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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 801 Draft 2021 Nov 28 Somerville, MA
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International Space Station
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Expedition 66 continues.
On Dec 2 astronauts Marshburn and Barron carried out spacewalk US EVA-78, to replace the SASA
antenna on the P1 truss. The airlock was depressurized from 1108 to 1747 UTC; the hatch
was open from 1114 to 1743 UTC. The SASA (S-band Antenna SubAssembly) units are about 116 kg each;
there are three installed on S1, P1 and Z1 and a further two spares on the ELC-3 carrier.
During the spacewalk, the astronauts removed the P1 SASA unit and swapped it with one of the
spares on ELC-3.
On Dec 8 Roskosmos launched Soyuz MS-20 with commander Aleksandr Misurkin and spaceflight
participants (tourists) Maezawa Yusaku and Hirano Yozo. Soyuz MS-20 docked with Poisk
at 1340 UTC Dec 8.
Starlink
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48 Starlink satellites were launched on Dec 2 as Group 4-3. The launch also deployed two
BlackSky Global imaging satellites.
Galileo
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Two more European Union navigation satellites in the Galileo series were launched on Dec 5.
GalileoSat-27/28 are FOC flight models 23/24.
Gushenxing-1
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The second launch of the Gushenxing-1 (Ceres-1) rocket placed five satellites in orbit:
- Tianjun Daxue 1 built by Changguang Satellite for Tianjin University, with an IR imager;
- Lize-1 and Baoyun from Tianyi Research
- Jin Zijing 5, an imaging satellite built by Zhongke Xingrui for Hong Kong Aerospace Tech
- Jin Zijing 1-03, an imaging satellite built by Lingzhong Kongjian (Zero Gravity Lab) for Hong Kong Aerospace Tech.
Gushenxing-1 is a commercial launch vehicle developed by Xinghe Dongli Kongkian Keji YG (Galactic Energy) of
Beijing.
STP-3
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The US Space Force's Space Test Program 3 mission was launched on a ULA Atlas V on Dec 7 to
near-synchronous orbit. The main payload was the STPSAT-6 satellite. A modified ESPA ring,
the LDPE-1 (Rooster 1) satellite, was also put in orbit; it will deploy a number of smaller
satellites including the 12U ASCENT cubesat from AFRL.
Erratum
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In my description of the ASAT test I got the heights the wrong way round. The text should
have read:
The intercept was about a height of 486 km above the Earth ellipsoid (468 km above the fictive
6378 km spherical Earth used for orbit parameters).
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Nov 3 0743 Yaogan 32 hao 02 zu 01 xing ) Chang Zheng 2C/YZ1S Jiuquan Sigint 99A S49383 689 x 703 x 98.3
Yaogan 32 hao 02 zu 02 xing ) Sigint 99B S49384 689 x 703 x 98.3
Nov 5 0219 SDGSAT-1 (Guangmu) Chang Zheng 6 Taiyuan Imaging 100A S49388 502 x 514 x 97.5
Nov 6 0300 Yaogan 35A ) Chang Zheng 2D Xichang Tech? 101A S49390 493 x 499 x 35.0
Yaogan 35B ) Tech? 101B S49391 493 x 499 x 35.0
Yaogan 35C ) Tech? 101C S49392 493 x 499 x 35.0
Nov 9 0055 RAISE-2 ) Epsilon Uchinoura Tech 102A S49395 561 x 573 x 97.6
Oruri ) Tech 102B? S49396 543 x 572 x 97.6
Asutarisuku ) Sci 102C? S49397 543 x 572 x 97.6
Z-SAT ) Imaging 102E? S49399 543 x 572 x 97.6
DRUMS ) Tech 102D? S49398 543 x 572 x 97.6
Hibari ) Tech 102F? S49400 543 x 572 x 97.6
KOSEN-1 ) Astron 102H? S49402 543 x 572 x 97.6
ARICA ) Astron 102J? S49403 543 x 572 x 97.6
NanoDragon ) Com 102G? S49401 543 x 572 x 97.6
Nov 11 0203 Endurance (Crew-3) Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Spaceship 103A S49407 190 x 212 x 51.6
Nov 13 1219 Starlink 3044 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 104A-BE 212 x 333 x 53.2
Starlink 3049 S49408-S49460
Starlink 3075
Starlink 3097-3099
Starlink 3105
Starlink 3108
Starlink 3110-3112
Starlink 3114-3115
Starlink 3117
Starlink 3120-3141
Starlink 3144-3147
Starlink 3149-3151
Starlink 3153-3162
Nov 16 0928 CERES 1 ) Vega CSG ELV Sigint 105A S49464 669 x 672 x 75.0
CERES 2 ) Sigint 105B S49465 671 x 672 x 74.9
CERES 3 ) Sigint 105C S49466 670 x 673 x 75.0
Nov 18 0138 BlackSky Global 14 ) Electron Mahia LC1A Imaging 106A S49469 428 x 439 x 42.0
BlackSky Global 15 ) Imaging 106B S49470 428 x 439 x 42.0
Nov 20 0152 Gao Fen 11-03 Chang Zheng 4B Taiyuan Imaging 107A S49492 243 x 695 x 97.5
Nov 20 0616 STP-S27AD2 Astra Rocket 3.3 Kodiak LP3B Tech 108A S49494 438 x 507 x 86.0
Nov 22 2345 Gao Fen 3-02 Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Radar 109A S49495 737 x 746 x 98.4
Nov 24 0621 DART ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Probe 110A S49497 263 x -135267 x 64.7
LICIACube ) Probe 110C T00005 263 x -135267 x 64.7
Nov 24 1306 Prichal/Progress M-UM Soyuz-2-1B Baykonur LC31 Module 111A S49499 323 x 351 x 51.6
Nov 24 2341 Shiyan 11 Kuaizhou-1A Jiuquan Imaging 112A S49501 489 x 502 x 97.5
Nov 25 0109 Kosmos-2552 Soyuz-2-1B/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Early Warn 113A S49503 1643 x 35838 x 63.8
Nov 26 1640 Zhongxing 1D Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Comms 114A S49505 186 x 35832 x 27.1
Dec 2 2312 Starlink 3113 ) Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Comms 115A- 424 x 440 x 53.2
Starlink 3143 )
Starlink 3148 )
Starlink 3155 )
Starlink 3190-3204 )
Starlink 3206-3210 )
Starlink 3218-3219 )
Starlink 3225-3229 )
Starlink 3231 )
Starlink 3233 )
Starlink 3236-3242 )
Starlink 3244 )
Starlink 3246-3252 )
Black Sky Global 12) Imaging
Black Sky Global 13) Imaging
Dec 5 0019 GalileoSat-27 ) Soyuz-ST-B CSG ELS Nav 116A S49809 23517 x 23574 x 57.1
GalileoSat-28 ) Nav 116B S49810 23498 x 23570 x 57.1
Dec 7 0412 Tianjin Daxue 1 ) Gushenxing 1 Jiuquan Imaging 117 S49812 483 x 501 x 97.4
Lize 1 ) Tech? 117
Baoyun ) Tech? 117
Jin Zijing 5 ) Imaging 117
Jin Zijing 1-03 ) Imaging 117
Dec 7 1019 STPSAT-6 ) Atlas V 551 Canaveral SLC41 Tech 118A
LDPE-1 ) Tech 118B
Dec 8 0738 Soyuz MS-20 Soyuz-2-1A Baykonur LC31 Spaceship 119A S49922
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Nov 4 0209 SS-520-3 SS-520 Svalbard Ionosphere 956 Arctic
Nov 8 0925 SISTINE 2 Black Brant IX White Sands UV Astron 257 White Sands
Nov 15 0245? Nudol KV Nudol' Plesetsk Antisatellite 500? Kosmos-1408
Nov 25 RV Shaheen 1A Somniani? Op. Test 100? Arabian Sea?
Dec 1 0825 C-REX 2 Oriole IV Andoya Atmosphere 631 Norw. Sea
Dec 6 0807 MAPHEUS 10 IM/IM Kiruna Micrograv 250 ESRANGE
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