Skynet Tonight! "How Astronauts Celebrate Thanksgiving in Space" & Constellation "Cassiopeia" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “How astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space” & “Cassiopeia, the queen”? ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Nova” (2022) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. ? Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX” ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening.How astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space From Astronomy.com ISS Thanksgiving Skylab 4 STS-61B Columbia, 1996 Expedition 3 ?Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Space Exploration News NASA is pausing all Mars missions, effective immediately. Scientists find hydrogen in Apollo moon rocks, suggesting astronauts can harvest lunar water A fresh analysis of moon rocks brought home during the Apollo missions has, for the first time, revealed the presence of hydrogen.? Mercury is home to exotic glaciers of salt, and they may host life beneath them Space-Related Birthdays Eileen Collins Nov 19, 1956 STS-63, STS-84, STS-93, STS-114 Nicole Stott Nov 19, 1962 STS-128, Expedition20, Expedition 21, STS-129, STS-133 Nicholas Patrick? Nov 19, 1964 STS-116, STS-130 James Dutton Nov 20, 1968 STS-131 Henry Hartsfield Nov 21, 1933 STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A Guion Bluford Nov 22, 1942 STS-8, STS-61-A, STS-39, STS-53 Owen Garriott? Nov 22, 1930 Skylab 3, STS-9 This Week in Space History Apollo 12 On November 24, 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down at 2:58 p.m. (CST) near American Samoa in the Pacific Ocean.? DART, Launched November 24, 2021 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a NASA space mission aimed at testing a method of planetary defense against near-Earth objects (NEOs). Aerobee launch, November 24, 1947 The Aerobee was an early sounding rocket that was essentially a larger, upgraded version of the WAC Corporal. It was one of two rockets developed by the United States Navy in the 1940s – the other being the Viking – to loft scientific instruments into the upper atmosphere.? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekCassiopeia, the queen Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule November 27/28 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-30 Launch time: 11 p.m. EST (0400 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 23 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster is to land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: November 25 NET November 28 Electron ? ‘The Moon God Awakens’ Launch time: 0400-0600 UTC (5-7 p.m. NZDT) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the QPS-SAR-5, also known as ‘TSUKUYOMI-I’, for the Japan-based Earth-imaging company the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS). This will be the 42nd flight of the Electron rocket and the first since a launch failure in September. Rocket Lab has nicknamed the mission ‘The Moon God Awakens’. Updated: November 25 November 29 Falcon 9 ? 425 Project EO/IR satellite 1 Launch time: 10:04 a.m. PST (1:04 p.m. EST / 1804 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket will launch the 425 Project EO/IR satellite 1 reconnaissance satellite for South Korea. The satellite is the first of five missions planned by the country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) for a program known as the ‘425 Project’. This first mission is an optical/infra-red imaging satellite. The four missions to follow will feature synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Also onboard is EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite, a 2U cubesat which was funded by the Education Office of the European Space Agency. The Falcon 9 first-stage booster is expected to return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Updated: November 25 December 1 Soyuz ? Progress MS-25 / 86P Launch time: 0925 UTC (4:25 a.m. EST) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 86th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. This mission will use a rocket in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Updated: November 25 December Falcon Heavy ? USSF 52 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the USSF 52 mission for the U.S. Space Force. The Falcon Heavy will launch an unspecified military payload on this mission. Delayed from October 2021 and 2nd Quarter 2022. Delayed from October 2022 and June 23, delayed from July 6 and Dec 7. Updated: November 25 December Falcon 9 ? Ovzon3 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Cape Canaveral A Falcon 9 will launch a much delayed small geostationary satellite for the Swedish broadband internet provider Ovzon. Originally scheduled to launch on an Ariane 5, the satellite was moved to Falcon 9 due to delayed in manufacturing. Delayed from summer 2023. Updated: November 08 December 24 Vulcan Centaur ? Peregrine Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its inaugural flight with the Peregrine commercial lunar lander for Astrobotic. The Peregrine robotic lander will carry multiple experiments, scientific instruments, and tech demo payloads for NASA and other customers. The mission will also launch two prototype satellites for Amazon’s Kuiper broadband constellation. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC2S configuration with two GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a short-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from mid-2022 and late 2022. Delayed from 1st Quarter 2023 and May 4. Updated: October 24 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April and June. Updated: October 07 4th Quarter Falcon 9 ? ASBM Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission, consisting of two satellites owned by Space Norway. The Falcon 9 will launch the two Northrop Grumman-built satellites into a highly elliptical orbit that lingers over the Arctic region. The satellites carry communications payloads for the Norwegian Ministry of Defense, the U.S. Space Force, and Inmarsat. Updated: October 26 TBD Falcon 9 ? USSF-124 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency. Updated: October 09 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 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 second pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. Updated: August 20 TBD Atlas 5 ? USSF 51 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-101, will launch the USSF 51 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This mission will launch an undisclosed payload for the military. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Telescope Array detects second highest-energy cosmic ray ever | ScienceDaily? Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. ISS Dec. 4 Tiangong Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dec. 3 Hubble Space Telescope Nov. 28 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 2 |
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