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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 818 draft 2023 Mar 18 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 68 continues.
On Mar 17 the Japanese RMS arm was used to move NASA's
temporarily-retired GEDI Earth observing experiment from slot EFU6 to
EFU7 on the Kibo Exposed Facility, freeing up a slot for STP-H9.
Tianmu
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EXPACE launched a Kuiazhou-1A from Jiuquan on Mar 22 and placed four Tianmu-1 satellites in
polar orbit. The Tianmu-1 system is used for GNSS radio occultation meteorology.
Terran 1
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Relativity Space launched the first Terran 1 from Cape Canaveral on Mar 23. The rocket had a successful
first stage flight but the second stage failed to ignite and the vehicle fell in the Atlantic.
This was the second methalox rocket to reach space.
Bars-M
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On Mar 23 Russia launched the fourth Bars-M military cartography satellite, cover name Kosmos-2567.
Electron 35
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Rocket Lab's 35th Electron mission placed two BlackSky Global imaging satellites in orbit.
Starlink
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Group 5-5, with 56 satellites, was launched from Canaveral on Mar 24 to a 43 degree orbit.
OneWeb
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Launch 18 (India-2), on Mar 26, placed 36 OneWeb satellites in orbit, giving the company enough satellites
to start global service. The LVM3 rocket's second stage remains in orbit.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Mar 1 1200? Kelpie-1 ION SCV007, LEO 01DC 637 x 655 x 98.1
Mar 2 0534 Dragon Crew-6 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Spaceship 27A 192 x 210 x 51.6
Mar 3 1838 Starlink Group 2-7 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 28A 222 x 327 x 70.0
Mar 7 0137 Daichi-3 H3-22S Tanegashima Imaging F03 -5940 x 635 x 86.6
Mar 9 1913 OneWeb L17 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 29A 581 x 599 x 86.5
Mar 9 2241 Tianhui-6 01 Chang Zheng 4C Taiyuan Imaging 30A 888 x 888 x 99.0
Tianhui-6 02 30B 888 x 888 x 99.0
Mar 12 2313 Luch-5Kh Proton-M/Briz-M Baykonur LC81/24 Sigint 31A 381 x 35715 x 48.7
Mar 13 0402 Horus-2 Chang Zheng 2C Jiuquan Imaging 32A 489 x 502 x 97.4
Mar 15 0030 Dragon CRS-27 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Cargo 33A 194 x 208 x 51.6
Mar 15 1141 Shiyan 19 Chang Zheng 11 Jiuquan Tech 34A 495 x 515 x 97.5
Mar 15 2210 Hwasong-17 RV Hwasong-17 Sunan LP5 Missile U02 -6260 x 6045 x 41.6
Mar 16 2339 Capella 9 Electron MARS LA0C Radar 35A 590 x 603 x 44
Capella 10 Radar 35B 590 x 603 x 44
Mar 17 0833 Gao Fen 13-02 Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Imaging 36A 190 x 35799 x 28.5
Mar 17 1926 Starlink Group 2-8 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 37 221 x 331 x 70.0
Mar 17 2338 SES 18 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 38A 308 x 19720 x 26.9
SES 19 Comms 38B 308 x 19720 x 26.9
Mar 22 0909 Tianmu-1 03 KZ-1A Jiuquan Met 39A 503 x 518 x 97.4
Tianmu-1 04 Met 39B 502 x 517 x 97.4
Tianmu-1 05 Met 39C 502 x 516 x 97.4
Tianmu-1 06 Met 39D 501 x 515 x 97.4
Mar 23 0325 GLHF Terran 1 Canaveral LC16 Test F04 -6200 x 130 x 28.5
Mar 23 0640 Kosmos-2567 Soyuz-2-1a Plesetsk LC43/3 Imaging 40A 338 x 499 x 97.6
Mar 23 0915 Global-19 Electron Mahia LC1B Imaging 41A 448 x 456 x 42.0
Global-5 Imaging 41B 448 x 456 x 42.0
Mar 24 1543 Starlink Group 5-5 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 42A 297 x 339 x 43.0
Mar 26 0330 OneWeb L18 LVM3 Satish Dhawan Comms 43 441 x 454 x 87.4
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Mar 13 2241 RV KN-23 Jangyon Test 100? Sea of Japan
Mar 13 2251 RV KN-23 Jangyon Test 100? Sea of Japan
Mar 23 2100 NASA 41.127UE Terrier IO Andoya Atmos. 149 Nor. Sea
Mar 23 2102 NASA 36.361UE Black Brant 9 Andoya Atmos. 363 Nor. Sea
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