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Saturday’s Topic: “How To Build A Backyard Radio Telescope” & Constellations “Sculptor, the Sculptor’s Workshop” & “Phoenix, A Very Special Bird”

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

A formula for life? New model calculates chances of intelligent beings in our Universe and beyond | ScienceDaily?

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

How to Build a Backyard Radio Telescope?

Hendrick van de Hulst

Horn Antenna Harvard?

RTL-SDR and Parabolic Antenna Setup

Computer Rendering

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Space News:?

Nov. 15: Astronomers discover two galaxies aligned in a way where their gravity acts as a compound lens

Nov. 15: Survey captures image sequence of galactic neighbors in the local universe

Nov. 15 SpaceX knocks out another Space Coast launch

Birthdays

Ronald Evans? Nov 10, 1933 Apollo 17

Mark T. Vande Hei Nov 10, 1966 Soyuz MS-06 (Expedition 53/54), Soyuz MS-18/Soyuz MS-19 (Expedition 64/65/66)?

Mike Melvill? Nov 11, 1940 SpaceShipOne flight 15P, SpaceShipOne flight 16P

Gregory R. Wiseman Nov 11, 1975? Soyuz TMA-13M (Expedition 40/41), Artemis 2

Richard Truly November 12, 1937: 3 Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests; STS-2, STS-8)

Ed White November 14, 1930? Gemini 4, Apollo 1

Fred Haise November 14, 1933 Apollo 13

Ken Bowersox November 14, 1956 STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Exp. 6

Timothy Creamer November 15, 1959 Exp. 22/23

Carl Meade November 16, 1950 STS-38, STS-50, STS-64

Space History?

November 11:

1982: Last contact with Viking I Mars Lander

November 14:

1969: Apollo 12 launched from Kennedy Space Center with Astronauts Charles “Pete” Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean.

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1971: Mariner 9 successfully entered Mars orbit, beating the Soviet Mars 2 spacecraft which had an 11-day head start, to become the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

1974: Arecibo Observatory broadcasts interstellar message sent their first message to the stars in an attempt to contact extraterrestrials.??

November 16:

1973: The third and final Skylab crew launched. Astronauts Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue, and Ed Gibson flew to NASA’s orbiting workshop for a record-breaking 84-day mission.?

November 17:

1967: Surveyor 6 made history by becoming the first spacecraft to takeoff from the Moon.?

1970: The USSR landed the first roving space probe on the Moon.?

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Sculptor, the Sculptor’s Workshop & Phoenix, A Very Special Bird

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

November 17 Falcon 9 ? Optus-X

Launch time: Launch window 4:29-6:27 p.m. EST (2129-2327 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a payload called “Optus-X”. This mission has not been publicly announced by Optus, the Australian communications company. Based on regulatory filings this payload will eventually be positioned in geostationary orbit at 87.75 degrees.

Updated: November 16

November 17/18 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-12

Launch time: Launch window opens at 9:41 p.m. (12:41 a.m. EST, 0541 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will touchdown on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’

Updated: November 15

November 18 Falcon 9 ? GSAT-N2 / GSAT-20

Launch time: 1:31 p.m. EST (1731 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the GSAT-N2 (GSAT-20) satellite on behalf of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The communication satellite will be launched into a geostationary transfer orbit to continue India’s GSAT (Geosynchronous SATellite) system. The GSAT-N2 satellite is a Ka-band high throughput communication satellite, which has a mission life of 14 years. At liftoff GSAT-N2 has a mass of 4,700 kg (10,362 lbs). A little more than eight minutes, the Falcon 9 first stage booster will land on a SpaceX droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 13

November 19 Starship ? Flight 6

Launch time: 4 p.m. CST (5 p.m. EST, 2200 UTC)

Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas

SpaceX will launch its sixth, suborbital flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, a combination of the Ship upper stage (S31) and the Super Heavy booster (B13). This flight will feature the second planned catch of a Super Heavy booster by the chopsticks on the launch tower. Additional testing will be performed on the heat shield on S31 and SpaceX intends to reignite one of the Raptor vacuum engines during the Ship’s coast phase. S31 will perform a landing flip and make a gentle splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Delayed from Nov. 18.

Updated: November 16

November 21 Soyuz 2.1a / Progress MS-29 / 90P

Launch time: 7:22 a.m. EST (1222 UTC)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

An uncrewed Progress cargo ship will launched atop a Russian Soyuz rocket to deliver supplies to the International Space Station. It is expected to dock with the station at 9:35 a.m. EST (1435 UTC) on November 23.

Updated: November 13

November 22/23 Electron ? ‘Ice AIS Baby’

Launch time: 4:49 p.m. NZDT (10:49 p.m. EST Nov. 22, 0349 UTC)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will carry the third batch of five nano-satellites for Kinéis’ Internet of Things (IoT) constellation, which will ultimately consist of 25 satellites. According to Kinéis, “The AIS (Automatic Identification System) is a maritime system for the automatic identification of ships using VHF (Very High Frequency) radio frequencies.”

Updated: November 13

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

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Tiangong

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Nov. 21

Nov. 22

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Saturday’s Topic: “New Report Details What Happened to the Arecibo Observatory” & Constellation “Pegasus, the Winged Horse”?

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Net Control: Virginia NV5F

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Earthbound” (1981)

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?Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Astrophysicists use echoes of light to illuminate black holes | ScienceDaily?

Artist’s Rendering of Black Hole

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

New Report Details What Happened to the Arecibo Observatory

Radar images of 1991 VH and its satellite by Arecibo Observatory in 2008. Credit: NSF

Aerial view of the damage to the Arecibo Observatory following the collapse of the of the telescope platform on December 1st, 2020. Credit: Deborah Martorell

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Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News

Starship 31

SpaceX has formally announced on its official website that the sixth flight of Starship 31 and Super Heavy Booster 13 is scheduled for November 18th at 4:00 p.m. CT. The necessary launch license has already been obtained.?

X-59 Fires Up its Engine for First Time on its Way to Takeoff

Final Venus Flyby for NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Queues Closest Sun Pass

Space-Related Birthdays

Jeanette Epps Nov 3, 1970 SpaceX Crew-8 ( Expeditions 70/71/72)?

Kevin P. Chilton Nov 3, 1954?

STS-49

STS-59

STS-76

William H. Dana Nov 3, 1930?

X-15 Flight 174, X-15 Flight 197

Charles Edward Jones Nov 4, 1952?

Canceled Space Shuttle missions (STS-71-B)

(Died on 9-11 as a passenger on Flight 11)

Alan G. Poindexter Nov 5, 1961?

STS-122

STS-131

Charles O. Hobaugh Nov 5, 1961?

STS-104

STS-118

STS-129

Alvin Drew Nov 5, 1962?

STS-118

STS-133

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Robert J. Cenker Nov 5, 1948?

STS-61-C

Margaret Rhea Seddon Nov 8, 1947?

STS-51-D

STS-40

STS-58

Dale Gardner Nov 8, 1948?

STS-8

STS-51-A

Richard E. Lawyer Nov 8, 1932 no flights

Edward Gibson Nov 8, 1936 Skylab 4?

This Week in Space History

Nov. 8, 2005: Europe launches its 1st mission to Venus

Tycho's Supernova?

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Constellation “Pegasus, the Winged Horse”?

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

November 10 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-69

Launch time: Window opens at 4:28 p.m. EST (2128 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a SpaceX droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: November 07

November 11 Falcon 9 ? Koreasat-6A

Launch time: Window opens at 12:07 p.m. EST (1707 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Koreasat-6A on behalf of KT SAT Corporation Ltd., a satellite provider in South Korea. According to the satellite manufacturer, Thales Alenia Space, Koreasat-6A will “embark a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) payload to improve the continuity and availability of the Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS),” which is “similar to the European Geostationary?

Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).” A little less than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will return to Florida for a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Updated: November 05

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

Updated: September 11

TBD 2025 Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

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Tiangong

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Saturday’s Topic: “The International Space Station Has Been Leaking for Five Years” & Constellation “Pegasus, the Winged Horse”?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Addams Family” (1991)

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Astrophysicists solve mystery of last unexplained historical supernova from 1181 AD

1181AD Supernova

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

The International Space Station Has Been Leaking for Five Years

Pesky leaks on the International Space Station aren’t the most serious issue facing U.S. human spaceflight

?Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays

• October 27, 1946: Steven Nagel (STS-51-G, STS-61-A, STS-37, STS-55)

• October 27, 1946: Terry Hart (STS-41-C)

• October 27, 1953: Michael Baker (STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81)

• October 30, 1946: Robert L. “Hoot” Gibson (STS-41-B, STS-61-C, STS-27, STS-47, STS-71)

• October 30, 1961: Ronald J. Garan, Jr. (STS-124, Expedition 27/28)

• October 30, 1964: Sandra Magnus (STS-112, STS-126/119 (Expedition 18), STS-135)

• October 31, 1930: Michael Collins (Gemini 10, Apollo 11)

• October 31, 1949: Terrence Wilcutt (STS-68, STS-79, STS-89, STS-106)

• November 1, 1953: Jan Davis (STS-47, STS-60, STS-85)

• November 2, 1944: Jeffrey Hoffman (STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61, STS-75)

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Pegasus, the Winged Horse

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

November 3 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-77

Launch time: Window opens at 4:57 p.m. EST (2157 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: October 30

November 4 Electron ? (undisclosed payload)

Launch time: 11:30 p.m. NZDT (5:30 a.m. EST, 1030 UTC)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a satellite for “a confidential commercial customer.” The mission is described as “Rocket Lab’s fastest turnaround to date: from signed contract to launch date in less than two months.” The payload, the orbit and the timing of deployment were not disclosed at the time the launch was announced. The company has nicknamed the mission ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’. Delayed by Rocket Lab from Oct. 19 “to perform final checkouts.”

Updated: October 31

November 4/5 Falcon 9 ? CRS-31

Launch time: 9:29 p.m. EST (0229 UTC)

Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch one of its Cargo Dragon spacecraft to deliver thousands of pounds of science and other supplies to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s 31st supply run to the ISS as part of its Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. The first stage booster will perform a return to landing site (RTLS) landing at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) less than eight minutes after liftoff.

Updated: October 24

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

Updated: September 11

TBD 2025 Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

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Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

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ISS

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Tiangong

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Nov. 10

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Saturday’s Topic: “Did You See the Comet?” & Constellation “Cepheus, the King”?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The House on Haunted Hill” (1959)

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Rocky planets orbiting small stars could have stable atmospheres needed to support life | ScienceDaily

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

“Did You See the Comet?”

Share your C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) experience.

Rui Santos Leiria, Portugal

Muhammand Alaa Sharm el sheikh, Egypt

?Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News

1st triple black hole system discovered in 'happy accident'

After the Catch: What's Next for Starship Flight 6??

A BIG DEVELOPMENT IN SPACE WEATHER FORECASTING: Imagine a giant CME heading straight for Earth, but no one knew it was coming.

Space-Related Birthdays

Ronald McNair Oct 21, 1950?

STS-41-B

STS-51-L (disaster)

Douglas G. Hurley Oct 21, 1966?

STS-127

STS-135

SpX-DM2 (Expedition 63)

Donald H. Peterson Oct 22, 1933 STS-6

Susan Kilrain Oct 24, 1961?

STS-83

STS-94

Rusty Schweickart Oct 25, 1935? Apollo 9

Zena Cardman Oct 26, 1988 No flights yet

Stephen Robinson Oct 26, 1955?

STS-85

STS-95

STS-114

STS-130

This Week in Space History

On October 24, 1946, a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space.?

October 1945

Article in Wireless World, "Extra-Terrestrial Relays — Can Rocket Stations Give Worldwide Radio Coverage?" makes the first discussion of geostationary satellites as a means of communication. Written by Arthur C. Clarke.

Venera 9 was a Soviet un-crewed space mission to Venus. It consisted of an orbiter and a lander. It was launched on?

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Constellation Cepheus, the King

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

October 29 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-9

Launch time: 4:30 a.m. PDT (7:30 a.m. EDT, 1130 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the SpaceX droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’

Updated: October 24

October 30 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-13

Launch time: 5:10 p.m. EDT (2110 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a SpaceX droneship.

Updated: October 24

November 4 Electron ? ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’

Launch time: 11:30 p.m. NZDT (5:30 a.m. EST, 1030 UTC)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a satellite for “a confidential commercial customer.” The mission is described as “Rocket Lab’s fastest turnaround to date: from signed contract to launch date in less than two months.” The payload, the orbit and the timing of deployment were not disclosed at the time the launch was announced. Delayed by Rocket Lab from Oct. 19 “to perform final checkouts.”

Updated: October 25

November 4/5 Falcon 9 ? CRS-31

Launch time: 9:29 p.m. EST (0229 UTC)

Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch one of its Cargo Dragon spacecraft to deliver thousands of pounds of science and other supplies to the International Space Station. This will be SpaceX’s 31st supply run to the ISS as part of its Commercial Resupply Services-2 contract with NASA. The first stage booster will perform a return to landing site (RTLS) landing at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) less than eight minutes after liftoff.

Updated: October 24

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

Updated: September 11

TBD 2025 Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

You can use the website to find out what’s in orbit and

where to look during fly-overs

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ISS

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Nov. 4

Tiangong

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Oct. 30

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Saturday’s Topic: “A New Generation of Telescopes Will Probe the 'Unknown Unknowns'” & Constellation “Aquarius, the Water Bearer”

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Everything Beautiful is Far Away" (2017)

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

The origin of most meteorites finally revealed | ScienceDaily?

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

Next Generation of Telescopes

Chile Extremely Large Telescope

Vera C. Rubin Telescope

Hubble and Webb Telescopes

Chandra X-Ray Telescope

Hitomi X-Ray Satellite

Wavelength Spectrum Comparison

Euclid Launch and Mission on Falcon 9

6U Cubesat Telescopes

Gravitational Lensing

Final?

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Astronaut Birthdays

• October 13, 1952: Michael Clifford (STS-53, STS-59, STS-76)

• October 13, 1962: Michael Good STS-125, STS-132)

• October 14, 1978: Kathleen Rubins (Soyuz MS-01/Exp 48-49; Soyuz MS-17/Exp 63-64; first to sequence DNA in space; Artemis Team)

• October 16, 1956: James Newman (STS-51, STS-69, STS-88, STS-109)

• October 17, 1926: Karl Gordon Henize (STS-51-F)

• October 17, 1933: Bill Anders (Apollo 8)

• October 17, 1956: Mae Jemison (STS-47; first African American woman in space)

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Constellation “Aquarius, the Water Bearer”

9.? Space Launches For This Week

Tom KE5ICX?

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

NET October 19/20 Falcon 9 ? OneWeb 20

Launch time: Window opens at 10:04 p.m. PDT (1:04 a.m. EDT, 0509 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will carry the final batch of OneWeb’s Gen 1 satellites to low Earth orbit. Nearly eight minutes after liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, the Falcon 9 first stage booster, tail number B1082, will return for a touchdown at Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4). Launch delayed due to Falcon 9 second stage problem on Crew 9.

Updated: October 17

October 21 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-61

Launch time: Window opens at 6:40 p.m. EDT (2240 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will touch down on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: October 17

TBD Electron ? ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’

Launch time: 11:30 p.m. NZDT (6:30 a.m. EDT, 1030 UTC)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a satellite for “a confidential commercial customer.” The mission is described as “Rocket Lab’s fastest turnaround to date: from signed contract to launch date in less than two months.” The payload, the orbit and the timing of deployment were not disclosed at the time the launch was announced. Delayed by Rocket Lab from Oct. 19 “to perform final checkouts.”

Updated: October 18

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

Updated: September 11

TBD 2025 Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.??

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

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ISS and Tiangong have low or partial passes this week.?

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Saturday’s Topic: “Astronomers Spot a “Super-Mars” & Constellation “Austrinus, the Southern Fish” and “Grus the Crane”

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Missile to the Moon” (1958)

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Saturday’s Topic: “Lunar Trailblazer - Searching for Water on the Moon” & Constellation “Microscopium, the Microscope”?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Last Woman on the Earth” (1960)

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

ESO telescope captures the most detailed infrared map ever of our Milky Way | ScienceDaily?

Infrared Maps of Milky Way

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

Lunar Trailblazer - Searching for Water on the Moon

Mission Profile (Search for water)

Temporal Water Variations?

LTM Imaging (video)

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

Space Exploration News

NASA’s Chandra Finds Galaxy Cluster That Crosses the Streams

NASA's Europa Clipper on track for Oct. 10 launch to Jupiter's icy moon despite radiation worries.

NASA’s Artemis Science Instrument Gets Tested in Moon-Like Sandbox

Space-Related Birthdays

Robert Satcher Sept 22, 1965 STS-129

William C. McCool Sept 23, 1961 STS-107

Loren Shriver Sept 23, 1944?

STS-51-C

STS-31

STS-46

John Young Sept 24, 1930 Gemini 3

Gemini 10

Apollo 10

Apollo 16

STS-1

STS-9

Nick Hague Sept 24, 1975 Soyuz MS-10 (aborted)

Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60), SpaceX Crew-9 (Expedition 72)?

Clifton Williams? Sept 26, 1932 No flights (died in a plane crash)

Stephanie Wilson Sept 27, 1966?

STS-121

STS-120

STS-131

This Week in Space History

September 25, 1973 Skylab 3 lands

DART

DART spacecraft successfully collided with Dimorphos on 26 September 2022 at 23:14 UTC about 11 million kilometers (0.074 astronomical units; 29 lunar distances; 6.8 million miles) from Earth.?

Pathfinder

On Sept. 27, 1997, NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission beamed its very last data transmission back to Earth.

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Constellation “Microscopium, the Microscope”

Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

October 7 Falcon 9 ? Hera

Launch time: 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC)

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

SpaceX will launch the Hera European Space Agency mission to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by the DART mission in September 2022.

Updated: September 01

NET October 10 Falcon Heavy ? Europa Clipper

Launch time: 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Europa Clipper to begin its journey to the Galilean moon of the same name. Europa, a moon believed to have a saltwater ocean on its surface, is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons. It’s also the sixth closest to the planet. This Falcon Heavy rocket will be flown in a fully expendable configuration, bringing an end to the side booster, tail numbers B1064 and B1065, after they each flew on five previous Falcon Heavy missions.

Updated: September 12

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

Updated: July 12

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?

All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

ISS

Sept. 29

Sept. 30

Oct. 1

Oct. 2

Oct. 4

Tiangong

Sept. 29

Sept. 30

Oct. 2

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Saturday’s Topic: “The Bra-maker Who Won the Right to Make Astronaut spacesuits” & “Capricorn the Sea Goat”?

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Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Amelia 2.0” (2017)

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Recent Astronomical Discoveries?

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon | ScienceDaily?

?Discussion Topic of the Evening.

The improbable story of the bra-maker who won the right to make astronaut spacesuits

?Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History?

• September 16, 1956: Kevin Kregel (STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99)

• September 16, 1985: Warren Hoburg (SpaceX Crew-6-Exp 68/69)

• September 17, 1930: Thomas P. Stafford (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project)

• September 17, 1930: Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14)

• September 17, 1943: Samuel Durrance (STS-35, STS-67)

• September 17, 1961: Pamela Melroy (STS-92, STS-112, STS-120; current Deputy Administrator of NASA)

• September 18, 1944: Charles Veach (STS-39, STS-52)

• September 19, 1957: Richard Linnehan (STS-78, STS-90, STS-109, STS-123)

• September 19, 1965: Sunita Williams (STS-116/117-Exp 14/15, Soyuz TMA-05A-Exp 32/33, Boeing Crewed Flight Test/SpaceX Crew 9-Exp 71/72)

• September 19, 1987: Kayla Barron (SpaceX Crew-3-Exp 66/67)

• September 20, 1960: James Pawelczyk (STS-90)

• September 21, 1955: Richard Heib (STS-39, STS-49, STS-65)

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

“Capricorn the Sea Goat”

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Space Launches For This Week

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

TBD Electron ? Kinéis Mission 2

Launch time: 11 a.m. NZST ion 19th (7 p.m. EDT / 2300 UTC on 18th)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the second of five dedicated flights on behalf of French Internet-of-Things company Kinéis. Electron and the Curie upper stage will add five more satellites to Kinéis’ planned 25-satellite constellation. It will be the 53rd flight of the Electron rocket. The mission is nicknamed “Kinéis Killed the RadIOT Star’. Delayed from Sept. 16/17 due to poor weather. Launch aborted at T-0 on Sept. 18/19 due to ground systems issue.

Updated: September 20

NET September 26 Falcon 9 ? Crew 9

Launch time: 2:05 p.m. EDT (1805 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying a new crew of four to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Following the decision to return the Starliner astronauts aboard the Crew 9 Dragon, the mission will now be commanded by Nick Hague. He will be accompanied aboard the Dragon Freedom by Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov to start a six-month expedition to the station. Delayed from Aug. 18 due to the extension of the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission and delayed from Sept. 24 & 25 for separation between launches from pad 40.

Updated: September 18

TBD Vulcan ? Certification Flight 2

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

The second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will carry ballast and a collection of small payloads. ULA changed this mission when it became clear the original payload, Sierra Space Dream Chaser cargo ship, would not ready for launch. This second test flight is needed to gain certification from the U.S. military to fly national security payloads.

Updated: September 12

TBD H-2A ? IGS-Radar 8

Launch time: 14:24:20 JST (1:24:20 a.m. EDT, 0524:20 UTC)

Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center

A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., H-2A rocket will launch an intelligence-gathering satellite called the Information Gathering Satellite Radar 8 (IGS-Radar 8). Historically, these satellites have launched in pairs, labeled IGS-Optical and IGS-Radar. The IGS-Optical 8 spacecraft launched on Jan. 12, 2024. Delayed from Sept. 16 due to poor weather.

Updated: September 18

October 7 Falcon 9 ? Hera

Launch time: 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC)

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

SpaceX will launch the Hera European Space Agency mission to study the Didymos binary asteroid system that was impacted by the DART mission in September 2022.

Updated: September 01

NET October 10 Falcon Heavy ? Europa Clipper

Launch time: 12:31 p.m. EDT (1631 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Europa Clipper to begin its journey to the Galilean moon of the same name. Europa, a moon believed to have a saltwater ocean on its surface, is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons. It’s also the sixth closest to the planet. This Falcon Heavy rocket will be flown in a fully expendable configuration, bringing an end to the side booster, tail numbers B1064 and B1065, after they each flew on five previous Falcon Heavy missions.

Updated: September 12

NET November New Glenn ? NG-1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch the company’s Blue Ring spacecraft, which is capable of both hosting and deploying multiple payloads. Blue Origin will attempt to land the first stage booster on its sea-based landing platform, ‘Jacklyn.’

Updated: September 11

TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024.

Updated: July 12

NET Spring 2025 New Glenn ? EscaPADE

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex 36, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket will launch a pair of identical spacecraft on NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (EscaPADE) mission. The two satellites, named Blue and Gold, will make a roughly 11-month journey to Mars where they will then perform about an 11-month science mission while orbiting the Red Planet. Blue and Gold were manufactured by Rocket Lab over about 3.5 years and carry science experiments from the University of California, Berkeley. This launch of the New Glenn rocket will also feature a landing attempt on its landing barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October 13.

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Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

You can use the website to find out what’s in orbit and

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All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

ISS?

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Sept. 30

Tiangong

Sept. 28

Sept. 29

Sept. 30