Skynet Tonight! "Steely Eyed Missile Men" & Constellations "Scuptor and Phoenix" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Where Did the NASA Expression “Steely-Eyed Missile Man” Come From? ” & Constellation “Sculptor, the Sculptor’s Workshop, and Phoenix, a Very Special Bird” ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30 PM: “2010: The Year We Make Contact” (1984) 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.Where Did the NASA Expression “Steely-Eyed Missile Man” Come From? “Rich Purnell, ‘The Martian’” Missile Procedures Trainer John Aaron Apollo 12 Launch Tower Artist’s Concept - Apollo 12 to Orbit “Try SCE to AUX” John Aaron on Console During Apollo 13 Steve Bales Shepard and Mitchell Don Eyles Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekSculptor, the Sculptor’s Workshop, and Phoenix, a Very Special Bird Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule November 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 7-7 Launch time: 10:55 p.m. PST (1:55 a.m. EST/0655 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster is to land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: November 18 NET November 28 Electron ? ‘The Moon God Awakens’ Launch time: 0400-0600 UTC (5-7 p.m. NZDT) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the QPS-SAR-5, also known as ‘TSUKUYOMI-I’, for the Japan-based Earth-imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). This will be the 42nd flight of the Electron rocket and the first since a launch failure in September. Rocket Lab has nicknamed the mission ‘The Moon God Awakens’. Updated: November 13 December Falcon Heavy ? USSF 52 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 52 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy will launch an unspecified military payload on this mission. Delayed from October 2021 and 2nd Quarter 2022. Delayed from October 2022 and June 23, delayed from July 6. Updated: October 31 December Falcon 9 ? Ovzon3 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral A Falcon 9 will launch a much delayed small geostationary satellite for the Swedish broadband internet provider Ovzon. Originally scheduled to launch on an Ariane 5, the satellite was moved to Falcon 9 due to delayed in manufacturing. Delayed from summer 2023. Updated: November 08 December 24 Vulcan Centaur ? Peregrine Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its inaugural flight with the Peregrine commercial lunar lander for Astrobotic. The Peregrine robotic lander will carry multiple experiments, scientific instruments, and tech demo payloads for NASA and other customers. The mission will also launch two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband constellation. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC2S configuration with two GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a short-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from mid-2022 and late 2022. Delayed from 1st Quarter 2023 and May 4. Updated: October 24 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April and June. Updated: October 07 4th Quarter Falcon 9 ? ASBM Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, consisting of two satellites owned by Space Norway. The Falcon 9 will launch the two Northrop Grumman-built satellites into a highly elliptical orbit that lingers over the Arctic region. The satellites carry communications payloads for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, and Inmarsat. Updated: October 26 TBD Falcon 9 ? USSF-124 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency. Updated: October 09 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. Updated: August 20 TBD Atlas 5 ? USSF 51 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-101, will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This mission will launch an undisclosed payload for the military. ?Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Using eclipses to calculate the transparency of Saturn's rings | ScienceDaily? Saturn Eclipse 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 Nov. 19 Nov. 20 Nov. 21 Nov. 22 Hubble Space Telescope Nov. 25 Nov. 26 Nov. 27 ?? |
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