Skynet Tonight! " The Aurora Named STEVE" & Constellations "Vulpecula" and "Sagitta" 9 PM CT
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?Saturday’s Topic: “The Aurora Named STEVE” & Constellations “Vulpecula the Little Fox and Sagitta the Arrow”? Check-in Hotlink: ? Net Control: Billye KF5PDS ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Atomic Rulers of the World" (1965) 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: Recent Astronomical Discoveries?New view of North Star reveals spotted surface North Star Discussion Topic of the Evening.“The Aurora Named STEVE” “STEVE” the Aurora “STEVE” over Little Box Resort, Alberta (Aug. 2015) A “STEVE” over Crossfield, Alberta (March 2018) Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellations “Vulpecula the Little Fox and Sagitta the Arrow”? Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule August 25 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-5 Launch time: Window opens 12:14 a.m. PDT (3:14 a.m. EDT / 0714 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will make a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ Updated: August 24 NET August 27 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 8-10 Launch time: Four-hour window opens at 3:13 a.m. EDT (0713 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, 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 in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: August 23 August 27 Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) 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, early summer 2024 and Aug. 26. Updated: August 21 3rd Quarter Falcon 9 ? BlueBird Block 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch five 700-square-foot Block 1 BlueBird satellites on behalf of its customer, AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Updated: April 02 September 11, 2024 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-26 Launch time: 7:32 p.m. MSK (12:23:02 p.m. EDT, 1623:02 UTC) Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Site 31 A Russian Soyuz 2.1a rocket will launch a three-man crew to the International Space Station. Crew commander Alexey Ovchinin will be joined by fellow cosmonaut Ivan Vagner and NASA astronaut Don Pettit. The Soyuz is set to dock withe the ISS at about 3:33 p.m. EDT (1933 UTC). The spacecraft will remain docked with the orbiting outpost until about April 1, 2025. This will be Pettit’s fourth flight to space. Updated: August 12 Sept. TBD Vulcan ? Certification Flight 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida The second flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket will carry ballast and a collection of small payloads. ULA changed this mission when it became clear the original payload, Sierra Space Dream Chaser cargo ship, would not ready for launch. This second test flight is needed to gain certification from the U.S. military to fly national security payloads. Updated: July 15 NET September 24 Falcon 9 ? Crew 9 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon spacecraft carrying a new crew of four to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronauts Commander Zena Cardman, Pilot Nick Hague, and Mission Specialist Stephanie Wilson, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Mission Specialist Aleksandr Gorbunov will embark aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft on a six-month expedition to the station. Delayed from Aug. 18 due to the extension of the Starliner Crew Flight Test mission. Updated: August 06 TBD Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-63XL solid rocket boosters, a long-length payload fairing, and two RL10 engines on the Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August 2022, December 2023, January 2024,? April 2024 and September 2024. 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. Tiangong Aug. 27 Aug. 28 Aug. 29 Aug. 31 |
Tom General