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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 858 draft                                                             2026 Jul 1    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.


Megaconstellation launches
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On Jul 2 SpaceX launched Starlink Group 17-46 (24 Ku sats) from Vandenberg
On Jul 2 ULA launched an Atlas V 551, flight AV-114, with Amazon Leo LA08 (29 sats) from Canaveral.


SAST launches
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On Jul 1 SAST launched a CZ-4B with the HY2-05 oceanographic satellite.




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 28 1609   Starlink Group 17-40                   Falcon 9           Vandenberg SLC4E Comms      147  255 x 265 x 97.3
Jun 29 0225   SXM-11                                 Falcon 9           Canaveral LC40   Comms      148A 219 x 19617 x 27.0
Jul  1 2346   Haiyang 2-05                           Chang Zheng 4B     Jiuquan          Rem.Sen.   149A
Jul  2 0258   Starlink Group 17-46                   Falcon 9           Vandenberg SLC4E Comms      150
Jul  2 0430   Amazon Leo LA-08                       Atlas V 551        Canaveral LC41   Comms      151

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT       Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle      Site                  Mission    Apogee/km    Target

Jun 24 0930   Rocksat/RockOn    Terrier I.Mal.     Wallops               Student         119?    Atlantic
Jun 26 1711   SHORTSTOP         Castor IVBXL       Wallops               Hypersonic?     300?    Atlantic

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