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Saturday’s Topic: “TBD” & Constellation “Pisces, the Fish ”?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Dark Side of the Moon” (1990)

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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

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Discussion Topic of the Evening.

TBD

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Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News

"Great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn mesmerizes skygazers

Mystery signal comes from the direction of Proxima Centauri

NASA will get $23.3 billion for 2021 fiscal year.

Space-Related Birthdays

Monday 28

1882: Arthur Eddington is born

Thursday 31

1864: Robert Aitken born

Saturday 2

1900: Leslie Peltier born

1920: Isaac Asimov born

This Week in Space History

Thursday 31

2004: Cassini makes first flyby of Iapetus

Friday 1

1801: Giuseppe Piazzi discovers asteroid Ceres

Space History

2019: New Horizons flies by Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Utima Thule

Saturday 2

1959: Luna 1 is first spacecraft to leave Earth’s gravitational field

1972: Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars

2004: Stardust encounters Comet Wild 2

Sunday 3

1962: NASA publicly announces and names Gemini program

2004: Mars rover Spirit lands on Mars

2019: Chang’e 5 and Yutu 2 rover make their first soft landing on the Moon's far side.

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Pisces, the Fish?

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

January

Falcon 9 ? Turksat 5A

Launch window: Approx. 0127-0529 GMT on 5th (8:27 p.m.-12:29 a.m. EST on 4th/5th)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Turksat 5A communications satellite for Turksat, a Turkish satellite operator. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with significant Turkish contributions, the Turkish 5A satellite will provide Ku-band television broadcast services over Turkey, the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Delayed from Nov. 30 and December. Delayed from Jan. 4. [Dec. 31]

Jan. 14

Falcon 9 ? Transporter 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 1 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Delayed from Dec. 16. [Dec. 28]

Mid-January

LauncherOne ? ELaNa-20

Launch window: TBD

Launch site: Cosmic Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Port, California

A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket will launch on its second flight after dropping from a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet. The flight will be conducted under contract to NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services Program, carrying 14 CubeSats to orbit for NASA field centers, U.S. educational institutions and laboratories on the ELaNa-20 rideshare mission. Delayed from Aug. 1, Sept. 1, November, Dec. 1, mid-February, July 1 and Aug. 14. Delayed from Dec. 19 due to COVID-19 concerns. [Dec. 12]

January

Falcon 9 ? Starlink V1.0-L16

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 17th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L16. [Dec. 12]

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Falcon 9 ? Starlink V1.0-L17

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 18th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L17. [Dec. 28]

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Primordial Black Holes and the Search for Dark Matter From the Multiverse

The Year 2020 in Space Discoveries Part 1

Red Nebula and Smaller to Celebrate Hubble 30th

Humans in space

First U.S. Launched Astronauts

Comet Neowise

Venus Images

Asteroid Samples

10. Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

You can use the website to find out what’s in orbit and

where to look during fly-overs

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Tom can cover this one as well, otherwise follow the instructions below...

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Net Control Note: Look for the highest magnitude and read those with highest point info.? As an example: May 20th is the next, good pass.?

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All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

ISS

Jan. 7

Jan. 9

Jan. 10?

X-37B

Jan. 6

Jan. 8

Envisat

Jan. 5

Jan. 7

Jan. 8

Jan. 10