Skynet Tonight1 "Where Are They Now?" & Constellations "Perseus, the Hero" & "Camelopardalis, the Giraffe" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Where are They Now?” & Constellations “Perseus, the Hero” and “Camelopardalis, the Giraffe”? ? Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Kiss: Attack of the Phantoms” 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.NCS Name and Callsign Brenda WB5OZL The most distant spacecraft in the solar system — Where are they now? Voyager 1 & 2 Voyager 1&2, Pioneer 10 & 11, New Horizons Pioneer 10 & 11 New Horizons Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekPerseus, The hero, and Camelopardalis, the giraffe Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule Jan. 15 Falcon Heavy ? USSF 67 Launch period: 2256-2334 GMT (5:56-6:34 p.m. EST) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 67 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The mission will launch the Space Force’s second Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM, or CBAS 2, military communications satellite and the Long Duration Propulsive ESPA 3A, or LDPE 3A, rideshare satellite hosting multiple experimental payloads. Delayed from 4th Quarter 2022, Jan. 10, Jan. 12, and Jan. 13 [Jan. 14] Jan. 18 Falcon 9 ? GPS 3 SV06 Launch time: 1200 GMT (7:00 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Space Force’s sixth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The satellite was built by Lockheed Martin. Delayed from late 2022. [Jan. 8] Jan. 18 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 51 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. 13] 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. 24/25 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] 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] TBD Falcon 9 ? Starlink 2-2 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 mission will deploy the Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit inclined 70 degrees to the equator after flying southeast from Cape Canaveral. Delayed from Nov. 16 and Nov. 18. Delayed from December. [Dec. 7] Late January 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. 8] 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] 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?How Do Rocky Planets Really Form? Earth, Apollo 17 Photo? 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. 15 Jan. 17 Tiangong Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 19 |
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