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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 858 draft 2026 Jul 1 Bromley, UK
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Update:
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Construction on my new Space Library near London is finally proceeding.
Updates at https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
ISS
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Expedition 74 continues.
Progress MS-34 reboosted the ISS orbit with a 568s, 1.1m/s burn at 2039 UTC Jul 1.
Megaconstellation launches
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On Jul 2 SpaceX launched Starlink Group 17-46 (24 Ku sats) from Vandenberg
On Jul 2 ULA launched an Atlas V 551, flight AV-114, with Amazon Leo LA08 (29 sats) from Canaveraal.
SAST launches
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On Jul 1 SAST launched a CZ-4B with the HY2-05 oceanographic satellite to a 937 x 958 km sun sync orbit.
At about 0018 UTC Jul 2 the CZ-4B upper stage made a perigee lowering burn to 649 x 934 km.
LINK
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On Jul 3 the L-1011 Stargazer aircraft N140SC took off from Kwajalein runway 06/24 at 0739 UTC
and at 0836 UTC dropped its cargo, a Northrop Grumman Pegasus rocket, over about 166W 7N.
The three-stage Pegasus delivered the 430 kg NASA/Katalyst Space LINK spacecraft to low orbit.
LINK's mission is to rendezvous and dock with NASA's SWIFT space observatory and boost it
to a higher orbit.
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 28 1609 Starlink Group 17-40 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 147 255 x 265 x 97.3
Jun 29 0225 SXM-11 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 148A 219 x 19617 x 27.0
Jul 1 2346 Haiyang 2-05 Chang Zheng 4B Jiuquan Rem.Sen. 149A 928 x 946 x 99.3
Jul 2 0258 Starlink Group 17-46 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 150 255 x 271 x 97.3
Jul 2 0430 Amazon Leo LA-08 Atlas V 551 Canaveral LC41 Comms 151 450 x 465 x 51.9
Jul 3 0836 LINK Pegasus L-1011, Pacific Tech 152A
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jun 24 0930 Rocksat/RockOn Terrier I.Mal. Wallops Student 119? Atlantic
Jun 26 1711 SHORTSTOP Castor IVBXL Wallops Hypersonic? 300? Atlantic
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