Skynet Tonight! "Recap of ISDC 2023" & Constellation "Libra, the Scales" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT ? Saturday¡¯s Topic: ¡°Recap of ISDC 2023¡± & Constellation ¡°Libra, the Scales¡±? ? Net Control: Bill N5BB ? 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¡± 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. Recap of ISDC 2023, the International Space Development Conference? Discussion Topic of the Evening.Bill Byrom N5BB NCS Recap of ISDC 2023, the International Space Development Conference?
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Miss Carolyn¡¯s Constellation of the WeekConstellation Libra, the Scales Space Launches For This WeekSpace Coast Launches Space Flight Now Launch Schedule June 4 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-4 Launch time: 0956 GMT (5:56 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of approximately 22 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Moved forward from June 3. Delayed from May 30 and June 1. Updated: June 03 June 4 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 28 Launch time: 1612 GMT (12:12 p.m. EDT) 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 28th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Updated: June 03 June 9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-11 Launch time: 0756-1125 GMT (3:56-7:25 a.m. EDT) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 03 June 12 Falcon 9 ? Transporter 8 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 8 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Launch site changed from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to Vandenberg Space Force Base. Updated: June 03 June 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. Updated: April 01 June 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. Updated: April 24 June 16 Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz Launch time: TBD Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA260, to launch the Syracuse 4B and Heinrich Hertz communications satellites. Syracuse 4B, built by Airbus, will relay secure communications between French military aircraft, ground vehicles, and naval vessels, including submarines. The Heinrich Hertz satellite, built by OHB, will test new communications technologies on a mission funded by the German government. This will be the final launch of an Ariane 5 rocket. Delayed from February due to problems completing the Heinrich Hertz satellite. Moved forward from June 21. Updated: May 05 June 17 Falcon 9 ? Satria Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Satria communications satellite for the Indonesian government and the Indonesian satellite operator PSN. The Satria satellite will provide broadband internet and communications capacity for schools, hospitals, and other public use facilities in Indonesia¡¯s rural regions. The satellite was built by Thales Alenia Space, and is based on the Spacebus Neo platform. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 24 June 21 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket will launch a classified spy satellite cargo for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The largest of the Delta 4 family, the Heavy version features three Common Booster Cores mounted together to form a triple-body rocket. This is the penultimate flight of a Delta 4 rocket. Delayed from March and April 20. Updated: May 27 June Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-7 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9¡¯s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: May 11 TBD 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 and June 9. Updated: June 03 TBD 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: May 04 July Antares ? NG-19 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 20th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 19th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-19. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230+ configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage. This will be the final flight of an Antares 230+ rocket before a redesign with new U.S.-made engines. Delayed from March, April 21, and May. Updated: April 24 July 7 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. Recent Astronomical Discoveries?Brenda WB5OZL Mysterious Dashes Revealed in Milky Way¡¯s Center Dashes 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. 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