Jonathan's Space Report
No. 862 draft 2026 Nov 6 Bromley, UK
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Update:
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Construction on my new Space Library near London is now near completion.
The books have arrived and I am unpacking; as of today, the internet and the plumbing are working. Hooray!
Still need a few weeks to get the ventilation system up and running, the fire alarms installed
and some electrical and painting work; and several months of sorting the books on the shelves.
Updates at https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
(further donations welcome)
International Space Station
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Expedition 75 is underway.
On Nov 5 astronauts Kutryk and Menon carried out spacewalk US EVA-101. They moved the 3B IROSA
array from the MBS POA to the installed location on the S6 truss mod kit. The array was then deployed.
Falcon 9 launches
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On Nov 7 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the USSF-432 (SBST R-4) mission, thought to be 23 comms sats
for the US Space Force.
On Nov 12 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the USSF-627 (SBST R-5) mission, thought to be 23 comms sats
for the US Space Force.
CALT launches
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On Nov 5 CALT launched a CZ-2C from Xichang with three Yaogan 51 sigint sats.
SAST launches
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On Nov 8 SAST launched a CZ-12 from Hainan with the Xingwang 29 batch of internet sats.
On Nov 11 SAST launched a CZ-2D from Jiuquan with the Tanluzhe (Pathfinder) mission for the
Chinese Academy of Sciences' Origins Exploration Program. The main payload was Tanluzhe A
with a variety of science experiments. A second payload is a cluster of three
small radio astronomy sats, Tanluzhe B, C and D, which will separate from A as a single
unit and then later separate from each other. The CZ-2D was a modified version
with no stage 1 tail fins and a lighter stage 2 structure using a composite material
payload adapter.
Commercial Chinese launches
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On Nov 3 CAS Space launched a Lijian-2 with eighteen Qianfan internet satellites
On Nov 6 Xinghe Dongli (Galactic Energy) launched a Gushenxing-2 (Ceres-2) with the Guanlan Shiyan
lidar satellite for Laoshan Lab, the YY1-28 GNSS-RO meteorology sat for Yunyao, the Juntian 1-06A
radar sat for Juntian, and the Zhongbei Daxue 1 sat for North Univ. of China.
Rocket Lab
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On Nov 2 Rocket Lab launched a QPS-SAR radar satellite for Synspective.
Russian launches
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Russia launched a Glonass navigation sat on Nov 7. Launch was sometime around 1320 to 1330 UTC;
Robert Christy reported on X that he computes the time as 1322 UTC.
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
Nov 2 1641 QPS SAR 20 Electron Mahia Radar 247
Nov 3 0015 Qianfan Group 21 Lijian-2 Jiuquan Comms 248
Nov 5 1558 Yaogan 51 07-09 Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Sigint 249
Nov 6 2337 Guanlan Shiyan Xing Gushenxing-2 Jiuquan EO Sci 250
Yunyao 1-28 Met-RO
Juntian 1-06A Radar
Zhongbei Daxue 1 Tech
Nov 7 0048 USA 726 to 748 Falcon 9 Vandenberg Comms? 251
Nov 7 1325? Kosmos-2621? (Glonass) Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat Plesetsk Nav 252
Nov 8 2024 Xingwang Group 29 Chang Zheng 12 Hainan Comms 253
Nov 11 1141 Tanluzhe A Chang Zheng 2D Jiuquan Sci 254
Tanluzhe B/C/D Sci 254
Nov 12 0436 USA 749 to 771 Falcon 9 Vandenberg Comms? 255
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Oct 28 RV Bulava K553, Sea of Okhotsk Test 1000? Chiza
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