Jonathan's Space Report
No. 809 draft 2022 Jul 29 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 67 continues with Oleg Artem'ev, Denis Matveev, Sergey Korsakov, Kjell
Lindgren, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, and Jessica Watkins
aboard the ISS.
SAST launches
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A CZ-2D was launched from Xichang on Jul 29 with three more Yaogan 35 military satellites.
A CZ-4B was launched from Taiyuan on Aug 4 with the Guomang satellite for carbon inventory monitoring.
Two small secondary payloads, HEAD-2G and Minhang Shaonian Xing, were also deployed.
ALE-1
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The Japanese ALE-1 satellite was launched to a 500 km orbit in Jan 2019;
it used a drag sail, deployed in Dec 2019, to descend to 410 km (below
the ISS). The drag sail was jettisoned at 2332 UTC Jul 26, setting up
the satellite to begin its mission of creating artificial meteor showers
for entertainment.
Kosmos-2558
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The Kosmos-2258 satellite was launched from Plesetsk on Aug 1. It is
believed to be a 14F150 Nivelir satellite, and was launched into the
same orbital plan as the US NRO's USA 326 satellite.
Electron 29
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A Rocket Lab Electron was launched on Aug 4 on the NROL-199 mission
to place the USA 335 secret satellite in a 70 degree inclination orbit.
SBIRS GEO-6
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The SBIRS GEO-6 early warning satellite was launched on Aug 4 to geotransfer
orbit by Atlas V flight AV-097.
CSSHQ 2
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The second Chinese small spaceplane, Chongfu Shiyong Shiyan Hangtian Qi,
'Reusable Test Space Vehicle', was launched on Aug 4 to a 346 x 593 km x
50.0 deg orbit.
KPLO
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The Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter, Danuri, was launched from Cape Canaveral
on Aug 4 by a SpaceX Falcon 9. It was placed on a trajectory towards Sun-Earth l1
and is expected to eventually reach lunar orbit. The Falcon 9 second stage
is also on a trajectory towards L1, but its final orbital state has not been
made public.
SSLV-D1
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ISRO's new small launch vehicle, SSLV, carried out its first flight
(SSLV-D1) on Aug 7. The three solid-propellant main stages fired
successfully but the small liquid-propellant orbit insertion stage
appears not to have made the insertion burn due to a combination of
hardware and software issues. ISRO announced that the vehicle reached a
76 x 356 km orbit. Given this marginal orbit, I assign the launch the
designation 2022-U02. The payloads, EOS-02 and AzaadiSat, separated from
the VTM fourth stage. I expect that all three objects reentered at first
perigee at about 0443 UTC in the eastern Pacific, possibly near 98W 0N
but with several degrees uncertainty.
USA 326
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A debris object (53315) has been cataloged associated with the NRO's USA
326 spy satellite, launched on Feb 2 to a 12:06 local time sun-sync
orbit. The object is in a 375 x 388 km orbit; it was likely a sensor
cover jettisoned at the time of launch and only know cataloged. USA 326
remains in a 489 x 518 km x 97.4 deg orbit, according to hobbyist
observers.
CZ-5B Y3
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The CZ-5B Y3 core stage from then Wentian launch reentered at 1651 UTC
Jul 30 over the island of Borneo. Debris was found on the ground in both the
Kalimantan, Indonesia and Sarawak, Malaysia sections of the island.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jul 1 2315 WFOV Atlas V 541 Canaveral LC41 Early Warn 73A 36106 x 36168 x 0.0
USSF 12 Ring Tech 73B 36167 x 36323 x 0.0
Jul 2 0653 CTIM-FD LauncherOne Cosmic Girl, Pacific Solar 74 492 x 498 x 45.0
GPX-2 Tech 74
Recurve Tech 74
Slingshot-1 Tech 74
NACHOS-2 Sci 74
Gunsmoke-L1 Comms 74
MISR-B Imaging? 74
Jul 3 0750? SNUGLITE-2 PVSAT, LEO Tech 65F 693 x 704 x 98.0
Jul 5 0925? MIMAN PVSAT, LEO Tech 65G 693 x 704 x 98.0
Jul 7 0918 Glonass-K No. 16L Soyuz 2-1B/Fregat Plesetsk Nav 75A 19140 x 19177 x 64.9
Jul 7 1311 Starlink Group 4-21 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 76 267 x 327 x 53.2
Jul 11 0139 Starlink Group 3-1 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 77 306 x 319 x 97.7
Jul 12 1630 Tianlian 2-03 Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Comms 78A 188 x 35828 x 27.2
Jul 13 0630 USA 334 Electron Mahia LC1A Sigint? 79A 590 x 590 x 40?
Jul 13 1313 LARES 2 Vega C CSG ELV Geod 80A 5882 x 5896 x 70.1
AstroBio Life Sci 80 5832 x 5864 x 70.1
GreenCube Life Sci 80
Trisat-R Tech 80
MTCube-2 Tech 80
Celesta Tech 80
Alpha Tech 80
Jul 15 0044 Dragon CRS-25 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Cargo 81A 207 x 267 x 51.6
Jul 15 2257 Siwei GJ2-01 Chang Zheng 2C Taiyuan Radar? 82A 484 x 500 x 97.4
Siwei GJ2-02 Radar? 82B
Jul 17 1420 Starlink Group 4-22 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 83 320 x 332 x 53.2
Jul 21 1602 YuZGU-55 No. 5 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TQ
Jul 21 1604 YuZGU-55 No. 6 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TZ
Jul 21 1608 YuZGU-55 No. 7 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TU
Jul 21 1613 YuZGU-55 No. 8 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TS
Jul 21 1618 YuZGU-55 No. 9 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TT
Jul 21 1623 YuZGU-55 No. 10 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TR
Jul 21 1626 YuZGU-55 No. 11 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TW
Jul 21 1634 YuZGU-55 No. 12 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TV
Jul 21 1636 Tsiolkovskiy-Ryazan No. 1 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TX
Jul 21 1640 Tsiolkovskiy-Ryazan No. 2 ISS, LEO Tech 98067TY
Jul 22 1349 Starlink Group 3-2 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 84 306 x 319 x 97.7
Jul 24 0622 Wentian Chang Zheng 5B Wenchang LC101 Module 85A 166 x 318 x 51.3
Jul 24 1338 Starlink Group 4-25 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 86 231 x 335 x 53.2
Jul 27 0412 XJS Lijian-1 Jiuquan LC130 Tech 87A 492 x 510 x 97.4
Guidao Daqi MTSW Sci 87
Jinan 1 Tech 87
DZS 1 Tech 87
DZS 2 Tech 87
Nanyue Kexue Xing Sci 87
Jul 29 1328 Yaogan 35-03-01 Chang Zheng 2D Xichang Sigint 88A 483 x 500 x 35.0
Yaogan 35-03-02 Sigint 88B
Yaogan 35-03-03 Sigint 88C
Aug 1 2025 Kosmos-2558 Soyuz-2-1v/Volga Plesetsk Inspector 89A 439 x 462 x 97.2
Aug 4 0308 Goumang Chang Zheng 4B Taiyuan Climate 90A 489 x 502 x 97.5
HEAD-2G Comms 90
Minhang Shaonian Xing Edu 90
Aug 4 0500 USA 335 Electron Mahia LC1B Com/Sigint? 91A
Aug 4 1029 SBIRS GEO-6 Atlas V 421 Canaveral SLC41 EarlyWarn 92A 4415 x 34879 x 18.4
Aug 4 1600? CSSHQ 2 Chang Zheng 2F Jiuquan Spaceplane 93A 346 x 593 x 50.0
Aug 4 2308 Danuri Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Lunar probe 94A 245 x 1239000 x 29.6
Aug 7 0348 EOS-02 SSLV Satish Dhawan LP1 Imaging U02 76 x 356 x 41.6?
AzaadiSAT Comms U02 76 x 356 x 41.6?
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jul 6 1347 SISTINE Black Brant 9 Arnhem UV Astron 243 N. Terr.
Jul 11 1101 DEUCE Black Brant 9 Arnhem UV Astron 262 N. Terr.
Jul 23 2000 S-520-RD1 S-520 Uchinoura Hypersonic 168 Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? S China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? S China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? S China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? E China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? E China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? E China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? E China Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 0600? RV DF-15? E China Training 200? Phillipine Sea
Aug 4 1357 NS-22 New Shepard W Texas Tourist 107 W Texas
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