Jonathan's Space Report No. 776 2020 Mar 10 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- International Space Station --------------------------- 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) NG-13's 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. On Feb 20 the JEM-RMS robot arm moved the ICS-EF unit from JEM-EF slot EFU7 to slot EFU13. The ICS-EF Inter-Orbit Communication System provided data links via the Kodama satellite, which was retired in 2017. The Canadarm-2 arm unberthed and jettisoned the 310 kg, 1.9 x 0.8m box into orbit at 1850 UTC Feb 21. On Mar 7 Dragon CRS-20 was launched carrying cargo for ISS including the commercial Bartomoleo experiment platform from Airbus, which will be attached to the Columbus module. The Falcon 9 first stage made a successful return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral. Dragon arrived at ISS on Mar 9, with Canadarm-2 grapple at 1025 UTC and berthing at 1218 UTC. XJS --- Four new technology test satellites (Xin Jishu Shiyan Weixing) for Earth observation and intersatellite communications 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 -------- Russian military communications satellite Meridian-M No. 19L was launched on Feb 20 from Plesetsk into a Molniya orbit. MEV-1 ----- The Northrop Grumman MEV-1 satellite approached within 5 km of its target satellite Intelsat 901 on Feb 18. After several practice approaches, MEV-1 successfully docked with Intelsat 901 on Feb 25 at 0715 UTC. MEV-1 will remain attached to I-901 to provide attitude control and propulsion, extending the communications satellite's useful life. I-901 raised itself out of GEO on Dec 11 to participate in the experiment. The satellites are in a 36080 x 36099 km x 1.6 deg orbit, drifting 4 degrees west a day over Indonesia. USA 294 ------- The USA 294 satellite launched by Electron in January has been located in a 586 x 588 km x 70.0 deg orbit. Debris event ------------ The S5M rocket stage of Tsiklon-3 No 67082-803, which launched Meteor-3 No. 5 in Aug 1991, disintegrated on Feb 12 at 1046 UTC. 28 debris objects have been cataloged. This is the 5th S5M stage to disintegrate. 104 more S5M stages remain in orbit. Beidou ------ Beidou DW 54, the second geostationary payload in the Beidou-3 series, was launched to geotransfer orbit on Mar 9. The satellite has the system designations Beidou-3 GEO-2/C60. Table of Recent Orbital Launches ---------------------------------- 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 383 x 53.0 Feb 18 2218 JCSAT 17 ) Ariane 5ECA+ Kourou ELA3 Comms 13A S45245 280 x 35729 x 6.0 GEO-Kompsat 2B) Comms 13B S45246 280 x 35729 x 6.0 Feb 19 0710 RadSat-U NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867QZ? S45257 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 0935 Phoenix NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Imaging 9867RA? S45258 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 1120 QARMAN NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RB? S45259 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 1255 CryoCube-1 ) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RC? S45260 413 x 421 x 51.6 AztechSat-1 ) Comms 9867RD? S45261 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 1430 SOCRATES NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RE? S45262 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 1600 Argus-02 MVP) NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Tech 9867RF? S45263 413 x 421 x 51.6 HARP ) Tech 9867RG? S45264 413 x 421 x 51.6 Feb 19 1740 SORTIE NRCSD-17, ISS, LEO Sci 9867RH? S45265 413 x 421 x 51.6 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 1017 x 39344 x 62.8 Mar 7 0450 Dragon CRS-19 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Cargo 16A S45341 204 x 384 x 51.6 Mar 9 1155 Beidou DW 54 Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Nav 17A S45344 231 x 35775 x 28.4 Table of Recent Suborbital Launches ----------------------------------- 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 Feb 16 USN RVs Trident D5LE USS Maine, Pacific Test 1000? 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