Jonathan's Space Report
No.
769 2019 Sep 22
Somerville,
MA
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International
Space Station
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Expedition 60
continues.
Soyuz MS-14, flying without a crew, completed a rendezvous
with the ISS
at 0513 UTC on Aug 24. However, at 0532 UTC after a flyaround at
a
distance of 400 metres, it failed to lock on to the Kurs system on
the
Poisk module. It was later determined that Poisk's system was
not
working correctly. The crew sent the abort signal at 0536 UTC and
the
Soyuz was ordered to retreat to a safe distance.
On Aug 26
astronauts Skvortsov, Parmitano and Morgan undocked from the
Zvezda module in
Soyuz MS-13 at 0335 UTC and redocked with the Poisk
module at 0359 UTC. This
left the Zvezda module, with its working Kurs
system, free for a second
docking attempt for Soyuz MS-14.
On Aug 27 at 0308 UTC Soyuz MS-14 indeed
succeeded in docking with the
Zvezda aft port, delivering cargo and the
Fyodor robot.
On Aug 27 the Canadarm-2 unberthed Dragon CRS-18 from the
Harmony nadir
port and released it into orbit at 1459 UTC. Dragon fired its
Draco
thrusters for a 12m53s deorbit burn at 1922 UTC and splashed down
at
about 123.6W 32.5N at 2021 UTC.
The Fyodor robot was loaded back
into Soyuz MS-14 along with some
return cargo and Soyuz MS-14 undocked from
Zvezda at 1814 UTC Sep 6,
landing in Kazakhstan at 2132 UTC to complete its
test flight.
Robotic operations were carried on Sep 3 to Sep 5 on two
Main Bus
Switching Units (MBSUs). MSBU 3 (S/N X700385) was brought inside
Kibo
from ELC-2 for repairs and then returned outside to ESP-2. MBSU 1
(S/N
C250636) was brought inside Kibo from ESP-2 and will be returned
to
Earth on the next Dragon flight.
Cygnus
NG-11
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On Aug 29 the Aerocube-10a satellite, released from
Cygnus NG-11, itself
released its first atmospheric probe, labelled Venturini
in the US satellite
catalog.
On Sep 16 Cygnus NG-11 released the
Seeker cubesat, which was designed to
perform proximity operations with
Cygnus.
Geo-IK
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On Aug 30 Russia launched the Geo-IK-2
No. 13L (Nusson-2 No. 13L, codename Kosmos-2540)
geodetic
satellite.
KX-09
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KX-09 is a Chinese Academy of Sciences
microgravity research satellite, launched on the
small Kuaizhou-1A launcher.
A 6U cubesat from Tianyi Research, Xiaoxiang-1 07 xing, was
also
aboard.
ZY-1
----
The 1840 kg Ziyuan-1 02D xing imaging
satellite was launched on Sep 12 by CZ-4B. The launch
also carried two small
satellites: Jingshi 1 is a 16 kg imaging satellite from Beijing
Normal
University; Jinniuzuo naxing is a 3U cubesat from Shanghai ASES Spaceflight
Technology
Co Ltd which is testing a drag sail.
Zhuhai-1 Group
3
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The Zhuhai yiaho 03 zu (Zhuhai-1 Group 3) cluster
was launched by CZ-11 on Sep 19.
The cluster consists of one video satellite
and four hyperspectral imaging satellites
for the Zhuhai Orbital company.
Each satellite has a name to commemorate a sponsor:
Sat
Name Sponsor
OVS-3 Chunlei Jihua Zhixing
Zhuhai Orbit Co, China Children and Teens Foundation
OHS-3A Xiahaian
1 West Coast New District Govt, Qindao, Shandong Prov.
OHS-3B Feitian Maotai Guizhou Maotai Distillery Co.
OHS-3C
Gaomi-1 Gaomi City Govt, Shandong Prov.
OHS-3D
GuoyuanV9 Jiangsu Jinshiyuan Wine Co
Ltd.
Chandrayaan-2
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The Vikram lander separated
from the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter at 0745 UTC
Sep 2. It carried out a landing
attempt on Sep 6, but lost attitude and
contact at an altitude of 2.3 km. It
appears that Vikram impacted the
surface at about 2023 UTC not far from the
planned landing iste at
70.9S
22.7E.
Hayabusa-2
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On Sep 16 Hayabusa-2
released two 10-cm-diameter target markers (TM-E at 1617 UTC
and TM-C at 1624
UTC) about 1 km above the surface of Ryugu. The spacecraft is observing
the
target markers as they descend slowly in Ryugu's weak gravitational field.
The
TMs are expected to impact the surface by Sep 23.
Table of Recent
Orbital Launches
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Date UT
Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL.
Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Aug 5 2156
Kosmos-2539 Proton/Briz-M Baykonur LC81/24 Comms 48A
S44457 35673 x 35851 x 0.0
Aug 6 1930 EDRS C ) Ariane
5 ECA Kourou ELA3 Comms 49A S44475? 217 x 35528 x
4.5
Intelsat IS-39
) Comms 49B S44476? 231 x
35801 x 4.5
Aug 6 2323 AMOS 17 Falcon 9
Canaveral SLC40 Comms 50A S44479 215 x 35733 x 26.0
Aug 6 or 7?
RTFSat ) Chaffee, LEO Tech 22G
S44417 470 x 485 x 51.6
Quantum Radar 3
) Tech 22F S44416 470 x
485 x 51.6
NARSScube-2
) Tech 22H S44418 470 x
485 x 51.6
ORCA
) Tech 22E S44415 470 x
485 x 51.6
Aug 7 1300 Aerocube-10a ) Chaffee,
LEO Tech 22D S44485 471 x 485 x 51.7
Aerocube-10b ) Tech 22C
S44484 469 x 481 x 51.7
Aug 8 1013 AEHF 5 ) Atlas V
551 Canaveral SLC41 Comms 51A S44481 14366 x 35286 x
10.0
TDO
) Sp.Surv. 51B S44482
207 x 35259 x 26.4
Aug 17 0411 Qiancheng-1 01 ) Jielong-1
Jiuquan Imaging 52A S44486 532 x 559 x 97.6
Xingshidai-5 ) Tech 52
S44487? 529 x 559 x 97.6
Tianqi-2
) Comms 52 S44488? 529 x
560 x 97.6
Aug 19 1203 Zhongxing-18 Chang Zheng 3B
Xichang Comms 53A S44493 228 x 35879 x 28.4
Aug 19 1212
BlackSky Global 4) Electron Mahia Imaging 54
S44496? 531 x 558 x 45.0
Pearl White 1
) Tech 54 S44497? 531 x
558 x 45.0
Pearl White 2
) Tech 54 S44498? 531 x
558 x 45.0
BRO-ONE
) Sigint 54 S44499? 531 x
558 x 45.0
Aug 22 0338 Soyuz MS-14 Soyuz-2-1a
Baykonur LC31 Spaceship 55A S44504 194 x 226 x 51.6
Aug 22 1306
GPS III SV02 Delta 4M+(4,2) Canaveral SLC37B Navigation 56A
S44506 1199 x 20177 x 55.0
Aug 29? AC-10 Probe
1 AC-10a, LEO Atmosphere 22J S44516 471
x 484 x 51.6
Aug 30 1400 Geo-IK-2 No. 13 Rokot
Plesetsk LC133 Geodesy 57A S44517 945 x 958 x 99.3
Aug 30 2341
KX-09 ) Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Micrograv 58B
S44520 592 x 609 x 97.8
XX-1 07
) Imaging 58A S44519
592 x 607 x 97.8
Sep 12 0326 Zi Yuan 1 02D ) Chang Zheng 4B
Taiyuan Imaging 59A S44528? 748 x 758 x 98.6
Jingshi 1 ) Imaging 59B
S44529? 732 x 750 x 98.6
Jinniuzuo
naxing) Tech 59C S44530? 731
x 750 x 98.6
Sep 16 Seeker
Chaffee, LEO Tech 22K S44533 466 x 484 x 51.6
Sep 19 0642
OVS-3 ) Chang Zheng 11 Jiuquan Imaging 60A
S44534? 494 x 512 x 97.4
OHS-3A
) Imaging 60C S44536?
494 x 511 x 97.4
OHS-3B
) Imaging 60D S44537?
494 x 511 x 97.4
OHS-3C
) Imaging 60E S44538?
494 x 511 x 97.4
OHS-3D
) Imaging 60F S44539?
494 x 511 x 97.4
Table of Recent Suborbital
Launches
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Date UT
Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission
Apogee/km Target
Aug 1? Warhead Burkan-3
Yemen Weapon 300? Dammam, S. Arabia
Aug 7 1500?
RV DF-31/41? Taiyuan Test
3000? Xinjiang
Aug 11 0607 SISTINE Black Brant IX White
Sands UV Astronomy 259 White Sands
Aug 12 0944 RockSat-X
9 Terrier Imp.Mal. Wallops Island Education 154
Atlantic
Aug 23 2145 RV DPRK-MLRS Sondok, N
Korea Test 97 Sea of Japan
Aug 23 2202
RV DPRK-MLRS Sondok, N Korea Test
97 Sea of Japan
Aug 24 RV x 4? Sineva
K-114, N Pole region Test 1000? Chizha
Aug 24 RV x
6? Bulava K-535, Barents Sea Test 1000?
Kura
Aug 30 MBRV eMBRM? C-17, off Kauai?
Target 300? Pacific
Aug 30 THAAD FTT-23
THAAD Kwajalein Intercept 100? MBRV
intercept
Sep 4 USN Mk 4 RV x 4? Trident D-5 SSBN 739,
WTR Test 1000? Pacific/Guam
Sep 4 USN Mk 4 RV
x 4? Trident D-5 SSBN 739, WTR Test 1000?
Pacific/Guam
Sep 6 USN Mk 4 RV x 4? Trident D-5 SSBN 739,
WTR Test 1000? Pacific/Guam
Sep 6 USN Mk 4 RV
x 4? Trident D-5 SSBN 739, WTR Test 1000?
Pacific/Guam
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