Jonathan's Space Report
No. 785 draft 2020 Oct 7 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 63 concluded on Oct 21 with the undocking of Soyuz MS-16.
Expedition 64 is now underway under the command of Sergey Ryzhikov.
Soyuz MS-17 was launched on Oct 14 at 0545 UTC with Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud'-Sverchkov and Kate Rubins.
It docked with the Rassvet module at 0848 UTC. The 3 hr 3min 49s flight from Earth to ISS is
a record for the ISS program.
Soyuz MS-16 undocked from the Poisk module at 2332 UTC Oct 21 and landed
in Kazakhstan at 0254 UTC Oct 22, returning Anatoliy Ivanishin, Ivan
Vagner and Chris Cassidy to Earth.
Starlink
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The Falcon 9 stage 2 from the Oct 6 launch did not perform a deorbit burn and was left in a 262 x 277 km orbit.
Another 60 Starlinks (launch 14, V1.0-L13) were launched on Oct 18 from
KSC. The first stage, B1051, made its sixth flight and landed on OCISLY.
The second stage made a two-burn insertion.
One of this batch, Starlink 1819, failed at deployment and reentered over Chad on Oct 25.
60 more Starlinks (launch 15, V1.0-L14) went up on Oct 24 from Cape
Canaveral using booster B1060 on its third flight, landing on JRTI. The
two-burn insertion profile was used again.
Glonass-K
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The third Glonass-K navigation satellite, No. 15L, was launched on Oct 25. The Glonass-K series
is expected to replace the current Glonass-M type, but with only 3 launches in 9 years
the system's deployment rate is not impressive.
The Glonass site confirms that the satellite has been given the cover name Kosmos-2547.
Yaogan 30 Group 7
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On Oct 26 China's CALT launched a CZ-2C from Xichang with three
Yaogan 30 hao 07 zu (YG-30 Group 7) satellites. A small Tianqi Xingzuo 06
secondary payload was also carried.
ION-SVC
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Deployment of cubesats from the ION-SVC carrier continues.
OSIRIS-REX
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe performed a touch-and-go sample retrieval from the surface of minor
planet (101955) Bennu on Oct 20. It left the 1 km parking orbit at 1730 UTC, began a steep
descent from 125m at 2133 UTC (Checkpoint Burn), matched horizontal speed with Bennu's rotation
(Matchpoint Burn) at around 2143 UTC at 50m altitude, and landed at 2153 UTC.
After activation of the TAGSAM sampler, the probe took off again after
about 9 seconds on the surface. It departed from Bennu at 0.4 m/s, which
exceeds escape velocity, and left the 48-km-radius Sun-Bennu Hill sphere
at about 0700 UTC Oct 22. Sample stow was expected on Oct 26, with the TAGSAM observed
to be overflowing with material.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Oct 2? Flock 4v-17) ION-SVC, LEO Imaging 61BF S46529 516 x 521 x 97.5
Flock 4v-18) Imaging 61BG S46597 514 x 527 x 97.5
Oct 3 0116 S.S. Kalpana Chawla Antares 230+ MARS Pad 0A Cargo 69A S46530 185 x 238 x 51.6
Oct 6 1129 Starlink 1531 )
Starlink 1644 ) Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 70A S46532 262 x 277 x 53.0
Starlink 1648-1650 ) to S46591
Starlink 1659-1660 )
Starlink 1663-1664 )
Starlink 1668 )
Starlink 1671-1672 )
Starlink 1674-1685 )
Starlink 1687 )
Starlink 1692-1694 )
Starlink 1696-1702 )
Starlink 1705-1706 )
Starlink 1708-1709 )
Starlink 1712 )
Starlink 1714 )
Starlink 1728-1730 )
Starlink 1732-1733 )
Starlink 1735-1737 )
Starlink 1740-1741 )
Starlink 1743-1744 )
Starlink 1746-1749 )
Starlink 1753-1755 )
Oct 9? Flock 4v-19) ION-SVC, LEO Imaging 61BH S46529 516 x 521 x 97.5
Flock 4v-20) Imaging 61BJ S46597 514 x 527 x 97.5
Oct 14? Flock 4v-21) ION-SVC, LEO Imaging 61BK S46596 515 x 521 x 97.5
Flock 4v-22) Imaging 61BL S46735 515 x 526 x 97.5
Oct 18 1226 Starlink 1715-1718)
Starlink 1720 ) Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 73A S46670 263 x 277 x 53.0
Starlink 1731 ) to S46729
Starlink 1766 )
Starlink 1772-1776)
Starlink 1778 )
Starlink 1780-1781)
Starlink 1783 )
Starlink 1784 )
Starlink 1786 )
Starlink 1788-1797)
Starlink 1799-1805)
Starlink 1807-1811)
Starlink 1813-1831)
Starlink 1841 )
Oct 20? Flock 4v-23) ION-SVC, LEO Imaging 61BM S46737 515 x 521 x 97.5
Flock 4v-24) Imaging 61BN S46738 515 x 526 x 97.5
Oct 24 1531 Starlink 1798 ) Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 74A S46739 263 x 277 x 53.0
Starlink 1832-1835) to S46798
Starlink 1847-1848)
Starlink 1851 )
Starlink 1865 )
Starlink 1872 )
Starlink 1882-1883)
Starlink 1892-1894)
Starlink 1896-1899)
Starlink 1901-1903)
Starlink 1905-1906)
Starlink 1908 )
Starlink 1910-1911)
Starlink 1915-1926)
Starlink 1928-1937)
Starlink 1939 )
Starlink 1941-1950)
Oct 25 1908 Glonass-K No. 15L Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Navigation 75A S46805 19125 x 19150 x 64.8
Oct 26 1519 Yaogan 30 hao 07 zu 01 xing) Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Sigint 76A
Yaogan 30 hao 07 zu 01 xing) Sigint 76B
Yaogan 30 hao 07 zu 01 xing) Sigint 76C
Tianqi Xingzuo 06 ) Comms 76D
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Oct 1 Black Dagger Boosted Zombie Fort Wingate? Target 100? White Sands
Oct 13 1336 NS-13 New Shepard W Texas Test 106 W Texas
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