Recent launches:
Apr 22 India's PSLV C55 with SIngapore's TELEOS 2 radar satellite
Apr 22 Brazil's VCUB deployed from the ION SCV010 tug
Apr 24 Six cubesats deployed from the ISS
Apr 27 46 Starlink satellites launched to polar orbit
Apr 22 India's PSLV C55 with SIngapore's TELEOS 2 radar satellite
Apr 22 Brazil's VCUB deployed from the ION SCV010 tug
Apr 24 Six cubesats deployed from the ISS
Apr 27 46 Starlink satellites launched to polar orbit
07:57 AM - Apr 28, 2023
As it fell
back to 29 km at T+3:59, an automated flight-termination-system destruct
ended the flight in a fireball.
Although this flight was targeted to be only marginally orbital, I am assigning
it a regular orbital launch failure designation, 2023-F05.
back to 29 km at T+3:59, an automated flight-termination-system destruct
ended the flight in a fireball.
Although this flight was targeted to be only marginally orbital, I am assigning
it a regular orbital launch failure designation, 2023-F05.
07:00 PM - Apr 20, 2023
At the
end of Booster propulsion at about T+2:49, a flip maneuver began but
Ship/Booster separation did not occur and the vehicle tumbled out of
control three minutes after launch. The vehicle reached an apogee of 39
km at a velocity of 0.43 km/s (Earth-relative) at T+3:13.
end of Booster propulsion at about T+2:49, a flip maneuver began but
Ship/Booster separation did not occur and the vehicle tumbled out of
control three minutes after launch. The vehicle reached an apogee of 39
km at a velocity of 0.43 km/s (Earth-relative) at T+3:13.
07:00 PM - Apr 20, 2023
Of the 33 Raptor 2 engines on the Booster, 3 failed early and at
least 3 more shut down at some point during the ascent. It has been
suggested that a small explosion visible around T+0:30 was the failure
of a hydraulic power unit, but this has not yet been confirmed.
least 3 more shut down at some point during the ascent. It has been
suggested that a small explosion visible around T+0:30 was the failure
of a hydraulic power unit, but this has not yet been confirmed.
07:00 PM - Apr 20, 2023
The first full Starship flight test was launched from Boca
Chica/Starbase on Apr 20 at about 1333:08 UTC, using Booster 7 and Ship
24
Chica/Starbase on Apr 20 at about 1333:08 UTC, using Booster 7 and Ship
24
06:59 PM - Apr 20, 2023
ESA launched the JUICE probe to Jupiter on Apr 14.
SpaceX launched the Transporter-7 rideshare mission on Apr 15.
China's SAST launched the FY3-07 rainfall monitor satellite on Apr 16.
SpaceX launched 21 V2-mini Starlink sats on Apr 19.
SpaceX launched the Transporter-7 rideshare mission on Apr 15.
China's SAST launched the FY3-07 rainfall monitor satellite on Apr 16.
SpaceX launched 21 V2-mini Starlink sats on Apr 19.
06:59 PM - Apr 20, 2023
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral at 0430 UTC Apr 7, placing Intelsat's IS-40e Ku/Ka-band comms sat in a 176 x 30705 km x 27.0 deg transfer orbit. IS-40e also carries the NASA/SAO TEMPO pollution-monitoring spectrometer.
04:55 PM - Apr 07, 2023
The Chinese company i-Space (Xingji Rongyao) carried out a test launch of the Shuang Quxian 1 rocket ("Hyperbola-1") on Apr 7 at 0400 UTC from Jiuquan, placing a dummy payload in a 295 x 503 km x 97.3 deg orbit. This follows 3 failures out of 4 previous flights
04:55 PM - Apr 07, 2023
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 to LEO from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 1429 UTC Apr 2 with 8 communications sats and 2 missile tracking sats for the US Space Development Agency.
11:19 AM - Apr 02, 2023
Tianbing Keji (Beijing) launched its first Tianlong 2 orbital rocket from Jiuquan at 0848 UTC Apr 2, reportedly placing a mostly dummy payload and one small cubesat - AiTaikong Kexue - in sun-synch orbit.
11:19 AM - Apr 02, 2023
The US MIssile Defense Agency launched an MRBM-class target missile from Kauai on Mar 30 on the Aegis FTM31E1a test. The target was intercepted by two SM-6 missiles launched from DDG-118 (USS Daniel Inouye).
11:11 AM - Apr 02, 2023
The Montreal Recommendations on Aviation Safety and Uncontrolled Space Object Reentries
http://outerspaceinstitute...
were made public today
http://outerspaceinstitute...
were made public today
09:37 PM - Mar 31, 2023
China's SAST launched Yaogan 34-04 from Jiuquan at 0627 UTC Mar 31. Two objects (payload and the CZ-4C third stage) now cataloged in a 1091 x 1096 km x 63.4 deg orbit. he second stage, currently cataloged as object B (but I expect this to change), made a small perigee lowering burn at 0705 UTC
09:35 PM - Mar 31, 2023
The satellites are owned by Hangtian Hongtu Xinxi Jishu Gufen YG (PIESAT) of Beijing and are called 宏图一号01组01星 - 04星 (Hongtu-1 Group 1 Sats 1 to 4)
09:35 PM - Mar 31, 2023
China's SAST launched a CZ-2D at 1050 UTC Mar 30 placing four radar satellites in a 497 x 512 km x 97.4 deg, 18:00 LTDN sun-sync orbit. The CZ-2D second stage appears to have made a controlled deorbit soon after deploying the satellites.
09:35 PM - Mar 31, 2023
New reentry statistics page:
https://planet4589.org/spa...
It's a first cut but the data are close to correct...
https://planet4589.org/spa...
It's a first cut but the data are close to correct...
01:00 AM - Feb 16, 2023
Jonathan's Space Report No. 816 published at
https://planet4589.org/jsr... with the past month's space news.
https://planet4589.org/jsr... with the past month's space news.
12:06 AM - Feb 14, 2023
A 1-meter-diameter microasteroid reentered over the English Channel a few minutes ago -it appears to have blown up in the air as expected, making a really bright flash visible from southern England to Paris.
10:36 PM - Feb 12, 2023
55 more Starlink sats launched Feb 12 by SpaceX. See my Starlink statistics pages at https://planet4589.org/spa...
05:59 PM - Feb 12, 2023
It's now confirmed that the Progress MS-21 leak was in the coolant system; all the coolant has now leaked out.
12:54 PM - Feb 11, 2023
The Progress MS-22 cargo ship docked at the ISS Zvezda module's aft port at 0845 UTC Feb 11 [corrected from earlier spout]
12:53 PM - Feb 11, 2023
Correction to my earlier spouts: it now appears the Progress MS-21 leak is not in the cooling radiator but in the 'bitovoy otsek' (orbital module)? Waiting for clarification
10:08 AM - Feb 11, 2023
Dramatic news from ISS: the Progress MS-21 cargo ship, docked to the Poisk module since October, has sprung a leak in the external cooling radiator on its propulsion module. This is the same system that had a similar leak on Soyuz MS-22 on Dec 15.
10:02 AM - Feb 11, 2023
At 0701 UTC Feb 10 the US Air Force launched Minuteman 3 operational test GT245GM, sending a reentry vehicle with a dummy warhead on a suborbital path from Vandenberg Space Force Base silo LF10 to Kwajalein.
01:11 PM - Feb 10, 2023
At 0348 UTC Feb 10 India's ISRO lanched its second (first successful) SSLV (Small Satellite Launch Vehicle), placing three satellites in a 450 km, 37 deg low Earth orbit: EOS-07 for ISRO, AzaadiSat-2 for SpaceKidzIndia, and JANUS-1 for Antaris Inc (California).
01:09 PM - Feb 10, 2023
