[JSR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 809
Jonathan McDowell
jcm at planet4589.com
Wed Aug 24 20:17:06 EDT 2022
Jonathan's Space Report
No. 809 2022 Aug 24 Somerville, MA
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Constellations
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I have updated my pages on satellite constellations; see
https://planet4589.org/space/stats/conlist.html
and
https://planet4589.org/space/stats/largecon.html
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.
On Aug 12 the JEM RMS arm extracted deployer J-SSOD-22, delivered on CRS-25, from the Kibo
airlock. J-SSOD-22 ejected three 1U satellites at 0945 UTC:
TUMNANOSAT, for the Tech U of Moldova
FUTABA, for Kyushu Tech
HSU-SAT1, for Happy Science University, Chosei, Chiba.
On Aug 17 Artem'ev and Matveev made a spacewalk using suits Orlan MKS-5 and MKS-4 to continue
outfitting the ERA robot arm. A camera was attached to the arm. The spacewalk was
cut short due to a power supply problem in Artem'ev's suit. The Poisk airlock was
depressurized from 1334 to 1758 UTC; the hatch was open from 1353:43 to 1755:18 UTC.
On Aug 19 at 1505 UTC Dragon CRS-25 undocked from IDA-2. CRS-25 made its
deorbit burn at 1804 UTC Aug 20 and splashed down off the coast of
FLorida near 80.2W 28.9N at 1853 UTC.
SAST launches
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A CZ-2D was launched from Xichang on Jul 29 with three more Yaogan 35 military satellites (YG-35 Group 3).
A further YG-35 launch (Group 4) followed on Aug 19.
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.
SAST launched a CZ-6 with 16 Jilin-1 imaging satellites on Aug 10, including 10 in the Jilin-1 GaoFen
high resolution optical imaging series, and the first six in the Jilin-1 Hongwai A (infrared imaging) series.
A CZ-2D was launched from Taiyuan on Aug 24 with the second Beijing-3 commercial imaging satellite
for the 21st Century Aerospace Tech company.
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. The sail reentered on Aug 3.
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.
Gushenxing-1
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Xinghe Dongli (Beijing) kongjian keji YG ("Galactic Energy Co.") had its third
orbital launch success in a row with the launch of Gushenxing-1 (`Ceres-1') Y3.
The rocket placed two Taijing-1 imaging satellites in orbit for Minospace and
the Donghai 1 satellite for Shanghai ASES.
Kuaizhou-1A
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An EXPACE Kuaizhou-1A was launched on Aug 23 with the Chuangxing-16A technology
satellite developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute for Microsatellite Innovation.
Starlink
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Starlink Group 4-26 was launched from Kennedy Space Center on Aug 10 with 52 satellites.
Starlink Group 3-3 was launched from Vandenberg on Aug 12 with 46 satellites.
Starlink Group 4-27 was launched from Canaveral on Aug 19 with 53 satellites.
Soyuz rideshare
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Roskosmos launched a Soyuz-1B/Fregat from Baykonur on Aug 9. The main payload was the
Khayyam satellite, a 1-metre-class imaging satellite built by the Russian company
VNII EM for Iran.
As secondary payloads attached to the Fregat there were four 12U cubesat
deployers from the Moscow company Aerospace Capital, which ejected sixteen 3U cubesats
for Russian universities and companies:
CubeSX-HSE-2 - VSHE (School of Higher Economics, Moscow), imaging and AIS for Arctic studies
Monitor-1 - MGU (Moscow), radiation detector
UTMN - Tyumen State U., for Arctic environmental studies
CYCLOPS - Baltic State Technical U, technology experiments
Siren - Belgorod State U., study of lilac seeds
KAI-1 - Kazan State Tech U, with amateur radio payload RS26S
Kuzbass-300 - Kuzbass State Tech U, with a fire detection camera and RS34S amateur radio payload
Skoltech-B1 and B2, - Skolkovo Inst. of Sci. and Tech., intersatellite communications experiment
Polytech Universe 1 and 2 - Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic Univ., radio spectrum monitoring
VIZARD-SS1, - Moscow companies Vizard and NIS, AIS and KINEIS payloads for Arctic studies
Geoskan-Edel'veys - Test satellite from GK Geoskan with Fakel cold gas thruster and RS20S amateur radio payload
MIET-AIS - Moscow Inst of Electronic Tech, with AIS payload
ISOI - Inst. Sistem Obrabotki Izobrazhenie (Image Processing Systems Inst.), with hyperspectral camera
ReshUCube - Reshetnev Univ. student satellite with imager and radiation monitor.
The Soyuz third stage fell in the Greenland Sea at about 0609 UTC;
the Fregat stage was deorbited over the equatorial Pacific at about 0803 UTC.
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 now cataloged. It
reentered on Aug 20.
USA 326 remains in a 489 x 518 km x 97.4 deg orbit, according to
hobbyist observers.
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 plane as the US NRO's USA 326 satellite. It passed about 70 km
from the satellite a few days after launch and every few days after.
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 18 0800? FossaSat 2E-13 Vigoride, LEO Imaging 57AW
Veery FS-1 Imaging 57AX
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
Jul 30 1200? FossaSat 2E7? Vigoride, LEO Imaging 57AY
FossaSat 2E8? Imaging 57AZ
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?
Aug 9 0411 Taijing 1-01 Gushenxing-1 Jiuquan Imaging 95A 437 x 546 x 97.4
Taijing 1-02 Imaging 95B
Donghai-1 Tech 95C
Aug 9 0552 Khayyam Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Baykonur LC31 Imaging 96A 490 x 494 x 97.4
CubeSX-HSE-2 Imaging 96
Monitor-1 Sci 96
UTMN Imaging 96
CYCLOPS Tech 96
Siren Bio 96
KAI-1 Tech 96
Kuzbass-30 Imaging 96
Skoltech-B1 Com 96
Skoltech-B2 Com 96
Polytech Universe-1 Tech 96
Polytech Universe-2 Tech 96
VIZARD-SS1 Com 96
Geoskan-Edel'veys Com 96
MIET-AIS Com 96
ISOI Imaging 96
ReshUCube Tech 96
Aug 10 0214 Starlink Group 4-26 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 97 231 x 333 x 53.2
Aug 10 0450 Jilin-1 GF03D-35 Chang Zheng 6 Taiyuan Imaging 98 532 x 542 x 97.5
Jilin-1 GF03D-36 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-37 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-38 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-39 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-40 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-41 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-42 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-43 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 GF03D-09 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A01 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A02 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A03 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A04 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A05 Imaging 98
Jilin-1 HW A06 Imaging 98
Aug 12 0945 TUMNANOSAT ISS, LEO Tech 98067UB? 408 x 418 x 51.6
FUTABA Tech 98067UC?
HSU-SAT-1 Tech 98067UD?
Aug 12 2140 Starlink Group 3-3 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 99A 306 x 319 x 97.7
Aug 19 1736 Yaogan 35 04 zu 01 xing Chang Zheng 2D Xichang LC3 Sigint? 100A 489 x 502 x 35.0
Yaogan 35 04 zu 02 xing Sigint? 100B
Yaogan 35 04 zu 03 xing Sigint? 100C
Aug 19 1921 Starlink Group 4-27 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 101 231 x 336 x 53.2
Aug 23 0236 Chuangxin-16A Kuaizhou-1A Xichang Tech 102A 589 x 596 x 29.0
Chuangxin-16B Tech
Aug 24 0301 Beijing-3B Chang Zheng 2D Taiyuan Imaging 103A 596 x 615 x 97.9
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
Aug 11 1420 S-520-32 S-520 Uchinoura Ionosphere 279 Phillipine Sea
Aug 11 2208 Rocksat-X Terrier Imp.Mal. Wallops I Education 120? Atlantic
Aug 16 0749 GT243GM Minuteman 3 Vandenberg LF09 Op. Test 1300? Kwajalein
Aug 22 0530 Micro-X Black Brant 9 White Sands XR Astron 254 White Sands
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