Jonathan's Space Report
No.
759 2019 Jan 2
Somerville,
MA
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Spaceship
Two
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Virgin Galactic completed its first suborbital
spaceflight on Dec 13.
The White Knight Two carrier aircraft, VMS Eve, took
off from runway
30/12 at Mojave Air and Space Port, California, at 1511:35
UTC, on its
flight WK2-261. After looping around to the east and north, VMS
Eve
headed back south towards Mojave and at 1559:39 UTC, over
118.22W
35.39N near Kelso Valley, dropped the Spaceship Two vehicle VSS Unity
on
its flight N202VG-015/VP-03. After 2 second free fall the hybrid
motor
was ignited for a 60.0 second burn. The spacecraft, carrying
astronauts
Mark 'Forger' Stucky and Frederick 'C.J.' Sturckow, flew to an
apogee
of 82.682 km and descended safely to a landing on the same runway
at
Mojave with wheels stop at 1613:47UTC for a flight time of
14m08s.
Chang'e-4
----------
Chang'e-4 completed its lunar
orbit insertion burn at 0845 UTC Dec 12;
China reported the vehicle is in a
100 x 400 km orbit, presumably polar.
Radio tracking by S. Tilley and others
derive a 138 x 445 km x 85.0 deg
orbit. On Dec 30 at 0054, the orbit was
lowered to 15 x 100 km. Landing
is expected on Jan
3.
Osiris-Rex
----------
The Osiris-Rex probe arrived in the
vicinity of Bennu on Dec 1.
On Dec 31 at 1943:55 UTC it carried out an orbit
insertion burn to enter
a 1.4 x 2.0 km orbit around the asteroid.
New
Horizons
------------
The New Horizons probe passed about 3500 km from
the cold classical
Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 at 0533 UTC on 2019 Jan 1;
the encounter
occured 43 astronomical units (6.0 light hours) from the Sun.
Early images
show the body is a contact binary with a rotation period of 15
+/- 1
hours.
International Space
Station
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Expedition 57 continued aboard the
ISS until the undocking of Soyuz MS-09;
Expedition 58 is now
underway.
On Dec 11 astronauts Kononenko and Prokop'ev made spacewalk
VKD-45a from the
Pirs airlock, using suits Orlan MKS-5 and MKS-4
respectively.
The airlock was depressurized at 1539 UTC and the hatch was
opened at 1559 UTC;
hatch was closed at 2344 UTC and the airlock was
repressurizaed at 2348 UTC.
The spacewalkers used the GStM-1 and GStM-2 booms
to traverse from the Pirs module
to the orbital module (bitovoy otsek, BO) of
the Soyuz MS-09 ferry ship to inspect
the mysterious hole drilled in its
pressure hull that caused a leak detected on Aug 29.
They worked in the Soyuz
MS-09 area from 1920 to 2230 UTC.
Kononenko and Prokop'ev cut into the
fabric thermal insulation of the
Soyuz MS-09 BO and then used a knife and
shears to cut away a section of
the metal MMOD (micrometeorite and orbital
debris) shield layer that
covers the pressure hull. They took samples from
the epoxy in the hole
and a part of the MMOD shield for return and
analysis.
The first cut in the BO covering was made at 1953 UTC; by 2010
UTC
small mm-scale debris from the insulation was visible on video
coverage
floating away from the worksite. This was soon to be followed by
much
larger pieces. Between 2037-2053 UTC, 2103-2117 UTC and to a lesser
extent
from 2121 to 2210 UTC at least 30 cm-scale and probably
20 5-cm to
10-cm scale pieces of insulation floated away. The largest amount of
debris
generation happened from 2047 to 2050 UTC with many small
pieces.
Probably the largest piece, possibly about 15 x 5 cm or larger,
was
ejected at 2051 UTC and may be the one cataloged as object 43847.
The
hole was located at 2118 UTC; the MMOD shield sample was cut at
2121
UTC.
On Dec 14 the SSRMS removed the GEDI Earth observing
experiment from the
Dragon trunk and handed it to the JRMS which installed it
at EFU6 on the
Kibo Exposed Facility. On about Dec 16, SSRMS and SPDM moved
RRM-3
from Dragon's trunk to ELC-1 site 3.
On Dec 18 the Kibo RMS arm
moved the 450 kg SEDA-AP package from EFU-11
on the Kibo Exposed Facility to
the top of the Kibo pressurized
logistics module ELM-PS. The package's mast
failed to retract,
preventing its disposal aboard Dragon. SEDA-AP was
jettisoned on Dec 20
around 2250 UTC and cataloged as
1998-067PU/43870.
On Dec 20 at 0140 UTC Soyuz MS-09 undocked from
Rassvet, marking the end
of Expedition 57 and the beginning of Expedition 58.
Astronauts Prokop'ev,
Gerst and Aunon-Chancellor departed the ISS leaving
Kononenko (new ISS
commander), Saint-Jacques and McClain aboard. Soyuz MS-09
deorbit
burn was at 0410:52 UTC, the much-abused orbital module was
jettisoned
at 0438 UTC, and reentry began 0441
UTC.
Electron
--------
Rocket Lab launched its 4th
Electron vehicle, "This One's For Pickering", on Dec 16, carrying 13
cubesats
as follows:
Space technology - Albus (NASA-Glenn, testing advanced
electrical bus);
CHOMPTT (U. Florida; laser transfer of
time calibration)
CubeSail (U. Illinois/Catholic U.;
260-m tether)
RSat-P (US Naval Academy; robot arm
tests)
Shields (NASA-Langley, radiation
shielding)
Aerocube-11A/11B (Aerospace Corp, tests of new
imagers)
Space weather and radiation - ISX-CP11 (Cal Poly), NMTSat (New
Mexico Tech),
CeReS (GSFC), STF (GSFC/West Virginia
U)
Astronomy - SHFT-1 'Goergen' (DARPA/JPL) for HF radio
astronomy
Student test satellite - DaVinci (North Idaho STEM Charter Academy
GSAT-7A
--------
On Dec 19 India launched GSAT-7A, a Ku-band
communications satellite for the Indian Air Force.
Launch vehicle was
GSLV-F11, which introduced the newly stretched CUS-15 upper stage
replacing
the old CUS-12. By Jan 1, GSAT-7A was on station at
63E.
Kosmos-2533
------------
Russia launched a Blagovest
military communications satellite on Dec 21
aboard a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket
from Baykonur. Some reports suggested a
problem with the final Briz-M burn,
but on Dec 29 it was shown by US
tracking in a 35421 x 35802 km x 0.2 deg
orbit drifting over 77E.
Hongyun
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At 2351 UTC on Dec 21
China's CALT launched the 5th CZ-11, carrying the
first Hongyun broadband
wifi distribution satellite for CASIC. The
satellite's name is Hongyun
gongcheng jishu yanzheng weixing (Hongyun
Engineering Technology Verification
Satellite). It was inserted in a
1065 x 1072 km x 99.9 deg sun-sync orbit at
0600 local time descending
node; the CZ-11 4th stage made a depletion burn at
0008 UTC to a 642 x
1140 km x 100.4 deg
orbit.
GPS-3
-----
The first GPS III satellite, SV01
'Vespucci', was launched on Dec 23
after many years of delays. GPS 3 is based
on Lockheed Martin's A2100
bus. GPS 3 has a range of improvements, notably
increased power and the
new L1C civilian signal which will improve accuracy
for non-military
users. The satellite has a mass of 4400 kg including
propellant.
TJS-3
-----
On Dec 24 China's CALT launched a
CZ-3C from Xichang with the TJS-3
(Tongxing Jishu Shiyan 3, Communications
Engineering Test Sat 3). TJS
seems to be a cover name for several military
GEO programs. The TJS-1 is
thought to be a large GEO SIGINT, Qianshao-3;
TJS-2 is thought to be the
Huoyan-1 missile early warning test satellite.
The use of the CZ-3C
instead of the CZ-3B for the TJS-3 launch (CZ-3C has
only 2 strapons
rather than 4) suggests it may be different from both of the
first two;
TJS-3 is reported to be a SAST/Shanghai payload. TJS-3 reached GEO
over
58E by Dec 31 and released a possible debris object or small
secondary
payload.
Vostochniy
launch
-----------------
Roskosmos flew a Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat from
Vostochniy on Dec 27, placing
the 473-kg Kanopus-V 5 and 6 imaging payloads
in orbit along with
the 80-kg GRUS imager from Japanese weather company
AXELSPACE and
a cluster of cubesats:
Eight Lemur-2 AIS/ADS-B/GNSS-RO
payloads from Spire Global;
16 Flock-3k Dove imaging payloads from
Planet;
ZACUBE-2 from CPUT-FSATI, Cape Town, S Africa;
UWE-4 from the
University of Wurzburg, Germany;
Lume-1 from the University of Vigo,
Spain;
D-Star ONE Sparrow from German Orbital Systems, Berlin;
iSat,
another GOS/Berlin D-Star ONE to be delivered on orbit to iSky Tech of
Prague.
Hongyan launch
---------------
China's SAST launched
the first YZ-3 upper stage on a CZ-2D from Jiuquan on Dec 29.
The CZ-2D
puth the YZ-3 stage in a 190 km x 50 deg parking orbit. The
first two YZ-3
burns reached a 515 x 525 km x 50.0 deg orbit; the
Chongqing test satellite
for the Hongyan LEO comms constellation was
deployed together with the first
three Yunhai-2 payloads. The YZ-3 then
made two more burns to a 1090 x 1100
km x 50.0 deg orbit and deployed
the remaining 3 Yunhai-2 satellites. The
Yunhai-2 satellits are GNSS-RO
meteorology satellites. I believe the YZ-3
stage then made a
deorbit burn; it probably reentered near Australia around
1145 UTC.
Saudisat launch
---------------
The Chinese rocket
that put Saudisat-5A/5B in orbit also orbited 10 small
satellites. Their
identities have become more clear.
The 7 Piao chong (Ladybird) satellites
from CommSat/Jiutian Weixing Keji Fazhan YG (Beijing)
consist of the 100 kg
Piao chong 1 and 6 smaller satellites for relaying IoT data
for various
customers:
Piao chong 2 (6U) is also known as Maowang Shouyinji Xing
(Elvis Radio Sat)
Piao chong 3 (6U) is also known as Huami xing and
relays data from wearable Huami Tech
fitness devices.
Piao
chong 4 (6U)'s mission has not been revealed although it is thought that one of
the
satellites is involved in relaying data from instrumented
collars on giant pandas.
Piao chong 5 (3U) is also called Li ke Da Jiaoyu
Weixing (Lida Education Satellite),
for Li Da Education Technology Group
YG of Shanghai.
Piao chong 6 (3U) is called Tianmao guoji xing and is
connected to the Tmall International
subsidiary of the AliBaba online
shopping group.
Piao chong 7 (3U) is called RE:X xing, and is owned by
Luhan Studio, associated with
the Seoul-based Chinese musician Lu
Han.
The remaining three payloads use the Sagittarius-1 cubesat bus (probably
3U?) jointly developed
by ADA Space (Guoxing Yuhang Keji, Chengdu) and Tianyi
Research:
Xinjiang Jiaotong-01 relays IoT data from traffic in
Xinjiang
TFSTAR, or Douyu-666, connects users of the Douyu.com video
streaming platform
TY/DF-1 is a test satellite for Tianyi's Xingshidai
constellation.
Errata
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The PSLV launch carried
Centauri-2 and Hiber 1;
the SSO-A launch carried Centauri-1 and Hiber 2. I
got this the wrong way
round in the last JSR. Identifications for the SSO-A
satellites are trickling
in; the table below gives what I believe to be the
current state of play.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch
Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee
Incl Notes
Nov 15 2046 Es'hailsat-2 Falcon 9
Kennedy LC39A Comms 90A S43700 201 x 37688 x 25.0
Nov 16 1814
Progress MS-10 Soyuz-FG Baykonur LC1 Cargo 91A
S43702 186 x 226 x 51.6 Docked to ISS
Nov 17 0901 S.S. John
Young Antares 230 MARS LA0B Cargo 92A S43704 211
x 252 x 51.6
Nov 18 1807 Beidou DW42 ) Chang Zheng 3B/YZ1
Xichang Navigation 93A S43706 21523 x 22194 x 55.0
Beidou DW43 ) Navigation 93B
S43707 21531 x 22194 x 55.0
Nov 19 2340 Shiyan 6
) Unknown 94A S43710 488
x 504 x 97.4 0600LT SSO
Jiading-1 ) Chang Zheng
2D Jiuquan Comms 94B? S43711 489 x 504 x 97.4 0600LT
SSO
Tianzhi 1
) Tech 94C? S43712 488
x 504 x 97.4 0600LT SSO
Tianping-1A) Calib 94D?
S43713 487 x 504 x 97.4 0600LT SSO
Tianping-1B) Calib 94E?
S43714 489 x 504 x 97.4 0600LT SSO
Nov 21 0142 Mohammed
VI-B Vega CSG ELV Imaging 95A S43717
601 x 606 x 98.0 1020LT SSO
Nov 29 0427 HySIS )
PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan Imaging 96A S43719 647 x 648 x
98.0 1000LT SSO
Global-1
) Imaging 96B? S43720? 484 x 500
x 97.5 1000LT SSO
CICERO-8
) Weather 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Hiber 1
) Comms IoT 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
HSAT-1
) Tech 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Centauri 2
) Comms IoT 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
CASE
) Comms IoT 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
FACSAT
) Imaging 96D S43722 476 x 500
x 97.5
Reaktor Hello
World) Comms 96K S43728 476 x
500 x 97.5
InnoSAT-2
) Tech 96V S43738 476 x 500
x 97.5
Lemur-2-Orzulak
) Weather/AIS 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Lemur-2-Vladimir
) Weather/AIS 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Lemur-2-Kobyszcze
) Weather/AIS 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Lemur-2-Duly
) Weather/AIS 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-1
) Imaging 96AE S43747 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-2
) Imaging 96AF S43748 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-3
) Imaging 96R S43734 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-4
) Imaging 96Q S43733 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-5
) Imaging 96H S43726 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-6
) Imaging 96Y S43741 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-7
) Imaging 96Z S43742 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-8
) Imaging 96J S43727 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-9
) Imaging 96 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-10
) Imaging 96E S43723 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-11
) Imaging 96G S43725 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-12
) Imaging 96F S43724 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-13
) Imaging 96AH S43750 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-14
) Imaging 96AG S43749 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-15
) Imaging 96T S43736 476 x 500
x 97.5
Flock 3r-16
) Imaging 96S S43735 476 x 500
x 97.5
Nov 30 0227 Kosmos-2530 ) Rokot Plesetsk
LC133/3 Comms 97A S43751 1485 x 1508 x 82.5
Kosmos-2531 ) Comms 97B
S43752 1485 x 1508 x 82.5
Kosmos-2532
) Comms 97C S43753 1485
x 1508 x 82.5
Dec 3 1131 Soyuz MS-11 R-7 Baykonur
LC1 Spaceship 98A S43756 200 x 239 x 51.6
Dec 3 1834
SSO-A UFF ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Tech 99
S43758 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SSO-A LFF
) Tech 99 S43759? 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Eu:CROPIS
) Rem.Sensing 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SkySat C12
) Imaging 99AR S43797 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SkySat C13
) Imaging 99AW S43802 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
STPSat 5
) Tech 99E S43762 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
KazSTSat
) Imaging 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
NEXTSat-1
) IR Astron 99BF S43811 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
eXCITe
) Tech 99A S43758 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
ICEYE-X2
) Radar 99D S43761 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Global-2
) Imaging 99BG S43812 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
FalconSat-6
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
ESEO
) Tech 99AL S43792 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Hawk A
) Elint 99H S43765 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Hawk B
) Elint 99AN S43794 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Hawk C
) Elint 99AT S43799 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Flock 3s-1
) Imaging 99N S43770 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Flock 3s-2
) Imaging 99BR S43821 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Flock 3s-3
) Imaging 99AG S43788 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
AISTechSat-2
) Imaging/Com 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Hiber-2
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Landmapper-BC4) Imaging 99K
S43767 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
VESTA
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Yukon
) Comms 99G S43764 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Kodiak
) Comms 99BC S43808 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SIRION PF 2
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
ITASAT-1
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Audacy Zero
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
BRIO
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Astrocast-0.1
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Centauri 1
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Eaglet 1
) Imaging 99AJ S43790 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Al Farabi 2
) Comms 99AZ S43805 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Denali
) Radar 99AK S43791 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
ICE-Cap
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
K2SAT
) Imaging/Com 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
KazSciSat
) Tech 99AB S43783 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
MinXSS 2
) Solar X 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Orbital
Reflector) Art 99
574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
RAAF M1
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SeaHawk
) Imaging 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SNUSAT 2
) Imaging 99AA S43782 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
THEA
) Sigint 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Blackhawk
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
ENOCH
) Art 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SNUGLITE
) Tech/Comms 99AC S43784 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
PW-Sat 2
) Tech 99BJ S43814 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
VisionCube
) Atmos Sci 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
RANGE A
) Tech 99Q S43772 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
RANGE B
) Tech 99R S43773 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
CSIM-FD
) Tech 99AM S43793 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
MOVE 2
) Tech 99Y S43780 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Suomi-100
) Tech 99AY S43804 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Elysium Star
2) Burial 99 574
x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Exseedsat-1
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Fox-1Cliff
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
JY1SAT
) Comms 99AX S43803 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
KNACKSAT
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SpaceBEE 5
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SpaceBEE 6
) Comms 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SpaceBEE 7
) Comms 99BL S43816 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
DoD Cube 1A
) Comms? 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
DoD Cube 1B
) Comms? 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
DoD Cube 2A
) Comms? 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
DoD Cube 2B
) Comms? 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
DoD Cube 2C
) Comms? 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
WeissSat 1
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
IRVINE02
) Tech 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
SeeMe
) Imaging 99 574 x
590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO
Dec 4 2037 GSAT-11 ) Ariane 5ECA
Kourou ELA3 Comms 100A? S43823 245 x 35741 x
3.5
Geo-Kompsat 2A )
Comms 100B? S43824 250 x 35742 x 3.5
Dec 5 1816 Dragon
CRS-16 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Cargo 101A S43827
204 x 358 x 51.6
Dec 7 0412 SaudiSat-5A ) Chang Zheng 2D
Jiuquan Tech 102A S43831 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT
SSO
SaudiSat-5B )
Tech 102B S43832 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
TY/DF-1 ) Tech 102C?
S43833? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
TFSTAR
) Comms 102D? S43834? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Xinjiang
Jiaotong--01) Comms 102E? S43835?
535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 1
) Comms 102F? S43836? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 2
) Comms 102G? S43837? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 3
) Comms 102H? S43838? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 4
) Comms 102J? S43839? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 5
) Comms 102K? S43840? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 6
) Comms 102L? S43841? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Piao chong 7
) Imaging 102M? S43842? 535
x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO
Dec 7 1823 Chang'e 4 ) Chang Zheng 3B
Xichang Lunar probe 103A S43845 200 x 420000x
29.4
Lunar rover )
Lunar rover 103 A09236 200 x 420000x 29.4
Dec 16 0633 Albus
) Tech 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
CeReS
) Science 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
CHOMPTT ) Electron
Mahia Tech 104G S43855 489 x 511 x
85.0
Cubesail
) Tech 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
DaVinci
) Education 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
ISX-CP11
) Science 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
NMTSat
) Science 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
RSat-P
) Tech 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
Shields
) Tech 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
STF-1
) Science 104 489 x
511 x 85.0
Goergen (SHFT-1)
) Rad Astron 104M S43860 496 x
511 x 85.0
AC11-Eagle Scout
) Imaging 104N S43861 489 x
511 x 85.0
AC11-R3
) Imaging 104A S43849 489 x
511 x 85.0
Dec 19 1040 GSAT-7A GSLV Mk II
Sriharikota Comms 105A S43864 145 x 38932 x 19.4
Dec 19
1637 CSO-1 Soyuz ST-B CSG ELS Imaging
106A S43866? 800?x 800?x 98?
Dec 21 0020 Kosmos-2533
Proton-M Baykonur Comms 107A S43867 35421 x 35802 x
0.2
Dec 21 SEDA-AP ISS,
LEO Science 98067PU S43870 401 x 408 x 51.6
Dec 21 2351
Honygun GJYW Chang Zheng 11 Jiuquan Comms 108A
S43871 1065 x 1072 x 99.9 0600LT SSO
Dec 23 1351 GPS III SV01
Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Navigation 109A S43873 1192 x 20199 x
55.0
Dec 24 1653 TJS 3 Chang Zheng 3C
Xichang Unknown 110A S43874 182 x 35815 x 28.5
Dec 27
0207 Kanopus-V No. 5 ) Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat Vostochniy Imaging
111A S43876 504 x 511 x 97.5 2322LT SSO
Kanopus-V No. 6
) Imaging 111B S43877 499 x 511
x 97.5 2322LT SSO
GRUS 1
) Imaging 111 S43878 486 x 562
x 97.6 2322LT SSO
UWE-4
) Tech 111 S43879? 571 x 587
x 97.3
D-Star ONE Sparrow
) Tech/Comms 111 S43880? 571 x 583 x
97.3
iSky
) Comms 111 S43881? 571 x 583 x
97.3
Lemur-2-RemyColton
) Met/Comms 111 S43882? 571 x 583 x
97.3
Lemur-2-Gustavo
) Met/Comms 111 S43883? 571 x 583 x
97.3
Lemur-2-ChristinaHolt) Met/Comms 111
S43884? 571 x 583 x 97.3
Lemur-2-Zo
) Met/Comms 111 S43885? 571 x 583 x
97.3
Lemur-2-TinyKev
) Met/Comms 111 S43886? 571 x 583 x
97.3
Lemur-2-SarahBettyBoo) Met/Comms 111
S43887? 571 x 583 x 97.3
Lemur-2-NatalieMurray) Met/Comms 111
S43888? 571 x 583 x 97.3
Lemur-2-DaisyHarper
) Met/Comms 111 S43889? 571 x 583 x
97.3
ZACube-2
) Comms 111 S43891? 495 x 515
x 97.30
Lume-1
) Comms 111 S43892? 480 x 512
x 97.30
Flock 3k-1/Dove 1062
) Imaging 111U S43894 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-2/Dove 106c
) Imaging 111V S43895 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-3/Dove 1068
) Imaging 111S S43892 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-4/Dove 1063
) Imaging 111T S43893 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-5/Dove 1067
) Imaging 111Z S43899 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-6/Dove 1069
) Imaging 111W S43896 480 x 512 x
97.30
Flock 3k-7/Dove 106a
) Imaging 111AC S43902 480 x 510 x
97.30
Flock 3k-8/Dove 106b
) Imaging 111AB S43901 480 x 510 x
97.30
Flock 3k-9/Dove 1065
) Imaging 111AG S43906 480 x 510 x
97.30
Flock 3k-10/Dove
106d) Imaging 111AF S43905 480 x
510 x 97.30
Flock 3k-11/Dove
106e) Imaging 111AE S43904 480 x
510 x 97.30
Flock 3k-12/Dove
106f) Imaging 111AD S43903 480 x
509 x 97.30
Dec 29 0800 Chongqing ) Chang Zheng 2D/YZ3
Jiuquan Comms 112A S43909 515 x 525 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 01 ) Meteo? 112B
S43910 515 x 525 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 02
) Meteo? 112C S43911 515
x 525 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 03
) Meteo? 112D S43912 1088
x 1098 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 04
) Meteo? 112E S43913 1090
x 1099 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 05
) Meteo? 112F S43914 1091
x 1100 x 50.0
Yunhai-2 06
) Meteo? 112G S43915 1092
x 1100 x 50.0
Table of Recent Suborbital
Launches
-----------------------------------
Date UT Payload/Flt
Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km
Target
Nov 7 0701 GT228GM Minuteman 3
Vandenberg Op. Test 1300? Kwajalein?
Nov 22?
RV? JL-3 Sub, Bohai? Test
1000?
Nov 28 0700 TLV KSLV-II TLV
Naro R&D 209 near Jeju
Nov 30
RVs? Khorramshahr? Semnan? Test
500? Iranian desert?
Dec 7 1106 VISIONS-2 1 Black Brant X
Svalbard Auroral 805 Svalbard
Dec 7 1108
VISIONS-2 2 Black Brant X Svalbard Auroral
600 Svalbard
Dec 8 0826 TRICE-2 High Black Brant XIIA
Andoya Plasma 1042 Norwegian Sea
Dec 8 0828
TRICE-2 Low Black Brant XIIA Andoya Plasma
756 Norwegian Sea
Dec 9 1543 PSR-01 VS-30
Alcantara Tech 120? Atlantic
Dec 10 FTI-03
Target IRBM-T1 C-17, Pacific Target 300?
Pacific
Dec 10 FTI-03 KV SM-3-IIA Kauai
AAMDTC Interceptor 300? FTI-03
Dec 10 0800 Agni
KV Agni V Kalam Island Test 800?
Indian Ocean
Dec 13 1600 VSS Unity VP03 Spaceship Two Lake
Isabella Test 82.7 Mojave
Dec 18 0746 DEUCE
2 Black Brant IX White Sands UV Astron 282
White Sands
Dec 26 Avangard UR-100NU?
Yasniy Test 1000?
Kura
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