From: mailto: Jonathan's Space Report

No 851 2025 Nov 19 Somerville, MA, USA

ISS

Expedition 73 continues

On Oct 26 JAXA launched the HTV-X1 cargo ship HTV-X is a second generation Japanese ISS cargo ship Launch mass about 16000 kg of which the SM was 3800 kg, the PM 3800 kg, press cargo 4000 kg, external cargo 2000 kg, consumables 2400 kg Size is 8 0m long 4 4m dia with 18 2m solar panel span It consists of a pressurized module with CBM port, a service module (built at MELCO/Kanagawa) with an IHI-built MMH/NTO propulsion system using twelve 120N HBT-1 thrusters, and an exposed cargo section

HTV-X1's exposed cargo section carries the i-SEEP-3B device that will be installed on the Kibo EFU at EFU5; and the DELIGHT deployable structure test which will be activated after ISS departure HTV-X1 also carries an H-SSOD cubesat deployer carrying the 6U Tenkoh-2 cubesat for Nihon Univ

Inside HTV-X's pressurized section are cargo bags including a J-SSOD cubesat deployer to be transferred to the Kibo module, carrying Gxiba-1 (UPAEP Mexico), UiTMSat-2 (UITM, Malaysia), CORAL (Sapienza, Italy), Knacskat 2 (KMUT, Thailand), LEOPARD (Kyutech), and HMUSAT2 (Hokkaido U of Sci )

HTV-X1 arrived at ISS on Oct 29, with rendezvous at 250 m distance at 1320 UTC After some manuevering evaluations, the Canadarm-2 grappled the HTV at 1558 UTC Berthing at Harmony nadir was complete by 1850 UTC

On Oct 28 astronauts Ryzhikov and Zubritskiy, in spacesuits Orlan MKS-7 and MKS-6, made spacewalk VKD-65 from the Poisk airlock on Oct 28, with hatch open from 1418:01 to 2112:28 UTC and depressurization from 1357 to 2115 UTC Among other activities they installed the IPI-500 experiment on the Nauka module

On Nov 7 at 1746 UTC Dragon CRS-33 carried out another 0 5m/s ISS reboost

Chinese Space Station

The CSS made a 3 2m/s orbit reboost on Oct 17 at about 0947 UTC, probably using the engines on the Tianzhou-9 freighter On Oct 29 at about 1330 the station made a further 1 5 m/s boost

Shenzhou 21 was launched on Oct 31, with Col Zhang Lu, Maj Wu Fei and Dr Zhang Hongzhang aboard It docked with the Tianhe forward port at 1922 UTC

Following the discovery of a cracked window pane in the Shenzhou 20 descent module, the return to Earth of the Expedition 9 crew of Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie was postponed On Nov 14 they left the station aboard Shenzhou 21, undocking at 0314 UTC and landing at 0840 UTC

On Nov 15 at 0928, the station's orbit was again reboosted with a 3 6 m/s burn

Following this, Zhang, Wu and Zhang remain on board the station with the compromised Shenzhou 20 ferry ship

Starlink launches

Starlink Group 10-17 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 19 from Canaveral Starlink Group 11-19 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 19 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 11-5 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 22 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 11-12 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 25 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 10-21 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 26 from Canaveral Starlink Group 11-21 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 28 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 10-37 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 29 from Canaveral Starlink Group 11-23 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Oct 31 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 6-81 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 6 from Canaveral Starlink Group 11-14 (28 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 6 from Vandenberg Starlink Group 10-51 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 9 from Kennedy Starlink Group 6-87 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 11 from Canaveral Starlink Group 6-89 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 15 from Kennedy Starlink Group 6-85 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 15 from Canaveral Starlink Group 6-94 (29 Ku sats) was launched on Nov 19 from Canaveral

Other Falcon 9 launches

On Oct 24 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Spainsat NG-II military communications satellite for Hisdesat The 6100 kg satellite is an Airbus Eurostar NEO As of Nov 17 the sat had reached 2377 x 67063 km x 20 deg, on its way to GEO

On Nov 2 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 with the Bandwagon 4 rideshare payload It deployed the ADD-425-5 radar sat for S Korea, the Haven Demo test payload for VAST Space, the FGN-100-d2 test satellite for Fergani Space (Turkey), and a set of small satellites: TAURUS 1 to 4 for Turksat Baryon-1L, 1N, 1P for a secret commercial customer - we don't even know which country CEVROSAT for Czechia's CEVRO Tomorrow-S8 and S9 weather sats for US operator Tomorrow io Foresight-3, 4 and 5, radar sats for UAE's Space42 based on the ICEYE sat Starcloud-1, a test satellite for orbital data centers Lemur-2 Affie-Wauwie for Spire, with an unknown mission As of Nov 19, no orbit data was available for the launch

On Nov 17 Space X launched Sentinel-6B, an ocean altimetry satellite which was jointly developed by JPL and the EU Copernicus project, using an Airbus/Friedrichsafen Flexbus satellite bus Launch mass is 1140 kg

Chinese commercial launches

Zhongke Tansuo Jishu (CAS Space) launched a Lijian-1 from Jiuquan on Oct 19 with a Pakistani hyperspectral satellite and two Zhongke AIRSAT radar satellites, one purchased by Malaysian company TerraXpace The satellites were placed in 1000 LTDN SSO

CAS Space launched another Lijian-1 from Jiuquan on Nov 9 with two Chutian low orbit imaging satellites

Xinghe Dongli (Galactic Energy) launched a Gushenxing-1 from Jiuquan on Nov 10 with two Jixing sats for Changguang and the North Univ, of China's Zhongbei Daxue 1 satellites However, the fourth stage shut down a few seconds early and the vehicle did not reach orbit One report suggests a 300 m/s shortfall, which would lead to a 'marginal orbit' with a mildly negative perigee of around -500 to -400 km, and impact in the Antarctic I am assigning it one of my 'U' series launch designations, 2025-U05

CALT launches

On Oct 23 CALT launched a CZ-5 from Wenchang with Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 20 weixing (TJS 20), likely a GEO sigint payload similar to TJS 11 It positioned itself at 62 5E in GEO, over the Indian Ocean

On Oct 26 CALT launched a CZ-3B from Xichang with Gao Fen 14 hao 02 xing (GF14-02), a stereo topographic mapping satellite Its sibling GF14-01 was launched on 2020 Dec 6 to the same 1030 LTDN orbital plane

On Nov 3 CALT launched a CZ-7A from Wenchang with the Yaogan 46 military remote sensing satellite, It entered a 7400 km circular orbit at 20 deg inclination, similar to that of Yaogan 45

On Nov 8 CALT launched a CZ-11 from a ship in the Yellow Sea, placing three Shiyan-32 test satellites in orbit

On Nov 19 CALT launched a CZ-2C from Jiuquan with three Shi Jian 30 technology satellites

SAST launches

On Nov 10 SAST launched a CZ-12 from Hainan with the nine Wexing Hulianwang Digui Weixing Group 13 (SatNet LEO Group 13) satellites

CMS-03

India's ISRO launched LVM3 rocket no M5 from Satish Dhawan on Nov 2, carrying the CMS-03 (GSAT-7R) communications sat to geotransfer orbit CMS-03 will provide comms services for the Indian Navy By Nov 12 it was tracked in GEO at 93 5E

Ariane

Arianespace launched Ariane 62 No 6004 from Kourou on Nov 4 with the European Union's`Sentinel-1D radar satellite to 0600 LTDN sun-sync orbit

Electron

Rocket Lab launched an Electron from Mahia on Nov 5 carrying the iQPS radar satellite Yachihoki-I (QPS-SAR-14)

New Glenn

The second New Glenn was launched from Canaveral on Nov 13 The GS1 stage landed on the barge Jacklyn; the GS2 stage reached a roughly 160 x 400 km parking orbit and then reignited to deliver the ESCAPADE Blue and Gold spacecraft to a trans-Lagrange orbit The GS2 stage was then disposed of to a 0 98 x 1 08 AU x 0 1 deg heliocentric orbit

ULA launches

United Launch Alliance launched Atlas V 551 serial AV-100 from Canaveral on Nov 13, carrying the Viasat 3F2 comms satellite to a transfer orbit The 6400 kg satellite is a Boeing model 702MP

USSF-51

Another secret subsatellite, USA 567, was released by one of the USSF-51 payloads in GEO drift orbit in late October

SDA T1TL-C

The DoD Space Development Agency T1TL-C communications satellites launched on Oct 14 have been designated in Space-Track as SDA-1664 to SDA-1684

Table of Recent Orbital (and near-Orbital) Launches

Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL Catalog Perigee Apogee Incl Notes

Oct 13 1000 Shiyan 31 Chang Zheng 2D Jiuquan Imaging 227A 498 x 513 x 80 0 Oct 13 2323 Starship 38 Starship Starbase OLP1 Test U04 -1 x 192 x 26 5? Oct 14 0158 Kuiper KF-03 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 228 460 x 468 x 51 9 Oct 14 1633 StriX-5 Electron Mahia LC1A Radar 229B 534 x 591 x 41 9 Oct 15 2306 SDA-1664 to SDA-1684 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 230 941 x 949 x 81 3 Oct 16 0133 WHDW 12-01 to 12-09? Chang Zheng 8A Hainan CSLS LC1 Comms 231 866 x 876 x 50 0 Oct 16 0927 Starlink 10-52 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 232 260 x 270 x 53 2 Oct 16 2139 HRC camera ISS, LEO - 98067XR 416 x 420 x 51 6 Oct 17 0708 Qianfan Jigui 18 zu Chang Zheng 6A Taiyuan LC9A Comms 233 Oct 19 0333 PRSC-HS1 Lijian-1 Jiuquan LC130 Imaging 234 492 x 512 x 97 5 TerraX-01 Radar 234 492 x 512 x 97 5 Beibuwan-01 Radar 234 492 x 512 x 97 5 Oct 19 1739 Starlink 10-17 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 235 260 x 268 x 53 2 Oct 19 1924 Starlink 11-19 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 236 259 x 271 x 53 2 Oct 22 1416 Starlink 11-5 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 237 258 x 270 x 53 2 Oct? USA 567 USSF-51, GSO Unk 24134J 35800 x 36000 x 2? Oct 23 1430 TJS 20 Chang Zheng 5 Wenchang Sigint? 238A 188 x 45770 x 16 Oct 24 0130 Spainsat NG-II Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 239A 409 x 62984 x 26 8 Oct 25 1420 Starlink 11-12 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 240 263 x 275 x 53 2 Oct 26 0000 HTV-X1 H3-24W Tanegashima LP2 Cargo 241 302 x 334 x 51 6 Oct 26 0355 Gao Fen 14-02 Chang Zheng 3B Xichang Imaging 242A 476 x 491 x 97 4 Oct 26 1500 Starlink 10-21 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 243 263 x 274 x 53 2 Oct 28 0043 Starlink 11-21 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 244 261 x 271 x 53 2 Oct 29 1635 Starlink 10-37 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 245 264 x 270 x 53 2 Oct 31 1544 Shenzhou 21 Chang Zheng 2F Jiuquan Spaceship 246A 382 x 392 x 41 5 Oct 31 2041 Starlink 11-23 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 247 259 x 271 x 53 2 Nov 2 0509 Bandwagon 4 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Tug 248 570 x 573 x 45 4 ADD-425-5 Radar 248 570 x 573 x 45 4 Haven Demo Tech 248 511 x 514 x 45 4 Starcloud 1 Tech 248 Taurus 1 to 4 Comms 248 Baryon 1L/1N/1P Tech 248 CEVROSAT Tech 248 Lemur-2-Affie-Wauwie Met 248 Tomorrow-S8, S9 Met 248 FGN-100-d2 Tech 248 Foresight-3, 4, 5 Radar 248 Nov 2 1156 CMS-03 LVM3 Satish Dhawan Comms 249A 179 x 26638 x 21,3
Nov 3 0347 Yaogan 46 Chang Zheng 7A Wenchang Imaging 250A 2548 x 7562 x 20 0 Nov 4 2102 Sentinel-1D Ariane 62 Kourou ELA4 Radar 251A 693 x 696 x 98 2 Nov 5 1951 Yachihoko-I Electron Mahia LC1B Radar 252A 568 x 582 x 42 0 Nov 6 0131 Starlink Group 6-81 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 253 260 x 270 x 43 0 Nov 6 2113 Starlink Group 11-14 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 254 257 x 261 x 53 2 Nov 8 2100 Shiyan-32 01 to 03 Chang Zheng 11 DFHT,Huang Hai Tech 255 431 x 451 x 53 0 Nov 9 0332 Chutian 2-01 Lijian-1 Jiuquan Imaging 256 713 x 732 x 98 3 Chutian 2-02 Imaging 256 Nov 9 0810 Starlink Group 10-51 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 257 259 x 269 x 53 2 Nov 10 0241 WHWD 13 Chang Zheng 12 Hainan CLS LC2 Comms 258 795 x 814 x 50 0 Nov 10 0403 Jixing Gaofen 04C Gushenxing-1 Jiuquan Imaging U05 -460? x 500? x 97 Jixing Pingtai 02A04 Tech U05 Zhongbei Daxue Tech U05 Nov 11 0321 Starlink Group 6-87 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 259 259 x 265 x 43 0 Nov 13 2055 ESCAPADE Blue New Glenn Canaveral LC36 Mars probe 260A 200 x 3970000 x 29 5 ESCAPADE Gold Mars probe 260B 200 x 3970000 x 29 5 Nov 14 0304 Viasat-3F2 Atlas V 551 Canaveral LC41 Comms 261A 12251 x 23673 x 6 0 Nov 15 0308 Starlink Group 6-89 Falcon 9 Kennedy LC39A Comms 262 257 x 267 x 43 0 Nov 15 0644 Starlink Group 6-85 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 263 258 x 267 x 43 0 Nov 17 0521 Sentinel-6B Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E EO Sci 264 1308 x 1327 x 66 0 Nov 19 0012 Starlink Group 6-94 Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Comms 265 Nov 19 0401 Shi Jian 30A/30B/30C Chang Zheng 2C Jiuquan Tech 266

Table of Recent Suborbital Launches

Oct 1 0028 JUSTIN HASTE Wallops LA0C Hypersonic 200? Atlantic Oct 8 1340 NS-36 New Shepard W Texas Tourist 107 W Texas Oct 22 RV x 4? Yars Plesetsk Op Test 1000? Kura Oct 22 RV Sineva K-117 Bryansk, Barents Sea Op Test 1000? Kura Nov 5 0935 Mk 12/21 RV? Minuteman 3 Vandenberg LF09/10? Op Test 1300? Kwajalein Nov 7 0335 RV Hwasong-7? Taegwan,N Korea Test 200? Sea of Japan Nov 12 0405 MAPHEUS 16 Red Kite/Red Kite Kiruna Microgravity 267 ESRANGE Nov 18 1300 VAN HASTE Wallops LA0C Hypersonic 200? Atlantic

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