Skynet Tonight! "Artemis Planned Surface Operations" & Constellation "Puppis, the Poop Deck" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Artemis Planned Surface Operations” & “Puppis, the Poop Deck”? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Lifeforce” 1985 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Artemis Planned Surface Operation Artemis Base Camp Foundational Surface Habitat Habitable Mobility Platform NASA's baseline Lunar Terrain Vehicle NASA's VIPER rover Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Brenda WB5OZL/Kelley K5KTX (Alternates Each Week) Space Exploration News Docking at ISS New Moon Rocket Heads to Pad 39B This Week in Space History March 12 1981 Launch of Soyuz T-4 1998 Flight of X-38 (V-131) Flight 1 March 13 Landing of Apollo 9 Launch of Soyuz T-15 March 14, 1995 Launch of Soyuz TM-21 March 15 1956 First Launch of Jupiter A March 16 1962 Launch of? Kosmos 1 1966 Launch of Gemini 8 March 17, 1958 Launch of Vanguard 1 Satellite March 18 1965? Launch of Voskhod 2? 2016? Launch of Soyuz TMA-20M March 19 2008 Death of Arthur C Clarke Space-Related Birthdays March 12 1927 Walter “Wally” Schirra 1949 John Harrison Konrad? 1963 Patricia Robertson? March 13 Aleksandr Samokutyayev March 14 1928 Frank Borman? 1934 Gene Cernan 1939 William Lenoir 1956 Natalya Kuleshova 1963 Pedro Duque 1967 Mike Fincke March 15 1932 Al Bean March 16 1927 Vladimir Komarov 1932 Walt Cunningham 1959 Michael Bloomfield March 17 1930 Jim Irwin 1936 Ken Mattingly March 18 1954 James Reilly 1957 Arne Fuglesang March 20 Yuri Shargin Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekPuppis, the Poop Deck or the Stern of the ship . Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule March 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 4-12 Launch time: Approx. 0130 GMT on 19th (9:30 p.m. EDT on 18th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [March 9] March 30 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 1 Launch time: 1846 GMT (2:46 p.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its sixth flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, will be commanded by former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría. Paying passengers Larry Connor, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe will also be on-board for the 10-day mission to the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 21. [Feb. 7] April Falcon 9 ? Transporter 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 4 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. [Jan. 23] TBD Soyuz ? Galileo 29 & 30 Launch time: TBD Launch site: ELS, Sinnamary, French Guiana An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designed VS28, will launch on a mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz will carry two Galileo full operational capability satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation constellation. The Soyuz-2.1b (Soyuz ST-B) rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from late March and April 5. [March 8] TBD SSLV ? Demonstration Launch Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first orbital test flight. Consisting of three solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled upper stage, the SSLV is a new Indian launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit. Delayed from September and December 2019. Delayed from January and December 2020. Delayed from April. [March 31] TBD SSLV ? BlackSky Global Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first commercial mission with four Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global, a Seattle-based company. The rideshare mission for BlackSky is being arranged by Spaceflight. Delayed from November, late 2019 and early 2020. Delayed from early 2021 and July. [March 31] TBD Starship ? Orbital Test Flight Launch time: TBD Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas A SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship launch vehicle will launch on its first orbital test flight. The mission will attempt to travel around the world for nearly one full orbit, resulting in a re-entry and splashdown of the Starship near Hawaii. Delayed from early 2022. [March 9] April Atlas 5 ? USSF 12 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the USSF 12 mission with Wide Field Of View, or WFOV, experimental missile warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force. WFOV hosts a new type of infrared staring sensor in geosynchronous orbit to detect the heat from missile launch plumes. The USSF 12 mission will include additional rideshare payloads. The rocket will fly in the 541 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, four solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. [Jan. 28] April 15 Falcon 9 ? Crew 4 Launch time: 1232 GMT (8:32 a.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its seventh flight with astronauts. NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Robert Hines, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. A fourth crew member will be named later. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. [Feb. 23] Check-ins or comments At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics due to lack of time. ?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Meteorites that helped form Earth may have formed in the outer solar system 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 ? ? All times are “local” (Dallas) time. Envisat Mar 20 Mar 21 Mar 23 Mar 26 |
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