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Jonathan's Space Report
No. 859 draft 2026 Aug 1 Bromley, UK
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Update:
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Construction on my new Space Library near London is sort-of-proceeding, with, alas, further delays.
Updates at https://www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonathans-space-report-library-transition
ISS
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Expedition 75 is underway.
Starlink Launches
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Starlink Group 17-52 (24 Ku sats) was launched on Aug 1 by Falcon 9 from Vandenberg.
Starlink Group 17-53 (24 Ku sats) was launched on Aug 4 by Falcon 9 from Vandenberg.
Other F9
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On Aug 5 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Canaveral with three more AST Space Mobile
6-tonne communications satellites.
On Aug 5 at 0635 UTC the Falcon 9 upper stage from the Jan 2025 Blue Ghost/Resilience launch
impacted the Moon near Einstein crater.
CALT Launches
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WHDW 23 (Xingwang/SatNet LEO 23) was launched on Aug 4 by CZ-8A.
Chinese commercial launches
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On Aug 5 a Jielong-3 was launched from the DFHT barge off the coast of Haiyang. It placed
the Dongfang Huiyan Gaoguangpu 1 and 2 satellites in orbit. The satellites are
also called Lampung-1 and Samarqand-2028. They are owned and operated by the Chinese Diwei-2 (STAR VISION)
company; the Lampung (Indonesia) provincial government and Uzbekcosmos are buying the data from the
satellites.
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
Jul 30 0710 USA 619 (NROL-95) Falcon 9 Canaveral LC40 Sigint 174A 1140 x 1160 x 63.5?
Aug 1 0308 Starlink Group 17-52 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 175 275 x 270 x 97.3
Aug 4 0852 WHDW 23 Chang Zheng 8A Hainan Comms 176
Aug 4 1705 Starlink Group 17-53 Falcon 9 Vandenberg SLC4E Comms 177 256 x 270 x 97.3
Aug 5 0238 Dongfang Huiyan Gaoguangpu 1 and 2 Jielong-3 DFHT, Yellow Sea Imaging 178 780 x 797 x 98.6
Aug 5 0849 SpaceMobile 11 to 13 Falcon 9 Canaveral Comms 179 523 x 531 x 53.0
Table of Recent Suborbital Launches
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Date UT Payload/Flt Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission Apogee/km Target
Jul 6 0401 RV JL-2 Type 094 Sub?,S Ch.Sea Test 1000? Pacific
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