Jonathan's Space Report
No.
767 2019 Aug 2
Somerville,
MA
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International
Space Station
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Expedition 60 continues.
Soyuz MS-13 was launched on Jul 20 and docked with the Zvezda module 6h 19
min
after launch. Crew were Aleksandr Skvortsov, Luca Parmitano and Drew
Morgan. They joined
Aleksey Ovchinin, Nick Hague and Christina Koch aboard
the ISS.
Cargo ship Dragon CRS-18 was launched on Jul 25. The Falcon 9
stage 1 landed back at Cape Canaveral's LZ1.
Dragon was grappled by the
Canadarm-2 at 1311 UTC Jul 27 and berthed on the Harmony nadir port by 1601
UTC
Jul 27.
Cargo ship Progress MS-11 undocked from the Pirs module at
1043 UTC Jul 29 and was deorbited
over the Pacific, with deorbit burn at 1350
UTC and atmosphere entry at 1423 UTC. Progress MS-12
was launched on Jul 31
and docked with Pirs after a 3h 18m flight, the fastest trip to date from
Earth
to ISS.
Soyuz-2-1v
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On Jul 10 Russia
launched a Soyuz-2-1v (light Soyuz with no strapon
boosters) from Plesetsk.
The Volga third stage placed 4 Russian Defense
Ministry satellites in a 620
km sun-sync orbit and then maneuvered to a
lower 475 x 510 km disposal orbit.
At least one of the satellites is
thought to be similar to the Kosmos-2519
(possible Nivelir-L) payload
launched two years ago and used for rendezvous
experiments.
Vega
----
Flight VV15 of Europe's Vega launch
vehicle was the rocket's first failure.
Problems developed about 2 min 15s
into flight during the second stage burn
and the rocket fell into the
Atlantic. The payload was Falcon Eye 1,
a French-built spy satellite for the
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces.
SRG
---
On Jul 13 Russia's
Spectrum-Rontgen-Gamma X-ray observatory was launched
by Proton/DM-03 from
Baykonur, after a 30 year development process. In
its current form, SRG
carries the Russian ART X-ray telescope and the
European eROSITA X-ray
telescope. eROSITA will carry out a sky survey in
the relatively unexplored
2-10 keV energy band. The spacecraft is on its
way to the Sun-Earth Lagrange
2 point.
Chandrayaan-2
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ISRO launched a GSLV-3 on
Jul 22, putting the Chandrayaan-2 lunar probe in geotransfer orbit.
The probe
will use its own engine to raise its orbit and reach the Moon. The Vikram
lander
will then deliver the Pragyan rover to the lunar surface.
By
Aug 2, Chandrayaan-2 had raised its orbit to 277 x 89472
km.
SQX-1
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On Jul 25 the first launch of the orbital
version of the Shuang Quxian-1
(Hyperbola-1) rocket was a success. It placed
a Beijing Inst of
Technology amateur radio satellite and another payload in
orbit, as well
as several experiments attached to the liquid-propellant 4th
stage. The
second payload, believed to be an inflatable air density
experiment from
Aerospace Science and Tech. Space Eng. Dvpt. Co Ltd of
Beijing, and the
fourth stage are believed to have reentered within 24 hours
and no
orbital data for them was released by US tracking.
The Shang
Quxian-1 rocket was developed by the Beijing xingji rongyao
kongjian keji YG
(Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Tech Co. Ltd., also
known as iSpace). This
represents the first successful orbital launch by
a commercially-developed
and operated Chinese rocket.
YG-30
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The three Yaogan-30
group 05 satellites were launched on Jul 26 from Xichang.
The CZ-2C first
stage was modified to use grid fins, which helped it steer its trajectory
to
a relatively precise impact location.
Meridian-M
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The
first upgraded Meridian-M military communications satellite, No.
18L, was
launched on Jul 30. It will supplement the original Meridian
satellites Nos.
11-17L.
Hayabusa-2
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Hayabusa-2 made its second
sampling touch-and-go on the surface of Ryugu at 0106UTC Jul
11.
Note
----
Many of the payloads from the 2019-032, 2019-036
and 2019-038 launches remain unassociated with specific
tracked objects.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch
Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee
Incl Notes
Jun 5 0406 Jilin-1 GaoFen 03A ) Chang Zheng 11H
Barge, Yellow Sea Imaging 32 S44310 558 x 576 x 45.0
Tianqi-3 ) Comms 32
S44311 556 x 576 x 45.0
Xiaoxiang-1 04 xing
) Imaging 32 S44312 557 x 575 x
45.0
Bufeng-1A
) Meteo 32 S44313 555 x 576 x
45.0
Bufeng-1B
) Meteo 32 S44314 555 x 576 x
45.0
Tianxiang 1
) Tech 32 S44315 552 x 576 x
45.0
Tianxiang 2
) Tech 32 S44316 556 x 576 x
45.0
Jun 12 1417 RCM-1 ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg
SLC4E Radar 33A S44322 584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
RCM-2 ) Radar 33B
S44323 584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
RCM-3
) Radar 33C S44324
584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
Jun 17 1015 Uguisu
) ISS, LEO Tech 9867QG S44331 405
x 417 x 51.6
Raavana-1
) Tech 9867QF S44330 405
x 417 x 51.6
NepaliSat-1
) Tech 9867QE S44329 405
x 417 x 51.6
Jun 17 1020 SpooQy-1
ISS, LEO Tech 9867QH S44332 405 x 417 x 51.6
Jun 20 2143
T-16 ) Ariane 5 Kourou ELA3 Comms 34A
S44333 255 x35737 x 6.0
Eutelsat 7C
) Comms 34B S44334 251
x35714 x 6.0
Jun 24 1809 Beidou DW46 Chang Zheng 3B
Xichang LC3 Nav 35A S44337 200 x35822 x 28.6
Jun 25 0630
OCULUS-ASR ) Tech 36T
S44356 305 x 858 x 28.5
TEPCE 1 ) Falcon
Heavy Kennedy LC39A Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
TEPCE 2
) Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
DOTSI/Falconsat-7
) Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
ARMADILLO
) Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
PSAT-2
) Comms 36U S44357 305 x 858 x
28.5
BRICSAT-2
) Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
Prometheus-2.6
) Comms 36AB S44386 305 x 858 x
28.5
Prometheus Mass Sim
) Inert 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
E-TBEx A
) Science 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
E-TBEx B
) Science 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
LEO-CP9
) Tech 36X S44360 305 x 858 x
28.5
StangSat
) Tech 36 305 x 858 x
28.5
PROX-1
) Tech 36A S44339 710 x 724 x
24.0
NPSAT-1
) Science 36B S44340 710 x 724 x
24.0
OTB
) Tech/Burial 36C S44341 710 x 724 x
24.0
GPIM
) Tech 36D S44342 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-1
) Meteo 36L S44349 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-2
) Meteo 36N S44351 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-3
) Meteo 36E S44343 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-4
) Meteo 36M S44350 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-5
) Meteo 36V S44358 710 x 724 x
24.0
COSMIC 2-6
) Meteo 36Q S44353 710 x 724 x
24.0
DSX
) Science 36F 5994 x12012 x
42.2
Jun 27 2005 RED-EYE ISS,
LEO Tech 9867QJ S44364 408 x 418 x 51.6
Jun 29 0430
BlackSky Global 3 ) Electron Mahia LC1 Imaging 37C
S44367 452 x 460 x 45.0
SpaceBEE 8
) Comms 37 452 x 460
x 45.0
SpaceBEE 9
) Comms 37 452 x 460
x 45.0
ACRUX 1
) Tech 37 452 x 460
x 45.0
Prometheus 2.7
) Comms 37K S44374 452 x 460
x 45.0
Prometheus 2.9
) Comms 37B S44366 452 x 460
x 45.0
UNIDENTIFIED
PAYLOAD) UNK 37 452 x
460 x 45.0
Jul 1? Oculus-ASR Sphere 1
Oculus-ASR,LEO Cal 36AA S44376 306 x 796 x 28.5
Jul 2 0749
LightSail-2 PROX-1, LEO Tech 36AC
S44420 710 x 724 x 24.0
Jul 3 1015 IOD-1
GEMS ISS, LEO Tech 9867QK S44385
408 x 418 x 51.6
Jul 3 1150 KrakSat )
ISS, LEO Tech 9867QL S44426 408 x 418 x 51.6
Swiatowid ) Tech 9867QM
S44427 408 x 418 x 51.6
Jul 3 1450 VCC-A
Aeternitas) ISS, LEO Tech 9867QN S44428
408 x 418 x 51.6
VCC-B Libertas
) Tech 9867QR S44431 408 x 418
x 51.6
VCC-C Ceres
) Tech 9867QQ S44430 408 x 418
x 51.6
Jul 3 1625 EntrySat ISS,
LEO Tech 9867QP S44429 408 x 418 x 51.6
Jul 5 0541 Meteor-M
No. 2-2 ) Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Vostochniy Weather 38A S44387
812 x 816 x 98.7
ICEYE-X4
) Radar 38D S44390 574 x 595
x 97.7
ICEYE-X5
) Radar 38C S44389 574 x 595
x 97.7
CarboNIX
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
DoT-1
) Tech 38P S44399 574 x 595
x 97.7
El Camino Real
) Tech 38Y S44408 574 x 595
x 97.7
NSLSat-1
) Tech/Comm 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
SEAM 2.0
) Science 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
SONATE
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
JAISAT 1
) Comm 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
EXOCONNECT
) Comm 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
LightSat
) Comm 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
Ecuador-UTE
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lucky-7
) Tech 38W S44406 574 x 595
x 97.7
MOVE-IIb
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
MTCube
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
Koit TTU101
) Imaging 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
BEESAT 9
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
BEESAT 10
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
BEESAT 11
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
BEESAT 12
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
BEESAT 13
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-Morag
) Met/AIS 38T S44403 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-Wanli
) Met/AIS 38S S44402 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-Yndrd
) Met/AIS 38U S44404 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-EJatta
) Met/AIS 38Z S44409 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-LillyJo
) Met/AIS 38L S44396 574 x 595
x 97.7
Lemur-2-DustInTheWind
) Met/AIS 38V S44405 574 x 595 x
97.7
Lemur-2-Alex-Maddy
) Met/AIS 38X S44407 574 x 595 x
97.7
Lemur-2-GregRobinson
) Met/AIS 38AB S44411 574 x 595 x
97.7
AmGU 1
) Tech 38J S44394 574 x 595
x 97.7
Sokrat
) Tech 38 574 x 595
x 97.7
VDNKh-80
) Tech 38G S44392 574 x 595
x 97.7
Jul 10 1714 Kosmos-2535 ) Soyuz 2-1V Plesetsk
LC43/4 Tech 39A S44421 611 x 622 x 97.9
Kosmos-2536
) Tech 39B S44422 611 x
622 x 97.9
Kosmos-2537
) Tech 39C S44423 611 x
622 x 97.9
Kosmos-2538
) Tech 39D S44424 611 x
622 x 97.9
Jul 11 0153 FalconEye 1 Vega CSG
ZLV Imaging F05 -6175? x 75?x 98.5?
Jul 12 1230
Spektr-RG Proton-M/DM-03 Baykonur LC81/24 Astronomy
40A 500 x1240000 x 51.6
Jul 20 1628
Soyuz MS-13 Soyuz-FG Baykonur LC1/5 Spaceship 41A
S44437 200 x 211 x 51.6
Jul 22 0913 Chandrayaan 2
GSLV-3 Satish Dhawan Lunar 42A S44441 133 x45171 x
21.4
Jul 25 0500 CAS-7B ) Shuang Quxian 1
Jiuquan Comms 43 S44443 280 x 299 x 42.7
Hangtian KKG Fazhang sat) Tech
43
Jul 25 2201 Dragon CRS-18 Falcon 9 Canaveral
SLC40 Cargo 44A S44446 203 x 386 x 51.6
Jul 26 0357 Yaogan-30 05
zu 01 xing ) Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Sigint 45A S44449 590 x
605 x 35.0
Yaogan-30 05 zu 02 xing
) Sigint 45B S44450 590 x 605 x
35.0
Yaogan-30 05 zu 03 xing
) Sigint 45C S44451 590 x 605 x
35.0
Jul 30 0557 Meridian-M No. 18L Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat Plesetsk
LC43/4 Comms 46A S44453 985 x39734 x 62.8
Jul 31 1210 Progress
MS-12 Soyuz-2-1A Baykonur LC31 Cargo 47A S44455
185 x 218 x 51.6
Table of Recent Suborbital
Launches
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The FTA-01 exercise saw
three US Missile Defense Agency medium range
targets of undisclosed type
launched from an undisclosed location on
undisclosed dates in July, all
intercepted by Israeli Arrow 3
interceptors launched from Kodiak, Alaska.
Dates, target types and
target launch location shown below are
speculative.
Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle
Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jun 1 2015?
RV JL-3? Submarine,Bohai Sea Test
1000? Taklamakan Desert
Jun 13 0221 ATEK/MAPHEUS 8
IM/VS-30 ESRANGE Microgravity 240 ESRANGE
Jun
19 1128 TooWINDY 1 Black Brant IX Kwajalein
Ionosphere 373 Pacific
Jun 19 1133 TooWINDY 2 Black Brant
IX Kwajalein Ionosphere 412 Pacific
Jun 20 0938
NASA 41.126UO Terrier Imp.Orion Wallops Island Education
117 Atlantic
Jun 24 0652 MASER 14 VSB-30
ESRANGE Microgravity 260 ESRANGE
Jul 15? MRBM
Target eMRBM? C-17, Kauai? Target 300?
Alaska
Jul 15? Arrow 3 KV Arrow 3
Kodiak Interceptor 100? Intercept MRBM
Jul 24
Shahab RV Shahab 3 Iran Test
250? Iran?
Jul 26 Topol-E RV Topol' Kapustin
Yar Reentry test 1000? Sary Shagan
Jul 22? MRBM
Target eMRBM? C-17, Kauai? Target 300?
Alaska
Jul 22? Arrow 3 KV Arrow 3
Kodiak Interceptor 100? Intercept MRBM
Jul 27?
MRBM Target eMRBM? C-17, Kauai? Target
300? Alaska
Jul 27? Arrow 3 KV Arrow 3
Kodiak Interceptor 100? Intercept
MRBM
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