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Missing launch on 30 June or 1 July
« on: 07/04/2021 10:16 pm »
Space-Track assignments so far:

2021-057: Progress MS-17 on 29 June
2021-058: LauncherOne on 30 June
2021-061: OneWeb on 1 July
2021-062: Jilin-1 on 3 July

Between LauncherÓne and OneWeb there was Transporter-2 on 30 June. But what is the second missing ID?
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Re: Missing launch on 30 June or 1 July
« Reply #1 on: 07/05/2021 07:22 pm »
Most likely:  Counting error by 18SPCS, too much holiday booze

Second option:
Simorgh launch on Jun 23 was a failure, but a small piece of the rocket stage makes orbit even though the payload doesn't.  Like 1985-053 where the Zenit-2 separation motor covers made orbit but nothing else did.  Out of sequence because it took a while for the US
to detect and identify the new debris.

Not sure I'd say this is a  *likely* scenario, but it wouldn't be unprecedented
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Re: Missing launch on 30 June or 1 July
« Reply #2 on: 07/06/2021 08:17 pm »
Most likely:  Counting error by 18SPCS, too much holiday booze

Second option:
Simorgh launch on Jun 23 was a failure, but a small piece of the rocket stage makes orbit even though the payload doesn't.  Like 1985-053 where the Zenit-2 separation motor covers made orbit but nothing else did.  Out of sequence because it took a while for the US
to detect and identify the new debris.

Not sure I'd say this is a  *likely* scenario, but it wouldn't be unprecedented
I went on Space-Track minutes ago and they corrected the COSPAR ID for the July 1 launch to 2021-060. Since the NORAD IDs 48878 to 48967 don't show up this moment, the June 30 Falcon launch has COSPAR ID 2021-059.
« Last Edit: 07/06/2021 08:36 pm by Vahe231991 »

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Re: Missing launch on 30 June or 1 July
« Reply #3 on: 07/06/2021 10:07 pm »
https://twitter.com/Skitt0608/status/1412462064711266306
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For all the space geeks out there...I realized that somehow, with all the launches, we lost track and the last 3 launches (oneweb, jilin, & yaogan) have the incorrect international designators.  We are fixing them now, but might have errors.  Please be patient.  @SpaceTrackOrg

https://twitter.com/SpaceTrackOrg/status/1412466971484983296
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@18SPCS is working to fix international designators starting with launch 2021-060.

 

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