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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 851 draft                                                   2025 Oct 18  Somerville, MA, USA
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ISS
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Expedition 73 continues.


Starlink launches
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Starlink Group 10-17 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 19 from Canaveral.
Starlink Group 11-19 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 19 from Vandenberg.

Chinese commercial launches
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Zhongke Tansuo Jishu (CAS Space) launched a Lijian-1 from Jiuquan on Oct 19 with
a Pakistani hyperspectral satellite and two Zhongke AIRSAT radar satellites,
one purchased by Malaysian company TerraXpace. The satellites were placed in 1000 LTDN SSO.


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

Oct 13 1000   Shiyan 31                                Chang Zheng 2D     Jiuquan         Imaging  227A 498 x 513 x 80.0
Oct 13 2323   Starship 38                              Starship           Starbase OLP1    Test    U04  -1 x 192 x 26.5?
Oct 14 0158   Kuiper KF-03                             Falcon 9           Canaveral LC40   Comms   228 460 x 468 x 51.9
Oct 14 1633   StriX-5                                  Electron           Mahia LC1A       Radar   229B 534 x 591 x 41.9
Oct 15 2306   SDA T1TL-C                               Falcon 9           Vandenberg SLC4E Comms   230  
Oct 16 0133   WHDW 12-01 to 12-09?                     Chang Zheng 8A     Hainan CSLS LC1  Comms   231  866 x 876 x 50.0
Oct 16 0927   Starlink 10-52                           Falcon 9           Canaveral LC40   Comms   232  260 x 270 x 53.2
Oct 16 2139   HRC camera                                                 ISS, LEO          -    98067XR 416 x 420 x 51.6
Oct 17 0708   Qianfan Jigui 18 zu                      Chang Zheng 6A     Taiyuan LC9A     Comms   233
Oct 19 0333   PRSC-HS1                                 Lijian-1           Jiuquan LC130    Imaging 234  492 x 512 x 97.5
              TerraX-01                                                                    Radar   234  492 x 512 x 97.5
              Beibuwan-01                                                                  Radar   234  492 x 512 x 97.5
Oct 19 1739   Starlink 10-17                           Falcon 9           Canaveral LC40   Comms   235  260 x 268 x 53.2
Oct 19 1924   Starlink 11-19                           Falcon 9           Vandenberg SLC4E Comms   236  259 x 271 x 53.2

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Oct  1 0028   JUSTIN            HASTE               Wallops LA0C         Hypersonic      200?    Atlantic
Oct  8 1340   NS-36             New Shepard         W Texas              Tourist         107     W Texas
Oct 21 2310   RV                KN-25?              Chunghwa             Test             80?    Sea of Japan
Oct 21 2310   RV                KN-25?              Chunghwa             Test             80?    Sea of Japan

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