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Skynet Tonight! "Mars Naming Conventions" & Constellation "Libra, the Scales" 9PM CT

 


?SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Mars Naming Conventions¡± & Constellation ¡°Libra, the Scales¡±?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Star Trek Beyond¡± (2016)


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Discussion Topic of the Evening.


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Mars Naming Conventions?


Belva Crater


Close-up Belva Crater


Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News


NASA begins 60th round of space artifact awards for schools, museums


Brightest Cosmic Explosion Ever Detected Had Other Unique Features


Cosmic Rays in the Atmosphere?



Space-Related Birthdays


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?



Jay C. Buckey June 6, 1956 STS-90



David Scott June 6, 1932 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15



Anne McClain June 7, 1979 Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59)?



Stanley G. Love June 8, 1965 STS-122



Bruce McCandless II June 8, 1937 STS-41-B, STS-31?



F. Drew Gaffney June 9, 1946 STS-40



James McDivitt June 10, 1929 Gemini 4, Apollo 9?



This Week in Space History


X-15 First Glide Flight

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June 7

In 1992, the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer, or EUVE, headed to space. For over eight years, the EUVE spacecraft rotated as it orbited Earth, allowing its telescopes to survey nearly the entire sky as well as make pointed observations of stars, comets, planets, and more.?


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Libra, the Scales

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


June 12 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-11

Launch time: 0710 GMT (3:10 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 52 Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from June 9, June 10, and June 12.


Updated: June 09


June 12 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 8

Launch time: 2114-2257 GMT (5:14-6:57 p.m. EDT; 2:14-3:57 p.m. PDT)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 8 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Launch site changed from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base. Delayed from June 8.


Updated: June 08


June Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-12

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: June 09


June 16 Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites. Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus, will relay secure communications between French military aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval vessels, including submarines. The Heinrich Hertz satellite, built by OHB, will test new communications technologies on a mission funded by the German government. This will be the final launch of an Ariane 5 rocket. Delayed from February due to problems completing the Heinrich Hertz satellite. Moved forward from June 21.


Updated: May 05


June 19 Falcon 9 ? Satria

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Satria communications satellite for the Indonesian government and the Indonesian satellite operator PSN. The Satria satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capacity for schools, hospitals, and other public use facilities in Indonesia¡¯s rural regions. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: June 08


June 21 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: May 27


June Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-7

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 11


TBD Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third 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 March and June 9.


Updated: June 03


June Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0B

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 18 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the second 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.


Updated: June 08


July 1 Falcon 9 ? Euclid


Launch time: 1512 GMT (11:12 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Euclid mission for the European Space Agency. Euclid is an astrophysics mission with a telescope and two scientific instruments designed to explore the evolution of the dark universe. It will make a 3D-map of the universe by observing billions of galaxies out to 10 billion light-years, across more than a third of the sky. Euclid will be launched to an observing orbit at the Sun-Earth L2 Lagrange point. The mission was originally supposed to launch on a Russian Soyuz rocket. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Brenda WB5OZL

New study identifies mechanism driving the sun's fast wind


Solar Wind


Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


Tiangong


June 11


June 12


June 13


June 14


June 16


Hubble Space Telescope


June 18


June 19








Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, June 10, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Skynet Tonight! "Recap of ISDC 2023" & Constellation "Libra, the Scales" 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Recap of ISDC 2023¡± & Constellation ¡°Libra, the Scales¡±?

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Net Control: Bill N5BB

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Discussion Topic of the Evening.


Recap of ISDC 2023, the International Space Development Conference?

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

Bill Byrom N5BB NCS


Recap of ISDC 2023, the International Space Development Conference?

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  • Dr. David Livingston, founder and host of The Space Show.

  • Isaac Arthur, the new President of the National Space Society.

  • , a science fiction author and futurist.

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Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays?

  • May 28, 1944: Paul Scully-Power (STS-41-T)

  • May 30, 1958: Michael Lopez-Alegria (STS-73, STS-92, STS-113, Exp 14, April 2022 - SpaceX Axiom Mission AX-1; has the most EVAs of all American astronauts)

  • June 2, 1930: Pete Conrad (Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2)

  • June 2, 1956: Mark Polansky (STS-98, STS-116, STS-127)

Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Constellation Libra, the Scales

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


June 4 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4

Launch time: 0956 GMT (5:56 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of approximately 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Moved forward from June 3. Delayed from May 30 and June 1.


Updated: June 03


June 4 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 28

Launch time: 1612 GMT (12:12 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 28th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.


Updated: June 03


June 9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-11

Launch time: 0756-1125 GMT (3:56-7:25 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: June 03


June 12 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 8

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 8 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Launch site changed from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base.


Updated: June 03


June Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0B

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 18 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the second 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.


Updated: April 01


June 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.


Updated: April 24


June 16 Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites. Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus, will relay secure communications between French military aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval vessels, including submarines. The Heinrich Hertz satellite, built by OHB, will test new communications technologies on a mission funded by the German government. This will be the final launch of an Ariane 5 rocket. Delayed from February due to problems completing the Heinrich Hertz satellite. Moved forward from June 21.


Updated: May 05


June 17 Falcon 9 ? Satria

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Satria communications satellite for the Indonesian government and the Indonesian satellite operator PSN. The Satria satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capacity for schools, hospitals, and other public use facilities in Indonesia¡¯s rural regions. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: May 24


June 21 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: May 27


June Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-7

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 11


TBD Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third 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 March and June 9.


Updated: June 03


TBD 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: May 04


July Antares ? NG-19

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 20th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 19th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-19. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230+ configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage. This will be the final flight of an Antares 230+ rocket before a redesign with new U.S.-made engines. Delayed from March, April 21, and May.


Updated: April 24


July 7 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.



Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Brenda WB5OZL


Mysterious Dashes Revealed in Milky Way¡¯s Center

Dashes


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


June 5


June 7


June 8


June 9


June 10


June 11


June 12


June 12



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Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, June 3, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Skynet Tonight! "The Psyche Mission" & Constellation "Virgo" 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°The Psyche Mission¡± & ¡°Virgo, the Maidan¡±?

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Net Control: Billye KF5PDS

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Ender¡¯s Game¡± (2012)


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Discussion Topic of the Evening.

The Psyche Mission


Mission Profile


Psyche Mission Instruments


Spacecraft Details


5.? Waz Up


Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News


SpaceX



New LTV



TROPICS


Space-Related Birthdays


Robert C, Springer May 21, 1942 STS-29, STS-39


Robert Parise, May 24, 1951 STS-35, STS-67



John D. Olivas May 25, 1965 STS-117, STS-128



Sally Ride May 25, 1951 STS-7, STS-41-G



This Week in Space History


Kennedy's ¡°Moon¡± Speech

On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade.?


EXOSAT

On May 26, 1983, the European Space Agency launched its first X-ray observatory into space.?



Skylab

Skylab, America¡¯s first space station and the first crewed research laboratory in space, lifted off on May 14, 1973.?


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Virgo, the Maiden

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


May 29 GSLV Mk. 2 ? NVS 01

Launch time: 0512 GMT (1:12 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India.

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 rocket, designated GSLV-F12, will launch the NVS 01 navigation satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, also called Navigation with Indian Constellation, or NavIC. The spacecraft is also known as IRNSS 1J, and is the first in a second-generation fleet of Indian navigation satellites.


Updated: May 24


May 29/30 Long March 2F ? Shenzhou 16

Launch time: Approx. 0128 GMT on 30th (9:28 p.m. EDT on 29th)

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: May 24


May 30/31 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-10

Launch time: 0527-0715 GMT on 31st (1:27-3:15 a.m. EDT; 10:27 p.m.-12:15 a.m. PDT on 30th/31st)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 26


June 1 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4

Launch time: 1104-1415 GMT (7:04-10:15 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of approximately 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Moved forward from June 3. Delayed from May 30.


Updated: May 26


June 3 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 28

Launch time: 1634 GMT (12:34 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 28th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.


Updated: May 11


June 8 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 8

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 8 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Launch site changed from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base.


Updated: May 11


June 9 Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third 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 March.


Updated: May 24


June Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0B

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 18 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the second 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.


Updated: April 01


June 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.


Updated: April 24


June 16 Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana

Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites. Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus, will relay secure communications between French military aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval vessels, including submarines. The Heinrich Hertz satellite, built by OHB, will test new communications technologies on a mission funded by the German government. This will be the final launch of an Ariane 5 rocket. Delayed from February due to problems completing the Heinrich Hertz satellite. Moved forward from June 21.


Updated: May 05


June 17 Falcon 9 ? Satria

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Satria communications satellite for the Indonesian government and the Indonesian satellite operator PSN. The Satria satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capacity for schools, hospitals, and other public use facilities in Indonesia¡¯s rural regions. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: May 24



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.

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Understanding Formation of Super-Earths


Artist¡¯s Concept - Super Earth


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 30


May 31


June 1


June 2


Tiangong


May 30


May 31


June 1


Envisat


May 29


May 30


June 1


June 2


June 4




Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, May 27, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Skynet Tonight! "Skylab at 50" & Constellations ¡°Coma Berenices, Bernice¡¯s Hair¡±, and ¡°Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs¡± 9PM CT

 


SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Skylab at 50¡± & Constellations ¡°Coma Berenices, Bernice¡¯s Hair¡±, and ¡°Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs¡±

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Super 8¡± (2011)


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Discussion Topic of the Evening.


Skylab at 50!

Skylab Space Station


Skylab in Launch Configuration


Skylab Configuration


Skylab Mission Patch


Skylab Crews


Skylab Reentry


Dinner on Skylab


Life on Skylab


Owen Garriott on EVA, Deploying Solar Shield


Demonstrating Weight Training in Zero-Gravity


Astronauts Carr and Pogue demonstrate weight training in zero-gravity.


Skylab in Orbit


The ISS still has a long future, and NASA and its international partners are working to make sure that ISS does realize its full potential. And, when it does, it will owe much of that success to another space station, which orbited the Earth 50 years ago - Skylab.

Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays:

  • May 14, 1952: Donald McMonagle (STS-39, STS-54, STS-66)

  • May 14, 1957: William Gregory (STS-67)

  • May 14, 1964: James Kelly (STS-102, STS-114)

  • May 14, 1988: Jessica Watkins (SpaceX Crew-4 (Expedition 67/68))

  • May 15, 1942: Tony England (STS-51-F)

  • May 15, 1949: Frank Culbertson, Jr. (STS-38, STS-51, STS-105, Expedition 3 (9/11), STS-108)

  • May 16, 1945: Brewster H. Shaw (STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28)

  • May 17, 1967: Joseph M. Acaba (STS-119, Exp. 31/32, Exp. 53/54)

  • May 18, 1930: Don Lind (STS-51-B)

  • May 19, 1939: Dick Scobee (STS-41-C, STS-51-L)

  • May 19, 1955: Pierre J. Thuot (STS-36, STS-49, STS-62)

  • May 20, 1944: David M. Walker (STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69)

  • May 20, 1951: Thomas Akers (STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79)

  • May 20, 1964: Paul W. Richards (STS-102)


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Coma Berenices, Bernice¡¯s Hair, and Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs.


Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


May 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-3

Launch time: 0531 GMT (1:31 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 22 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 April and May 18.


Updated: May 19


May 19 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb & Iridium Next

Launch time: 1319 GMT (9:19 a.m. EDT; 6:19 a.m. PDT)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb¡¯s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb¡¯s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium¡¯s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 18


May 21 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 2

Launch time: 2137 GMT (5:37 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately 12-day mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral. Delayed from May 8 as result of delays in previous Falcon Heavy launch.


Updated: May 18


May 22 Electron ? TROPICS 5 & 6

Launch time: 0530 GMT (1:30 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the third pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Coming To A Storm Near You¡± by Rocket Lab. Delayed from May 15.


Updated: May 15


May 23/24 Falcon 9 ? Badr 8

Launch time: 0325 GMT on 24th (11:25 p.m. EDT on 23rd)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat based in Saudi Arabia. From geostationary orbit, Badr 8 will provide communications coverage for Arabsat customers over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Badr 8 also hosts an optical communications payload developed by Airbus. The spacecraft was built by Airbus, and is based on the Eurostar Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 21.


Updated: May 18


May 24 Soyuz ? Progress 84P

Launch time: 1256 GMT (8:56 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 84th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.


Updated: May 05


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: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-10

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 11


May 29 GSLV Mk. 2 ? NVS 01

Launch time: Approx. 0400 GMT (12:00 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India.

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 rocket, designated GSLV-F12, will launch the NVS 01 navigation satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, also called Navigation with Indian Constellation, or NavIC. The spacecraft is also known as IRNSS 1J.


Updated: May 15


June 3 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 21 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: May 11


June 3 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 28

Launch time: 1634 GMT (12:34 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 28th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA.


Updated: May 11


June 8 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 8

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 8 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Launch site changed from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base.


Updated: May 11


June Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0B

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 18 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the second 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.

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

New Study Puts Definitive Age on Saturn¡¯s Rings - They¡¯re Really Young!


Saturn


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

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All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


Hubble Space Telescope


May 21


Envisat


May 21


May 22


May 25


May 27




Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, May 20, 2023 #cal-reminder

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When:
Saturday, May 20, 2023
12:00am to 9:00pm
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Skynet Tonight! "Mystery of How Mars Meteorites Reach Earth Solved" & Constellations Ursa Major and Minor 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved¡± & Constellations ¡°Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear¡°¡±?

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Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°The Beastmaster¡± (1982)


2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, -

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Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡±

Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡±

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Direct Video Link:

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Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

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?Discussion Topic of the Evening.


The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved


Mars Meteorites Found on Earth




Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News


New images from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover may have revealed what was once a river on the red planet.?


Space History


May 7


Launch of Telstar 2


1963 May 7?


Launch of STS-49


1992 May 7


May 11

1949 May 11

Cape Canaveral selected for rocket launches


2009 May 11 - . 18:02 GMT


Launch of STS-125


May 13


1960 May 13 Launch of Echo 1



1982 May 13 - Launch of Soyuz T-5


1989 May 13 - . First Flight An-225 and Buran


2004 May 13 - . 15:31 GMT - . Launch of? Spaceship One.


SpaceShipOne Flight 14P?


Space-Related Birthdays


Tamara E. Jernigan May 07, 1959?


STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96



Charles Camarda May 08, 1952 STS-114


Vance D. Brand May 09, 1931 Apollo¨CSoyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35?


Ellen Ochoa? May 10, 1958?


STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110



Lisa Nowak? May 10, 1963 STS-121



Gregory H. Johnson? May 12, 1962 STS-123, STS-134


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Constellations ¡°Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear¡°

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


May 14 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: 0503 GMT (1:03 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April.


Updated: May 12


May 19 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb & Iridium Next

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb¡¯s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb¡¯s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium¡¯s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.


Updated: May 11


May 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-3

Launch time: 0410 GMT (12:10 a.m. EDT)

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 April and May 18.


Updated: May 13


May 21 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 2

Launch time: 2137 GMT (5:37 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately 12-day mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 8 as result of delays in previous Falcon Heavy launch.


Updated: May 11


May 21/22 Falcon 9 ? Badr 8

Launch time: 0320 GMT on 22nd (11:20 p.m. EDT on 21st)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat based in Saudi Arabia. From geostationary orbit, Badr 8 will provide communications coverage for Arabsat customers over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Badr 8 also hosts an optical communications payload developed by Airbus. The spacecraft was built by Airbus, and is based on the Eurostar Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 25


May Electron ? TROPICS 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the third pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Coming To A Storm Near You¡± by Rocket Lab. Delayed from May 15.


Updated: May 11


May 24 Soyuz ? Progress 84P

Launch time: 1256 GMT (8:56 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 84th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.


Updated: May 05


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: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-10

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 11


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: May 05


June 3 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 21 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: May 11


Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Researchers Measure Light Emitted by sub-Neptune Planet Atmosphere



Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


ISS


May 14


Hubble Space Telescope


May 17


May 18


May 21


Envisat


May 14


May 16


May 17


May 18


May 19


May 21


May 22

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Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, May 13, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT

When:
Saturday, May 13, 2023
12:00am to 9:00pm
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Where:
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Skynet Tonight! "Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?" 9PM CT

 


SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?¡± & Constellations ¡°Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear¡±?

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Net Control: Bill N5BB

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Mad Max¡± (1979)


2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, -

Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡±

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Discussion Topic of the Evening by Bill Byrom N5BB:

Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe??


Modern science suggests that we and all our achievements and memories are destined to vanish like a dream. Is that sad or good?


Wolf-Rayet 124


Messier 92


Cassiopeia A



Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays

  • April 30, 1945: Michael Smith (STS-51-L Challenger)

  • April 30, 1957: Duane Carey (STS-109)

  • April 30, 1976: Victor Glover (SpaceX Crew-1 Exp 64/65; Artemis 2)

  • May 1, 1925: Scott Carpenter (MA-7)

  • May 2, 1957: Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123)

  • May 2, 1975: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (STS-131)

  • May 3, 1949: Albert Sacco (STS-73)

  • May 4, 1956: Michael L. Gernhardt (STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104)

  • May 5, 1930: Michael J. Adams (X-15 Flight 191)

  • May 5, 1960: Douglas Wheelock (STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25))

  • May 6, 1949: David Leestma (STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45)

  • May 6, 1955: Donald A. Thomas (STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94)

Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear

Space Launches For This Week

Tom KE5ICX?


Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


May 7/8 Electron ? TROPICS 3 & 4

Launch time: 0100-0300 GMT on 8th (9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT on 7th)

Launch site: Launch Complex 1B, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the second pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Rocket Like A Hurricane¡± by Rocket Lab.


Updated: May 05


May 10 Long March 7 ? Tianzhou 6

Launch time: Approx. 1340 GMT (9:40 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Wenchang, China

A Chinese Long March 7 rocket will launch the Tianzhou 6 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft is the fifth resupply freighter for the Chinese space station.


Updated: April 24


May 10 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-9

Launch time: Approx. 2000 GMT (4:00 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. Delayed from April.


Updated: May 05


May 11/12 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: Approx. 0352 GMT on 12th (11:52 p.m. EDT on 11th)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April.


Updated: May 05


May 15 Electron ? TROPICS 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the third pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Coming To A Storm Near You¡± by Rocket Lab.


Updated: April 24


May 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. Delayed from April.


Updated: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? OneWeb & Iridium Next

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb¡¯s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb¡¯s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium¡¯s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.


Updated: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately 12-day mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 8 as result of delays in previous Falcon Heavy launch.


Updated: May 05


May 21/22 Falcon 9 ? Badr 8

Launch time: 0320 GMT on 22nd (11:20 p.m. EDT on 21st)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat based in Saudi Arabia. From geostationary orbit, Badr 8 will provide communications coverage for Arabsat customers over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Badr 8 also hosts an optical communications payload developed by Airbus. The spacecraft was built by Airbus, and is based on the Eurostar Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 25


May 24 Soyuz ? Progress 84P

Launch time: 1256 GMT (8:56 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 84th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.


Updated: May 05


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: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-10

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 21 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: May 05


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: May 05


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-7

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: May 05

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Astronomer¡¯s Find Distant Gas Clouds with Leftovers of First Stars?

Cloud Formations?

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

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All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


ISS


May 12


May 12


May 13


May 14


May 15


Tiangong


May 7


May 8


May 9


Hubble Space Telescope


May 7


May 8

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Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, May 6, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT

When:
Saturday, May 6, 2023
12:00am to 9:00pm
(UTC-06:00) America/Belize

Where:
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Skynet Tonight! "Constellation Centaurus, the Centaur" 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Centaurus the Centaur¡±


Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°First Men in the Moon¡± (1964)


2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, -

Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.

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Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡±

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Direct Video Link:

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Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.

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Discussion Topic of the Evening.
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History?


Space Exploration News


NASA¡¯s ShadowCam Images Lunar South Pole Region


NASA¡¯s Voyager Will Do More Science With New Power Strategy



FAA grounds Starship




Space-Related Birthdays

Yvonne Cagle Apr 24, 1959 no missions



Ellen S. Baker? Apr 27, 1953 STS-34, STS-50, STS-71



Paul Lockhart Apr 28, 1956 STS-111, STS-113



John Oliver Creighton Apr 28, 1943 STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48?



Jerome Apt Apr 28, 1949 STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79



This Week in Space History


Explorer 11


On April 27, 1961, NASA launched Explorer 11 into orbit. In addition to being the last successful launch of the Juno II rocket developed by the team led by Wernher von Braun, this was the world's first orbiting gamma ray observatory.?




Ranger IV

First U.S. Satellite to Reach the Surface of the Moon April 26, 1962


April 25, 1990 ¨C Hubble launched


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Centaurus, the Centaur

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


April 30 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas

Launch time: 2329-0026 GMT on 30th/1st (7:29-8:26 p.m. EDT on 30th)

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, March 2023, April 8, April 18, April 24, and April 26. Scrubbed on April 27 and April 28.


Updated: April 29


May 2 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-6

Launch time: Approx. 0820 GMT (4:20 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 25


May 2/3 Electron ? TROPICS 3 & 4

Launch time: 0100-0300 GMT on 3rd (9:00-11:00 p.m. EDT on 2nd)

Launch site: Launch Complex 1B, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the second pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Rocket Like A Hurricane¡± by Rocket Lab.


Updated: April 29


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from April.


Updated: April 24


May 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. Delayed from April.


Updated: April 24


Early May Falcon 9 ? OneWeb & Iridium Next

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb¡¯s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb¡¯s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium¡¯s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.


Updated: March 21


May 10 Long March 7 ? Tianzhou 6

Launch time: Approx. 1340 GMT (9:40 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Wenchang, China

A Chinese Long March 7 rocket will launch the Tianzhou 6 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft is the fifth resupply freighter for the Chinese space station.


Updated: April 24


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 26


May 15 Electron ? TROPICS 5 & 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the third pair of small CubeSats for NASA¡¯s TROPICS mission. The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats, or TROPICS, mission will measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones. These two satellites were originally contracted to launch on Astra¡¯s Rocket 3 vehicle. This mission is nicknamed ¡°Coming To A Storm Near You¡± by Rocket Lab.


Updated: April 24


May 17 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 2

Launch time: 2334 GMT (7:34 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately 12-day mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May 8 as result of delays in previous Falcon Heavy launch.


Updated: April 24


May Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. Delayed from April.


Updated: April 24


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: April 24


May 21/22 Falcon 9 ? Badr 8

Launch time: 0320 GMT on 22nd (11:20 p.m. EDT on 21st)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Badr 8 communications satellite for Arabsat based in Saudi Arabia. From geostationary orbit, Badr 8 will provide communications coverage for Arabsat customers over Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Badr 8 also hosts an optical communications payload developed by Airbus. The spacecraft was built by Airbus, and is based on the Eurostar Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 25


May 24 Soyuz ? Progress 84P

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 84th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration.??

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Asteroid¡¯s Comet-like Tail is not Made of Dust


Artist¡¯s Concept 3200 Phaethon


Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


Tiangong


April 30


May 4


May 7


May 8


Hubble Space Telescope


May 2


May 3


May 5


May 6


May 7




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Skynet Tonight! "Blueberries on Mars" 9PM CT

 

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Discussion Topic of the Evening.

¡°Blueberries on Mars¡±:





Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays

  • April 16, 1956: David Brown (STS-107)

  • April 16, 1959: Michael Barratt (Exp 19/20; STS-133; scheduled pilot for SpaceX Crew 8 in 2024)

  • April 20, 1955: Don Pettit (Expedition 6, STS-126, Expedition 30/31)


Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

TBD

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 04


April 25 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 3-5

Launch time: Approx. 1302 GMT (9:02 a.m. EDT; 6:02 a.m. PDT)

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: April 18


April 26 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas

Launch time: 2324-0018 GMT on 26th/27th (7:24-8:18 p.m. EDT on 26th)

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, March 2023, April 8, April 18, and April 24.


Updated: April 18


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: April 07


April 28 Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 3 & 4

Launch time: 2112 GMT (5:12 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 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.


Updated: March 28


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: April 01


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: March 21


May 4 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.


Updated: March 21


Early May Falcon 9 ? OneWeb & Iridium Next

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 15 spare satellites for OneWeb¡¯s first-generation global internet network and one prototype for OneWeb¡¯s Gen2 second-generation network. Five spare satellites for Iridium¡¯s voice and data relay fleet will also launch on this mission. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg.


Updated: March 21


May Long March 7 ? Tianzhou 6

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Wenchang, China

A Chinese Long March 7 rocket will launch the Tianzhou 6 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft is the fifth resupply freighter for the Chinese space station.


Recent Astronomical Discoveries?
How Did Earth Get Its Water?


Earth Atmosphere and Water Evolution


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

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All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


ISS


April 23


April 24


Tiangong


April 25


April 27


April 28


Envisat


April 23


April 24


April 25


April 27


April 28


April 29


April 30





Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, April 22, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Skynet Tonight! "The JUICE Mission" 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°The JUICE Mission¡± & Constellations ¡°Pyxis, the Compass¡± and ¡°Antlia, the Pump¡±?

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Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)?


JUICE Ariane 5 Launch


Ganymede


Europa


JUICE Spacecraft

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Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News


New Uranus image


Observatory with advanced adaptive optics.?


Solar Max


Space-Related Birthdays


Timothy Kopra? Apr 09, 1963?


STS-127/128 (Expedition 20), Soyuz TMA-19M (Expedition 46/47)


Serena Au?¨®n-Chancellor? Apr 09, 1976?


Soyuz MS-09 (Expedition 56/57)


Kenneth Cockrell Apr 09, 1950 STS-56, STS-69, STS-80, STS-98, STS-111?



Piers Sellers Apr 11, 1955?

STS-112, STS-121, STS-132



Frederick Hauck Apr 11, 1941?

STS-7, STS-51-A, STS-26



William E. Thornton? Apr 14, 1929?

STS-8, STS-51-B



Marsha Ivins Apr 15, 1951 STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98?



Gregory J. Harbaugh Apr 15, 1956 STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82?



John L. Phillips Apr 15, 1951 STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6 (Expedition 11), STS-119?



This Week in Space History


April 14, 1970


53 years ago today, Apollo 13 was on the way to the Moon, and 200,000 miles from home.



Columbia

April 12,1981, Space Shuttle Columbia roared into orbit from?

@NASAKennedy

for the first time carrying a crew of two: John Young and Robert Crippen.?



First Man in Space

Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin [a] (9 March 1934 - 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. Traveling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961.?

Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Pyxis, the Compass and Antlia, the Pump

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


April 17 Starship ? Integrated Flight Test

Launch time: 1200-1430 GMT (8:00-10:30 a.m. EDT; 7:00-9:30 a.m. CDT)

Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas

A SpaceX Super Heavy booster and Starship launch vehicle will launch on the first fully integrated test flight of the new rocket. 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. The Super Heavy booster will target a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. Delayed from 2022.


Updated: April 15


April 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2

Launch time: Approx. 1218 GMT (8:18 a.m. EDT)

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: April 15


April 22 PSLV ? TeLEOS 2

Launch time: Approx. 0900 GMT (5:00 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India

India¡¯s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, or PSLV, will launch the TeLEOS 2 satellite for Singapore. TeLEOS 2 was built in Singapore by ST Electronics, and carries an all-weather synthetic aperture radar Earth observation payload.


Updated: April 10


April 24/25 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas

Launch time: 2324-0018 GMT on 24th/25th (7:24-8:18 p.m. EDT on 24th)

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, March 2023, and April 8. Delayed from Apr. 18, following static fire.


Updated: April 15


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 04


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: April 07


April 28 Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 3 & 4

Launch time: 2112 GMT (5:12 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 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.


Updated: March 28


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: April 01


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: March 21


May 4 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.



Check-ins or comments


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9.? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Brenda WB5OZL


Scientists Map Gusty Winds in Far-off Neutron Star System


Neutron Star ¡°Wind¡±


Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

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ISS


April 21


April 22


April 23


April 24


Tiangong


April 19


April 20


April 21


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Skynet Tonight! "How Will NASA Land Humans on Moon in 2025?" & Constellations "Leo" and "Leo Minor" 9PM CT

 

SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT

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How Will NASA Land Humans on the Moon in 2025?


Artemis 3 Mission Profile


Artemis II Mission Profile


SpaceX Starship


Japanese Lander


Artemis in Orbit

Artemis Astronaut on Moon


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Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays

  • April 3, 1926: Gus Grissom (Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1)

  • April 5, 1949: Judith Resnik (STS-41-D, STS-51-L)

  • April 5, 1950: Franklin Chang Diaz (STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-75, STS-91, STS-111)

Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week

Constellations ¡°Leo¡± & ¡°Leo Minor¡±

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches


Space Flight Now Launch Schedule


April 10/11 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 7

Launch time: 0648 GMT on 11th (2:48 a.m. EDT; 11:48 p.m. PDT on 10th)

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. Delayed from April 9. Moved forward from April 12.


Updated: April 05


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 PSLV ? TeLEOS 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India

India¡¯s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, or PSLV, will launch the TeLEOS 2 satellite for Singapore. TeLEOS 2 was built in Singapore by ST Electronics, and carries an all-weather synthetic aperture radar Earth observation payload.


Updated: March 21


NET April 17 Starship ? Orbital Test Flight

Launch time: Approx. 1200 GMT (8:00 a.m. EDT; 7:00 a.m. CDT)

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 2022.


Updated: April 07


April 18 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas

Launch time: 2336 GMT (7:36 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, March 2023, and April 8.


Updated: March 28


April 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2

Launch time: 1333 GMT (9:33 a.m. EDT)

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: April 04


April 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.


Updated: April 02


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.


Updated: April 04


TBD Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20.


Updated: April 07


April 28 Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 3 & 4

Launch time: 2112 GMT (5:12 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 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.


Updated: March 28


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: April 01


April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-9

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.


Updated: March 21


May 2 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s 10th flight with astronauts. The commercial mission, managed by Axiom Space, is commanded by former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson. Paying passenger John Shoffner will serve as pilot of the mission. Two commercial space fliers from Saudi Arabia, Ali AlQarni and Rayyanah Barnawi, will also be on the approximately two-week mission to the space station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea off the coast of Florida.


Updated: April 01

Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Twinkling stars fuel interstellar dust


Galaxy of Twinkling Stars


Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time.


ISS

No Passes


Tiangong


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Event: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT - Saturday, April 8, 2023 #cal-reminder

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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT

When:
Saturday, April 8, 2023
12:00am to 9:00pm
(UTC-06:00) America/Belize

Where:
W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL

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