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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 832 draft                                                    2024 Mar 25   Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 70 continues. 

Starlink launches
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Starlink Group 6-46 (23 sats) was launched from Canaveral on Mar 25.

New information on Space-Track.org confirms the launch of two secret satellites,  USA 350 and 351,
on the Group 7-16 Starlink launch.

SAST launches
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On Mar 26 SAST launched a CZ-6A which placed the Yunhai-3 02 military
weather satellite in sun-sync orbit.


Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT       Name			     Launch Vehicle	 Site		 Mission  INTL.  Catalog  Perigee Apogee  Incl	 Notes
Mar  4 0353   Dragon Crew-8                     Falcon 9                 Kennedy LC39A    Spaceship 42A 191 x 215 x 51.6
Mar  4 2205   Transporter-10                    Falcon 9                 Vandenberg SLC4E  Rideshare 43  508 x 529 x 97.5
Mar  4 2356   Starlink Group 6-41               Falcon 9                 Canaveral         Comms    44   273 x 283 x 43.1
Mar 10 2305   Starlink Group 6-43               Falcon 9                 Canaveral         Comms    45   273 x 283 x 43.1
Mar 11 0409   Starlink Group 7-17               Falcon 9                 Vandenberg SLC4E  Comms    46   284 x 294 x 53.2
Mar 12 1503   Strix 3                           Electron                 Mahia LC1B        Radar    47A  553 x 579 x 97.6
Mar 13 0201   KAIROS TUGKE                      KAIROS                   Kii               Imaging  F01  -6378 x 0 x 97
Mar 13 1251   DRO-A/DRO-B                       Chang Zheng 2C/YZ-1S     Xichang           Lunar    48A  525 x 132577 x 27.7
Mar 14 1325   Starship 28                       Starship                 Starbase OLP1     Test     U01  -54 x 234 x 26.5
Mar 16 0021   Starlink Group 6-44               Falcon 9                 Kennedy LC39A     Comms    49   279 x 288 x 43.0
Mar 19 0228   Starlink Group 7-16               Falcon 9                 Vandenberg SLC4E  Comms    50   305 x 314 x 53.2
              USA 350                                                                      Sigint?  50W  305 x 314 x 53.2
              USA 351                                                                      Sigint?  50X  305 x 314 x 53.2
Mar 20 0031   Queqiao-2                         Chang Zheng 8            Wenchang LC201    Lunar    51A  200 x 420000 x 22.6
              Tiandu-1                                                                     Lunar    51B? 200 x 420000 x 22.6
              Tiandu-2                                                                     Lunar    51C? 200 x 420000 x 22.6
Mar 21 0527   Yunhai-2 02 zu 01 xing            Chang Zheng 2D/YZ-3      Jiuquan           Weather  52A  1130 x 1140 x 50.1
              Yunhai-2 02 zu 02 xing                                                       Weather  52B  1130 x 1140 x 50.1
              Yunhai-2 02 zu 03 xing                                                       Weather  52C  1130 x 1140 x 50.1
              Yunhai-2 02 zu 04 xing                                                       Weather  52D   475 x  486 x 50.1
              Yunhai-2 02 zu 05 xing                                                       Weather  52E   475 x  486 x 50.1
              Yunhai-2 02 zu 06 xing                                                       Weather  52F   475 x  486 x 50.1
Mar 21 0725   USA 352                           Electron                  MARS Pad 0C      Tech     53A   500?x500? x48
              Mola                                                                         Tech     53B
              Aerocube 16A                                                                 Tech     53C
              Aerocube 16B                                                                 Tech     53D
Mar 21 2055   Dragon CRS-30                     Falcon 9                  Canaveral LC40   Cargo    54A  193 x 211 x 51.7
Mar 23 1236   Soyuz MS-25                       Soyuz-2-1a                Baykonur LC31  Spaceship  55A  330 x 367 x 51.6
Mar 24 0309   Starlink Group 6-42               Falcon 9                  Kennedy LC39A    Comms    56   284 x 292 x 43.0
Mar 25 2342   Starlink Group 6-46               Falcon 9                  Canaveral LC40   Comms    57   284 x 293 x 43.0
Mar 26 2241   Yunhai-3 02                       Chang Zheng 6A            Taiyuan          Weather  58A  840 x 856 x 98,8

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches 
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Date UT       Payload           Rocket              Site                 Mission       Apogee    Target

Mar  1        Yars RV           Yars                Plesetsk             Op. test      1000?     Kura
Mar 11        RV x 3?           Agni 5              Kalam Island         Test          800?      Indian Ocean
Mar 12 0515   REXUS 32          Orion               ESRANGE              Microgravity   80?      ESRANGE
Mar 14 1200   REXUS 31          Orion               ESRANGE              Microgravity   80?      ESRANGE
Mar 24 0945   TEXUS 60          VSB-30              ESRANGE              Microgravity  264?      ESRANGE

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