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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 857 draft 2026 Jun 4 Bromley, UK
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Update:
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Construction on my new Space Library near London is finally proceeding.
Updates at https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
ISS
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Expedition 74 continues.
Starlink launches
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Starlink Group 10-43 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Jun 4 from Canaveral.
SAST launches
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On Jun 4, SAST and CGWIC launched a CZ-6A from Taiyuan with eighteen Qianfan internet satellites (Group 11).
CALT launches
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On Jun 5, CALT and China Commercial Rocket launched a CZ-8 from Hainan with eighteen Qianfan internet satellites
(Group 12)
Table of Recent Orbital (and near-Orbital) Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jun 1 0840 Qianfan Jigui 08-01, 08-02 Chang Zheng 12B Jiuquan Comms 121 1020 x 1047 x 89.0
Jun 3 1540 Starlink Group 17-47 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 122 257 x 271 x 97.3
Jun 4 1026 Starlink Group 10-43 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 123
Jun 4 1139 Qianfan Jigui 11-01 to 11-18 Chang Zheng 6A Taiyuan Comms 124
Jun 5 0634 Qianfan Jigui 12-01 to 12-18 Chang Zheng 8 Hainan Comms 125
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
May 31 0633 SubOrb Exp. 5 Red Kite/Red Kite Kiruna Micrograv 260 ESRANGE
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