Jonathan's Space Report

No 804 2022 Mar 18 Somerville, MA

International Space Station

Expedition 66 continues

Soyuz MS-21 (spacecraft No 750, named 'S P Korolev') was launched from Baykonur on Mar 18 with a crew of three Russian astronauts: Oleg Artem'ev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov (crew callsign: Don) The ship docked with the new Prichal module about 3h 16m 46s after launch, at 1912:04 UTC

Starlink

Group 4-11, with 50 satellites, was launched from Vandenberg on Feb 25 using a two-burn profile The Falcon 9 first stage landed on the OCISLY drone ship

Group 4-9, with 49 satellites, was launched from Kennedy on Mar 3 using the two-burn profile, with stage 1 landing on JRTI

Group 4-10, with 48 satellites, was launched from Canaveral on Mar 9 Stage 1 landed on ASOG

LT-01B

The second SAST/Shanghai LSAR radar satellite, Ludi Tance 01B, was launched on Feb 26 It will work in tandem with the first satellite launched on Jan 25

GOES T

ULA launched Atlas V AV-095 from Canaveral on Mar 1 with NOAA's GOES T geostationary weather satellite, which it deployed into a 8896 x 35276 km x 9 4 deg transfer orbit By Mar 18 it was in a 35579 x 35712 km x 0 1 deg geosync drift orbit and NOAA renamed the satellite GOES 18

CZ-8

The second Chang Zheng 8 mission was launched on Feb 27 This launch, unlike the first one, used a variant omitting the side boosters It placed a cluster of small satellites in orbit:

Hainan 1-01 and 1-02 are satellites with imaging and AIS (ship tracking) payloads for the Sanyi Research Institute (part of CAS RADI), built by Shenzhen DFH They will carry out maritime surveillance Satellite 1-01 has a wide field imager and 1-02 has a 1 5m resolution video camera

Wenchang-1 01 and 02 are also for the Sanyi Research Institute, They were built by MinoSpace and have wide format multispectral imagers to be used for oceanography, resource and agriculture monitoring

Taijing-3 01 is a Minospace MN-200 class imaging satellite with a 0 5m resolution visible-light camera Taijing-4 01 is also a Minospace MN-200 class satellite, with a 1 m resolution X-band SAR radar

Xidian-1 (XD-1) is a smaller Minospace satellite with a hyperspectral sensor for Shaanxi Silu Tiantu Weixing Keji

Chaohu-1 is a radar satellite for the Tiandi Information Network, and is a followon to the Hisea-1 radar test satellite It was built by Tianyi Research (Spacety)

Chuangxing Leishen is a research satellite from Tianyi in collaboration with the Beijing Univ of Posts and Telecoms Research Institute It carries a distributed software processing experiment Additional science payloads include the Jiguang-2 X-ray polarimeter, and three GRID gamma ray burst detectors

Tianqi-19 is an IoT data relay satellite for Guodian Gaokeji

Xingshidai-17 is a remote sensing satellite for Guoxing Yuhang Keji (ADA Space) It is also named Dayun, in honor of the Universiade sports event to be held in Chengdu and called Dayunhui in Chinese

Qimingxing-1 is a 19 kg imaging satellite from Wuhan University with visible and IR imagers and a hyperspectral sensor

Xiamen Keji 1 (Jilin-1 Mofang 02A 01) is a 30 kg imaging satellite built by Changguang Satellite Tech for Xiamen Tianwei Keji with a 1m resolution imager

Jilin-1 Gaofen 03D 10 to 18 are 9 high resolution imaging satellites from Changguang Satellite Tech, probably with a mass of 42 kg each Satellite 15 is sponsored by the city of Shaoguan; satellites 16 and 17, also called Wenchang Chaosuan 2 and 3, are sponsored by Wenchang Supercomputing Centre; satellite 18 is also called Anxi Teiguanyin 1, apparently named after a famous variety of oolong tea from Fujian

Strix-Beta

RocketLab inaugurated the Mahia launch site's second pad, pad 1B, on Feb 28 with the launch of the Strix Beta radar satellite for Japan's Synspective

Yinhe

Six Yinhe internet satellites were launched on Mar 5 for Yinghe Hantian (Galaxy Aerospace) The satellites, each with a mass of about 190 kg, strongly resemble the OneWeb series A small Xuanming remote sensing cubesat was also deployed

Noor 2

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched its second satellite on Mar 8 using the Qased launch vehicle from Shahroud Noor 2 is an imaging satellite reported to be an improved version of Noor 1, which is still said to be operating

Astra LV0009

Astra had its second orbital success on Mar 15 in a launch from Kodiak A number of commercial satellites were deployed into sun-synch orbit At first the only acknowledged deployment was ORESAT0, a 1U cubesat from Portland State Aerospace Society The NearSpaceLaunch S4-CROSSOVER payload remained attached to the upper stage; it carries an EyeStar-S4 package for satellite-to-satellite communications Twenty 0 25U SpaceBees for Swarm were also deployed; their presence on the flight was not announced until Mar 17

Yaogan 34-02

On Mar 17 China launched the second Yaogan 34 military imaging satellite into a 1000 km orbit

Table of Recent Orbital Launches

Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes Feb 2 2027 USA 326 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Imaging 09A S51445 492 x 524 x 97 4 Feb 3 0855? Light-1 ISS, LEO Tech 9867TG? S51509 407 x 422 x 51 6 Feb 3 1030? GT-1 ISS, LEO Tech 9867TH? S51510 410 x 421 x 51 6 Feb 3 STORK-2 ION SCV004, LEO Imaging 02? - Feb 3 1813 Starlink 3152 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 10A- S51456- 209 x 336 x 53 2 Starlink 3163-3167 S51504 Starlink 3169-3170 Starlink 3174 Starlink 3178 Starlink 3181-3182 Starlink 3186-3189 Starlink 3220-3224 Starlink 3367 Starlink 3376-3377 Starlink 3384 Starlink 3401-3420 Starlink 3422-3423 Starlink 3426-3427 Feb 4 SW1FT ION SCV004, LEO Tech 02? - Feb 5 0700 Kosmos-2553 Soyuz-2-1a/Fregat Plesetsk LC43/4 Radar? 11A S51511 1987 x 1994 x 67 1 Feb 10 1809 OneWeb SL0410-0411 Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat CSG ELS Comms 12A- S51622 468 x 487 x 87 4
OneWeb SL0415-0416 -S51655 OneWeb SL0422-0423 OneWeb SL0425 OneWeb SL0428 OneWeb SL0431 OneWeb SL0434-0436 OneWeb SL0438-0439 OneWeb SL0442-0446 OneWeb SL0448-0449 OneWeb SL0451-0452 OneWeb SL0455-0458 OneWeb SL0461 OneWeb SL0463-0464 OneWeb SL0468 OneWeb SL0473-0475 Feb 10 2000 BAMA-1 ) Rocket 3 3 Canaveral SLC46 Tech F01 F01620 -5150?x 278? x 41 INCA ) Sci F01 F01621 QubeSat ) Tech F01 F01622 R5-S1 ) Tech F01 F01623 Feb 14 0029 EOS-04 ) PSLV-XL Satish Dhawan FLP Radar 13A S51656 516 x 534 x 97 5 INS-2TD ) Tech 13B S51567? 516 x 534 x 97 5 InspireSat-1) Sci 13C S51568? 516 x 534 x 97 5 Feb 15 0424 Progress MS-19 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Cargo 14A S51570? 195 x 226 x 51 6 Feb 19 1740 S S Piers Sellers Antares 230+ Wallops MARS LA0A Cargo 15A S51712 185 x 307 x 51 6 Feb 21 1440 Starlink 3446-3452 Falcon 9 Canaveral SLC40 Comms 16A 325 x 336 x 53 2 Starlink 3456-3460 Starlink 3500-3502 Starlink 3505-3507 Starlink 3509 Starlink 3511-3518 Starlink 3520-3533 Starlink 3535 Starlink 3540 Starlink 3543 Starlink 3545-3546 Feb 25 1712 Starlink 3544 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 17A 304 x 313 x 53 2 Starlink 3552 Starlink 3557 Starlink 3569 Starlink 3573 Starlink 3580-3581 Starlink 3586 Starlink 3592 Starlink 3596 Starlink 3599-3617 Starlink 3619-3634 Starlink 3637-3639 Starlink 3641 Starlink 3646 Feb 26 2344 Ludi Tance 01B Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Radar 18A S51822 602 x 604 x 97 8 Feb 27 0306 Taijing-3 01 Chang Zheng 8 Wenchang Imaging 19 S51824 527 x 548 x 97 5 Taijing-4 01 Radar
Hainan-1 01 Imaging/AIS Hainan-1 02 Imaging/AIS Wenchang-1 01 Imaging/AIS Wenchang-1 02 Imaging/AIS Xidian-1 Imaging Xiamen Keji 1 (JL1FM02A01) Imaging Jilin-1 GF03D-10 Imaging Jilin-1 GF03D-11 Imaging Jilin-1 GF03D-12 Imaging Jilin-1 GF03D-13 Imaging Jilin-1 GF03D-14 Imaging Shaoguan 1 (JL1GF03D-15) Imaging Wenchang Chaosuan 2 (JL1GF03D-16) Imaging Wenchang Chaosuan 3 (JL1GF03D-17) Imaging Anxi Tieguanyin 1 (JL1GF03D-18) Imaging Tianqi-19 Comms Chaohu 1 Radar Chuangxing Leishen Science Xingshidai-17 Imaging Qimingxing 1 Imaging Feb 28 2037 Strix-Beta Electron Mahia LC1B Radar 20A 555 x 573 x 97 8 Mar 1 1438 GOES T Atlas V 541 Canaveral SLC41 Weather 21A 8896 x 35276 x 9 4 Mar 3 1425 Starlink 3503-3504 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 22A 304 x 315 x 53 2 Starlink 3508 Starlink 3519 Starlink 3536 Starlink 3539 Starlink 3541-3542 Starlink 3545 Starlink 3547-3549 Starlink 3551 Starlink 3553-3556 Starlink 3559-3560 Starlink 3562-3568 Starlink 3570-3572 Starlink 3574-3579 Starlink 3582-3585 Starlink 3587-3588 Starlink 3590-3591 Starlink 3593-3595 Starlink 3597-3598 Mar 5 0601 Yinhe 2-01 Chang Zheng 2C Xichang Comms 23A S51946 480 x 502 x 63 4 Yinhe 2-02 Comms 23B S51947 480 x 502 x 63 4 Yinhe 2-03 Comms 23C S51948 480 x 502 x 63 4 Yinhe 2-04 Comms 23D S51949 480 x 502 x 63 4 Yinhe 2-05 Comms 23E S51950 480 x 502 x 63 4 Yinhe 2-06 Comms 23F S51951 480 x 502 x 63 4 Xuanming Imaging 23G S51952 480 x 502 x 63 4 Mar 8 0506? Noor 2 Qased Shahroud Imaging 24A S51954 495 x 513 x 58 3 Mar 9 1345 Starlink 3538 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 25A 301 x 315 x 53 2 Starlink 3589 Starlink 3618 Starlink 3635-3636 Starlink 3640 Starlink 3642-3645 Starlink 3647-3657 Starlink 3659-3660 Starlink 3660 Starlink 3663-3664 Starlink 3666-3669 Starlink 3671-3672 Starlink 3674-3675 Starlink 3677 Starlink 3679-3681 Starlink 3689-3692 Starlink 3694-3697 Starlink 3699-3700 Starlink 3704 Mar 15 1622 S4-CROSSOVER ) Astra Kodiak LP3B Comms 26A 470 x 537 x 97 5 ORESAT0 ) Tech SpaceBees x20 ) Comms Mar 17 0709 Yaogan 34-02 Chang Zheng 4C Jiuquan Imaging 27A 1092 x 1097 x 63 4 Mar 18 1555 Soyuz MS-21 Soyuz-2-1a Baykonur LC31 Spaceship 28A 200 x 224 x 51 7

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches

Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target

Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Abu Dhabi Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Abu Dhabi Jan 24 0015? Warhead Zulfiqar (YE) Al Jawf? Weapon 100? Dharan Jan 29 0700 MAPHEUS 9 IM/IM Kiruna Micrograv 254 ESRANGE Jan 29 2252 RV Hwasong-12? Mupyong Test 2000 Sea of Japan Feb 19 Yars RV Yars Plesetsk Test 1000? Kura Feb 19 4 x RV? Sineva K-18, Barents Sea Test 1000? Kura Feb 26 2252 Recon test Hwasong-8 LV? Sunan Test 620 Sea of Japan Mar 4 2348 Recon test? Hwasong-8 LV? Sunan Test 550 Sea of Japan Mar 5 1127 LAMP Black Brant IX Poker Flat Auroral 429 Alaska Mar 9 1825 HERSCHEL Black Brant IX White Sands Solar UV 302 White Sands

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