zarya.info - What's New?

carousel image

What's New?

Scarborough, UK
2012 Feb 4, UTC
Saturday, day 35

Maintained by:

Robert Christy FBIS

zarya.info on Twitter

More Dates:

Previous Four weeks

Current Six Months

Beyond Six Months

Launch List 2010-2012

Zarya - Additions and Changes

2012 Feb 4	New Page - Iran's Satellites
A listing of all of Iran's satellite launches to date: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/Iran.php

2012 Jan 29	Updated Page - Shenzhou 9
Dynamic chart showing forecast for when Tiangong 1 will be back at Shenzhou operating height: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou09.php#forecast

2012 Jan 26	New Page - Progress M-13M Re-entry
Groundtrack map and splashdown area diagram: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/ProgressM-13MReEntry.php

2012 Jan 22	Temporary Page - Progress M-14M Search Elements
Estimated element set for use with satellite tracking programmes: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/ElementsM-14M.php

2012 Jan 21	Updated Page - Tiangong 1
Tiangong 1 changes orientation again, reduces drag even further, Shenzhou 9 may be launched in June: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Tiangong1.php

2012 Jan 18	Updated Page - The Ever Expanding Catalogue
Points plotted for 2011: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/Catalogue.php

2012 Jan 17	Updated Page - Shenzhou 9
Notes on the effect of the December 15 orbital attitude adjustment updated: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou09.php

2012 Jan 13	New Page - Phobos-Grunt Re-Entry
An attempt to take a sensible view: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/PhobosGrunt4.php

2012 Jan 8	New Page - X-37B &Tiangong 1
The British Interplanetary Society's Magazine Spaceflight gets it totally wrong with an error-strewn article suggesting that the USAF's X-37B spaceplane (aka OTV-2) is orbiting alongside China's Tiangong 1 space lab: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/TG1-OTV2.php

2011 Dec 23	New Page - Russian launch Failures 2010-2011
These are the ones that got as far as ignition: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/RussiaFail2010-11.php

2011 Dec 23	New Page - Notes on Meridan 5 Launch Failure
Ground track maps: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/Meridian5drop.php

2011 Dec 18	New Page - Phobos-Grunt Re-entry
Tracking the re-entry estimates including graphical representation: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/PhobosGrunt3.php

2011 Dec 17	New Page - The Ever Expanding Catalogue
The catalogue numbering series recently passed 38,000 items known to have reached orbit or beyond. There is a simple view of how the situation has grown over the years: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/Catalogue.php

2011 Dec 11	New Page - Luch 5A and Amos 5 launch
Brief notes and diagrams on aspects of the mission: http://www.zarya.info/Gallimaufry/Luch5AAMOS5.php

2011 Dec 5	Page updates - Shenzhou 9 & Tiangong 1
Shenzhou 9 and Tiangong orbit plots updated to cover the potential launch date: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries//China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou09.php http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Tiangong1.php

2011 Dec 1	New Page - Shenzhou 9 Musings
Thoughts/discussion on Shenzhou 9 launch date and time: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries//China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou09.php

2011 Nov 27	New Page - Phobos-Grunt - Orbit Watch
Evolution of its orbit: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/PhobosGrunt2.php

2011 Nov 24	New Page - Phobos-Grunt, Still Alive
After several weeks of silence - tracked by ESA ground station near Perth, WA: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/PhobosGrunt1.php

2011 Oct 24	New Pages - China Piloted, and Related, Launches
Lists of Launches: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou.php Shenzhou 8: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Shenzhou08.php

2011 Oct 8	New Page - RoSat Re-entry
Tracking RoSat on the way down: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Misc/RoSat.php

2011 Oct 5	New Page - USA Missile Interception Tests 2011 Oct 5
USA tests missile interception system and the STSS Demonstrator satellites are in attendance: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/STSSDemo/STSSDemoMissile10.php

2011 Oct 4	New Page - Tiangong 1 Manouvres
While Tiangong 1 awaits the arrival of Shenzhou 8, there is an ongoing set of graphical plots to monitor orbit changes: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/China/Shenzhou/Tiangong1.php

2011 Sep 15	New Pages - Launches 1957-61
Complete list of launch attempts to orbit and beyond, including launch vehicle, site, mission notes, detailed orbits and re-entry information: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=1957

2011 Sep 8	New Pages - Launches 2010 and 2011
Complete list of launch attempts to orbit and beyond, including launch vehicle, site, mission notes, detailed orbits and re-entry information: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Launches/Launches.php?year=2011

2011 Jul 15	New Page - Recent Zarya 'Tweets'
Last few 'Tweets' from zarya.info - no need to have a Twitter account: http://www.zarya.info/Twitter.php

2011 May 29	New Page - History of the Zenit Recovery Beacons
A year-by-year and type-by-type analysis of the recovery beacons (TK, TG, etc) from Korolyov's Zenit reconsats: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Zenit/BeaconHistory.php

2011 May 20	New Page - ISS near 600 MHz
Signals from Zarya and Zvezda http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/ISS/600MHz01.php

2011 Apr 7	New Section - Google Earth Virtual Tours
Tour of Baikonur available now, others will be added later: http://www.zarya.info/GEarth/Baikonur.php .

2011 Mar 31	Home Page Updated
Added "Current Events - Latest" with link to Go for Launch!

2011 Jan 15	Updated Photograph of the "Kettering Timeline"
Real photo to replace the graphic shown earlier, scroll down the page to "2009 - Commemoration": http://www.zarya.info/Kettering/Kettering.php

2011 Jan 9	New Aerial for the Zarya Tracking Station
My new 3.5 turn helix, omni-directional aerial: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Equipment/Helix.php

2011 Jan 7	Zarya Front Page - Revisions and Additional Images
http://www.zarya.info

2011 Jan 5	USA 155 and the 2011 Jan 4 Solar Eclipse
How the eclipse affected USA 155's S-band radio transmitter: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Misc/USA-155SolarEclipse20110104.php

2010 Dec 19	1966 - British Interplanetary Society and Luna 9
In 1966, the BIS presented the USSR Acadamy of Sciences with a model of the recently-landed Luna 9: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Luna/Luna09BIS.php

2010 Dec 15	STSS Demonstrator - On-orbit Test Calendar
Northrop Grumman revealed more detail of the known missile tracking tests and gave details of additional tests, see: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/STSSDemo/STSSDemoCalendar.php

2010 Oct 8	Zenit Recovery Locator Beacons
Interpretation of the signal structure of the post-flight locator beacons of Korolyov's Zenit reconnaissance satellites: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Zenit/TK.php

2010 Sep 17	Minuteman III ICBM Launch - Monitored by STSS Demonstrator Mission
STSS Demonstrator involvement in tracking this launch see: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/STSSDemo/STSSDemoMissile3.php

2010 Sep 5	The Seventh Continent
BBC Panorama programme of 1968, featuring Kettering Grammar School pupils: http://www.zarya.info/Kettering/Archive/7thContinent.php

2010 Sep 3	Cosmos 2463 - Broken?
Unexpected transmissions on strange frequencies: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Misc/Cosmos2463.php

2010 Sep 1	New feature - What's New?
That's this page!

2010 Sep 1	Eclipse of USA 155 at the Equinox
http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/Misc/USA-155Eclipse.php

2010 Jul 28	STSS Demonstrator - Tests of the Missile Detection Sensors
This section is subject to likely to be updated - more events are expected: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/STSSDemo/STSSDemoMissileTests.php

2010 Jul 5	Tracking - Progress M-06M
Changing separation between Progress and the ISS after the failed docking, as measured from radio tracking: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/ISS/ProgressM06M/ProgressM06MSep.php

2010 Jun 18	Zarya's Twitter feed inaugurated
Follow Zarya_Info at: http://www.twitter.com/Zarya_Info

2010 Jun 6	Zarya Calendar is now Go for Launch!
Former Calendar pages used embedded Google Calendar, they now use HTML tables: http://www.zarya.info/Calendar.php Split into Current Six Months, future six months and previous month before being transferred to the current year under the Zarya "Diaries" section.

2010 Jun 1	Zenit - Korolyov's Legacy
Summaries of Zenit missions by type and with Kettering Satellite Tracking group data added: http://www.zarya.info/Diaries/Zenit/Zenit.php

2009 Sep 27	New Section: Tracking - STSS Demonstrator Mission
Information on tracking activities relating to the mission: http://www.zarya.info/Tracking/STSSDemo/STSSDemoLaunch.php

♦♦ Whats New? ♦♦

New items and updates of existing pages

What's going up or coming down, and what's it doing up there?

Consolidation of individual mission diaries from the site (and more!)

Miscellaneous up, down and around

Satellite Tracking

Techniques, analysis and results of tracking activities

Radio Frequencies

Frequency lists, transmission details

The Kettering Group

People, reminiscences and tracking equipment

China Miscellany

Piloted Programme and Other Missions

Korolyov's efforts in getting the first satellite into orbit

The Soviet Union's programme of automatic exploration

Summary tables - the missions of Korolyov's Legacy

Vostok & Voskhod

Korolyov's first space ship design

Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5

First docking in orbit of piloted spacecraft

First docking of piloted spacecraft from different nations

Chronology of missions to the first space stations

Detailed calendar of launches and activities in orbit

Mission calendar for the early years

Google Earth 'Tours'

Virtual tours of space places

Copyright © Robert Christy, all rights reserved
Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited