Skynet Tonight! "How Accurate is 2001: A Space Odyssey?" & Constellation "Aquila the Eagle" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°How accurate was/is ¡®2001: A Space Odyssey¡¯?¡± & Constellation ¡°Aquila the Eagle¡±? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Electric Dreams¡± (1984) 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 accurate was/is ¡°2001: A Space Odyssey¡±? Movie Poster Discovery One Weightless EVA Space Clipper Cockpit Discovery One Rear Discovery One Decompression Walking on the Moon Space Station Under Construction Imagining the future HAL 9000 Tablets in Space! Kubrick Directing? Phone Home Pan Am? Corporate Logos in 2001 Waz UpConstellation ¡°Aquila the Eagle¡± Space Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekAquila the Eagle Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule August 26/27 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-11 Launch time: 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 UTC) 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 is to land on the drone ship ¡®Just Read the Instructions¡¯ in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Aug. 22. Updated: August 25 August 26/27 H-2A ? XRISM & SLIM Launch time: 0030:15 UTC (9:30:15 a.m. JST on Aug. 27 / 8:30 p.m. EDT on Aug. 26) Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H-2A rocket, designated H-2A F47, will launch the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, a joint project between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA. XRISM is a replacement for the Hitomi X-ray astrophysics observatory, which failed about one month after launch in 2016. XRISM will perform high-resolution X-ray spectroscopic observations of the hot gas plasma wind that blows through the galaxies in the universe. These observations will enable us to determine flows of mass and energy, revealing the composition and evolution of celestial objects. JAXA¡¯s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, mission will fly as a rideshare on this launch, heading to the moon to test precision landing technology. The H-2A rocket will fly in the 202 configuration with two strap-on solid rocket boosters. Delayed from 2nd Quarter after H3 launch failure. Updated: August 24 August 29 Atlas 5 ? NROL-107 Launch time: 8:34 a.m. EDT (1234 UTC) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The NROL-107 mission will launch a classified payload known as Silentbarker. The mission is a partnership between the NRO and the U.S. Space Force, which have disclosed little information about the payload other than it will focus on satellite threat intelligence and space situational awareness. Updated: August 25 August 30 Falcon 9 ? SDA Tranche 0B Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 18 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military¡¯s Space Development Agency. The launch is the second 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 June. Updated: August 20 September 15 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-24 Launch time: 1544 UTC Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the crewed Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission will carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O¡¯Hara into orbit for a long-duration flight on the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Updated: August 20 NET September 26 Atlas 5 ? Project Kuiper Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida The first two demonstration satellites for Amazon¡¯s Project Kuiper broadband constellation will launch on an Atlas 501 rocket. These satellites were originally scheduled to fly on the first Vulcan rocket. Updated: August 20 NET September 29 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: August 20 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: August 20 4th Quarter 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: June 20 October 5 Falcon Heavy ? Psyche Launch time: 1438:37 GMT (10:38:37 a.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA¡¯s Psyche asteroid mission. The Maxar-built spacecraft will travel to the metallic asteroid Psyche, where it will enter orbit in 2029. This is the first spacecraft to explore a metal-rich asteroid, which may be the leftover core of a protoplanet that began forming in the early solar system more than 4 billion years ago. The Falcon Heavy¡¯s two side boosters will return to Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovery. The center core will be expended. Delayed from 2022 due to payload software issues. Moved forward from Oct. 10, 2023. Updated: April 01 October 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, June 9 and Aug. 27. Updated: August 22 November 1 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 29 Launch time: TBD 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 29th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Mysterious Neptune dark spot detected from Earth for the first time Neptune Dark Spot Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.? All times are ¡°local¡± (Dallas) time. Envisat? Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 Sep. 2 Sep. 3 ?? |
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