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Skynet Tonight! "The Psyche Mission" & Constellation "Virgo" 9PM CT
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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 ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Skylab at 50¡± & Constellations ¡°Coma Berenices, Bernice¡¯s Hair¡±, and ¡°Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs¡± ? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX? ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Super 8¡± (2011) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. 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 UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekComa Berenices, Bernice¡¯s Hair, and Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs. Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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 ? All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. Hubble Space Telescope May 21 Envisat May 21 May 22 May 25 May 27 |
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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 ? 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¡°¡±? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°The Beastmaster¡± (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¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? ?Discussion Topic of the Evening. The mystery of how Mars meteorites reach Earth may finally be solved Mars Meteorites Found on Earth Waz UpSpace 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 WeekConstellations ¡°Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear¡° Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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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Skynet Tonight! "Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Who Will Have the Last Word on the Universe?¡± & Constellations ¡°Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear¡±? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Mad Max¡± (1979) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening 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 UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekUrsa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear Space Launches For This WeekTom 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.? 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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Skynet Tonight! "Constellation Centaurus, the Centaur" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Centaurus the Centaur¡± Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°First Men in the Moon¡± (1964) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Waz UpSpace 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 WeekCentaurus, the Centaur Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Blueberries on Mars¡±? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Short Circuit¡± (1987) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening. Discussion Topic of the Evening.¡°Blueberries on Mars¡±: Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekTBD Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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 ? ? 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 |
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Skynet Tonight! "The JUICE Mission" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°The JUICE Mission¡± & Constellations ¡°Pyxis, the Compass¡± and ¡°Antlia, the Pump¡±? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Infinity Chamber¡± (2016) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE)? JUICE Ariane 5 Launch Ganymede Europa JUICE Spacecraft Waz UpSpace 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 WeekPyxis, the Compass and Antlia, the Pump Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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 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. ?? 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.?All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. 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 ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°How Will NASA Land Humans on the Moon in 2025?¡± & Constellations ¡°Leo¡± & ¡°Leo Minor¡±?? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Escape 2120¡± (2020) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.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 Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellations ¡°Leo¡± & ¡°Leo Minor¡± Space Launches For This WeekSpace 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 Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Envisat Apr. 9 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Apr. 14 Apr. 15 Apr. 16 Apr. 17 |
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Skynet Tonight! "Earliest Galaxies Confound Theory" & Constellations "Cancer" and "Lynx" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Earliest Galaxies Confound Theory¡± & Constellations ¡°Cancer the Crab¡± and ¡°Lynx, the Wild Cat¡±? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB? ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Innerspace¡± (1987) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening Earliest galaxies found by JWST confound theory Enhanced view JWST¡¯s Deep Field View? JWST Stephen¡¯s Quintet Carina Nebula Southern Ring Nebula Cartwheel Galaxy Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?NASA Prepares for Historic Asteroid Sample Delivery on Sept. 24 NASA's next rocket to lift off for the moon will be rolled out to the launch pad using a Guinness World Record-setting ride. Space-Related Birthdays William Oefelein? Mar 29, 1965 STS-116 Michael Foreman? Mar 29, 1957 STS-123, STS-129 Joseph M. Prahl? Mar 30, 1943 STS-50 Patrick G. Forrester Mar 31, 1957 STS-105, STS-117, STS-128? William Frederick Fisher? Apr 01, 1946 STS-51-I This Week in Space History March 29 37 years later to the day, the MESSENGER spacecraft sent back the first photo of Mercury from orbit #OTD in 2011! MESSENGER gave scientists the first new data on the composition of Mercury's surface since Mariner 10's final 1975 flyby.? 64 years ago on April 1, 1959, the first? @NASA_Astronauts, the Mercury 7, were chosen (announced on April 9). Of them, Al Shepard went on to crew a mission to the Moon!? today March 28) the final test of the Saturn I's first stage, Saturn SA-4, launched from? @NASAKennedy . The uncrewed#60YearsAgo suborbital test flight was successful, paving the way for tests of the second stage.? Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellations ¡°Lynx, the Wild Cat¡± and ¡°Cancer, the Crab¡± Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule NET April 2 Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0A Launch time: 1429 GMT (10:29 a.m. EDT; 7:29 a.m. PDT) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the first of two Falcon 9 missions to carry SDA demonstration spacecraft for a future constellation of military missile tracking and data relay satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Delayed from Sept. 24. Delayed from Sept. 29 by payload supply chain issues. Delayed from January due to satellite issue. Delayed following an abort at T-3 seconds on Mar. 30. Updated: April 01 April 7 Falcon 9 ? Intelsat 40e/TEMPO Launch time: 0439 GMT (12:39 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Intelsat 40e communications satellite for Intelsat. Intelsat 40e will join Intelsat¡¯s ¡°Epic¡± fleet of high-throughput satellites, providing in-flight connectivity and other mobile communications services over North and Central America. Intelsat 40e is a partial replacement for Intelsat 29e, which failed in 2019. Intelsat 40e hosts NASA¡¯s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument to measure atmospheric chemistry and monitor air pollution over North America. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Maxar, and is based on the 1300 platform. Delayed from March 7. Updated: March 28 April Falcon 9 ? Transporter 7 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 7 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Delayed from April 9. Updated: April 01 April 13 Ariane 5 ? JUICE Launch time: 1215:01 GMT (8:15:01 a.m. EDT) Launch site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the European Space Agency¡¯s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or JUICE. The JUICE spacecraft, built by Airbus, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons ¡ª Ganymede, Callisto and Europa ¡ª with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. JUICE will enter orbit around Jupiter in July 2031. This will mark the penultimate launch of Europe¡¯s Ariane 5 rocket. Updated: March 21 April Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES¡¯s O3b network. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from February and March. 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 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. Payload originally Starlink V2 Mini satellites but changed to V1.5 spacecraft. Updated: April 01 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 20 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. Updated: March 21 NET April Starship ? Orbital Test Flight Launch time: TBD Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas A SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship launch vehicle will launch on its first orbital test flight. The mission will attempt to travel around the world for nearly one full orbit, resulting in a re-entry and splashdown of the Starship near Hawaii. Delayed from 2022. Updated: March 21 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. ??Recent Astronomical Discoveries? Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System Neptune Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.? All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. ISS April 2 April 3 April 5 Tiangong April 7 April 8 April 9 Envisat April 3 April 4 April 6 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "Lost in Space: Zombie Satellites" & Constellation "Puppis, the Poop Deck" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Zombie Satellites¡± & Constellation ¡°Puppis, the Poop Deck¡±? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Buck Rogers in the 25th Century¡± (1979) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Twitch.tv Search ¡°KE5ICX¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Lost in Space: Zombie Satellites: Waz UpRecent Astronomical Discoveries?AI finds the first stars were not alone Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekPuppis, the Poop Deck Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Check-ins or comments At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics due to lack of time. March 25/26 GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: 0330 GMT on 26th (11:30 p.m. EDT on 25th) Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India¡¯s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 3 (GSLV Mk.3) will launch 36 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. Updated: March 21 March 29 Soyuz ? TBD Launch time: Approx. 1900 GMT (3:00 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch an undisclosed payload for the Russian military. Updated: March 21 May Long March 2F ? Shenzhou 16 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Jiuquan, China A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 16 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This is China¡¯s 11th crewed space mission, and the fifth to the Chinese space station. The crew members have not been announced by China. Updated: March 22 March 30 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March 24. Updated: March 21 March 30 Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch around 10 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the first of two Falcon 9 missions to carry SDA demonstration spacecraft for a future constellation of military missile tracking and data relay satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Delayed from Sept. 24. Delayed from Sept. 29 by payload supply chain issues. Delayed from January due to satellite issue. Updated: March 21 April 7 Falcon 9 ? Intelsat 40e/TEMPO Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Intelsat 40e communications satellite for Intelsat. Intelsat 40e will join Intelsat¡¯s ¡°Epic¡± fleet of high-throughput satellites, providing in-flight connectivity and other mobile communications services over North and Central America. Intelsat 40e is a partial replacement for Intelsat 29e, which failed in 2019. Intelsat 40e hosts NASA¡¯s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) instrument to measure atmospheric chemistry and monitor air pollution over North America. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Maxar, and is based on the 1300 platform. Delayed from March 7. Updated: March 21 April 8 Falcon Heavy ? ViaSat 3 Americas Launch time: 2225 GMT (6:25 p.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband communications satellite. ViaSat 3 Americas is the first of at least three new-generation Boeing-built geostationary satellites for ViaSat. A small communications satellite named Arcturus will launch as a secondary payload for Astranis. Delayed from 3rd Quarter and December 2022. Delayed from January and March 2023. Updated: March 21 April 9 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 7 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 7 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Updated: March 21 April Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-3 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: March 21 April 13 Ariane 5 ? JUICE Launch time: 1215:01 GMT (8:15:01 a.m. EDT) Launch site: ELA-3, Guiana Space Center, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the European Space Agency¡¯s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission, or JUICE. The JUICE spacecraft, built by Airbus, will make detailed observations of the giant gas planet and its three large ocean-bearing moons ¡ª Ganymede, Callisto and Europa ¡ª with a suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments. JUICE will enter orbit around Jupiter in July 2031. This will mark the penultimate launch of Europe¡¯s Ariane 5 rocket. Updated: March 21 April Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES¡¯s O3b network. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from February and March.?? Space Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. ISS April 2 April 3 Hubble Space Telescope April 1 April 2 April 3 Envisat March 26 March 27 March 29 April 1 April 3 |
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