35700 x 36100 x 4.7?
Jun 18 0555 Starlink Group 10-18 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 130 264 x 273 x 53.2
Jun 19 0300 Kosmos-2589? Angara A5 Plesetsk LC35 Tech? 131A 20270 x 51108 x 1.1
Jun 20 1237 Zhongxing 9C Chang Zheng 3B Xichang LC2 Comms 132A 241 x 35802 x 27.5
Jun 23 0558 Starlink Group 10-23 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 133 264 x 273 x 53.2
Jun 23 1054 Kuiper KA02 01 to 27 Atlas V 551 Canaveral LC41 Comms 134 455 x 459 x 51.9
Jun 23 2125 Transporter 14 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Rideshare 135 592 x 593 x 97.8
Jun 25 0631 Axiom Ax-4 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Spaceship 136 189 x 208 x 51.6
Jun 25 1954 Starlink Group 10-16 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 137 266 x 274 x 53.2
Jun 26 1400? Kosmos-2558 subsatellite Kosmos-2588, LEO Inspector? 22089C 454 x 456 x 97.2
Jun 26 1728 Hawk 12A/12B/12C Electron Mahia LC1A Sigint 138 512 x 532 x 97.4
Kestrel-0A Sigint 138 512 x 532 x 97.4
Jun 28 0426 Starlink Group 10-34 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 139 266 x 274 x 53.2
Jun 28 0708 Lyra 2? Electron Mahia LC1B Comms 140A 649 x 662 x 96.0
Jun 28 1633 Ibuki-GW H-IIA Tanegashima Climate 141A 666 x 668 x 98.1
Jun 28 1713 Starlink Group 15-7 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 142 264 x 278 x 70.0
Jun 30? USA 548 LPDE-2, GEO Tech? 22144N 35700 x 36100 x 4.7?
Jul 1 2104 MTG-S1 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Weather 143A 334 x 65207 x 21.2
Jul 2 0628 Starlink Group 10-25 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 144 266 x 274 x 53.2
Jul 3 0935 Shiyan 28B-01 Chang Zheng 4C Xichang LC3 Tech? 145A 793 x 796 x 11.0
Jul 3 1932 Progress MS-31 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Cargo 146A 190 x 219 x 51.7
Jul 8 0821 Starlink Group 10-28 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 147 265 x 273 x 53.2
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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New Shepard NS-33 launched at about 1440 UTC Jun 29 to around 105 km apogee;
flight duration 10m8s. James Sitkin, Leland Larson, Owolabi Salis,
Frederick Rescigno Jr, Allie Kuehner, and Carl R Kuehner III became space
travellers 745 to 750.
Date UT Payload Rocket Site Mission Apogee Target
May 31 1339 NS-32 New Shepard W Texas Tourist 105 W Texas
Jun 20 0827 SEED 1 Terrier Imp.Mal. Kwajalein Ionos 155 Pacific
Jun 24 FTX-26a Target IRBM-T3? C-19, N Pacific Target 1000? N Pacific
Jun 26 0930 RockOn Terrier Imp.Orion Wallops Education 114? Atlantic
Jun 28 0811 SEED 2 Terrier Imp.Mal. Kwajalein Ionos 157 Pacific
Jun 29 1440 NS-33 New Shepard W Texas Tourist 105 W Texas
Jul 5 0600 MaxiDusty 2 Imp. Malemute? Andoya Atmos. 125 Norwegian Sea
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