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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 798 draft 2021 Sep 19 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 65 continues.
Chinese Space Station
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The Tianzhou 2 cargo ship undocked from the aft port of the Tianhe
module at 0225 UTC Sep 18, and redocked with the forward port, vacated
by Shenzhou 12 two days earlier. China reported the process lasted
`about 4 hours', which I assume means redocking sometime prior to 0630
UTC.
The Tianzhou 3 cargo ship was launched at 0710 UTC Sep 20 and docked with the aft port
of Tianhe at 1408 UTC the same day.
Inspiration4
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The Dragon trunk ejected from Inspiration4 is being tracked in a 360 x 369 km x 51.7 deg orbit.
Chang'e-5
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The Chang'e-5 orbiter, which made a 16500 km lunar flyby on Sep 12 after returning from
Sun-Earth L1, looks likely to make a further lunar encounter on Nov 17.
Errata
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- FPMU is the Floating Potential Measurement Unit
- Initial inclination of Inspiration 4 is 51.6 deg (not km!)
- Correct spelling of the Inspiration 4 medical officer's surname is Arceneaux.
These have been amended in the archival version of the report.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Sep 3 0159 BSS-1 ) Firefly Alpha Vandenberg SLC2W Tech F08 F01599 -6370? x 15?x 137
Serenity ) Edu F08 F01607 -6370? x 15?x 137
Hiapo ) Edu F08 F01608 -6370? x 15?x 137
Qubik 1 ) Tech F08 F01600 -6370? x 15?x 137
Qubik 2 ) Tech F08 F01601 -6370? x 15?x 137
GENESIS L ) Com F08 F01605 -6370? x 15?x 137
GENESIS N ) Com F08 F01604 -6370? x 15?x 137
Spinnaker 3 ) Tech F08 F01609 -6370? x 15?x 137
Sep 7 0301 Gao Fen 5-02 Chang Zheng 4C Taiyuan Imaging 79A S49122 680 x 691 x 98.3
Sep 9 1150 Zhongxing 9B Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Comms 80A S49125 206 x 35792 x 24.6
Sep 9 1959 Kosmos-2551 Soyuz-2-1V Plesetsk LC43/4 Imaging 81A S49127 295 x 307 x 96.4
Sep 10 0455 RAAF M2 B RAAF M2 A, LEO Tech 23J S47973 545 x 558 x 45.0
Sep 14 0355 Starlink 3042-3043 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 82 212 x 339 x 70.0
Starlink 3045-3048
Starlink 3050-3060
Starlink 3068-3069
Starlink 3071-3074
Starlink 3077-3078
Starlink 3080-3091
Starlink 3093
Starlink 3095-3096
Starlink 3100-3104
Starlink 3106-3107
Starlink 3109
Starlink 3116
Starlink 3118-3119
Sep 14 1807 OneWeb SL0292 Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Baykonur LC31 Comms 83A-AK 445 x 472 x 87.4
OneWeb SL0303
OneWeb SL0306-0307
OneWeb SL0320-0322
OneWeb SL0324-0328
OneWeb SL0331
OneWeb SL0333-0346
OneWeb SL0348
OneWeb SL0350-0352
OneWeb SL0354-0355
OneWeb SL0357
Sep 16 0002 Inspiration4 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Spaceship 84A S49220 570 x 579 x 51.6
Sep 20 0710 Tianzhou 3 Chang Zheng 7 Wenchang LC201 Cargo 85A S49222 199 x 325 x 41.5
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Sep 5 HE warhead Zulfiqar Sanaa? Weapon 150? Ras Al-Tanura
Sep 9 1725 EVE 8 Black Brant IX White Sands Solar EUV 293 White Sands
Sep 11 2207 HOT SHOT 4? Terrier Imp.Mal. Wallops I Tech 200? Atlantic
Sep 12 1730 BVT-03 GBI Vandenberg Test 300? Pacific
Sep 17 USN RVs Trident D-5 SSBN 742, ETR Test 1800? Atlantic
Sep 17 USN RVs Trident D-5 SSBN 742, ETR Test 1800? Atlantic
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