Jonathan's Space Report
No. 776 draft 2020 Feb 17 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)
Its 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.
XJS
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Four new technology test satellites (Xin Jishu Shiyan Weixing) for Earth
observation 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. The Fregat upper stage made three burns, the
last one at apogee to raise perigee to about 1000 km.
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 383x 53.0
Feb 18 2218 JCSAT 17 ) Ariane 5ECA+ Kourou ELA3 Comms 13 280 x35729x 6.0
GEO-Kompsat 2B) Comms 13 280 x35729x 6.0
Feb 19 0710 RadSat-U NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867QZ?
Feb 19 0935 Phoenix NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Imaging 9867RA?
Feb 19 1120 QARMAN NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RB?
Feb 19 1255 CryoCube-1 ) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RC?
AztechSat-1 ) Comms 9867RD?
Feb 19 1430 SOCRATES NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RE?
Feb 19 1600 Argus-02 MVP) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RF?
HARP ) Tech 9867RG?
Feb 19 1740 SORTIE NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RH?
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 895 x 39552 x 62.9
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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On Jan 7 Iran launched a series of Zulfiqar and Qiam-1 missiles against US military targets in Iraq.
The exact number and mix of missiles is unknown.
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
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