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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 836 Draft 2024 Jul 25 Somerville, MA
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
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Jul 23 was the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Chandra space
telescope aboard STS-93. Chandra continues to operate well in orbit, but
funding for continued full-scale operation is in doubt.
International Space Station
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Expedition 71 continues. Crew are Oleg Kononenko, Nikolai Chub, Matthew
Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, Aleksandr Grebyonkin, Tracy
Dyson, and visiting Starliner crew Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams.
Turksat 6A
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The Turksat 6A satellite, launched into a supersync transfer orbit on Jul 8, reached GEO
at 50.0E by Jul 21.
Table of Recent Orbital Launches
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Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes
Jul 8 2330 Turksat 6A Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 127A 384 x 69600 x 24.1
Jul 9 1900 Ariane L6001 Dummy Payload Ariane 6 Kourou ELA4 Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
OOVCube Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
Curium Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
Robusta-3A Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
3Cat-4 Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
GRBBeta Ast 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
ISTSat-1 Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
Replicator Tech 128 580 x 580 x 62.0
Jul 10 2341 Yunyao-1 15 Shuang Quxian 1 Jiuquan Weather F03 -3900? x 500? x 97
Yunyao-1 16 Weather F03
Yunyao-1 17 Weather F03
Jul 12 0235 Starlink Group 9-3 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 129 138? x 250? x 53.2
Jul 19 0303 Gao Fen 11-05 Chang Zheng 4B Taiyuan Imaging 130A 244 x 697 x 97.5
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Congratulations to my friend Dr. Amy Winebarger at NASA-MSFC on the successful launch of the MAGIXS
suborbital solar physics X-ray telescope on Jul 16.
Date UT Payload Rocket Site Mission Apogee Target
May 25? LRHW AUR CHGB Booster Kauai Test 200? Kwajalein
Jun 12 HTB-1 T.T. Oriole Wallops I. Hypersonic 300? Atlantic Ocean
Jun 18 0701 Mk 21A RV Minotaur I Vandenberg Test 1000? Pacific
Jun 20 1030 RockOn Terrier Imp. Ori. Wallops I. Education 114 Atlantic Ocean
Jun 25 2030 MIRV test Hwasong-16Na Chongdong Test 100 Sea of Japan
Jun 30 2005 RV Hwasong-11Da-4.5 Jangyon Test 100? Sea of Japan
Jun 30 2015 RV Hwasong-11Da? Jangyon Test 100? Sea of Japan
Jul 16 1901 MAGIXS 2 Black Brant 9 White Sands Solar X 347 White Sands
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