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Skynet Tonight! "8 Cool Destinations on Mars" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “8 Cool Destinations That Future Mars Tourists Could Explore” & Constellation “Draco, the Dragon”? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.? Discussion Topic of the Evening.8 Cool Destinations That Future Mars Tourists Could Explore Mars Moons Olympus Mons Tharsis volcanoes Valles Marineris The North and South Poles Medusae Fossae Recurring Slope Lineae in Hale Crater 'Ghost Dunes' in Noctis Labyrinthus and Hellas basin Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News NASA rolls giant Artemis 2 moon rocket core off the factory floor for astronaut mission NASA cancels $450 million VIPER moon rover due to budget concerns Gaia spacecraft almost doomed by back-to-back meteor strike and solar storm — but ESA says they've found a solution Space-Related Birthdays Robert F. Overmyer July 14, 1936 STS-5, STS-51-B Jessica Meir July 15, 1977 Soyuz MS-15 (Expedition 61/62) Janet L. Kavandi July 17, 1977 STS-91, STS-99, STS-104 John Glenn July 18, 1921 Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95 Josh A. Cassada July 18, 1973 SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 68) Roy D. Bridges Jr. July 19, 1943 STS-51-F, STS-61F (never flew) Scott D. Tingle July 19, 1965 Soyuz-07 (Expedition 54/55), Boeing Starliner-1 (Expedition 72/73) This Week in Space History July 17, 1962: X-15 breaks altitude record July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launch First Moon Landing! July 15, 1975 On this day in space history: in 1975, both crews of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission launched from their respective spaceports en route to a historic international rendezvous. On this day in spaceflight history, in 1975, the Soviet and U.S. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project crew members performed the first international rendezvous and docking in space and shared an unforgettable handshake.? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellation “Draco, the Dragon” Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET July 23 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-4 Launch time: Window opens at 12:14 a.m. EDT (0414 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pending FAA approval. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 19 NET July Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-9 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Pending FAA approval. Launch faces delay in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure. Updated: July 19 NET July 30 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. Updated: July 10 TBD Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: July 15 NET July 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: July 12 NET August Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, 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: July 10 August TBD Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Delayed from July 10. Updated: July 16 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Updated: April 02 Sept. TBD Vulcan ? Certification Flight 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida The second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will carry ballast and a collection of small payloads. ULA changed this mission when it became clear the original payload, Sierra Space Dream Chaser cargo ship, would not ready for launch. This second test flight is needed to gain certification from the U.S. military to fly national security payloads. Updated: July 15 TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024. Updated: July 12 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. 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?New analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan's seas | ScienceDaily . ? Titan Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS Jul 26 Jul 28 Tiangong Jul 21 Jul 22 Jul 23 Jul 24 Jul 25 Jul 26 Jul 27 |
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Skynet Tonight! "The Big Silence" & Constellation "Ophiuchus" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “The Great Silence” & Constellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler”? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “At the Earth’s Core” (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening. Enter Topic Here Enter NCS Name and Call Here ?Discussion Topic of the Evening. The Great Silence Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens Galaxy Clusters Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics - Pacific Drake Equation? Imagining ExoCivilizations Advanced Civilization Underwater Civilizations The Great Filter Artist’s Concept of Ross 123b (11 Light Years from Earth) Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler” Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule GENERAL NOTICE: From the Orlando Sentinel (July 12th, 2024) For the first time since 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced a catastrophic failure after a liquid oxygen leak developed on the spacecraft’s second stage – an incident that will delay the company’s launches until investigations into the mishap are completed. The Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night and was on a mission to deliver 20 Starlink satellites into orbit when the problem occurred. NET July 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-4 Launch time: Window opens at 1:43 a.m. EDT (0543 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 13 NET July 30 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. Updated: July 10 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: July 12 NET July 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: July 12 NET July Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Delayed from July 10. Updated: July 12 NET August Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, 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: July 10 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Updated: April 02 TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024. Updated: July 12 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: July 12 Recent Astronomical Discoveries?The Origins of Dark Comets “Dark Comet”? Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. NO ISS Passes Tiangong Jul 14 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22 Hubble Space Telescope Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 18 Envisat Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 18 Jul 21 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "DeOrbiting the ISS" & Constellation "Sperpens, the Snake" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “De-Orbiting the ISS” & Constellation “Serpens, the Snake”? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Space Ranger” (2024) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ?? Discussion Topic of the Evening.NASA plans deorbit of ISS in 2030 using SpaceX vehicle Deorbit Profile ISS in Orbit Starship at ISS (Artist’s Concept) Space Station Comparisons Waz UpConstellation “Serpens, the Snake” Space Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News Chinese astronauts install space-junk shielding on Tiangong space station? Astronauts' return home from the ISS delayed Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent an unexpected Fourth of July aboard the International Space Station — but it was hardly a patriotic display of engineering prowess. NASA Reveals Images of Large Asteroids That Just Sailed Past Earth Space-Related Birthdays Stephen S. Oswald June 30, 1951 STS-42, STS-56, STS-67 Ed Lu July 1, 1963 STS-84, STS-106, Soyuz TMA-2 (Expedition 7) Wendy B. Lawrence July 2, 1959 STS-67, STS-86, STS-91, STS-114 Linda M. Godwin July 2, 1952 STS-37, STS-59, STS-76, STS-108 Harrison Schmitt July 3, 1935 Apollo 17 Norman Thagard July 3, 1943 STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21, Mir EO-18, STS-71 Richard Garriott July 4, 1961 Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 Terence T. Henricks July 5, 1952 STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78 Robert Michael White July 6, 1924 Flew the X-15 to an altitude of over 59 miles, qualifying him for USAF astronaut wings. This Week in Space History July 6, 1938 Discovery of Lysithea . Apollo 11 55 years ago, NASA was making final preparations for the July 16 launch of Apollo 11, the first moon landing. But how did they decide who would be the first man to walk on the moon? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellation Serpens, the Snake Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET July 8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: Window 5:20-9:43 p.m. EDT (2120-0143 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. It will operate at the 42° East orbital position. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Moved up from July 9. Updated: July 05 July 8/9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-3 Launch time: Window opens at 7:46 p.m. PDT (10:46 p.m. EDT, 0246 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ Updated: July 05 NET July 9 Ariane 6 ? Inaugural launch Launch time: 3-7 p.m. GFT (2-6 p.m. EDT, 1900-2300 UTC) Launch site: Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) will launch an Ariane 6 rocket on its inaugural flight from the European Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket will carry two reentry capsules along with several other satellites, which will be deployed over three separate periods. Following satellite deployment, the upper stage will perform a deorbit burn to help prevent it from becoming orbital debris. Updated: July 05 NET July 10 Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Updated: July 01 NET July 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. Updated: June 17 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: June 07 NET Mid-July 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: June 21 NET July 15 Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, 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: June 17 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: June 26 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Moon 'swirls' could be magnetized by unseen magmas | ScienceDaily? Full Moon Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS Jul 7 Jul 8 Jul 9 Jul 10 Jul 11 Tiangong Jul 8 Jul 10 Jul 12 Hubble Space Telescope Jul 12 |
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Skynet Tonight! "Light!" & Constellation Hercules 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Light” & Constellation “Hercules, the Strong Man”? ? Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Light ? 4.? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Light Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: June 10 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Updated: June 17 NET July 1/2 Alpha ? ELaNa 43 Launch time: 9:03 p.m. PDT (12:03 a.m. EDT, 0403 UTC) Launch site: SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket will launch a collection of eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s ELaNA 43 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites 43) mission. Also nicknamed ‘Noise of Summer’ by Firefly, this will be the fifth launch of an Alpha rocket to date. The launch is part of the company’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with NASA. Delayed from June 27. Updated: June 26 NET July 2 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 8-9 Launch time: Window opens at 2:24 a.m. EDT (0624 UTC) Launch site: Slc-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 27 NET July 7/8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. It will operate at the 42° East orbital position. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Updated: June 17 NET July 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. Updated: June 17 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: June 07 NET Mid-July 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: June 21 NET July 15 Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, 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: June 17 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: June 26 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Updated: April 02 3rd quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024 and April 2024. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?New Class of Marsquakes Reveals Daily Meteorite Strikes Photo of Mars Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.? All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS Jul 7 ? Jul 8 Jul 8 Tiangong Jul 8 Hubble Space Telescope Jun 30 Jul 1 Jul 2 Jul 3 Jul 4 Jul 5 |
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Skynet Tonight! “Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration” & Constellation “Lupus, the Wolf” 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration” & Constellation? “Lupus, the Wolf” ? Net Control: Tony NT5TM ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Backward Faces" (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.? Discussion Topic of the Evening.ACS3 Solar Sail ACS Solar Sail ACS Deployment (Artist’s Concept) ACS’s 12-unit CubeSat Spacecraft Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekLupus, the Wolf Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET June 18/19 Electron ? “No Time Toulouse” Launch time: 6:13 a.m. NZT on June 19 (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC on June 18) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the “No Time Toulouse” mission, the first of five dedicated flights on behalf of Kinéis, a French Internet-of-Things company, which also has financial backing from France’s space agency, CNES (Centre National d’?tudes Spatiales). The rocket will carry the first five Internet-of-Things (IOT) satellites of a 25-satellite constellation. Updated: June 10 June 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-1 Launch time: Window opens at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT, 0300 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ Delayed from June 13. Updated: June 12 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024 and April 2024. Updated: March 26 Summer 2024 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: December 13 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: May 28 NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: June 10 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July 8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Updated: March 25 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: June 07 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. 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?Wind from black holes may influence development of surrounding galaxies Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. Jun 20 Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Tiangong Jun 16 Jun 18 ACS3 Solar Sail Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "Intro to Starliner" & Constellations "Bootes" & "Corona Borealis" 9 PM
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Boeing Starliner” &? Constellations “Bootes, the Shepherd, and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown”? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Quantum Cowboys” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Boeing Starliner Starliner Particulars Unmanned Orbital Mission On Orbit Starliner Heat Shield? Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News Earthrise AR3664 (with Jupiter Comparison) Space-Related Birthdays Pete Conrad June 2, 1930 Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 Mark L Polansky, June 2, 1956 STS-98, STS-116, STS-127 Shannon Walker, June 4, 1965 Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) Robert S. Kimbrough, June 4, 1967 STS-126, Soyuz MS-02 (Expedition 49/50), SpaceX Crew 2 (Expedition 65/66) Richard A. Searfoss, June 5, 1956 STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 David Scott, June 6, 1932 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 (He's 92) Jay C. Buckey June 6, 1956 STS-90 Anne McClain June 7, 1979 Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59) Bruce McCandless II, June 8, 1937 STS-41-B, STS-31 Stanley G. Love, June 8, 1956 STS-122 This Week in Space History On June 7, 1965, after a four-day mission and 62 orbits, NASA's Gemini 4 mission returned to Earth with an Atlantic Ocean splashdown.? Gemini 4 was NASA's 10th manned spaceflight. It included the first spacewalk by an American astronaut. Edward H. White II floated outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule by using a hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun.? June 4, 1962. Neil Armstrong submitted his application to be an astronaut. He was selected for the second astronaut group three months later. Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellations “Bootes, the Shepherd, and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown”? Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: May 17 June 12/13 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-2 Launch time: Window 5:08 - 9:36 p.m. EDT (2108-0136 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. About 8.5 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a droneship out in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 07 NET June 19 Electron ? “No Time Toulouse” Launch time: TBD Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the “No Time Toulouse” mission, the first of five dedicated flights on behalf of Kinéis, a French Internet-of-Things company, which also has financial backing from France’s space agency, CNES (Centre National d’?tudes Spatiales). The rocket will carry the first five Internet-of-Things (IOT) satellites of a 25-satellite constellation. Updated: June 08 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024 and April 2024. Updated: March 26 Summer 2024 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: December 13 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: May 28 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July 8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Updated: March 25 NET July Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. ?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Scientists Detect Slowest-spinning Radio Emitting Neutron Star Ever Recorded 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 Jun 12 Jun 14 Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Envisat Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 13 Jun 14 Jun 16 Jun 17 ??? |
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Skynet Tonight! "2024 ISD Conference" & Constellation "Libra, the Scales" 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference” & “Libra, the Scales”? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Moon Crash" (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening.Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekLibra, the Scales Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET June 5 Starship ? Flight 4 Launch time: Window opens 7 a.m. CDT (8 a.m. EDT, 1200 UTC) Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas SpaceX will conduct a fourth flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, a combination of the Ship upper stage and the Super Heavy Booster. About seven minutes after liftoff, the SHB will complete its landing burn and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ship upper stage will continue on until it performs a landing flip a little more than an hour into flight with a landing in the Indian Ocean shortly thereafter. Updated: May 24 NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: May 17 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 NET Summer Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 17 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024 and April 2024. Updated: March 26 Summer 2024 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: December 13 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: May 28 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July 8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Brenda WB5OZL Martian Meteorites Deliver Wealth of Information? Mars Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.All times are “local” (Dallas) time. Tiangong June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 6 Envisat June 3 June 5 June 6 June 8 |
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Skynet Tonight! "5 of the Rareest Astronomical Events" & Constellation "Virgo" 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “5 of the rarest astronomical events” & Constellation “Virgo, the Maiden”? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “It Came From Somewhere” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening. 5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you’ll next see them 8 planets in the same night sky Transit of Earth Halley’s Comet Meteor procession Blue supermoon Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News NASA spacecraft found ‘dead’ robot on Mars surface: what is it and to which mission does it belong? We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years Space-Related Birthdays Dick Scobee 19-May-1939 STS-41-C, STS-51-L )Challenger disaster) Pierre J. Thuot 19-May-1955 STS-36, STS-49, STS-62 David M. Walker 20-May-1944 STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69 Thomas Akers 20-May-1951 STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79 Paul W. Richards 20-May-1964 STS-102 Robert C. Springer? 21-May-1942 STS-29, STS-38 Ronald Parise 24-May-1951 STS-35, STS-67 Nathan J. Lindsay 24-May-1936 No flights. No photo available. John D. Olivas 25-May-1965 STS-117, STS-128 This Week in Space History Skylab 2 launch, May 25, 1973 May 18-26, Apollo 10 Aurora 7, May 24, 1962 Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellation “Virgo, the Maiden” Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule May 28 Falcon 9 ? EarthCARE Launch time: 3:20 p.m. PDT (6:20 p.m. EDT, 2220 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite to a sun-synchronous polar orbit at 393.14 km altitude and an inclination of 97.05°. This is principally a European Space Agency (ESA) mission, but it was developed with cooperation with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It includes two passive instruments that observe the atmosphere and two active instruments. The spacecraft has a designed lifetime of three years, which includes a six-month commissioning phase. Updated: May 17 May 30 Soyuz ? Progress MS-27 / 88P Launch time: 5:43 a.m. EDT (0943 UTC, 12:43 p.m. MSK) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian Soyuz-2.1a rocket will launch the Progress MS-27 spacecraft to the International Space Station. This will be the 88th Progress vehicle to head up to the orbiting outpost. The spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the ISS at 7:53 a.m. EDT on June 1. Updated: May 17 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: April 23 NET June 1 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 12:25 p.m. EDT (1625 UTC) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-085, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on the mission. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. Delayed from early 2021, June 2021, and late 2021. Delayed from late 2022 to implement fixes on the Starliner spacecraft after OFT-2. Delayed from April 2023, July 2023, April 2024, May 6, May 10, May 17, May 21 and May 25. Launch on hold for evaluation of small helium leak in Starliner propulsion system. Updated: May 23 NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: May 17 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 NET Summer Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 17?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Birth of universe's earliest galaxies observed for first time | ScienceDaily? 10. Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS May 25 May 28 May 29 May 31 Tiangong June 1 June 2 Hubble Space Telescope May 28 May 29 May 30 |
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Skynet Tonight "22 Amazing Facts about Space and Astronomy" 9 PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “22 amazing facts about space and astronomy” & Constellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs”?? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “From the Earth to the Moon” (1958) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Discussion Topic of the Evening.22 amazing facts about space and astronomy From Skyatnightmagazine.com The Moon is lemon-shaped Milky Way smells of rum, raspberries and booze On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year You could survive for a couple of minutes in a leaky spacesuit 1 tsp of neutron star weighs the same as the human population Gamma-ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire life There are stars we will never be able to see Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes Jupiter’s magnetic field is bigger than the Moon Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery Planets can wander through space without a parent star The Sun loses a billion kilos per second Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems Vast amounts of water have been found in space There is gravity on the International Space Station Our days are getting longer The Moon is getting farther away every year Heat from the Big Bang is still around today Venus spins backwards Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System Black holes give off light 5 billion Suns could fit in UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars ?Waz Up?? Space Exploration and Space History? Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs”?? Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule NET May 19 Falcon 9 ? NROL-146 Launch time: 12:22 a.m. PDT (3:22 a.m. EDT, 0722 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the NROL-146 mission on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). According to Dr. Troy Meink, the NRO principal deputy director, this will be the first launch for the agency’s proliferated architecture, which focuses on space-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance). Reuters was the first to report that these satellites were built by SpaceX and Northrop Grumman under a classified $1.8 billion contract. Updated: May 16 NET May 21 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 4:43 p.m. ET (2043 UTC) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-085, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on the mission. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. Delayed from early 2021, June 2021, and late 2021. Delayed from late 2022 to implement fixes on the Starliner spacecraft after OFT-2. Delayed from April 2023, July 2023, April 2024, May 6, May 10 and May 17. Updated: May 14 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: April 23 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May.?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3 Earth-sized Exoplanet (Artist’s Concept) Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS May 26 Tiangong May 20 May 21 May 22 May 24 Hubble Space Telescope May 19 Envisat? May 20 May 21 May 23 |
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Skynet Tonight! "What are Solar Storms?" & Constellations Ursa Major and Minor 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “What are Solar Storms?? Do We Need to Worry?” & Constellations “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear”? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "The Quiet Hour" (2014) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? ?Discussion Topic of the Evening. What are Solar Storms?? Do We Need to Worry? Solar Flare Coronal Mass Ejections Geomagnetic Storm Solar Particle Event Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) Power Grid and Solar Storms Spacecraft Operations Disruption Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News CME Cosmic Flare Florida Keys Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space Mars Hubble Glimpses a Star-Forming Factory UGC 9684 Space-Related Birthdays Michael J. Adams? 05-May-1930 X-15 flight 191. He died when his plane crashed. He was awarded astronaut wings posthumously Douglas H. Wheelock 05-May-1960 STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) David Leestma 06-May-1949 STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 Donald A. Thomas 06-May-1955 STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94 Tamara E. Jernigan? 07-May-1959 STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Charles Camarda? 08-May-1952 STS-114 Vance D. Brand? 09-May-1931 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35 Lisa Nowak 10-May-1963 STS-121 Ellen Ochoa 10-May-1958 STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110 This Week in Space History Freedom 7 On May 5, 1961, the United States launched its first man into space.? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekUrsa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear. Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule May 12/13 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-58 Launch time: 8:11 p.m. (0011 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 23 second-generation Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. About 8.25 minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas,’ out in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 10 NET May 17 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 6:16 p.m. ET (2016 UTC) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-085, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on the mission. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. Delayed from early 2021, June 2021, and late 2021. Delayed from late 2022 to implement fixes on the Starliner spacecraft after OFT-2. Delayed from April 2023, July 2023, April 2024, May 6 and May 10. Updated: May 08 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: April 23 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.”? There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024 and April 2024. Updated: March 26 Summer 2024 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: December 13 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July 8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Türksat 6A communications satellite for the Turkish operator Türksat. Türksat 6A is the first geostationary communications satellite to be built in Turkey, with development led by T?B?TAK Space Technologies Research Institute and Turkish Aerospace Industries. Delayed from 2nd Quarter 2023 and March 2024. Updated: March 25 NET Summer Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023 and April 2024. Updated: February 08 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Updated: April 02 Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Iron fingerprints in nearby active galaxy | ScienceDaily? 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. ISS May 12 May 12 Tiangong May 20 Hubble Space Telescope May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 ? ? |
Tom General