Jonathan's Space Report Explained

Jonathan's Space Report
Type:	Astronautics
Language:	English
Author:	Jonathan McDowell
Current Status:	active

Jonathan's Space Report (JSR) is a newsletter about the Space Age hosted at Jonathan's Space Page. It is written by Jonathan McDowell, a Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian astrophysicist.^[1] It is updated as McDowell's schedule permits, but he tries to publish two issues each month. Originally, the website was hosted on a Harvard University account, but it was moved in late 2003 to a dedicated domain.^[2]

Started in 1989,^[3] the newsletter reports on recent space launches, International Space Station activities, spacecraft developments, and newly released space-related data. McDowell's report occasionally corrects NASA's official web sites, or provides additional data on classified launches that are not available elsewhere.

Associated projects on the JSR web site are:

• A catalog of all known geosynchronous satellites and their current positions
• A listing of satellite launch attempts
• A cross-reference between catalog number and international designation of artificial satellites
• A photo archive covering many launch attempts
• A catalog of all spacecraft reentries

McDowell has long campaigned for U.S. compliance with the UN Convention on Registration of Outer Space Objects (1975) and UN Resolution 1721B (1961).^[4]

See also

• Encyclopedia Astronautica

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jonathan McDowell / HarvardScience . Harvard University - Harvard Office of News and Public Affairs . 2009-02-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120409031335/http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/section/science-n-health/ . 2012-04-09 .
2. see Archive.org chronology
3. Web site: Space Report No. 1, Jan 30, 1989 . Jonathan McDowell . 2009-02-12.
4. Web site: Jonathan McDowell's Statement on United States Non-Compliance with UNR1721B . Jonathan McDowell . 2009-02-12.