Skynet Tonight “What’s this Mysterious Envisat We Hear About Every Week?” & Constellation: “Capricorn, the Sea Goat”
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “What’s this Mysterious Envisat We Hear About Every Week?” & Constellation: “Capricorn, the Sea Goat”? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Ambushers” (1967)? 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 Week What’s this Mysterious Envisat We Hear About Every Week? ENVISAT Model Arianne Rocket Envisat in Orbit(Artist Concept) Reference system Geocentric Regime Polar low Earth Semi-major axis 7,144.9 km (4,439.6 mi) Eccentricity 0.00042 Perigee altitude 772 km (480 mi) Apogee altitude 774 km (481 mi) Inclination 98.40 degrees Period 100.16 minutes Repeat interval 35 days Epoch 15 December 2013, 03:07:00 UTC[1] California Fires Envisat Instruments MWR AATSR MIPAS MERIS SCIAMACHY RA-2 ASAR A complete callout about Envisat is available on it’s own website: Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays?
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekCapricorn, the Sea Goat Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Oct. 12/13 Falcon 9 ? Hotbird 13F Launch window: 0325-0524 GMT on 13th (11:25 p.m.-1:24 a.m. EDT on 12th/13th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Hotbird 13F television broadcasting satellite for Eutelsat. Hotbird 13F is the first satellite to be built on Airbus’s new Eurostar Neo all-electric spacecraft design, and will provide television broadcast services to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Oct. 3] October Falcon 9 ? Starlink 4-36 Launch time: TBD 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. Delayed from Sept. 26 in ripple effect from Starlink 4-34 delays. Delayed from Sept. 30 after Hurricane Ian. [Sept. 29] October GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 14 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3 (GSLV Mk.3) will launch 36 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This is the first launch of OneWeb satellites since the suspension of launches on Soyuz rockets following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. [Sept. 22] October Falcon 9 ? Starlink 4-37 Launch time: TBD 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. [Sept. 13] Oct. 26 Soyuz ? Progress 82P Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 82nd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [March 25] October Long March 5B ? Mengtian Launch time: TBD Launch site: Wenchang, China A Chinese Long March 5B rocket will launch the Mengtian laboratory module, the third major element of China’s space station in low Earth orbit. [April 20] October Falcon Heavy ? USSF 44 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 44 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission is expected to deploy two spacecraft payloads directly into geosynchronous orbit, one of which is the military’s TETRA 1 microsatellite. The Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will land on drone ships in the Atlantic Ocean, and the core stage will be expended. Delayed from late 2020, 2nd quarter of 2021, July 2021, and October 2021 by payload issues. Delayed from early 2022 and June 2022. [Sept. 1] 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] Nov. 1 Atlas 5 ? JPSS 2 & LOFTID Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch Joint Polar Satellite System 2, or JPSS 2, polar-orbiting weather satellite for NASA and NOAA. Built by Northrop Grumman, JPSS 2 will provide global weather observations for medium and long-term forecasts. The Atlas 5 will also launch the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator, or LOFTID, re-entry aeroshell vehicle on a test flight. LOFTID is a joint project between NASA and ULA. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Sept. 30 due to anomaly during testing of the satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS, instrument. [June 3] 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?Brenda WB5OZL Exploring Jupiter’s Moon, Europa, Possible with Silicon-germanium Transistor Technology Europa Environment Artist’s Concept: Life on Europa 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. Tiangong Oct. 10 Envisat Oct. 11 Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oct. 16 Oct. 17 ? |
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