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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 766 draft 2019 Jun 3 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Cargo ship Dragon CRS-17 returned to Earth on Jun 3. The 9-tonne CRS-17
was unberthed from the Harmony module at 1235 UTC, released by
Canadarm-2 at 1601 UTC, and fired its engines to deorbit at about 2056
UTC. The trunk, containing the old CATS and SCAN experiments, was
jettisoned and destroyed on reentry about 2120 UTC. Capsule C113 landed
in the Pacific at about 121W 32N at roughly 2150 UTC.
Cargo ship Progress MS-10 undocked from the Zvezda module at 0840 UTC
Jun 4. After a deorbit burn at 1146 UTC, it reentered the atmosphere and
fragments fell in the Pacific east of New Zealand at 1229 UTC.
Cygnus CRS-11 remains berthed at Unity nadir, and Progress MS-11 is docked
to Pirs.
On Jun 17 four cubesats were deployed from the J-SSOD-11 dispensers on the end of the Kibo
module's JRMS robot arm.
CZ-11H
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China carried out its first sea-launched orbital attempt on Jun 5. A CZ-11H
(ocean version of the Chang Zheng 11) was launched from a barge in the Hwang Hai (Yellow Sea)
at 121.19E 34.90N. It carried seven satellites to a 560 x 585 km x 45.0 deg orbit.
The fourth stage and one other object were cataloged in a 270 x 634 km x 44.9 deg
orbit.
The payloads are:
Jilin-1 Gaofen 03A, for Changguang Sat Tech Co. of Jilin province;
Bufeng-1A and 1B, formation flying sats from CAST/Beijing for remote sensing of wind velocities.
Tianxiang 1 and 2 (also called Zhongdian Wangtong 1A and 1B), 65 kg satellites for the China
Electronic Technology Group,
to test Ka-band intersatellite links and a space-based router. Also carrying multispectral camera and ADS-B.
Xiaoxiang-1-04, from Tianyi Research Inst., has a 7-metre-resolution RGB camera and a deorbit sail.
Tianqi-3 (also called Xingzhi Jiaoyu 1) built by Guodian Gaokeji for the Tao Zhixing Education Foundation,
has a camera and an IoT relay payload.
RCM
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Canada's Radarsat Constellation Mission was launched on Jun 12. A Falcon 9 took off from a foggy Vandenberg
and flew to sun-synchronous orbit. The first stage landed back at Vandenberg's Landing Zone 4 while
the second stage deployed the three RCM satellites. RCM uses the Magellan Aerospace MAC-200 bus previously
used for the Cassiope mission; the satellites have a wet mass of 1450 kg each and carry a 7-meter-long
C-band synthetic aperture radar. The SAR has a maximum resolution of 3m with a 20 km swath, but can
also operate in lower resolution modes down to 100m resolution/500 km swath.
Radarsat 1 operated from 1995 to 2013; Radarsat 2 was launched in 2007 and will be replaced by the new trio.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
May 4 0648 Dragon CRS-17 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Cargo 25A S44222 204 x 382 x 51.6
May 5 0600 Harbinger ) Electron Mahia LC1 Radar 26E S44229 484 x 512 x 40.0
SPARC-1 ) Tech 26B S44226 493 x 511 x 40.0
AFOTEC-1 ) Cal 26A S44225 496 x 511 x 40.0
May 17 1548 Beidou DW45 Chang Zheng 3C Xichang LC2 Navigation 27A S44231 198 x35743 x 19.4
May 22 0000 RISAT-2B PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan FLP Radar 28A S44233 550 x 558 x 37.0
May 22 2249 Yaogan 33 Chang Zheng 4C Taiyuan Radar F04 F01439 -6000?x 500?x 97.8?
May 24 0230 Starlink 01 ) Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Comms 29A S44235 434 x 443 x 53.0
Starlink 02 ) Comms .
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Starlink 60 ) Comms 29BM S44294 450 x 453 x 53.0
May 27 0623 Glonass-M No 58 Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Navigation 30A S44299 19128 x19156 x 64.8
May 30 1742 Yamal-601 Proton-M/Briz-M Baykonur Comms 31A S44307 6749 x35716 x 17.1
Jun 5 0406 Jilin-1 GaoFen 03A ) Chang Zheng 11H Barge, Yellow Sea Imaging 32 S44310 558 x 576 x 45.0
Tianqi-3 ) Comms 32 S44311 556 x 576 x 45.0
Xiaoxiang-1 04 xing ) Imaging 32 S44312 557 x 575 x 45.0
Bufeng-1A ) Meteo 32 S44313 555 x 576 x 45.0
Bufeng-1B ) Meteo 32 S44314 555 x 576 x 45.0
Tianxiang 1 ) Tech 32 S44315 552 x 576 x 45.0
Tianxiang 2 ) Tech 32 S44316 556 x 576 x 45.0
Jun 12 1417 RCM-1 ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Radar 33A S44322 584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
RCM-2 ) Radar 33B S44323 584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
RCM-3 ) Radar 33C S44324 584 x 604 x 97.8 0600LT SSO
Jun 17 1015 Uguisu ) ISS, LEO Tech 9867
Raavana-1 ) Tech 9867
NepaliSat-1 ) Tech 9867
Jun 17 1020 SpooQy-1 ISS, LEO Tech 9867
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
May 1 0942 GT230GM Minuteman III Vandenberg LF10 Op Test 1300? Kwajalein
May 2 1334? New Shepard NS-12 New Shepard West Texas Test 105 West Texas
May 3 2045 Momo TF-3 Momo Taiki Test 118 Pacific Ocean
May 9 0740 GT229GM Minuteman III Vandenberg LF09 Op Test 1300? Kwajalein
May 9 DASO-29 Trident II D-5 USS Rhode Island, ETR Op Test 1000? S Atlantic
May 10 SM-3 KV SM-3-IB USS Roosevelt, Hebrides Test 150? Atlantic
May 23 Shaheen II RV Shaheen II Somniani? Op Test 300? Arabian Sea
Jun 1 2015? RV JL-3? Submarine,Bohai Sea Test 1000? Taklamakan Desert
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