Skynet Tonight! "Lost in Space: Zombie Satellites" & Constellation "Puppis, the Poop Deck" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Zombie Satellites¡± & Constellation ¡°Puppis, the Poop Deck¡±? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Buck Rogers in the 25th Century¡± (1979) 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.Lost in Space: Zombie Satellites: Waz UpRecent Astronomical Discoveries?AI finds the first stars were not alone Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekPuppis, the Poop Deck Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule 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. March 25/26 GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: 0330 GMT on 26th (11:30 p.m. EDT on 25th) 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. Updated: March 21 March 29 Soyuz ? TBD Launch time: Approx. 1900 GMT (3:00 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch an undisclosed payload for the Russian military. Updated: March 21 May Long March 2F ? Shenzhou 16 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Jiuquan, China A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This is China¡¯s 11th crewed space mission, and the fifth to the Chinese space station. The crew members have not been announced by China. Updated: March 22 March 30 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March 24. Updated: March 21 March 30 Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch around 10 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the first of two Falcon 9 missions to carry SDA demonstration spacecraft for a future constellation of military missile tracking and data relay satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Delayed from Sept. 24. Delayed from Sept. 29 by payload supply chain issues. Delayed from January due to satellite issue. Updated: March 21 April 7 Falcon 9 ? Intelsat 40e/TEMPO Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Intelsat 40e communications satellite for Intelsat. Intelsat 40e will join Intelsat¡¯s ¡°Epic¡± fleet of high-throughput satellites, providing in-flight connectivity and other mobile communications services over North and Central America. Intelsat 40e is a partial replacement for Intelsat 29e, which failed in 2019. Intelsat 40e hosts NASA¡¯s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument to measure atmospheric chemistry and monitor air pollution over North America. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Maxar, and is based on the 1300 platform. Delayed from March 7. Updated: March 21 April 8 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas Launch time: 2225 GMT (6:25 p.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband communications satellite. ViaSat 3 Americas is the first of at least three new-generation Boeing-built geostationary satellites for ViaSat. A small communications satellite named Arcturus will launch as a secondary payload for Astranis. Delayed from 3rd Quarter and December 2022. Delayed from January and March 2023. Updated: March 21 April 9 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 7 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 7 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Updated: March 21 April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-3 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: March 21 April 13 Ariane 5 ? JUICE Launch time: 1215:01 GMT (8:15:01 a.m. EDT) Launch site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the European Space Agency¡¯s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or JUICE. The JUICE spacecraft, built by Airbus, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons ¡ª Ganymede, Callisto and Europa ¡ª with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. JUICE will enter orbit around Jupiter in July 2031. This will mark the penultimate launch of Europe¡¯s Ariane 5 rocket. Updated: March 21 April Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES¡¯s O3b network. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from February and March.?? Space Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
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