[JSR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 804
Jonathan McDowell
jcm at planet4589.com
Fri Mar 18 20:54:02 EDT 2022
Jonathan's Space Report
No. 804 2022 Mar 18 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 66 continues.
Soyuz MS-21 (spacecraft No. 750, named 'S.P. Korolev') was launched from Baykonur on Mar 18 with a crew of three
Russian astronauts: Oleg Artem'ev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (crew callsign: Don). The ship docked with
the new Prichal module about 3h 16m 46s after launch, at 1912:04 UTC.
Starlink
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Group 4-11, with 50 satellites, was launched from Vandenberg on Feb 25 using a two-burn profile.
The Falcon 9 first stage landed on the OCISLY drone ship.
Group 4-9, with 49 satellites, was launched from Kennedy on Mar 3 using the two-burn profile,
with stage 1 landing on JRTI.
Group 4-10, with 48 satellites, was launched from Canaveral on Mar 9. Stage 1 landed on ASOG.
LT-01B
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The second SAST/Shanghai LSAR radar satellite, Ludi Tance 01B, was launched on
Feb 26. It will work in tandem with the first satellite launched on Jan
25.
GOES T
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ULA launched Atlas V AV-095 from Canaveral on Mar 1 with NOAA's GOES T geostationary
weather satellite, which it deployed into a 8896 x 35276 km x 9.4 deg transfer
orbit. By Mar 18 it was in a 35579 x 35712 km x 0.1 deg geosync drift orbit and NOAA
renamed the satellite GOES 18.
CZ-8
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The second Chang Zheng 8 mission was launched on Feb 27. This launch, unlike the first one,
used a variant omitting the side boosters. It placed a cluster of small satellites in orbit:
Hainan 1-01 and 1-02 are satellites with imaging and AIS (ship tracking) payloads for
the Sanyi Research Institute (part of CAS RADI), built by Shenzhen DFH. They will carry out maritime
surveillance. Satellite 1-01 has a wide field imager and 1-02 has a 1.5m resolution video camera.
Wenchang-1 01 and 02 are also for the Sanyi Research Institute, They were built by MinoSpace and
have wide format multispectral imagers to be used for oceanography, resource and agriculture monitoring.
Taijing-3 01 is a Minospace MN-200 class imaging satellite with a 0.5m resolution visible-light camera.
Taijing-4 01 is also a Minospace MN-200 class satellite, with a 1 m resolution X-band SAR radar.
Xidian-1 (XD-1) is a smaller Minospace satellite with a hyperspectral sensor for Shaanxi Silu Tiantu
Weixing Keji.
Chaohu-1 is a radar satellite for the Tiandi Information Network, and is a followon to the Hisea-1
radar test satellite. It was built by Tianyi Research (Spacety).
Chuangxing Leishen is a research satellite from Tianyi in collaboration with the Beijing Univ.
of Posts and Telecoms Research Institute. It carries a distributed software processing experiment.
Additional science payloads include the Jiguang-2 X-ray polarimeter, and three GRID gamma ray burst detectors.
Tianqi-19 is an IoT data relay satellite for Guodian Gaokeji.
Xingshidai-17 is a remote sensing satellite for Guoxing Yuhang Keji (ADA Space). It is also named
Dayun, in honor of the Universiade sports event to be held in Chengdu and called Dayunhui in Chinese.
Qimingxing-1 is a 19 kg imaging satellite from Wuhan University with visible and IR imagers and a
hyperspectral sensor.
Xiamen Keji 1 (Jilin-1 Mofang 02A 01) is a 30 kg imaging satellite built by Changguang Satellite Tech for
Xiamen Tianwei Keji with a 1m resolution imager.
Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D 10 to 18 are 9 high resolution imaging satellites from Changguang Satellite Tech,
probably with a mass of 42 kg each. Satellite 15 is sponsored by the city of Shaoguan; satellites 16 and 17,
also called Wenchang Chaosuan 2 and 3, are sponsored by Wenchang Supercomputing Centre; satellite 18
is also called Anxi Teiguanyin 1, apparently named after a famous variety of oolong tea from Fujian.
Strix-Beta
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RocketLab inaugurated the Mahia launch site's second pad, pad 1B, on Feb 28 with the launch of the Strix Beta
radar satellite for Japan's Synspective.
Yinhe
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Six Yinhe internet satellites were launched on Mar 5 for Yinghe Hantian (Galaxy Aerospace). The satellites,
each with a mass of about 190 kg, strongly resemble the OneWeb series. A small Xuanming remote sensing
cubesat was also deployed.
Noor 2
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched its second satellite on Mar 8 using the Qased launch vehicle
from Shahroud. Noor 2 is an imaging satellite reported to be an improved version of Noor 1, which is still
said to be operating.
Astra LV0009
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Astra had its second orbital success on Mar 15 in a launch from Kodiak. A number of
commercial satellites were deployed into sun-synch orbit. At first the only acknowledged deployment was ORESAT0,
a 1U cubesat from Portland State Aerospace Society. The NearSpaceLaunch S4-CROSSOVER payload remained
attached to the upper stage; it carries an EyeStar-S4 package for satellite-to-satellite communications.
Twenty 0.25U SpaceBees for Swarm were also deployed; their presence on the flight was not announced until Mar 17.
Yaogan 34-02
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On Mar 17 China launched the second Yaogan 34 military imaging satellite into a 1000 km orbit.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Feb 2 2027 USA 326 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Imaging 09A S51445 492 x 524 x 97.4
Feb 3 0855? Light-1 ISS, LEO Tech 9867TG? S51509 407 x 422 x 51.6
Feb 3 1030? GT-1 ISS, LEO Tech 9867TH? S51510 410 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 3 STORK-2 ION SCV004, LEO Imaging 02? -
Feb 3 1813 Starlink 3152 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 10A- S51456- 209 x 336 x 53.2
Starlink 3163-3167 S51504
Starlink 3169-3170
Starlink 3174
Starlink 3178
Starlink 3181-3182
Starlink 3186-3189
Starlink 3220-3224
Starlink 3367
Starlink 3376-3377
Starlink 3384
Starlink 3401-3420
Starlink 3422-3423
Starlink 3426-3427
Feb 4 SW1FT ION SCV004, LEO Tech 02? -
Feb 5 0700 Kosmos-2553 Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Radar? 11A S51511 1987 x 1994 x 67.1
Feb 10 1809 OneWeb SL0410-0411 Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat CSG ELS Comms 12A- S51622 468 x 487 x 87.4
OneWeb SL0415-0416 -S51655
OneWeb SL0422-0423
OneWeb SL0425
OneWeb SL0428
OneWeb SL0431
OneWeb SL0434-0436
OneWeb SL0438-0439
OneWeb SL0442-0446
OneWeb SL0448-0449
OneWeb SL0451-0452
OneWeb SL0455-0458
OneWeb SL0461
OneWeb SL0463-0464
OneWeb SL0468
OneWeb SL0473-0475
Feb 10 2000 BAMA-1 ) Rocket 3.3 Canaveral SLC46 Tech F01 F01620 -5150?x 278? x 41
INCA ) Sci F01 F01621
QubeSat ) Tech F01 F01622
R5-S1 ) Tech F01 F01623
Feb 14 0029 EOS-04 ) PSLV-XL Satish Dhawan FLP Radar 13A S51656 516 x 534 x 97.5
INS-2TD ) Tech 13B S51567? 516 x 534 x 97.5
InspireSat-1) Sci 13C S51568? 516 x 534 x 97.5
Feb 15 0424 Progress MS-19 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Cargo 14A S51570? 195 x 226 x 51.6
Feb 19 1740 S.S. Piers Sellers Antares 230+ Wallops MARS LA0A Cargo 15A S51712 185 x 307 x 51.6
Feb 21 1440 Starlink 3446-3452 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Comms 16A 325 x 336 x 53.2
Starlink 3456-3460
Starlink 3500-3502
Starlink 3505-3507
Starlink 3509
Starlink 3511-3518
Starlink 3520-3533
Starlink 3535
Starlink 3540
Starlink 3543
Starlink 3545-3546
Feb 25 1712 Starlink 3544 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 17A 304 x 313 x 53.2
Starlink 3552
Starlink 3557
Starlink 3569
Starlink 3573
Starlink 3580-3581
Starlink 3586
Starlink 3592
Starlink 3596
Starlink 3599-3617
Starlink 3619-3634
Starlink 3637-3639
Starlink 3641
Starlink 3646
Feb 26 2344 Ludi Tance 01B Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Radar 18A S51822 602 x 604 x 97.8
Feb 27 0306 Taijing-3 01 Chang Zheng 8 Wenchang Imaging 19 S51824 527 x 548 x 97.5
Taijing-4 01 Radar
Hainan-1 01 Imaging/AIS
Hainan-1 02 Imaging/AIS
Wenchang-1 01 Imaging/AIS
Wenchang-1 02 Imaging/AIS
Xidian-1 Imaging
Xiamen Keji 1 (JL1FM02A01) Imaging
Jilin-1 GF03D-10 Imaging
Jilin-1 GF03D-11 Imaging
Jilin-1 GF03D-12 Imaging
Jilin-1 GF03D-13 Imaging
Jilin-1 GF03D-14 Imaging
Shaoguan 1 (JL1GF03D-15) Imaging
Wenchang Chaosuan 2 (JL1GF03D-16) Imaging
Wenchang Chaosuan 3 (JL1GF03D-17) Imaging
Anxi Tieguanyin 1 (JL1GF03D-18) Imaging
Tianqi-19 Comms
Chaohu 1 Radar
Chuangxing Leishen Science
Xingshidai-17 Imaging
Qimingxing 1 Imaging
Feb 28 2037 Strix-Beta Electron Mahia LC1B Radar 20A 555 x 573 x 97.8
Mar 1 1438 GOES T Atlas V 541 Canaveral SLC41 Weather 21A 8896 x 35276 x 9.4
Mar 3 1425 Starlink 3503-3504 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 22A 304 x 315 x 53.2
Starlink 3508
Starlink 3519
Starlink 3536
Starlink 3539
Starlink 3541-3542
Starlink 3545
Starlink 3547-3549
Starlink 3551
Starlink 3553-3556
Starlink 3559-3560
Starlink 3562-3568
Starlink 3570-3572
Starlink 3574-3579
Starlink 3582-3585
Starlink 3587-3588
Starlink 3590-3591
Starlink 3593-3595
Starlink 3597-3598
Mar 5 0601 Yinhe 2-01 Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Comms 23A S51946 480 x 502 x 63.4
Yinhe 2-02 Comms 23B S51947 480 x 502 x 63.4
Yinhe 2-03 Comms 23C S51948 480 x 502 x 63.4
Yinhe 2-04 Comms 23D S51949 480 x 502 x 63.4
Yinhe 2-05 Comms 23E S51950 480 x 502 x 63.4
Yinhe 2-06 Comms 23F S51951 480 x 502 x 63.4
Xuanming Imaging 23G S51952 480 x 502 x 63.4
Mar 8 0506? Noor 2 Qased Shahroud Imaging 24A S51954 495 x 513 x 58.3
Mar 9 1345 Starlink 3538 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 25A 301 x 315 x 53.2
Starlink 3589
Starlink 3618
Starlink 3635-3636
Starlink 3640
Starlink 3642-3645
Starlink 3647-3657
Starlink 3659-3660
Starlink 3660
Starlink 3663-3664
Starlink 3666-3669
Starlink 3671-3672
Starlink 3674-3675
Starlink 3677
Starlink 3679-3681
Starlink 3689-3692
Starlink 3694-3697
Starlink 3699-3700
Starlink 3704
Mar 15 1622 S4-CROSSOVER ) Astra Kodiak LP3B Comms 26A 470 x 537 x 97.5
ORESAT0 ) Tech
SpaceBees x20 ) Comms
Mar 17 0709 Yaogan 34-02 Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Imaging 27A 1092 x 1097 x 63.4
Mar 18 1555 Soyuz MS-21 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Spaceship 28A 200 x 224 x 51.7
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Abu Dhabi
Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Abu Dhabi
Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Dharan
Jan 29 0700 MAPHEUS 9 IM/IM Kiruna Micrograv 254 ESRANGE
Jan 29 2252 RV Hwasong-12? Mupyong Test 2000 Sea of Japan
Feb 19 Yars RV Yars Plesetsk Test 1000? Kura
Feb 19 4 x RV? Sineva K-18, Barents Sea Test 1000? Kura
Feb 26 2252 Recon test Hwasong-8 LV? Sunan Test 620 Sea of Japan
Mar 4 2348 Recon test? Hwasong-8 LV? Sunan Test 550 Sea of Japan
Mar 5 1127 LAMP Black Brant IX Poker Flat Auroral 429 Alaska
Mar 9 1825 HERSCHEL Black Brant IX White Sands Solar UV 302 White Sands
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