Jonathan's Space Report
No.
776 2020 Mar 10
Somerville,
MA
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International
Space Station
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Expedition 62
continues.
Cygnus NG-13, the S.S. Robert Lawrence, was grappled by
Canadarm-2 at 0905 UTC Feb 18
and berthed at Unity nadir at 1116
UTC.
NG-13's pressurized cargo of 3466 kg includes;
ColKa, a
Ka-band antenna package to be EVA-installed on Columbus. (ESA, built by MDA-UK;
120 kg)
RED-EYE 2, a DARPA satellite (100kg class, Kaber deployer)
Nanoracks NRCSD-18 deployment with 2 known cubesats:
DeMi, a 6U cubesat
with a DARPA deployable mirror experiment, led by Aurora Flight Sciences (10 kg
class)
TechEdSat-10, a 1x6U cubesat (0.6 x 0.1 x 0.1m) with a
controllable aerobrake for targeted reentry
(Ames/San Jose
State, 10 kg class)
NG-13's external cargo of 167 kg is an NRCSD-E deployer
carrying unknown cubesats.
On Feb 19 the Nanoracks NRCSD-17 deployment
was carried out, with
cubesat deployers launched on NG-13 and CRS-19
extracted frome the Kibo
module by the JEM-RMS.
On Feb 20 the JEM-RMS
robot arm moved the ICS-EF unit from JEM-EF slot
EFU7 to slot EFU13. The
ICS-EF Inter-Orbit Communication System provided
data links via the Kodama
satellite, which was retired in 2017. The
Canadarm-2 arm unberthed and
jettisoned the 310 kg, 1.9 x 0.8m box into
orbit at 1850 UTC Feb
21.
On Mar 7 Dragon CRS-20 was launched carrying cargo for ISS including
the
commercial Bartomoleo experiment platform from Airbus, which will
be
attached to the Columbus module. The Falcon 9 first stage made
a
successful return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral. Dragon arrived
at
ISS on Mar 9, with Canadarm-2 grapple at 1025 UTC and berthing at
1218
UTC.
XJS
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Four new technology test satellites (Xin
Jishu Shiyan Weixing) for Earth
observation and intersatellite communications
were launched from Xichang
on Feb 19. XJS C and D were built by
SAST/Shanghai; XJS E by Harbin, and
XJS F by DFH
Satellite.
Meridian
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Russian military communications
satellite Meridian-M No. 19L was launched on Feb 20
from Plesetsk into a
Molniya orbit.
MEV-1
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The Northrop Grumman MEV-1
satellite approached within 5 km of its target satellite Intelsat 901
on Feb
18. After several practice approaches, MEV-1 successfully docked with Intelsat
901
on Feb 25 at 0715 UTC. MEV-1 will remain attached to I-901 to provide
attitude control and propulsion,
extending the communications satellite's
useful life. I-901 raised itself out of GEO on Dec 11
to participate in the
experiment. The satellites are in a 36080 x 36099 km x 1.6 deg orbit, drifting 4
degrees
west a day over Indonesia.
USA 294
-------
The USA
294 satellite launched by Electron in January has been located in a 586 x 588 km
x 70.0 deg orbit.
Debris event
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The S5M rocket
stage of Tsiklon-3 No 67082-803, which launched Meteor-3 No. 5 in Aug
1991,
disintegrated on Feb 12 at 1046 UTC. 28 debris objects have been
cataloged. This is
the 5th S5M stage to disintegrate. 104 more S5M stages
remain in orbit.
Beidou
------
Beidou DW 54, the second
geostationary payload in the Beidou-3 series, was launched to
geotransfer
orbit on Mar 9. The satellite has the system designations
Beidou-3 GEO-2/C60.
Table of Recent Orbital
Launches
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Date UT Name
Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee
Apogee Incl Notes
Feb 1 1544
CIRiS Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Sci 19071K?
S45120? 458 x 474 x 51.6
Feb 1 1943
ORCA-2 Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Tech 19071L?
S45121? 459 x 473 x 51.6
Feb 1 2115 EdgeCube
) Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Rem.sen. 19071M? S45122?
459 x 473 x 51.6
MakerSat-1?) Tech 19071N?
S45123? 459 x 473 x 51.6
Feb 1?
MiniCarb Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Sci 19071P?
S45124? 459 x 473 x 51.6
Feb 1?
VPM Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Sci 19071Q?
S45125? 459 x 473 x 51.6
Feb 1?
Lynk?? Slingshot/NG-12,LEO Comms 19071R?
S45126? 459 x 473 x 51.6
Feb 6 2142 OneWeb 0013 ) Soyuz
2-1B/Fregat Baykonur LC31 Comms 08A S45131 439 x 460 x
87.4
OneWeb 0021
) Comms 08D S45134 439
x 464 x 87.4
OneWeb 0028
) Comms 08K S45140 440
x 465 x 87.4
OneWeb 0026
) Comms 08J S45139 440
x 465 x 87.4
OneWeb 0020
) Comms 08C S45133 449
x 466 x 87.4
OneWeb 0051
) Comms 08AA S45155 440
x 466 x 87.4
OneWeb 0059
) Comms 08AH S45162 442
x 467 x 87.4
OneWeb 0036
) Comms 08P S45144 443
x 467 x 87.4
OneWeb 0032
) Comms 08L S45141 443
x 468 x 87.4
OneWeb 0058
) Comms 08AG S45161 444
x 468 x 87.4
OneWeb 0022
) Comms 08E S45135 446
x 467 x 87.4
OneWeb 0024
) Comms 08G S45137 447
x 467 x 87.4
OneWeb 0044
) Comms 08V S45150 447
x 467 x 87.4
OneWeb 0041
) Comms 08T S45148 448
x 468 x 87.4
OneWeb 0039
) Comms 08R S45146 448
x 468 x 87.4
OneWeb 0047
) Comms 08X S45152 448
x 468 x 87.4
OneWeb 0056
) Comms 08AE S45159 448
x 469 x 87.4
OneWeb 0062
) Comms 08AJ S45163 448
x 470 x 87.4
OneWeb 0057
) Comms 08AF S45160 448
x 472 x 87.4
OneWeb 0023
) Comms 08F S45136 448
x 472 x 87.4
OneWeb 0038
) Comms 08Q S45145 448
x 473 x 87.4
OneWeb 0054
) Comms 08AD S45154 448
x 473 x 87.4
OneWeb 0049
) Comms 08Z S45154 448
x 474 x 87.4
OneWeb 0035
) Comms 08N S45143 449
x 475 x 87.4
OneWeb 0017
) Comms 08B S45132 449
x 475 x 87.4
OneWeb 0065
) Comms 08AK S45164 449
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0025
) Comms 08H S45138 451
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0052
) Comms 08AB S45156 451
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0053
) Comms 08AC S45157 452
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0040
) Comms 08S S45147 452
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0033
) Comms 08M S45142 453
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0045
) Comms 08W S45151 454
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0048
) Comms 08Y S45153 454
x 476 x 87.4
OneWeb 0043
) Comms 08U S45149 455
x 476 x 87.4
Feb 9 0134 IGS O-7 H-IIA
Tanegashima Imaging 09A S45165 477? x 506?x 97.4?
Feb 9 1515
Zafar Simorgh Khomeini Imaging F01
F01548 -2000? x 540 x 55
Feb 10 0403 Solar Orbiter Atlas V
411 Canaveral LC41 Probe 10A S45167 240 x-38671x32.9
Feb 15
2021 S.S. Robert Lawrence Antares 230+ Wallops MARS LA0A Cargo
11A S45175 195 x 267 x 51.6
Feb 17 1505 Starlink 1105 )
Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms )12A 212 x 383 x
53.0
Starlink 1138
)
Starlink
1143 )
Starlink 1154 )
Starlink
1187-1189)
Starlink 1191-1192)
Starlink
1197-1206)
Starlink 1208-1212)
Starlink
1214-1222)
Starlink 1224-1241)
Starlink
1243-1247)
Starlink 1254 )
Starlink
1269-1271) Comms )12BM
212 x 383 x 53.0
Feb 18 2218 JCSAT 17 ) Ariane
5ECA+ Kourou ELA3 Comms 13A S45245 280 x 35729 x
6.0
GEO-Kompsat
2B) Comms 13B S45246 280 x
35729 x 6.0
Feb 19 0710 RadSat-U NRCSD-17,
ISS, LEO Tech 9867QZ? S45257 413 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19 0935
Phoenix NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Imaging 9867RA?
S45258 413 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19 1120
QARMAN NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RB?
S45259 413 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19 1255 CryoCube-1
) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RC? S45260 413
x 421 x 51.6
AztechSat-1
) Comms 9867RD? S45261 413
x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19 1430 SOCRATES
NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RE? S45262 413 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19
1600 Argus-02 MVP) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech
9867RF? S45263 413 x 421 x 51.6
HARP
) Tech 9867RG? S45264 413
x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19 1740 SORTIE
NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RH? S45265 413 x 421 x 51.6
Feb 19
2107 XJS C ) Chang Zheng 2D Xichang Tech
14A S45249 474 x 483 x 35.0
XJS D
) Tech 14B S45250
474 x 483 x 35.0
XJS E
) Tech 14C S45251
474 x 483 x 35.0
XJS F
) Tech 14D S45252
474 x 483 x 35.0
Feb 20 0825 Meridian-M No. 19L
Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/3 Comms 15A S45254 1017 x 39344 x
62.8
Mar 7 0450 Dragon CRS-19 Falcon 9 Canaveral
SLC40 Cargo 16A S45341 204 x 384 x 51.6
Mar 9 1155 Beidou DW
54 Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Nav 17A S45344 231
x 35775 x 28.4
Table of Recent Suborbital
Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt
Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km
Target
Jan 19 RV K-4
Visakhapatnam Test 500? Indian Ocean
Jan 24
RV K-4 Visakhapatnam Test
500? Indian Ocean
Jan 27 1340 Polar NOx 2 Black Brant 9
Poker Flat Aeronomy 260 Alaska
Feb 5 0833
FTU-2 Minuteman 3 Vandenberg Test
1300? Kwajalein
Feb 12 USN RVs Trident D5LE USS
Maine, Pacific Test 1000? Wake Island
Feb 16 USN
RVs Trident D5LE USS Maine, Pacific Test 1000?
Wake
Island
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