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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 833 draft                                                    2024 Apr 24   Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 71 continues.

Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT       Name			     Launch Vehicle	 Site		 Mission  INTL.  Catalog  Perigee Apogee  Incl	 Notes
Apr 10 0540   Starlink Group 6-48               Falcon 9                Canaveral LC40     Comms    68    284 x 292 x 43.0
Apr 11 0900   GMM KA                            Angara A5/Orion         Vostochniy 1A      Tech     69A 36051 x 36470 x 0.1
              Gagarinets                                                                   Tech     69B  196 x 450 x 51.7
              Dummy cubesat                                                                Tech     69C  196 x 450 x 51.7
Apr 11 0905   CURTIS                                                   ISS, LEO            Tech  98067WF 413 x 420 x 51.6
Apr 11 1035   Kashiwa                                                  ISS, LEO            Tech  98067WG 413 x 420 x 51.6
              MicroOrbiter-1                                                               Tech  98067WH 413 x 420 x 51.6
Apr 11 1425   WSF-M SV1                         Falcon 9                Vandenberg SLC4E   Weather  70A  819 x 828 x 98.7
Apr 13 0140   Starlink Group 6-49               Falcon 9                Canaveral LC40     Comms    71   283 x 291 x 43.0
Apr 15 0412   Siwei Gaojing 3-01                Chang Zheng 2D          Jiuquan            Imaging  72A  489 x 503 x 97.5
Apr 17 2126   Starlink Group 6-51               Falcon 9                Kennedy LC39A      Comms    73   284 x 292 x 43.0
Apr 18 1126   Snoopi                                                   ISS, LEO          Science 98067WJ   407  x 413 x 51.6
              BurstCube                                                                   Astron 98067WK
Apr 18 1136   HyTI                                                                       Imaging 98067WL
Apr 18 1755   Killick-1                                                                  Science 98067WM
              QMSAT                                                                      Tech    98067WN
              Violet                                                                     Science 98067WP
Apr 18 1805   BigRedSat                                                                  Tech    98067WQ
Apr 18 2240   Starlink Group 6-52               Falcon 9                Canaveral LC40     Comms    74   284 x 292 x 43.0
Apr 20 2345   Yaogan 42-02                      Chang Zheng 2D          Xichang         Imaging?    75A  491 x 502 x 35.0
Apr 23 2217   Starlink Group 6-53               Falcon 9                Canaveral LC40     Comms    76   284 x 292 x 43.0
Apr 23 2232   NeonSat-1                         Electron                Mahia 1B         Imaging    77A  517 x 541 x 97.4
              ACS3                                                                        Tech      77B  998 x 1028 x 97.4

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches 
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Date UT       Payload           Rocket              Site                 Mission       Apogee    Target

Apr 12 1600?  Yars-E RV         Topol'-ME           Kapustin Yar         Test         1000?      Sary Shagan
Apr 13 2300?  Warheads          Emad? (many)        Iran                 Weapon        300?      Israel
Apr 13 2300?  Warheads          Kheibar Shekan?     Iran                 Weapon        300?      Israel
Apr 13 2300?  Warheads          Dezful?             Yemen?               Weapon        300?      Israel
Apr 13 2300?  Warheads          Ghadr-110?          Iran                 Weapon        300?      Israel
                                (total 110 Iran ballistic missile launches on Apr 14?)
Apr 13 2330?  Aegis KV          SM-3                DDG-51, E. Med.      Interceptor   100?      Intercept Iranian missiles
Apr 13 2330?  Aegis KV          SM-3                DDG-51, E. Med.      Interceptor   100?      Intercept Iranian missiles
Apr 13 2330?  Aegis KV          SM-3                DDG-64, E. Med.      Interceptor   100?      Intercept Iranian missiles
Apr 13 2330?  Aegis KV          SM-3                DDG-64, E. Med.      Interceptor   100?      Intercept Iranian missiles
Apr 17 2213   FOXSI-4           Black Brant 9       Poker Flat           Solar X-ray   300?      PFRR Alaska
Apr 17 2214   Hi-C FLARE        Black Brant 9       Poker Flat           Solar X-ray   300?      PFRR Alaska

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