Jonathan's Space Report No. 760 2019 Jan 28 Somerville, MA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space in 2018 ------------- My annual review of space activities is available at http://planet4589.org/space/papers/space18.pdf Chang'e-4 ---------- At 0214 UTC on Jan 3 Chang'e-4 began its descent burn from lunar orbit, and it landed in Von Karman crater at 177.59E 45.46S at 0226 UTC Jan 3. At 1422 UTC the same day, the Yutu-2 rover rolled onto the surface and began its explorations of the area. International Space Station --------------------------- Expedition 58 remains underway with Oleg Kononenko, David Saint-Jacques, and Anne McClain. On Jan 13 at 2010 UTC Dragon CRS-16 was unberthed from the Harmony module; it was released by Canadarm-2 at 2335 UTC and performed a deorbit burn at 0419 UTC Jan 14, landing off Baja at about 117.5W 28.1N at roughly 0510 UTC. Progress MS-10, docked to the Zvezda aft port, carried out ISS reboost burns at 0307 UTC Dec 2 and 1802 UTC Jan 18. Progress MS-09 undocked from the Pirs module at 1255 UTC Jan 25; after a deorbit burn at 1608 UTC it was destroyed on reentry, with debris falling in the S Pacific east of New Zealand at 1650 UTC. TJS-3 ----- On or before Dec 31, after using its apogee engine to reach geosynchronous orbit, the TJS-3 satellite ejected what appears to be a subsatellite; as of early Jan 13 both satellites were on station near 59E about 100 km apart. By Jan 28 the separation had been adjusted to about 90 km. ZX-2D ----- China carried out the first launch of the year on Jan 10, placing the Zhongxing-2D military communications satellite in geotransfer orbit. By Jan 22 the satellite was on station in GEO at 130.0E. Iridium Next ------------ Deployment of the Iridium Next constellation was completed on Jan 11 when a Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg placed the final 10 satellites in orbit. The Falcon 9 first stage landed successfully on the JRTI droneship. The second stage was deorbited near Antarctica. SSO-A ----- Some of The SSO-A satellites are now adjusting their orbits. On Dec 19, Planet's Skysat C13 lowered its orbit from 575 x 590 to 566 x 577 km. KazSTSat raised its orbit from 572 x 592 km to 579 x 594 km from Jan 11 to Jan 20. Hawk C lowered its orbit from 571 x 589 km to 567 x 588 km from Jan 11 to Jan 25; Hawk B from 572 x 589 km to 565 x 586 km from Jan 10 to Jan 27. The remainder of the objects from the launch remain in the original orbit although some appear to be making small km-level adjustments (43777 on Dec 24) - in some cases this may just be STRATCOM changing the assignment of catalog numbers to objects, it's hard to tell. As of Jan 28 56 days after launch, 29 percent (19 of 65) of the objects from the SSO-A launch remain unidentified, including the large UFF and LFF deployment platforms. Newly identified payloads include DARPA's Orbweaver 1 and 2. The Orbweaver project, developed for DARPA by Tethers Unlimited subsidiary Firmamentum according to an article in Space News, will use a robotic processor to chew up an ESPA adapter ring and turn it into an antenna. I am guessing that's a long term goal and the two SSO-A satellites are cubesats testing some early tech for the project. CSO 1 ----- I inadvertently omitted a discussion of CSO 1 in the last JSR. CSO 1 is the first in a new generation of French spy satellites; the name stands for Composant Spatiale Optique (Optical Space Component). It was launched by a Soyuz ST-A from the Centre Spatial Guyanais on Dec 19. The 3.5-tonne satellite has a high resolution imager (probably around 0.3m resolution). Iranian launch --------------- On Jan 15 Iran launched a three-stage Simorgh from Khomeini Space Centre. The third stage failed to operate correctly and the 100-kg-class satellite payload, "Payam", failed to reach orbit. Planned orbit was 500 x 500 km x 55 deg. If the third stage did not fire at all, the payload probably fell in the Indian Ocean, possibly about 1000 km west of the Cocos Is. Epsilon ------- JAXA's fourth Epsilon vehicle flew from Uchinoura on Jan 18 and placed a number of small satellites in orbit. The third stage reached a 221 x 734 km transfer orbit, and the PBS stage entered a 480 x 512 km orbit where the satellites were deployed. RAPIS-1 (Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite), the main payload, is a 200 kg technology satellite with a variety of experiments including a test of a `green' propellant thruster system. Risesat (Rapid International Scientific Experiment Satellite), a 59 kg satellite from a consortium led by Tohoku Univ. carries experimental imagers from Japan and Taiwan and space weather experiments from Budapest and Prague. MicroDragon, from the Vietnam National Space Centre and Keio Univ., is a 50 kg satellite with several experiments including an imager for ocean color data. OrigamiSat, from Tokyo Institute of Technology, is a 3U cubesat to deploy an experimental boom and membrane structure. Aoba-Velox-IV is a 2U cubesat with a pulsed plasma thruster and a low light camera, from Nanyang Tech U. (Singapore) and Kyushu Tech. Nexus is a 1U cubesat from Nihon University with an amateur radio payload. ALE-1 is a 68 kg satellite from the Tokyo-based Astro Live Experiences. It will move to a lower orbit and use gas guns to eject 0.4 kg, 1 cm pellets towards the atmosphere to create artificial meteor showers for entertainment. NROL-71 -------- ULA launched a Delta 4 Heavy from Vandenberg on Jan 19, putting the National Reconnaissance Office's USA 290 satellite in low polar orbit. The satellite is believed to be the first of a new series of imaging spy satellites, probably derived from the Improved CRYSTAL design that in turn descended from the 1970s KENNEN spacecraft which carried the KH-11 camera system. According to a posting on the SeeSat-L observers' list, its orbit is suspected to be 395 x 420 km x 73.6 deg, subject to confirmation. CZ-11 ----- CALT flew the 6th Chang Zheng 11 from Jiuquan on Jan 21. The main payloads were two Jilin-1 Spectral (Jilin-1 Guanpu 1,2) satellites with hyperspectral imagers. The first was given the name Jilin Lincao 1 and its primary mission is forestry support. The second is Wenchang Chaosuan 1, and is co-sponsored by the Hainan Modern Technology Group and its Wenchang supercomputer project. Also aboard were two 6U cubesats, XX-1-03 (also called Qingteng Zhi Xing) and Lingque 1A. Xiaoxiang-1-03 is a joint mission between Tianyi Research and the online Qingteng University business school. Lingque 1A (Lingque yi hao A xing) from Beijing ZeroG Lab Ltd. specializes in onboard detection of moving ground targets. PSLV-DL ------- On Jan 24 ISRO carried out the first launch of the PSLV-DL, a lightweight variant of the PSLV-XL with only two strapon boosters. It placed a 740 kg military imaging satellite for DRDO, Microsat-R, in a 274 km orbit aat 1820 UTC. Additional PS4 stage burns at 1901 and 1947 UTC placed the stage in a 450 km orbit. The PS4 has been modified to serve as a spacecraft bus for attached experiments; a 0.06 kg femtosat student payload from Space Kids India, Kalamsat-v2, is aboard to test the systems. The PSLV PS4 was expected to operate for 15 hours on its Li-ion batteries, although Kalamsat may have its own solar panels. Future PS4 missions will have solar arrays to provide long term power to their payloads. Table of Recent Orbital Launches ---------------------------------- Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL. Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes Nov 29 0427 HySIS ) PSLV-CA Satish Dhawan Imaging 96A S43719 647 x 648 x 98.0 1000LT SSO Global-1 ) Imaging 96B? S43720? 484 x 500 x 97.5 1000LT SSO CICERO-8 ) Weather 96 476 x 500 x 97.5 Hiber 1 ) Comms IoT 96AB S43744 476 x 500 x 97.5 HSAT-1 ) Tech 96 476 x 500 x 97.5 Centauri 2 ) Comms IoT 96D S43722 476 x 500 x 97.5 CASE ) Comms IoT 96L S43729 476 x 500 x 97.5 FACSAT ) Imaging 96D S43722 476 x 500 x 97.5 Reaktor Hello World) Comms 96K S43728 476 x 500 x 97.5 InnoSAT-2 ) Tech 96V S43738 476 x 500 x 97.5 Lemur-2-Orzulak ) Weather/AIS 96N S43731 476 x 500 x 97.5 Lemur-2-Vladimir ) Weather/AIS 96AD S43746 476 x 500 x 97.5 Lemur-2-Kobyszcze ) Weather/AIS 96P S43732 476 x 500 x 97.5 Lemur-2-Duly ) Weather/AIS 96AC S43745 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-1 ) Imaging 96AE S43747 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-2 ) Imaging 96AF S43748 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-3 ) Imaging 96R S43734 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-4 ) Imaging 96Q S43733 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-5 ) Imaging 96H S43726 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-6 ) Imaging 96Y S43741 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-7 ) Imaging 96Z S43742 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-8 ) Imaging 96J S43727 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-9 ) Imaging 96E S43723 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-10 ) Imaging 96X S43740 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-11 ) Imaging 96G S43725 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-12 ) Imaging 96F S43724 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-13 ) Imaging 96AH S43750 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-14 ) Imaging 96AG S43749 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-15 ) Imaging 96T S43736 476 x 500 x 97.5 Flock 3r-16 ) Imaging 96S S43735 476 x 500 x 97.5 Nov 30 0227 Kosmos-2530 ) Rokot Plesetsk LC133/3 Comms 97A S43751 1485 x 1508 x 82.5 Kosmos-2531 ) Comms 97B S43752 1485 x 1508 x 82.5 Kosmos-2532 ) Comms 97C S43753 1485 x 1508 x 82.5 Dec 3 1131 Soyuz MS-11 R-7 Baykonur LC1 Spaceship 98A S43756 200 x 239 x 51.6 Dec 3 1834 SSO-A UFF ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Tech 99C? S43760? 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SSO-A LFF ) Tech 99F? S43763? 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Eu:CROPIS ) Rem.Sensing 99BB S43807 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SkySat C12 ) Imaging 99AR S43797 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SkySat C13 ) Imaging 99AW S43802 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO STPSat 5 ) Tech 99E S43762 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO KazSTSat ) Imaging 99AB S43783 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO NEXTSat-1 ) IR Astron 99BF S43811 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO eXCITe ) Tech 99BP S43819 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO ICEYE-X2 ) Radar 99D S43761 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Global-2 ) Imaging 99BG S43812 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO FalconSat-6 ) Tech 99BK S43815 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO ESEO ) Tech 99AL S43792 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Hawk A ) Elint 99H S43765 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Hawk B ) Elint 99AN S43794 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Hawk C ) Elint 99AT S43799 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Flock 3s-1 ) Imaging 99N S43770 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Flock 3s-2 ) Imaging 99BR S43821 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Flock 3s-3 ) Imaging 99AG S43788 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO AISTechSat-2 ) Imaging/Com 99L S43768 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Hiber-2 ) Comms 99S S43774 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Landmapper-BC4) Imaging 99K S43767 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO VESTA ) Comms 99Z S43781 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Yukon ) Comms 99BC S43808 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Kodiak ) Comms 99G S43764 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SIRION PF 2 ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO ITASAT-1 ) Tech 99AE S43786 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Audacy Zero ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO BRIO ) Tech 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Astrocast-0.1 ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Centauri 1 ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Eaglet 1 ) Imaging 99AJ S43790 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Al Farabi 2 ) Comms 99AZ S43805 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Denali ) Radar 99AK S43791 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO ICE-Cap ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO K2SAT ) Imaging/Com 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO KazSciSat ) Tech 99AB S43783 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO MinXSS 2 ) Solar X 99A S43758 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Orbital Reflector) Art 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO RAAF M1 ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SeaHawk ) Imaging 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SNUSAT 2 ) Imaging 99AA S43782 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO THEA ) Sigint 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Blackhawk ) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO ENOCH ) Art 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SNUGLITE ) Tech/Comms 99AC S43784 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO PW-Sat 2 ) Tech 99BJ S43814 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO VisionCube ) Atmos Sci 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO RANGE A ) Tech 99Q S43772 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO RANGE B ) Tech 99R S43773 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO CSIM-FD ) Tech 99AM S43793 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO MOVE 2 ) Tech 99Y S43780 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Suomi-100 ) Tech 99AY S43804 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Elysium Star 2) Burial 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Exseedsat-1 (VO-96)) Comms 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Fox-1C (AO-95)) Comms 99N S43770 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO JY1SAT (JO-97)) Comms 99AX S43803 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO KNACKSAT ) Tech 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SpaceBEE 5 ) Comms 99BM S43817 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SpaceBEE 6 ) Comms 99BN S43818 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SpaceBEE 7 ) Comms 99BL S43816 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Orbweaver 1 ) Tech 99AP S43795 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Orbweaver 2 ) Tech 99AD S43785 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO DoD Cube 2A ) Comms? 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO DoD Cube 2B ) Comms? 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO DoD Cube 2C ) Comms? 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO WeissSat 1 ) Tech 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO IRVINE02 ) Tech 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO SeeMe ) Imaging 99 574 x 590 x 97.8 1017LT SSO Dec 4 2037 GSAT-11 ) Ariane 5ECA Kourou ELA3 Comms 100A? S43823 245 x 35741 x 3.5 Geo-Kompsat 2A ) Comms 100B? S43824 250 x 35742 x 3.5 Dec 5 1816 Dragon CRS-16 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Cargo 101A S43827 204 x 358 x 51.6 Dec 7 0412 SaudiSat-5A ) Chang Zheng 2D Jiuquan Tech 102A S43831 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO SaudiSat-5B ) Tech 102B S43832 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO TY/DF-1 ) Tech 102C? S43833? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO TFSTAR ) Comms 102D? S43834? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Xinjiang Jiaotong--01) Comms 102E? S43835? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 1 ) Comms 102F? S43836? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 2 ) Comms 102G? S43837? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 3 ) Comms 102H? S43838? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 4 ) Comms 102J? S43839? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 5 ) Comms 102K? S43840? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 6 ) Comms 102L? S43841? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Piao chong 7 ) Imaging 102M? S43842? 535 x 551 x 97.6 1030LT SSO Dec 7 1823 Chang'e 4 ) Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Lunar probe 103A S43845 200 x 420000x 29.4 Lunar rover ) Lunar rover 103 A09236 200 x 420000x 29.4 Dec 16 0633 Albus ) Tech 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 CeReS ) Science 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 CHOMPTT ) Electron Mahia Tech 104G S43855 489 x 511 x 85.0 Cubesail ) Tech 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 DaVinci ) Education 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 ISX-CP11 ) Science 104H S43856 489 x 511 x 85.0 NMTSat ) Science 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 RSat-P ) Tech 104 489 x 511 x 85.0 Shields ) Tech 104B S43850 489 x 511 x 85.0 STF-1 ) Science 104D S43852 495 x 516 x 85.0 Goergen (SHFT-1) ) Rad Astron 104M S43860 496 x 511 x 85.0 AC11-Eagle Scout ) Imaging 104N S43861 490 x 515 x 85.0 AC11-R3 ) Imaging 104A S43849 490 x 515 x 85.0 Dec 19 1040 GSAT-7A GSLV Mk II Sriharikota Comms 105A S43864 145 x 38932 x 19.4 Dec 19 1637 CSO-1 Soyuz ST-A CSG ELS Imaging 106A S43866? 800?x 800?x 98? Dec 21 0020 Kosmos-2533 Proton-M Baykonur Comms 107A S43867 35421 x 35802 x 0.2 Dec 21 SEDA-AP ISS, LEO Science 98067PU S43870 401 x 408 x 51.6 Dec 21 2351 Honygun GJYW Chang Zheng 11 Jiuquan Comms 108A S43871 1065 x 1072 x 99.9 0600LT SSO Dec 23 1351 GPS III SV01 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Navigation 109A S43873 1192 x 20199 x 55.0 Dec 24 1653 TJS 3 ) Chang Zheng 3C Xichang Tech? 110A S43874 35777 x 35796 x 0.1 GEO 59E TJS 3 subsat ) Tech 110C S43917 35782 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 59E Dec 27 0207 Kanopus-V No. 5 ) Soyuz-2-1A/Fregat Vostochniy Imaging 111A S43876 504 x 511 x 97.5 2322LT SSO Kanopus-V No. 6 ) Imaging 111B S43877 499 x 511 x 97.5 2322LT SSO GRUS 1 ) Imaging 111 S43878 486 x 562 x 97.6 2322LT SSO UWE-4 ) Tech 111E S43880 571 x 587 x 97.3 D-Star ONE Sparrow ) Tech/Comms 111F S43881 571 x 583 x 97.3 iSat ) Comms 111D S43879 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-RemyColton ) Met/Comms 111J S43884 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-Gustavo ) Met/Comms 111K S43885 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-ChristinaHolt) Met/Comms 111G S43882 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-Zo ) Met/Comms 111L S43886 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-TinyKev ) Met/Comms 111H S43883 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-SarahBettyBoo) Met/Comms 111N S43888 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-NatalieMurray) Met/Comms 111M S43887 571 x 583 x 97.3 Lemur-2-DaisyHarper ) Met/Comms 111P S43889 571 x 583 x 97.3 ZACube-2 ) Comms 111 S43891? 495 x 515 x 97.30 Lume-1 ) Comms 111AJ S43908 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-1/Dove 1062 ) Imaging 111U S43894 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-2/Dove 106c ) Imaging 111V S43895 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-3/Dove 1068 ) Imaging 111S S43892 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-4/Dove 1063 ) Imaging 111T S43893 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-5/Dove 1067 ) Imaging 111Z S43899 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-6/Dove 1069 ) Imaging 111W S43896 480 x 512 x 97.30 Flock 3k-7/Dove 106a ) Imaging 111AC S43902 480 x 510 x 97.30 Flock 3k-8/Dove 106b ) Imaging 111AB S43901 480 x 510 x 97.30 Flock 3k-9/Dove 1065 ) Imaging 111AG S43906 480 x 510 x 97.30 Flock 3k-10/Dove 106d) Imaging 111AF S43905 480 x 510 x 97.30 Flock 3k-11/Dove 106e) Imaging 111AE S43904 480 x 510 x 97.30 Flock 3k-12/Dove 106f) Imaging 111AD S43903 480 x 509 x 97.30 Dec 29 0800 Chongqing ) Chang Zheng 2D/YZ3 Jiuquan Comms 112F S43914 515 x 525 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 01 ) Meteo 112A S43909 515 x 525 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 02 ) Meteo 112B S43910 515 x 525 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 03 ) Meteo 112C S43911 1088 x 1098 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 04 ) Meteo 112D S43912 1090 x 1099 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 05 ) Meteo 112E S43913 1091 x 1100 x 50.0 Yunhai-2 06 ) Meteo 112G S43915 1092 x 1100 x 50.0 Jan 10 1711 Zhongxing-2D Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Comms 01A S43920 181 x 35818 x 27.1 Jan 11 1531 Iridium SV167 ) Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 02K S43931 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV168 ) Comms 02C S43924 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV169 ) Comms 02E S43926 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV170 ) Comms 02J S43930 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV171 ) Comms 02H S43929 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV172 ) Comms 02F S43927 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV173 ) Comms 02D S43925 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV175 ) Comms 02G S43928 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV176 ) Comms 02B S43923 611 x 623 x 86.7 Iridium SV180 ) Comms 02A S43922 611 x 623 x 86.7 Jan 15 0030 Payam Simorgh Khomeini SC Comms/Imag F01 -2600?x 500?x 55.0 Jan 18 0050 RAPIS ) Epsilon Uchinoura Tech 03 S43932 498 x 510 x 97.3 0932LT SSO RiseSat ) Tech 03 S43933 490 x 513 x 97.3 0932LT SSO MicroDragon ) Tech 03 S43934 491 x 511 x 97.3 0932LT SSO OrigamiSat-1 ) Tech 03 S43935 489 x 513 x 97.3 0932LT SSO Aoba-VELOX IV ) Tech 03 S43936 481 x 512 x 97.3 0932LT SSO Nexus ) Tech 03 S43937 480 x 512 x 97.3 0932LT SSO ALE-1 ) Tech 03 S43938 480 x 513 x 97.3 0932LT SSO Jan 19 1910 USA 290 Delta 4 Heavy Vandenberg SLC6 Imaging 04A S43941 395 x 420 x 73.6 Jan 21 0542 Jilin Lincao 1 ) Chang Zheng 11 Jiuquan Imaging 05B S43943 516 x 540 x 97.5 1200LT SSO Wenchang Chaosuan 1) Imaging 05E S43946 517 x 539 x 97.5 1200LT SSO Qingteng Zhi Xing ) Imaging 05C S43944 523 x 539 x 97.5 1200LT SSO Lingque 1 A xing ) Imaging 05A S43942 516 x 539 x 97.5 1200LT SSO Jan 24 1807 Microsat-R ) PSLV-DL Satish Dhawan FLP Imaging 06A S43947 265 x 279 x 96.5 2340LT SSO Kalamsat-v2) Tech 06B S43948 448 x 452 x 98.7 2340LT SSO Table of Recent Suborbital Launches ----------------------------------- Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target Dec 13 1600 VSS Unity VP03 Spaceship Two Lake Isabella Test 82.7 Mojave Dec 18 0746 DEUCE 2 Black Brant IX White Sands UV Astron 282 White Sands Dec 23 Nudol' KV Nudol' Plesetsk Test 500? Laptev Sea Dec 26 0959 Avangard UR-100NU Yasniy Test 1000? Kura Jan 4 0927 CAPER-2 Black Brant XIIA Andoya Magnetosphere 774 Norwegian Sea Jan 13 0913 G-CHASER Terrier Imp.Malemute Andoya Atmosphere 174 Norwegian Sea Jan 22 Arrow Target Silver Sparrow? F-15, Med. Sea? Target 200? Med. Sea Jan 22 Arrow KV Arrow 3 Palmachim Interceptor 200? Intercept Jan 23 1405 New Shepard CC2 New Shepard West Texas Test 107 West Texas .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | | | Somerville MA 02143 | inter : planet4589 at gmail | | USA | twitter: @planet4589 | | | | JSR: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html | | Back issues: http://www.planet4589.org/space/jsr/back | | Subscribe/unsub: http://www.planet4589.org/mailman/listinfo/jsr | '-------------------------------------------------------------------------'