Soyuz MS-09 (Altai)

 2018-051A

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Soyuz vehicle 739, mission MS-09 carried Sergei Prokop'ev, Alexander Gerst and Serena Aunon-Chancellor to the International Space Station.

MS09
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 Jun 6	1112:39	Launch by Soyuz-FG	KB LC1
		T+1:54 SAS sep
		T+1:58 Strapons sep
		T+2:11 52 km alt, 1.8 km/s
		T+2:23 63 km, 1.9 km/s
		T+2:42 GO sep 79 km, 2.04 km/s
		T+2:45 80 km
	1116	T+4:45 Blok-A MECO
		T+4:47 Blok-A sep
		T+4:57 KhO sep
	1121	T+8:45 Blok-I MECO
	1121	T+8:48 Blok-I sep
			88.87 190 x 247 x 51.6
2018 Jun 6	2000		90.01 273 x 276 x 51.6
2018 Jun 8			90.04 274 x 279 x 51.6
	1100		92.66 402 x 407 x 51.6
	1245?	Begin flyaround
	1250	Lined up for final approach
	1301	Docked with Rassvet
	1517	HO to ISS

Queqiao

 2018-045A

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Chang'-e 4 Relay satellite at EML2 halo orbit.

C4R
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 May 20	2128:50	Launch by CZ-4C Y27	Xichang
		T+2:32 St 1 sep
		T+2:34 St 2 burn
		T+4:04 Fairing
		T+4:53? St 2 sep?
		Stage 3 burn
	2138	T+9:20? St 3 MECO-1
	2150	T+22:01 Stage 3 burn 2
	2152	T+24:01? Stage 3 MECO 2
	2154?	T+25:31? QQ sep from Stage 3	200 x 400000
	2155?	Subsats sep from stage 3
2018 May 21	1300	Pass EL1:4	159 x 376347 x 29.0
2018 May 24	2004	St3 in L sphere
	2037	QQ in L sphere
2018 May 25	1330	Approaching perilune	100 x -16370 x 16.5
	1332	Braking burn
	1340	Lunar flyby 100 km
	1403	Stage 3 lunar flyby 9882 km	9832 x -25961 x 171.9
2018 May 26	0804	St3 depart L sphere
2018 May 30		Stage 3 orbit	16911 x 442890 x 14.5
2018 May 28?		QQ reach L sphere at EML2
2018 Jun 14	0306	EML2 Halo orbit insertion

Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program

 https://welib.org/md5/66fc3f7cc6b6a9b0f1a33db42cff24e7

SES-12

 2018-049A

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SES-12 is an Airbus Eurostar E3000 satellite located at 95E.

SES 12
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 Jun 4	0445	Launch by Falcon 9 1040.2	CC SLC40
		T+2:44 MECO
		T+2:48 St 1 sep
		T+2:55 SES-1
		T+3:37 Fairing
	0453:25	T+8:25 SECO-1
	0511:06	T+26:06 SES-2
	0512:13	T+27:13 SECO-2
	0517:14	T+32:14 Stage 2 sep
2018 Jun 4			1118.51 246 x 58384 x 26.0

Apstar 6

 2005-012A

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Alcatel Space Spacebus 4000C2 replacement for Apstar 1A. at 134E. TV broadcasting in China. Mass 4680 kg.

Apstar 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2005 Apr 12	1200	Launch by CZ-3B	XSC
		T+2:07? Booster sep
		T+2:27? St 1 sep
		T+3:52? Fairing sep
		T+5:32? St 2 sep
		T+5:32? St 3 MES-1
	1210	T+10:31? MECO-1	160? x 450? x 28.5?
	1221	T+21:21? MES-2
	1224	T+24:20? MECO-2
	1225	Stage 3 sep	209 x 49991 km x 26
2005 Apr 22			1434.60 35721 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 141.5E+0.37E
2005 May 6			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 141.9E-0.01W
2005 Jul 13			1436.12 35778 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 134.0E
2006 Aug 8			1436.14 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 134.0E
2018 May 27		Solar array problem
2018 Jul 1			1436.10 35776 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 133.9E

Al Yah 3

 2018-012B

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Yahsat satellite with Ka-band payload. Orbital Geostar-3.

Flight VA241 took off on time, but headed on entirely the wrong launch azimuth, and the rocket delivered the payloads to a 20 degree inclination orbit instead of the planned 3 degree one. Because of the incorrect trajectory, ground controllers lost telemetry around the time of ESC-A ignition, leading to fears the mission was entirely lost - but the satellites were later found in orbits with the correct apogee and perigee, and the wrong inclination.

The investigation report confirms that a single wrong number was responsible for the incorrect orbit achieved by Ariane V241/L5101. The inertial reference system was aligned at the usual 90 degrees azimuth, but for this mission - targeted at a slightly different transfer orbit than usual - 70 degrees should have been specified.

SES-14
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
2018 Jan 25	2220	Launch by Ariane 5ECA L5101	CSG ELA3
		T+0:07 Liftoff
		T+2:19 EAP sep
		T+3:18 Fairing sep
		T+8:51 EPC MECO
		T+8:58 EPC sep
	2229	T+9:01 ESC-A burn
	2244	T+24:46 ESC-A MECO
	2247	T+27:05 SES-14 sep
	2253	T+33:22 SYLDA sep
	2255	T+35:07 Al Yah 3 sep
2018 Jan 26			780.28 231 x 43164 x 20.7
2018 Feb 1	1540	LAM-1, at apogee 48 m/s ?	789.42 677 x 43155 x 20.0
2018 Feb 7	0807	LAM-2 at 34000 km 528 m/s?	1009.90 6141 x 47790 x 21.5
2018 Feb 10	1245	LAM 3 at 44170 km 631 m/s?	1202.1 14973 x 47192 x 9.3
2018 Feb 13	0051	LAM4 at 44000 km 266 m/s?	1350.92 20923 x 47281 x 6.2
2018 Feb 15			1348.08 20828 x 47263 x 6.2
2018 Feb 15			1415.75 23343 x 47524 x 5.6
2018 Feb 22			1415.75 23344 x 47430 x 5.5 GEO 150.9W + 5.2E/d
2018 Feb 27			1440.46 24245 x 47499 x 5.2
2018 Mar 5			1447,44 255225 x 46792 x
2018 Mar 16			1452.53 27504 x 44710 x 3.8 GEO 158.5W-4.1W/d
2018 Apr 13			1454.68 33757 x 38541 x 1.1
2018 Apr 24			1439.92 35855 x 35867 x 0.1 GEO 14.4W+1.0W/d
2018 Apr 30			1438.78 35812 x 35866 x 0.1 GEO 19.3W+0.7W/d
2018 May 2		On station	1436.10 35780 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 20.1W
2018 May 9			1436.11 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 20.1W
2018 Jun 7			1436.05 35777 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 20.1W