[JSR] Jonathan's Space Report, No. 823
Jonathan McDowell
jcm at planet4589.com
Thu Aug 24 00:42:33 EDT 2023
Jonathan's Space Report
No. 823 2023 Aug 24 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 69 continues.
The Cygnus NG-19 cargo ship, S.S. Laurel Clark, was launched from Wallops Island on Aug 2.
The ISS SSRMS grappled it at 0852 UTC Aug 4 and berthed it at the Unity nadir location at 1228 UTC.
On Aug 9 astronauts Prokop'ev and Petelin made spacewalk VKD-60. They attached debris shields
to the Rassvet module and relocated the PRM portable workstation from Rassvet to Nauka.
They jettisoned an equipment bundle (RSPI-M launch shrouds from VKD-59, and launch restraint booms
from the PRM) at 2043:50 UTC, and jettisoned a bundle of decontamination towels at 2055:53 UTC.
The Poisk airlock was depressurized from 1426 to 2123 UTC, with the hatch open from 1444 to 2119 UTC.
The Progress MS-22 cargo ship undocked from the ISS Zvezda module at
2350:30 UTC Aug 20. It had been docked with ISS since Feb 11 and made 8
ISS orbit adjust burns. The ship made a deorbit burn at 0258 UTC and reentered over the
S Pacifc around 0335 UTC.
On Aug 23 at 0108 UTC Progress MS-24 was launched from Baykonur.
PSLV-C56
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India's ISRO launched the PSLV-C56 mission from Sriharikota on Jul 30 with a set of satellites
for Singapore. The main payload was the DS-SAR radar satellite for the Singapore government agency
DSTA, carrying an Israeli-built radar system. Small payloads include VELOX-AM, ARCADE and SCOOB-II
for Nanyang Technological University, Galassia-2 for the National Univ. of Singapore, the NuLion IoT relay
satellite for NuSpace of Singapore, and ORB-12 STRIDER. The latter satellite is a 12U cubesat for a consortium
led by Aliena of Singapore and built by the UK firm Orbital Astronautics.
CALT launches
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On Aug 9 CALT launched a CZ-2C from Taiyuan carrying the Huanjing Jianzai 2-06 satellite, with an S-band
SAR radar for disaster assessment and environmental monitoring. The satellite is in sun-sync orbit
with 1000 LTDN orbital plane.
On Aug 12 CALT launched a CZ-3B from Xichang carrying Ludi Tance 4A to geotransfer orbit.
The satellite has an L-band radar and is planned to be the first radar imaging satellite at
synchronous altitude. On Aug 13 the satellite was in a 1417 x 35817 km x 23.8 deg orbit,
and by Aug 23 it was in a synchronous 35772 x 35803 km x 16.1 deg orbit over 89 deg East.
SAST launches
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Fengyun 3F (FY3-06), a polar orbit weather sat, was launched from Jiuquan on Aug 3 to 1000 LTDN sun-sync orbit.
Gao Fen 12-04, a radar imaging remote-sensing satellite, was launched from Jiuquan to 0900 LTDN sun-sync
orbit on Aug 20.
CASIC/EXPACE launches
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Five Jiaotong satellites for HEAD Aerospace were launched on Aug 14 on a
KZ-1A from Xichang. They carry IoT/VDES communications payloads.
Gushenxing-1
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The Xinghe Dongli (Galactic Energy) launch company flew its 7th
Gushenxing-1 rocket from Jiuquan at 0403 UTC Aug 10, placing seven imaging
payloads in orbit. Xiguang-1 01 is an imaging sat for Zhongke Xiguang (aka Xiopm Space) of
Xi'an; Xingchi-1B is an imaging sat for Tuoyuan Shikong (Elliptic
SpaceTime) of Beijing; Xi'an Hangtou 88, 96, 104 and 112 are imaging
sats for Xi'an Hangtou (Xi'an Aerospace Investment Co.) The remaining
sat is known as Diwei Zhineng Yingji 1 or Henan Ligong 1. It is a joint
venture of Deweier Kongjian Jishu (Star Vision) of Hangzhou, Henan
Polytechnic of Jiaozuo, and Tianxun Kongjian Jishu (Skyscanner Space
Tech) of Suzhou. The 7 sats were placed in a 525 x 540 km x 97.5 deg
orbit with 10:22 local time orbital plane. The GSX-1 fourth stage has
not been cataloged and may have been deorbited; only 2 of 6 GSX-1 4th
stages from previous launches have been left in orbit.
Galaxy 37
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The Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 satellite is owned by the Horizons joint
venture between Intelsat and Japan's JSAT. The Maxar-built satellite
carries Intelsat's Galaxy 37 C-band payload and the Horizons-4 Ku-band
payload. It was launched by Falcon 9 on Aug 3. By Aug 18 the satellite
was in a 35778 x 35861 km x 0.1 deg orbit drifting west over the
Pacific.
Starlink launches
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Starlink Group 6-8 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Aug 7.
Starlink Group 6-20 (15 sats) was launched from Vandenberg on Aug 8.
Starlink Group 6-9 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Aug 11.
Starlink Group 6-10 (22 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Aug 17.
Starlink Group 7-1 (21 sats) was launched from Vandenberg on Aug 22.
Glonass
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The Glonass-K2 No. 13L navigation sat was launched from Plesetsk on Aug 7; it was given
the code name Kosmos-2569.
Luna-25
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Russia's Luna-25 moon lander was launched from Vostochniy on Aug 10. The
probe and the Fregat stage have been cataloged as 57600 and 57601
(2023-118A and 118B), with the bonus that we have a TLE for 118B in a
267 x 280 km x 51.7 deg parking orbit. The Blok-I stage was marginally
suborbital and probably reentered over the S Atlantic.
The Luna-25 probe carried a laser mass spectrometer, an IR spectrometer,
a sample arm, an active neutron spectrometer, an ion spectrometer, a
dust monitor device, 4 wide angle and 2 narrow angle cameras, and 2
descent imagers. Following the withdrawal of international collaborators,
all the experiments were from IKI (the Space Research Institute in
Moscow). Luna-25 entered a low lunar polar orbit at 0903 UTC Aug 16. It
was expected to land near 43.5E 69.5S, but on Aug 19 at 1110 UTC an orbit
lowering burn erroneously lowered the orbital perilune below the surface
and at about 1157 UTC Luna-25 was destroyed when it crashed into the Moon
near the crater Pontecoulant G at 60.1E 57.2S.
Chandrayaan-3
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India's Chandrayaan-3 entered a 164 x 18074 km x 88.5 deg lunar orbit on Aug 5.
On Aug 6 the orbit was adjusted to 170 x 4313 km x 90.0 deg By Aug 17
the orbit was lowered to 153 x 163 km x 89.6 deg and the propulsion
module separated from the lander at 0745 UTC.
On Aug 23 the lander began powered descent at 1213:50 UTC and landed
successfully on the lunar surface at about 1232:50 UTC near 32.3E 69.4S.
Deployment of the Pragyan rover was underway by 1630 UTC.
Manligyeong-1 F2
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North Korea launched the second Cheonlima-1 on Aug 23, in an attempt
to place a spy satellite in orbit. North Korea states that
the launch failed during third stage flight, so it probably reached an apogee
of around 500 km. The NK news report implies the destruct system activated
accidentally.
Capella
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Capella launched the first of its new generation Acadia radar satellites on Aug 23
aboard an Electron from New Zealand.
Aeolus
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ESA's Aeolus satellite was deorbited over Antarctica at about 1840 UTC Jul 28 after 4.9 years in space.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jul 1 1212? Euclid Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Astron 92A 200? x 1500000? x 36?
Jul 5 2200 Heinrich-Hertz-Satellit Ariane 5ECA Kourou ELA3 Comms 93 261 x 35672 x 3.0
Syracuse 4B Comms 93
Jul 6 0955 SC-ODIN ISS, LEO Sci 98067
Jul 6 1005 Moonlighter ISS, LEO Tech 98067
Jul 6 1130 RADSAT-SK ISS, LEO Sci 98067
Ukpik-1 Tech 98067
Jul 6 1140 Iris ISS, LEO Tech 98067
ESSENCE Tech 98067
Jul 7 1929 Starlink Group 5-13 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 94
Jul 9 1100 WHJSW Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S Jiuquan Comms 95A 1095 x 1116 x 86.5
Jul 10 0358 Starlink Group 6-5 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 96 297 x 338 x 43.0
Jul 12 0059 Hwasong-18 RV Hwasong-18 Chongdong Test U03 -6258? x 6648 x 42
Jul 12 0100 Dummy payload Zhuque-2 Jiuquan Tech 97A 431 X 461 X 97.3
Jul 14 0905 Chandrayaan-3 LVM3 Satish Dhawan Lunar 98A 139 x 36307 x 21.3
Jul 16 0350 Starlink Group 5-15 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 99A 297 x 337 x 43.0
Jul 18 0127 LEO-3 Electron Mahia LC1B Comms 100G 995 x 1019 x 99.4
Starling-1 Tech 100A? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-2 Tech 100B? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-3 Tech 100C? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Starling-4 Tech 100D? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Lemur AIS/GRO 100E? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Lemur AIS/GRO 100F? 566 x 585 x 99.5
Jul 19 0700 Maya-5 ISS, LEO Comms 98067VW 412 x 416 x 51.6
Maya-6 Comms 98067VX 412 x 416 x 51.6
Jul 20 0320 Tianmu 1-07 Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Met 101A 516 x 529 x 97.4
Tianmu 1-08 Met 101B
Tianmu 1-09 Met 101C
Tianmu 1-10 Met 101D
Jul 20 0409 Starlink Group 6-15 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 102A 284 x 312 x 43.0
Jul 22 0507 Qiankun-1 Gushenxing-1 Jiuquan Imaging 103A 485 x 502 x 96.6
Xingshidai-16 Imaging 103B 485 x 502 x 96.6
Jul 23 0250 Sixiang-1 Chang Zheng 2D Taiyuan Radar 104 488 x 504 x 97.4
Sixiang-2 Imaging 104
Sixiang-3 Imaging 104
Lingxi-03 Comms 104
Jul 24 0050 Starlink Group 6-6 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 105 293 x 302 x 43.0
Jul 26 2002 Yaogan 36-05-01 Chang Zheng 2D Xichang Sigint 106A 488 x 501 x 35.0
Yaogan 36-05-02 Sigint 106B 488 x 501 x 35.0
Yaogan 36-05-03 Sigint 106C 488 x 501 x 35.0
Jul 28 0401 Starlink Group 6-7 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 107 304 x 321 x 43.0
Jul 29 0304 Jupiter 3 Falcon Heavy Kennedy LC39A Comms 108A 8001 x 35504 x 10.4
Jul 30 0101 DS-SAR PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan FLP Radar 109 520 x 538 x 5.0
NuLion Comms 109
Galassia 2 Tech 109
ORB-12 Tech 109
SCOOB-II Tech 109
ARCADE Tech 109
VELOX-AM Tech 109
Aug 2 0031 S.S. Laurel Clark Antares 230+ MARS LA0A Cargo 110A 177 x 304 x 51.6
Aug 3 0347 Fengyun 3-06 Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Weather 111A 801 x 809 x 98.8
Aug 3 0500 Galaxy 37 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 112A 143 x 56147 x 24.6
Aug 7 0241 Starlink Group 6-8 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 113 283 x 292 x 43.0
Aug 7 1319 Glonass-K2 No. 13L Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Plesetsk Nav 114A 19133 x 19156 x 64.8
Aug 8 0357 Starlink Group 6-20 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 115 281 x 292 x 43.0
Aug 8 2253 Huanjing Jianzai 2-06 Chang Zheng 2C Taiyuan Imaging 116A 487 x 502 x 97.4
Aug 10 0403 Xiguang 1-01 Gushenxing-1 Jiuquan LC43/95A Imaging 117
Xingchi-1B Imaging 117
Henan Ligong 1 Imaging 117
Xi'an Hangtou 88 Imaging 117
Xi'an Hangtou 96 Imaging 117
Xi'an Hangtou 104 Imaging 117
Xi'an Hangtou 112 Imaging 117
Aug 10 2310 Luna-25 Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Vostochniy PU1S Lunar 118A 340?x400000?x49?
Aug 11 0517 Starlink Group 6-9 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 119 283 x 292 x 43.0
Aug 12 1726 Ludi Tance 4A Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Radar 120A 184 x 35818 x 28.6
Aug 14 0532 Jiaotong 6 Kuaizhou-1A Xichang Comms 121A 693 x 704 x 45.0
Jiaotong 7 Comms 121B
Jiaotong 8 Comms 121C
Jiaotong 9 Comms 121D
Jiaotong 10 Comms 121E
Aug 14 1500? Kelpie-2? ION 11, SSO Comms 84BY 599 x 698 x 98.0
Aug 17 0336 Starlink Group 6-10 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 122 283 x 292 x 43.0
Aug 20 1745 Gao Fen 12-04 Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Radar 123A 596 x 601 x 97.9
Aug 22 0937 Starlink Group 7-1 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 124 283 x 294 x 53.1
Aug 23 0108 Progress MS-24 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Cargo 125A 188 x 224 x 51.7
Aug 23 1850? Manligyeong-1 F2 Cheonlima-1 Sohae Imaging F07 -5000? x 500 x 97?
Aug 23 2345 Capella 11 Electron Mahia LC1B Radar 126A
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Virgin Galactic's first flight with a paying tourist flew successfully
on Aug 10. VSS Unity flew the Galactic 02 mission to an apogee of 88.5
km with Virgin Galactic's C.J Sturckow, Kelly Latimer, and Beth Moses,
and passengers Jon Goodwin, Keisha Schahaff and Anastatia Mayers. First
time space flyers Latimer, Goodwin, Schahaff and Mayers get space
traveller numbers 657 to 660 in my list.
The White Knight 2 carrier plane took off from Spaceport America, New
Mexico at 1429 UTC and released Spaceship Two "Unity" at 1517:10 UTC
over the usual Elephant Butte drop point at 107.0W 33.3N After a 60
second burn of the rocket engine, Unity flew to apogee and then glided
down to a touchdown at Spaceport America at 1532:48 UTC for a free
flight time of 15m 38s.
Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jul 24 1454 KN-? KN-? N Korea Test 100 Sea of Japan
Jul 24 1459 KN-? KN-? N Korea Test 100 Sea of Japan
Aug 10 1517 Galactic 02 Spaceship Two Sp. America EBR3 Tourist 88 Sp. America
Aug 16 1021 ROCKSAT-X Terrier Imp.Mal. Wallops I. LA2 Education Unk Atlantic
Aug 17 1000 RockOn Terrier Imp.Orion Wallops I. LA2 Education 117 Atlantic
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