Jonathan's Space Report
No. 835 draft 2024 Jun 23 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 71 continues. Crew are Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Matthew
Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Aleksandr Grebyonkin, Tracy
Dyson, and visiting Starliner crew Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
US EVA-90 was carried out on Jun 24.
The Quest airlock was depressurized with astronauts Dyson and Barratt in
spacesuits EMU 3003 and EMU 3009. The airlock went below 50 mbar at 1236
UTC and the hatch was opened at 1244 UTC. However at 1246 UTC water
started coming out of an attach fitting and the spacewalk was aborted,
with hatch close at 1254 UTC and beginning of repressurization at 1318
UTC. The airlock was depressurized for 42 minutes.
Starlink launches
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Starlink Group 10-2 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jun 23.
Starlink Group 9-2 (20 sats) was launched from Vandenberg on Jun 24.
Starlink Group 10-3 (23 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Jun 27.
No orbital data have been released for six of the Ku-band group 9-1 satellites since the day of launch
and it appears that those six satellite have failed, with reentry expected soon.
Starshield launches
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The second batch of Starshield satellites, mission NROL-186, was launched from Vandenberg on Jun 29.
GOES-U
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NOAA's GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) was launched on Jun 25
aboard a Falcon Heavy from KSC to an intermediate high-perigee transfer orbit.
The satellite will be renamed GOES 19 once in its operational
geostationary orbit.
Chang'e-6
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The Chang'e-6 reentry capsule landed in the Siziwang Banner region at 0607 UTC Jun 25, with
its lunar farside samples aboard.
Erratum
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EarthCare launch was May 28 at 2220 UTC as noted in the table, and not May 29
as stated in the text of JSR 834.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jun 6 1250 Starship FT4 Starship Starbase Test U03 -15 x 213 x 26.8
Jun 8 0156 Starlink Group 10-1 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 111 265 x 278 x 53.2
Jun 8 1258 Starlink Group 8-8 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 112 279 x 289 x 53.2
Jun 19 0340 Starlink Group 9-1 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 113 284 x 295 x 53.2
Jun 20 1813 Kineis 1 Electron Mahia 1B Comms 114 637 x 640 x 98.0
Kineis 2 Comms 114
Kineis 3 Comms 114
Kineis 4 Comms 114
Kineis 5 Comms 114
Jun 20 2135 Astra 1P Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 115A 334 x 53369 x 27.9
Jun 22 0700 SVOM Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Astron 116A 626 x 632 x 29.0
Jun 23 1715 Starlink Group 10-2 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 117 263 x 277 x 53.2
Jun 24 0347 Starlink Group 9-2 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 118 284 x 295 x 53.2
Jun 25 2126 GOES U Falcon Heavy Kennedy LC39A Weather 119A 16009 x 35240 x 4.4
Jun 27 1114 Starlunk Grouo 10-3 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 120 264 x 274 x 53.2
Jun 29 0413 Starshield Group 1-2 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Imaging? 121
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload Rocket Site Mission Apogee Target
Jun 12 HTB-1 T.T. Oriole Wallops I. Hypersonic 300? Atlantic Ocean
Jun 18 0701 Mk 21A RV Minotaur I Vandenberg Test 1000? Pacific
Jun 20 1030 RockOn Terrier Imp. Ori. Wallops I. Education 114 Atlantic Ocean
Jun 25 2030 MIRV test Hwasong-16 Chongdong Test 100 Sea of Japan
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