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Skynet Tonight! "Secrets of Apollo: The Saturn V Autopilot" & Constellation "Gemini, the Twins" 9PM
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Secrets of Apollo: The Saturn V's Autopilot¡± & ¡°Gemini, the Twins¡±? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Queen Kong¡± (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± Facebook.com Search ¡°DARC Skynet¡± 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. Secrets of Apollo: The Saturn V's autopilot? (From the BBC, Wiki, and ibiblio.org websites.) S-IVB Instrument Unit IU Assembly Room LVDC with cover removed. Werner Von Braun Inspecting the LVDC Saturn V Flight Control Computer The LVDC ibiblio Website Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News Evidence that Venus is volcanically active New Moon Suit for NASA¡¯s Artemis Astronauts Unveiled Space-Related Birthdays Wally Schirra Mar 12, 1923 Mercury-Atlas 8, Gemini 6A, Apollo 7 Patricia Robertson? Mar 12, 1963 No missions. She died in a plane crash. Gene Cernan? Mar 14, 1934 Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo 17 Frank Borman Mar 14, 1928 Gemini 7, Apollo 8 Michael Fincke Mar 14, 1967 Soyuz TMA-4 (Expedition 9), Soyuz TMA-13 (Expedition 18), STS-134 , Boeing Starliner-1? William B. Lenoir? Mar 14, 1939 STS-5 Alan Bean Mar 15, 1932 Apollo 12, Skylab 3 Walter Cunningham Mar 16, 1932 Apollo 7 Michael J. Bloomfield? Mar 16, 1959 STS-86, STS-97, STS-110 ?Kalpana Chawla Mar 17, 1962 STS-87, STS-107 (The ill-fated Shuttle Columbia.) Ken Mattingly? Mar 17, 1936 Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C? James Irwin Mar 17, 1930 Apollo 15 James F. Reilly? Mar 18, 1954 STS-89, STS-104, STS-117? This Week in Space History Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died on March 14, 2018¡ªalso known as Pi Day¡ªat age 76.? On This Day In Space: March 17, 1958: US launches its second satellite, Vanguard 1 Space Shuttle Enterprise Makes its First Cross-Country Trip Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekGemini, the Twins Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule TBD Terran 1 ? ¡°Good Luck, Have Fun¡± Launch window: 1700-2000 GMT (1:00-4:00 p.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-16, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket will launch on its inaugural demonstration flight. This launch of Terran 1 is the first orbital attempt by Relativity and will not include a customer payload. Scrubbed on March 8 and March 11. [March 11] March 24 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. [March 14] March 25/26 GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: Approx. 0100 GMT on 26th (9:00 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. [March 10] March 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. [Dec. 7] March 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. [March 14] NET? March 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. [Jan. 8] TBD Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-5 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] NET? 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. [Feb. 27] 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. [Feb. 16] 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. [Feb. 16] April Falcon 9 ? Transporter 7 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, or Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 7 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. [Jan. 13] 2nd Quarter 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. [Feb. 16] Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Terminator Zones on Distance Planets Could Harbor Life 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 Mar 19 Mar 21 Hubble Space Telescope Mar 18 Mar 19 Mar 20 Envisat Mar 18 Mar 21 Mar 24 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "Asteroids Picked Up Building Blocks for Life?" & Constellations "Canis Minor" and "Monoceros 9PM CT
?SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Asteroids may have picked up building blocks of life from interstellar clouds¡± & Constellations ¡°Canis Minor, the Little Dog¡±, and ¡°Monoceros, the Unicorn¡±? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°The Librarian: The Curse of Judas Chalice¡± (2008) 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. NCS Name and Callsign? Brenda WB5OZL Asteroids may have picked up building blocks of life from interstellar clouds By Keith Cooper published 4 days ago Scientists have taken a big step towards figuring out where building blocks of life such as amino acids and amines form in space. Interstellar Clouds Interstellar Goo Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellations ¡°Canis Minor, the Little Dog¡±, and ¡°Monoceros, the Unicorn¡± Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule March 11/12 Electron ? ¡°Stronger Together¡± Launch window: 2300-0100 GMT on 11th/12th (6:00-8:00 p.m. EST on 11th) Launch site: LC-2, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle will lift off with the Capella-9 and Capella-10 commercial radar Earth observation satellites for Capella Space. This will be the second Rocket Lab mission from a new launch pad in Virginia. [March 7] March 12 Proton ? Olymp-K 2 Launch time: 2212 GMT (6:12 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will launch an Olymp-K communications satellite for the Russian military. [March 7] March 14/15 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 27 Launch time: 0030 GMT on 15th (8:30 p.m. EDT on 14th) 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 27th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from March 11. [March 7] March Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-8 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. [Feb. 27] Mid-March GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: TBD 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. [Feb. 16] March 17/18 Launch time: Approx. 0035 GMT on 18th (8:35 p.m. EDT on 17th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March 8. [Feb. 27] NET? March 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. [Jan. 8] March Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 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. [March 2] March 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. [Oct. 26] March 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. [Dec. 7] Check-ins or comments At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics due to lack of time. ?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Astronomers discover metal-rich galaxies in early universe M82? 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 Mar. 16 Tiangong Mar. 19 Hubble Space Telescope Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Mar. 16 Mar. 17 Mar. 18 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! " Neutrinos and Black Holes" & Constellation "Canis Major - The Big Dog" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Neutrinos and Black Holes¡± & Constellation ¡°Canis Major¡±? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Galxina¡± (1980) 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.? Neutrinos from a Nearby Galaxy Reveal Black Hole Secrets Neutrino/Black Hole Inset M77 Black Hole Etymology 5.? Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News Astra rocket lost 2 NASA satellites due to 'runaway' cooling system error Europe's Vega C rocket launch failure caused by nozzle flaw, investigators say SpaceX Crew-6 astronaut mission This Week in Space History Feb. 28 1990 Launch STS-35? The sixth classified Department of Defense Shuttle mission. It was the fourth mission to the station, the third successful docking, and the second visit to the resident crew launched in Soyuz 26. 1978 Launch Soyuz 28 Czechoslovakian Vladimir Remek became the first non-American, non-Soviet in space. He and Aleksei Gubarev joined the other cosmonauts aboard Salyut 6 and spent seven days doing experiments. Gubarev Remek Mar. 3 1969 Launch Apollo 9 James McDivitt and Rusty Schweickart made the first manned test of the lunar module (lm), while Scott remained aboard the command module (cm). Space-Related Birthdays Feb. 26 1928 Anatoly Filipchenko (RKA), Russia - Soyuz 7 and 16 1958 Susan J. Helms (NASA), US - STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101, Expedition 2 (STS-102 / STS-105) Feb. 29 1936 Jack Lousma (NASA), US - Skylab-3, STS-3 Mar. 1 1924 Deke Slayton (NASA), US - Apollo¨CSoyuz Test Project Mar. 2 1960 Mikhail Tyurin (RKA), Russia - STS-105/STS-108 (Expedition 3), Soyuz TMA-9 (Expedition 14), Soyuz TMA-11M (Expedition 38/39) Mar. 3 1946 James C. Adamson (NASA), US - STS-28, STS-43 1949 Bonnie J. Dunbar (NASA), US - STS-61-A, STS-32, STS-50, STS-71, STS-89 1949 James S. Voss (NASA), US - STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, Expedition 2 (STS-102 / STS-105) Mar. 4 1965 Yuri Lonchakov (RKA), Kazakhstan - STS-100, Soyuz TMA-1/TM-34, Soyuz TMA-13 (Expedition 18) Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellation Canis Major, The Big Dog Space Launches For This WeekTom KE5ICX? Space Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule March 5 / 6 H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT on 6th (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST on 5th) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. Delayed from Feb. 11. Countdown Feb. 16 aborted after main engine start. [March 2] March 8 Terran 1 ? ¡°Good Luck, Have Fun¡± Launch window: 1800-2100 GMT (1:00-4:00 p.m. EST) Launch site: LC-16, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket will launch on its inaugural demonstration flight. This launch of Terran 1 is the first orbital attempt by Relativity and will not include a customer payload. [Feb. 27] March 9 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb 17 Launch time: 1905 GMT (2:05 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 40 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing and deploying a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This will be the third launch of OneWeb satellites with SpaceX, and OneWeb¡¯s 17th launch overall. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March 1. [Feb. 27] March 11/12 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 27 Launch time: 0136 GMT on 12th (8:36 p.m. EST on 11th) 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 27th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. [Feb. 16] March Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-8 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. [Feb. 27] March Proton ? Olymp-K 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will launch an Olymp-K communications satellite for the Russian military. [Feb. 16] Mid-March GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: TBD 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. [Feb. 16] March 17/18 Falcon 9 ? SES 18 & SES 19 Launch time: Approx. 0035 GMT on 18th (8:35 p.m. EDT on 17th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March 8. [Feb. 27] NET? March 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. [Jan. 8] March Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 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. [March 2] March 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. [Oct. 26] March 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. [Dec. 7] TBD Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-5 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] Check-ins or comments At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics due to lack of time. ?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?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 March 8 March 10 March 11 Tiangong March 8 March 10 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "NASA's Dragonfly Spacecraft" & "Auriga, the Charioteer" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°NASA¡¯s Dragonfly Spacecraft¡± & ¡°Auriga, the Charioteer or Shepherd¡±? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°One Million Years BC¡± (1966) 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.NASA¡¯s Dragonfly Spacecraft Concept Drawing Dragonfly Proposed Landing Profile Shangri-la The Selk impact crater on Titan Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekAuriga, the Charioteer Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule NET Feb. 26 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-1 Launch time: Approx. 1830 GMT (1:30 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will be the first mission to launch a new larger Starlink spacecraft design known as ¡°Starlink V2 Mini.¡± The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Feb. 23. [Feb. 23] Feb. 27 Falcon 9 ? Crew 6 Launch time: 0645 GMT (1:45 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s ninth flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren ¡°Woody¡± Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 19 and Feb. 26. [Feb. 23] Feb. 27 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-7 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. [Feb. 18] March 1 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb 17 Launch time: 1944 GMT (2:44 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 40 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing and deploying a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This will be the third launch of OneWeb satellites with SpaceX, and OneWeb¡¯s 17th launch overall. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] TBD H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. Delayed from Feb. 11. Countdown Feb. 16 aborted after main engine start. [Feb. 16] March 8/9 Falcon 9 ? SES 18 & SES 19 Launch time: 0035 GMT on 9th (7:35 p.m. EST on 8th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] March 10/11 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 27 Launch time: 0159 GMT on 11th (8:59 p.m. EST on 10th) 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 27th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. [Feb. 16] March Terran 1 ? ¡°Good Luck, Have Fun¡± Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-16, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket will launch on its inaugural demonstration flight. This launch of Terran 1 is the first orbital attempt by Relativity and will not include a customer payload. [Feb. 16] March Proton ? Olymp-K 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will launch an Olymp-K communications satellite for the Russian military. [Feb. 16] Mid-March GSLV Mk.3 ? OneWeb 18 Launch time: TBD 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. [Feb. 16] NET March 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. [Jan. 8] 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 New Discovery Sheds Light on Very Early Supermassive Black Holes Supermassive Black Holes 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 Tiangong?? Feb. 25 Feb. 27 ? All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. Astronomical Q and A.73 Round.? |
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Skynet Tonight! "Four of the Weirdest Objects in Space" & Constellation "Lepus, the Hare" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Four of the Weirdest Objects in Space¡± & Constellation ¡°Lepus, the Hare¡±? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Stargate Origins: Catherine¡± (2018) 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.Four of the Weirdest Objects in Space An image of the area surrounding Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, in X-ray and infrared light. X-ray: NASA/UMass/D.Wang et al.; IR: NASA/STScI FORBIDDEN PLANET.? This artist¡¯s impression portrays pulsar PSR B1257+12 as a small point of light in the distance, with its three planets bombarded by lethal X-ray and gamma-ray radiation. NASA/JPL-Caltech Hoags Object FERMI-MENT FILLER.? Enormous expanding bubbles of ultra-powerful gamma rays, each centered on nothingness, meet at our galaxy¡¯s core, as depicted in this illustration of the Milky Way. Discovered in 2010, the origin of these bubbles remains a complete mystery. NASA¡¯s Goddard Space Flight Center Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News 1st private Launcher space tug fails after launching on SpaceX rocket Space Tug James Webb Telescope GS-9209 Sprectograph The Kuiper Belt¡¯s dwarf planet Quaoar Hosts an Impossible Ring Dwarf Planet Quaoar Rings Around 3 Round Objects in the Solar System This Week in Space History 1997 February 11 STS-82 Hubble Space Servicing Mission 2000 February 11 STS-99 STRM Antenna Deployment 1961 February 12? Venera 1 2001 February 12 - . NEAR, Asteroid Eros Landing - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: NEAR. Images EROS Landing 1972 February 14? Luna 20 Landing Site 2005 February 15 - . Cassini, Titan Flyby, Successful - . Nation: USA. Spacecraft: Cassini. 1959 February 17 Vanguard 2 1965 February 17 Ranger 8 Launched Ranger 8 Spacecraft? 1973 February 17 - . MSC Renamed Lyndon B Johnson Space Center Space-Related Birthdays 1960 February 11 - . Birth of Richard Alan 'Rick' Mastracchio 1923 February 13 - . Birth of Charles E Yeager 1942 February 13 - . Birth of Donald Edward Williams? 1947 February 14 - . Birth of Pham Tuan 1935 February 15 - . Birth of Dr Roger Bruce Chaffee 1944 February 15 - . Birth of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Serebrov 1964 February 15 - . Birth of Leland Devon 'Lee' Melvin 1953 February 16 - . Birth of Michael Ray Mantz Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekLepus, the Hare Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Feb. 23 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-1 Launch time: 1837 GMT (1:37 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This mission will be the first mission to launch a new larger Starlink spacecraft design known as ¡°Starlink V2 Mini.¡± The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] NET? Feb. 23/24 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-23 Launch time: 0034 GMT on 24th (7:34 p.m. EST on 23rd) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission was originally supposed to carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara, but managers removed the crew from the mission in order to use the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft as a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Feb. 15] Feb. 26 Falcon 9 ? Crew 6 Launch time: 0707 GMT (2:07 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s ninth flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren ¡°Woody¡± Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 19. [Jan. 19] NET Late February Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-7 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. [Feb. 16] March 1 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb 17 Launch time: 1944 GMT (2:44 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 40 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing and deploying a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This will be the third launch of OneWeb satellites with SpaceX, and OneWeb¡¯s 17th? launch overall. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] March 8/9 Falcon 9 ? SES 18 & SES 19 Launch time: 0035 GMT on 9th (7:35 p.m. EST on 8th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Feb. 16] March 10/11 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 27 Launch time: 0159 GMT on 11th (8:59 p.m. EST on 10th) 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 27th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. [Feb. 16] March Terran 1 ? ¡°Good Luck, Have Fun¡± Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-16, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A Relativity Space Terran 1 rocket will launch on its inaugural demonstration flight. This launch of Terran 1 is the first orbital attempt by Relativity and will not include a customer payload. [Feb. 16] March Proton ? Olymp-K 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Proton rocket with a Breeze M upper stage will launch an Olymp-K communications satellite for the Russian military. [Feb. 16]?? Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Black Hole Devouring Encapsulated Star Resembles a Torus-shaped Dynamics Final Moments of Star inside Black Hole Star and Black Hole Progression Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. Tiangong Feb. 25th Feb. 26th Feb. 27th Hubble Space Telescope Feb. 19th Check-ins 11.? Astronomical Q and A.? Lean on Chaz KF5JHA, Kelly K5KTX, or Tony NT5TM for any questions.? They are all very knowledgeable and regularly check-in weekly. ? Check-ins or comments? 12.? 73 Round.Any checked-in stations with other remarks or questions? ? Final Check-Ins? ? Does anyone need any fills? ? ? CLOSING ? Tonight we had ______ hams participating on the air (count NCS).? Thank you to all who checked in this evening. ? We hope you¡¯ll join us here next week ¨C and every Saturday night ¨C at 9:00 p.m to discuss astronomy, space, and space exploration.? On this net, the sky is never the limit!? ? We are always looking for net control stations for this and all the other DARC nets. ? If you would like to try your hand at this contact any of the net controls by sending an email to ¡°nets@.... ? 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Skynet Tonight! "Top Questions About Comets" & Constellation "Orion, the Hunter" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Top Questions About Comets¡± & Constellation ¡°Orion, the Hunter¡±? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°The Wizard of Speed and Time¡± (1989) 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.Top Questions About Comets Comet Halley Comet Hale Bopp Comet Halley Halley¡¯s Comet 2004 Orbital Path Comet Tail Development Comet Neowise Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekOrion, the Hunter Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule \Feb. 11/12H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT on 12th (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST on 11th) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. [Jan. 13] Feb. 19/20 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-23 Launch time: 0157 GMT on 20th (8:57 p.m. EST on 19th) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission was originally supposed to carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara, but managers removed the crew from the mission in order to use the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft as a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Feb. 18 Falcon 9 ? Inmarsat 6 F2 Launch window: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Inmarsat 6 F2 communications satellite for London-based Inmarsat. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, the satellite carries L-band and Ka-band payloads to provide mobile communications services to airplanes and ships. [Jan. 31] Feb. 26 Falcon 9 ? Crew 6 Launch time: 0707 GMT (2:07 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s ninth flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren ¡°Woody¡± Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 19. [Jan. 19] Late February 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. [Jan. 13] Early 2023 Falcon 9 ? SES 18 & SES 19 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. [May 24] 1st Quarter Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first two 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. Delayed from January and September 2021. Delayed from March, May, June, July, and September 2022. Delayed again from 4th Quarter 2022. Delayed from January 2023. [Jan. 8] Check-ins or comments Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Fornax Galaxy Cluster The Universe is Too Smooth by Half Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. ISS Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Tiangong Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Hubble Space Telescope Feb. 16 Feb. 17 Feb. 18 Feb. 19 ? |
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Skynet Tonight! "Degradation of Astronomy by LEO Satellites" & Constellatoins "Caelum and Columbia" 9PM CT
Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Degradation of Astronomy by LEO Satellites¡± & Constellations ¡°Caelum, the Chisel and Columba, the Dove¡±? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: Timemaster (1995) 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.¡°Degradation of Astronomy Due to LEO Satellites¡± Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News Black History Month James Webb Space Telescope Discovers Water Ice at Ringed Asteroid Chariklo? RDRE Rare comet visitor Space-Related Birthdays Christina Koch Jan 29, 1979 Soyuz MS-12/Soyuz MS-13 (Expedition 59/60/61) Wally Funk Jan 31, 1939 Blue Origin NS-16 ? Daniel M. Tani Feb 01, 1961 STS-108, STS-120/122 (Expedition 16)? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Daniel_Tani.jpg/220px-Daniel_Tani.jpg Joe F. Edwards Jr. Feb 03, 1958 STS-89 This Week in Space History January 31, 1961 On this day in 1961, a chimpanzee named Ham became the first chimp in space.? Apollo 14 (January 31, 1971 ¨C February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon. Feb 1, 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart in the skies over Texas Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekCaelum, the Chisel and Columba, the Dove Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Feb. 5 Falcon 9 ? Amazonas Nexus Launch time: 2232 GMT (5:32 p.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Amazonas Nexus communications satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat. Amazonas Nexus will provide broadband connectivity to airplanes, ships, and other mobile users across the Americas, Greenland, and travel corridors across the Atlantic Ocean. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus NEO platform. [Jan. 31] February SSLV ? Test Flight 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India¡¯s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its second orbital test flight following a failed inaugural launch attempt in 2022. [March 31] Feb. 9 Soyuz ? Progress 83P Launch time: 0651 GMT (1:51 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 83rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Feb. 11 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This will be the fourth launch into a new orbital shell for SpaceX¡¯s second-generation Starlink constellation, called Starlink Gen2. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Feb. 1. [Jan. 31] Feb. 11/12 H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT on 12th (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST on 11th) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. [Jan. 13] Feb. 19/20 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-23 Launch time: 0157 GMT on 20th (8:57 p.m. EST on 19th) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission was originally supposed to carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara, but managers removed the crew from the mission in order to use the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft as a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Feb. 18 Falcon 9 ? Inmarsat 6 F2 Launch window: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Inmarsat 6 F2 communications satellite for London-based Inmarsat. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, the satellite carries L-band and Ka-band payloads to provide mobile communications services to airplanes and ships. [Jan. 31] Feb. 26 Falcon 9 ? Crew 6 Launch time: 0707 GMT (2:07 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s ninth flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren ¡°Woody¡± Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 19. [Jan. 19] Late February 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. [Jan. 13] Recent Astronomical Discoveries?A ¡°One in a Billion Binary System¡± Artist¡¯s Concept Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. ISS Feb. 6 Tiangong Feb. 12 |
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Skynet Tonight! "Fractal Antennas" & Constellation "Taurus, the Bull" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Fractal Antennas¡± & Constellation ¡°Taurus the Bull¡±? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Apollo 13¡± (1996) 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.Fractal Antennas Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellation Taurus, the Bull Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Jan. 29 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-6 Launch time: Approx. 1612 GMT (11:12 a.m. EST; 8:12 a.m. PST) 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. [Jan. 24] Jan. 31 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-3 Launch time: 0827 GMT (3:27 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This will be the third launch into a new orbital shell for SpaceX¡¯s second-generation Starlink constellation, called Starlink Gen2. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Jan. 19] Feb. 5 Falcon 9 ? Amazonas Nexus Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Amazonas Nexus communications satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat. Amazonas Nexus will provide broadband connectivity to airplanes, ships, and other mobile users across the Americas, Greenland, and travel corridors across the Atlantic Ocean. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus NEO platform. [Jan. 19] February SSLV ? Test Flight 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India¡¯s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its second orbital test flight following a failed inaugural launch attempt in 2022. [March 31] Feb. 9 Soyuz ? Progress 83P Launch time: 0651 GMT (1:51 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 83rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Feb. 11/12 H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT on 12th (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST on 11th) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. [Jan. 13] Feb. 19/20 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-23 Launch time: 0157 GMT on 20th (8:57 p.m. EST on 19th) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission was originally supposed to carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara, but managers removed the crew from the mission in order to use the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft as a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] 1st Quarter Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first two 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. Delayed from January and September 2021. Delayed from March, May, June, July, and? September 2022. Delayed again from 4th Quarter 2022. Delayed from January 2023. [Jan. 8] February Falcon 9 ? Inmarsat 6 F2 Launch window: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Inmarsat 6 F2 communications satellite for London-based Inmarsat. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, the satellite carries L-band and Ka-band payloads to provide mobile communications services to airplanes and ships. [Nov. 22] Feb. 26 Falcon 9 ? Crew 6 Launch time: 0707 GMT (2:07 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program¡¯s ninth flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren ¡°Woody¡± Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Feb. 19. [Jan. 19] Late February 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. [Jan. 13] Early 2023 Falcon 9 ? SES 18 & SES 19 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch SES 18 and SES 19 communications satellites for SES of Luxembourg. SES 18 and 19, built by Northrop Grumman, will provide C-band television and data services over the United States. [May 24] 1st Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Peregrine Launch window: 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 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. [Oct. 26] February Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz Launch window: TBD Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA259, 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. The small Ovzon 3 geostationary communications satellite for the Swedish company Ovzon will also be on this launch. [Nov. 22] NET Late February 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. [Jan. 8] 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 NASA's Fermi detects first gamma-ray eclipses from 'spider' star systems Spider Star Systems 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 ? ISS Feb. 3 Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Tiangong Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Hubble Space Telescope Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Jan. 31 |
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Skynet Tonight! "Winchcombe Meteorite" and "Future of Space Communications" 9PM CT
SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Winchcombe Meteorite¡± & ¡°Future of Space Communications¡±? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Robot and Frank¡± (2012) 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.Meteorite that crashed onto UK driveway contains the building blocks of life Winchcombe Meteorite Fireball Images Family Finds Winchcombe Meteorite Winchcomb Meteorite Winchcombe Meteorite Chemical/Organic Make-up Carbonaceous Chondrite Fragment Water - Chemical Interaction Waz UpSpecial Feature - Space? Communications Revolution?Virginia NV5F NASA¡¯s Space Communications Revolution? Artemis 1 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) SCaN Laser Communications Relay Demonstration NASA Partners for Near-Earth Communications Deep Space Communications Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellation ¡°Taurus, the Bull¡±? Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Jan. 23/24 Electron ? ¡°Virginia is for Launch Lovers¡± Launch window: 2300-0100 GMT on 23rd/24th (6:00-8:00 p.m. EST on 23rd) Launch site: LC-2, Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Island, Virginia A Rocket Lab Electron launch vehicle will lift off with three satellites for HawkEye 360, radio frequency geospatial analytics provider. This will be the first Rocket Lab mission from a new launch pad in Virginia. Delayed from Dec. 7, Dec. 9, Dec. 13, Dec. 15, Dec. 16 and Dec. 18. [Jan. 13] Jan. 24 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-2 Launch time: 0952 GMT (4:52 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This will be the second launch into a new orbital shell for SpaceX¡¯s second-generation Starlink constellation, called Starlink Gen2. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Jan. 19] Jan. 24/25 H-2A ? IGS Radar 7 Launch window: 0100-0300 GMT on 25th (8:00-10:00 p.m. EST on 24th) Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H-2A rocket, designated H-2A F46, will launch the IGS Radar 7 radar reconnaissance satellite for Japan¡¯s Information Gathering Satellites for the Japanese government¡¯s Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center. The H-2A rocket will fly in the 202 configuration with two strap-on solid rocket boosters. [Jan. 13] Late January Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-6 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. [Jan. 8] Jan. 31 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-3 Launch time: 0827 GMT (3:27 a.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink internet satellites. This will be the third launch into a new orbital shell for SpaceX¡¯s second-generation Starlink constellation, called Starlink Gen2. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. [Jan. 19] Feb. 5 Falcon 9 ? Amazonas Nexus Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Amazonas Nexus communications satellite for the Spanish company Hispasat. Amazonas Nexus will provide broadband connectivity to airplanes, ships, and other mobile users across the Americas, Greenland, and travel corridors across the Atlantic Ocean. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus NEO platform. [Jan. 19] February SSLV ? Test Flight 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India¡¯s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its second orbital test flight following a failed inaugural launch attempt in 2022. [March 31] Feb. 9 Soyuz ? Progress 83P Launch time: 0651 GMT (1:51 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 83rd Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Feb. 11/12 H3 ? ALOS 3 Launch window: 0137:55-0144:15 GMT on 12th (8:37:55-8:44:15 p.m. EST on 11th) Launch site: Launch Pad 2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H3 rocket will launch on its first test flight with the Advanced Land Observing Satellite 3, or ALOS 3, Earth observation satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. ALOS 3, also named Daichi 3, will capture high-resolution, wide-swath images of all of the world¡¯s land surfaces, providing data for applications in disaster management, land use, urban sprawl, scientific research, and coastal and vegetation environmental monitoring. The H3 rocket for Test Flight 1, or TF1, will fly in the H3-22S configuration with two first stage engines, two strap-on solid rocket boosters, and a short payload fairing. [Jan. 13] Feb. 19/20 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-23 Launch time: 0157 GMT on 20th (8:57 p.m. EST on 19th) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission was originally supposed to carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara, but managers removed the crew from the mission in order to use the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft as a replacement for the damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked to the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Jan. 13] Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Astronomers find the most distant stars in our galaxy halfway to Andromeda VISTA Infrared Survey Telescope Shows Central Part of Milky Way 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? Jan. 28 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Hubble Space Telescope Jan. 26 Jan. 26 Jan. 27 Jan. 28 ? |
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