Skynet Tonight! "Doubts Over Signs of Life: K2-18b" & Constellation "Virgo" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “Doubts Over Signs of Alien Life on Exoplanet K2-18b are Rising” & Constellation “Virgo the Maiden”? ? Net Control: Virginia NV5F ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. ? ?Recent Astronomical Discoveries? Stellar Collapse and Explosions Distribute Gold Throughout the Universe “Gold in the Universe” Magnetar, Pulsar, Magnetstar+Pulsar Artist’s Concept Neutron Star Collision Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI)? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Doubts Over Signs of Alien Life on Exoplanet K2-18b are Rising Artist’s Concept K2-18b DMS and DMDS SpectrumMadhusudhan’s DMS ResultsTypical Three Sigma ResultK2-18b’s Orbit Compared to EarthVarious: Seligman Analysis ?Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News President Trump nominates former Air Force colonel Matt Anderson to be NASA's deputy chief On Wednesday (May 7), President Donald Trump announced that he's nominating Matt Anderson to be NASA deputy administrator. Sierra Space completes ground demo of navigation satellite for U.S. Space Force program Space-Related Birthdays May 4-10 Michael L. Gernhardt? May 4, 1956:? (STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104) Michael J. Adams? May 5, 1930 X-15 flight 191. He died when his plane crashed. He was awarded astronaut wings posthumously Douglas H. Wheelock May 5, 1960 STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) David Leestma May 6, 1949 STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 Donald A. Thomas May 6, 1955 STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94 Tamara E. Jernigan? May 7, 1959 STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Charles Camarda? May 8, 1952 STS-114 Vance D. Brand? May 9, 1931 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35 Lisa Nowak May 10, 1963 STS-121 Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958 STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110 This Week in Space History May 4-10 On May 5, 1961, the United States launched its first man into space.? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekVirgo the Maiden Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule May 11 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-83 Launch time: Window opens at 12:24 a.m. EDT (0424 UTC) Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean, east of The Bahamas. Updated: May 09 May 12/13 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 15-4 Launch time: Window opens at 5 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT, 0000 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes into the flight, the first stage booster will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: May 10 May 14 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-67 Launch time: Window opens at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 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 into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes into the flight, the first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean, to the east of The Bahamas. Updated: May 10 NET May 15 Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4, 2024, due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: May 04 May 16 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 15-5 Launch time: Window opens at 6 a.m. PDT (9 a.m. EDT, 1300 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes into the flight, the first stage booster will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: May 10 NET May 17 Electron ? ‘The Sea God Sees’ Launch time: TBD Launch site: Launch Complex A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 on behalf of the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) a Japan-based Earth-imaging company. This will be the second launch out of eight dedicated missions to deploy iQPS’ constellation. This will be the third overall Electron flight for iQPS. Updated: May 05 NET Late May Falcon 9 ? GPS 3 SV-08 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin. The GPS 3 Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08) is named in honor of mathematician, Katherine Johnson, whose calculations contributed significantly to early human spaceflight. The Falcon 9 first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: April 11 June 8 Falcon 9 ? Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) Launch time: Approx. 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC) Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight will serve as the commander of the mission. This will be her fifth trip to space and her second time commanding a private astronaut mission. Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot and astronaut with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be the pilot onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. S?awosz Uznański-Wi?niewski, a Polish member of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Astronaut Reserve Class of 2022, and Tibor Kapu, a Hungarian member of the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) Astronaut Program, will serve as the Mission Specialists. These four astronauts will spend up to 14 days docked to the ISS after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket. Following stage separation, the booster will target a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Updated: May 09 NET June 23/24 H-2A ? GOSAT-GW Launch time: 1:33:03 a.m. JST on June 24 (12:33:03 p.m. EDT, 1633:03 UTC on June 23) Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. H-2A rocket will launch the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW), a Japanese Earth-observing satellite. The roughly 2,900 kg (6,393 lbs) satellite will operate in a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 666 km (414 mi). This spacecraft comes from a partnership between the Japanese Ministry of Environment (MOE), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The two primary instruments are the Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 (TANSO-3) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 (AMSR3). This will be the 50th and final launch of a H-2A rocket. Updated: April 25 NET June Falcon 9 ? Transporter-14 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of payloads on its latest Smallsat rideshare program, called Transporter. This mission, dubbed Transporter-14, will include a variety of customers, including the MayaSat-1 capsule from The Exploration Company, the OSSIE OTV (orbital transfer vehicle) from UARX Space and three Erminaz PocketQubes from AMSAT-DL. The Falcon 9 first stage booster will perform a return to landing site touchdown at Landing Zone 4 less than eight minutes after liftoff. Updated: May 08 ?? Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.You can use the website to find out what’s in orbit and where to look during fly-overs ? All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS May 10 May 11 May 11
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