Skynet Tonight! Nearby Star Systems That Could be Good Targets in the Search for Alien Life¡± 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Nearby Star Systems That Could be Good Targets in the Search for Alien Life¡± & ¡°Scutum the Shield¡± and ¡°Corona Austrina the Southern Crown¡±? HOTLINK CHECK-IN: ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: ¡°Star Trek III: The Search for Spock¡± (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¡± ? Direct Video Link: ? IO Group:/g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: Saturday¡¯s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomers Artist¡¯s Concept Discussion Topic of the Evening.¡°Nearby Star Systems That Could be Good Targets in the Search for Alien Life¡± By Robert Lea space.com & Keith Cowing Astrobiology.com "We have identified stars where the habitable zone¡¯s X-ray radiation environment is similar to or even milder than the one in which Earth evolved." 3D Map of Stars Near the Sun Venus and Habitable Zone Chart Video: Animation Showing Exoplanet ¡°Transiting¡± Face of Star Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the Week¡°Scutum the Shield¡± and ¡°Corona Austrina the Southern Crown¡± Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule August 10 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-7 Launch time: Four-hour window opens at 7:21 a.m. EDT (1121 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a 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: August 05 August 11 Electron ? Acadia 3 Launch time: 11:15 p.m. NZT on the 21st - 1115 UTC / 7:15am EDT Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the Acadia 3 satellite for Capella Space, a commercial provider of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery data. The satellite will be deployed into a 615km circular orbit. The mission has been named ¡°A Sky Full Of SARs¡± by Rocket Lab. Delayed from July at request of Capella Space. Updated: August 08 NET August 11/12 Falcon 9 ? ASBM Launch time: 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT, 0200 UTC) 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: August 05 NET August 15 Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company¡¯s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency¡¯s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites¡¯ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS¡¯ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs¡¯ Tanager-1 satellite. Delayed from July 10. Updated: July 29 NET August Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 3 & 4 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, 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: July 10 NET August 26 Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott ¡°Kidd¡± Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023, April 2024 and early summer 2024. Updated: August 07 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 Aug 15 Aug 17 Aug 18 Tiangong Aug 11 |
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