Skynet Tonight! "The Big Silence" & Constellation "Ophiuchus" 9PM CT
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SKYNET!!!!? 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT ? Saturday’s Topic: “The Great Silence” & Constellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler”? ? Net Control: Tom KE5ICX ? Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “At the Earth’s Core” (1975) 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. ? Discussion Topic of the Evening. Enter Topic Here Enter NCS Name and Call Here ?Discussion Topic of the Evening. The Great Silence Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens Galaxy Clusters Plate Tectonics Plate Tectonics - Pacific Drake Equation? Imagining ExoCivilizations Advanced Civilization Underwater Civilizations The Great Filter Artist’s Concept of Ross 123b (11 Light Years from Earth) Waz UpSpace Exploration and Space History?Astronaut Birthdays:
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the WeekConstellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Wrangler” Space Launches For This WeekSpace Flight Now Launch Schedule GENERAL NOTICE: From the Orlando Sentinel (July 12th, 2024) For the first time since 2016, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket experienced a catastrophic failure after a liquid oxygen leak developed on the spacecraft’s second stage – an incident that will delay the company’s launches until investigations into the mishap are completed. The Falcon 9 launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Thursday night and was on a mission to deliver 20 Starlink satellites into orbit when the problem occurred. NET July 19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 10-4 Launch time: Window opens at 1:43 a.m. EDT (0543 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starklink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. Following stage separation, the booster will land on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Launch delayed from July 14 in wake of Starlink 9-3 failure and faces possibility of further delay. Updated: July 13 NET July 30 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. Updated: July 10 NET July 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: July 12 NET July 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: July 12 NET July 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 12 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 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 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. Updated: July 12 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: July 12 Recent Astronomical Discoveries?The Origins of Dark Comets “Dark Comet”? Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.?All times are “local” (Dallas) time. NO ISS Passes Tiangong Jul 14 Jul 19 Jul 20 Jul 21 Jul 22 Hubble Space Telescope Jul 14 Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 18 Envisat Jul 15 Jul 16 Jul 18 Jul 21 ? |
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