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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 840 draft                                                    2024 Nov 18    Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 72 continues with Suni Williams (ISS commander), Barry Wilmore, Aleksey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, 
Don Pettit, Nick Hague and Aleksandr Gorbunov.

Progress MS-27 undocked from the Poisk module at 1253 UTC Nov 19 and reentered over the S Pacific at about
1651 UTC the same day.

Falcon 9 GTO launches
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New Space India Ltd.'s Ka-band GSAT-20 comms satellite was launched by Falcon 9 from Canaveral on Nov 18.

Starship
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Starship flight 6 was launched on Nov 19. The booster was waved off from
a recovery attempt (due to a tower issue) and made a divert burn to a
water splashdown. The ship reached an estimated 8 x 190 km x 26.2 deg
orbit, the first time Starship has had positive perigee. A Raptor
in-flight restart during descent raised the orbit to about 50 x 228 km,
followed by entry over the Indian Ocean and splashdown on the ocean
surface.


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
Oct  4 1125   Cert-2                               Vulcan VC2S           Canaveral SLC41  Test      179A  735 x -237885 x 26.7
Oct  7 1452   Hera                                 Falcon 9              Canaveral SLC40  Probe     180A  190 x -36368 x 34.2
Oct  8 1025   CySat-1                                                   ISS, LEO          Tech    98067WZ 408 x 421 x 51.6
Oct  8 1035   DORA                                                      ISS, LEO          Tech    98067XA 410 x 420 x 51.6
Oct 10 1350   HGW 03                               Chang Zheng 3B        Xichang          Comms     181A 198 x 35774 x 28.4
Oct 13 1225   Starship 30                          Starship              Starbase OLP1    Test      U04  -15 x 213 x 26.2
Oct 14 1606   Europa Clipper                       Falcon Heavy          Kennedy LC39A    Probe     182A 180 x -32078 x 32.9
Oct 15 0610   Starlink Group 10-10                 Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     183  280 x 291 x 53.2
Oct 15 0821   Starlink Group 9-7                   Falcon 9              Vandenberg SLC4E Comms     184  277 x 287 x 53.2
Oct 15 1106   Qianfan Jigui 02 (01 to 18)          Chang Zheng 6A        Taiyuan          Comms     185
Oct 15 2345   Gao Fen 12-05                        Chang Zheng 4C        Jiuquan          Radar     186A 594 x 600 x 97.9
Oct 18 2331   Starlink Group 8-19                  Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     187  280 x 291 x 53.2
Oct 20 0513   OneWeb L20                           Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     188  591 x 595 x 86.5
Oct 22 0010   Tianping-3A(01)                      Chang Zheng 6         Taiyuan          Calib     189A 555 x 566 x 97.6
              Tianping-3B(01)                                                             Calib     189B
              Tianping-3B(02)                                                             Calib     189C
Oct 23 0109   Yaogan 43-03-01                      Chang Zheng 2C        Xichang          Comms?    190A 490 x 502 x 35.0 
              Yaogan 43-03-02                                                             Comms?    190B
              Yaogan 43-03-03                                                             Comms?    190C
Oct 23 2147   Starlink Group 6-61                  Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     191  284 x 291 x 43.0
Oct 24 1713   Starshield Group 1-4                 Falcon 9              Vandenberg SLC4E Imaging?  192  300 x 310 x 70.0
Oct 26 2147   Starlink Group 10-8                  Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     193  290 x 301 x 53.2
Oct 29 2027   Shenzhou 19                          Chang Zheng 2F        Jiuquan          Spaceship 194A 382 x 392 x 41.5
Oct 30 1207   Starlink Group 9-9                   Falcon 9              Vandenberg SLC4E Comms     195  285 x 295 x 53.2
Oct 30 2110   Starlink Group 10-13                 Falcon 9              Canaveral LC40   Comms     196  269 x 278 x 53.2
Oct 30 2211   Hwasong-19 RV                        Hwasong-19            Chongdong        Test      U05 -6243 x 7687 x 42
Oct 31 0751   Kosmos-2579                          Soyuz-2-1a            Plesetsk LC43/4  Imaging   197A 338 x 498 x 97.6
Nov  4 0648   Kirameki 3                           H3-22S                Tanegashima      Comms     198A 396 x 35415 x 24.8
Nov  4 2318   Ionosfera-M No. 1                    Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat     Vostochniy PU1S  Sci       199A
              Ionosfera-M No. 2                                                           Sci       199B
              Rideshare sats
Nov  5 0229   Dragon CRS-31                        Falcon 9               Kennedy LC39A   Cargo     200A  193 x 210 x 51.6
Nov  5 1054   E-Space 4?                           Electron               Mahia LC1B      Comms     201B  640 x 652 x 97.9
Nov  7 2019   Starlink Group 6-77                  Falcon 9               Canaveral LC40  Comms     202   282 x 290 x 43.0
Nov  9 0339   PIESAT 2-1                           Chang Zheng 2C         Jiuquan         Radar?    203A  516 x 537 x 97.5
              PIESAT 2-2                                                                  Radar?    203B
              PIESAT 2-3                                                                  Radar?    203C
              PIESAT 2-4                                                                  Radar?    203D
Nov  9 0644   Starlink Group 9-10                  Falcon 9               Vandenberg SLC4E Comms    204   284 x 295 x 53.2
Nov 11 0403   Shiyan 26A                           Lijian-1               Jiuquan         Imaging?  205A  513 x 532 x 97.5
              Shiyan 26B                                                                  Imaging?  205B
              Shiyan 26C                                                                  Imaging?  205B
              Jilin-1 GF05B                                                               Imaging   205
              Jilin-1 PT02A03                                                             Imaging   205
              Yunyao-1 31 to 36                                                           GNSS-RO   205
              Xiguang-1-04                                                                Imaging   205
              Xiguang-1-05                                                                Imaging   205
              Tianyan-24                                                                  Imaging?  205
              Oman Zhineng Yaogan 1                                                       Imaging   205
Nov 11 1722   Koreasat-6A                          Falcon 9               Kennedy LC39A   Comms    206A   388 x 35333 x 26.2
Nov 11 2128   Starlink Group 6-69                  Falcon 9               Canaveral LC40  Comms     207   281 x 289 x 43.0 
Nov 13 2242   Hai Yang 4-01                        Chang Zheng 4B         Taiyuan         EO Sci    208A  632 x 645 x 98.0
Nov 14 0523   Starlink Group 9-11                  Falcon 9               Vandenberg SLC4E Comms    209   282 x 292 x 53.2
Nov 14 1321   Starlink Group 6-68                  Falcon 9               Canaveral LC40  Comms     210   277 x 284 x 43.0
Nov 15 1513   Tianzhou 8                           Chang Zheng 7          Wenchang        Cargo     211A  201 x 334 x 41.5
Nov 17 2228   Optus X (TD7)                        Falcon 9               Kennedy SLC39A  Comms     212A  425 x 49656 x 17.8
Nov 18 0553   Starlink Group 9-12                  Falcon 9               Vandenberg SLC4E Comms    213   280 x 289 x 53.2
Nov 18 1831   GSAT-20                              Falcon 9               Canaveral LC40  Comms     214A  214 x 59510 x 27.7
Nov 19 2200   Starship 31                          Starship 1.0           Starbase OLP1   Test      U06    50 x 228 x 26.3

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches 
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Date UT       Payload           Rocket              Site                 Mission       Apogee    Target

Oct  1 1309   SL-15             SpaceLoft XL        Spaceport America    Micrograv      100?     White Sands?
Oct  1 1630?  Warhead           Shahab-3?  (x180)   S Shiraz             Weapon         200?     Israel
                                Emad?
                                Ghadr-110?
                                Kheibar Shekan?
                                Fattah-1?
Oct 20 1824   Aftershock II     Aftershock          Black Rock           Test            143     Black Rock
Oct 23 1525?  NS-27             New Shepard         West Texas           Test            101?    West Texas
Oct 24 2310   Target?           Terrier Oriole?     Wallops              Target?         100?    Atlantic
Nov  6 0701   GT251 RV          Minuteman 3         Vandenberg LF10      Op.Test        1300?    Kwajalein
Nov  8        SL-20             SpaceLoft XL        Spaceport America    Tech            100?    White Sands?
Nov  8        Warhead           Palestine-2         Sanaa?               Weapon          200?    Israel
Nov 10 2136   VORTEX 2A         Black Brant 9       Andoya               Atmosphere      358     Norw. Sea
Nov 10 2138   VORTEX 2B         Terrier Imp.Orion   Andoya               Atmosphere      144     Norw. Sea
Nov 11        Warhead           Palestine-2         Sanaa?               Weapon          200?    Israel
Nov 11 0838   MAPHEUS 15        Red Kite/IM         ESRANGE              Microgravity    309     ESRANGE
Nov 14 0230   S-520-34          S-520               Uchinoura            Tech            217     Pacific Ocean

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