Sunday, 18 August 2024

More X-37B spaceplane OTV 7 observations

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OTV 7 imaged on August 11. Click image to enlarge In a previous blogpost I wrote about recovering the X-37B Spaceplane OTV 7 (2023-210A) o...
Sunday, 4 August 2024

Recovery of the X-37B spaceplane OTV 7

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click to enlarge   The classified US Space Force X-37B spaceplane OTV 7 (2023-210A) was launched on 29 December 2023, in an unusual Highly ...
Sunday, 7 July 2024

The Russian SIGINT satellite LUCH (OLYMP) 2 has arrived at its new destination, next to THOR 7

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LUCH (OLYMP) 2 imaged at its new location on July 6. Click image to enlarge   In a previous blogpost I signalled that the Russian military ...
Friday, 28 June 2024

LUCH (OLYMP) 2 is on the move again [UPDATED]

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Image from June 27, 2024. Click to enlarge  [ UPDATED on 5 July 2024 ] The Russian military geosynchronous SIGINT satellite LUCH (OLYMP)...
Sunday, 23 June 2024

The North Korean satellite Malligyong-1 raised its orbit again early June

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  click diagram to enlarge Early February 2024, the North Korean satellite Malligyong-1 (2023-179A) made a series of orbital raising manoeu...
Wednesday, 12 June 2024

The Chinese robotic Space Plane 3 and Object G: proximity operations [MULTIPLE UPDATES]

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(blogpost updated on June 6, June 14, June 17 and June 23 , 2024. Last update at bottom)   The video above shows 2023-195A , the third miss...
Monday, 27 May 2024

Gazing in my crystal ball: at what time will North Korea launch Malligyong-2? [UPDATED]

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click to enlarge   I have been gazing in my crystal ball to come up with an educated guess of the launch time (and with that, the possible ...
Sunday, 26 May 2024

New North Korean launch (Malligyong-2) upcoming [UPDATED]

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click map to enlarge Navigational Warnings (HYDROPAC 1800/24) have appeared for a new North Korean satellite launch , the launch of their s...

The NROL-146 payloads: observing the 'train' of 21 Starshield satellites

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On May 22, 2024 , at 08:00:20 UTC , SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SLC-4 as NROL-146 , carrying 21 classified payloads for the N...
Monday, 20 May 2024

The Russian KOSMOS 2576 launch of May 16, and USA 314: another 'inspector satellite'? [UPDATED]

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click to enlarge    ( this blogpost reflects discussions with and information provided by Bart Hendrickx, Bob Christy and Jonathan McDowell ...
Sunday, 19 May 2024

Upcoming test of a Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile

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click map to enlarge A Navigational Warning has appeared that points to a US missile test conducted west of Hawaii in the period May 23 -...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024

A Russian Optical Reconnaissance satellite launch from Plesetsk upcoming [UPDATED TWICE]

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click map to enlarge   ( two updates at bottom of post ) Navigational Warnings have appeared that point to a Russian launch from Plesetsk ...

A glimpse of the ACS 3 Solar Sail bus

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Artist impression of ACS3 once the sail is deployed (image: NASA) On 23 March 2024 , Rocket Lab launched the Advanced Composite Solar Sail ...