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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 11 January 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Universe is Flat!” & “Isaac Asimov at 100: Life and Times” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Amazing Colossal Man (1957) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. The Universe is Flat! Paul Sutter, Astrophysicist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54d62664e4b092010cefeec8/1515603427024-CDFUMP3I8FSP7C53CP2W/ke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kIgKsZfsxacz8qHBzbiXgId7gQa3H78H3Y0txjaiv_0fDoOvxcdMmMKkDsyUqMSsMWxHk725yiiHCCLfrh8O1z4YTzHvnKhyp6Da-NYroOW3ZGjoBKy3azqku80C789l0sp4XKerKdnE1ZNJsjVYBZMv0zAdkRi8j4_RqFIMb05Gsn3WITxFRlRV8jRHiWynYQ/PMSutter4shots.png?format=2500w Flat or Round - They Decide https://d2r55xnwy6nx47.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/11/ClosedUniverse_Lede.jpg Sphere, Saddle, or Plane? https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KnaPvdak4KyfEFp8iUtQ97-970-80.jpg Space Exploration and Space History TOI 1338b Discovered by TESS as First Circumbinary Planet TESS: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/nightingale_0.png TOI 1338b Eclipsing Simulation https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013500/a013510/TOI_1338b_transits_LQ.mp4 Eleven Astronaut Candidates Graduated from Johnson Space Center NASA Astronaut Graduation: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/jsc2020e000607.jpg Space/NASA History: In space history this week… January 5, 1917 Robert Goddard Granted $5,000 to Study Rocketry https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg/800px-Goddard_and_Rocket.jpg January 5, 1972 President Nixon Announces Approval to Develop Space Shuttle https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Space_Shuttle_concepts.jpg January 6, 1998 Lunar Prospector Launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg/800px-Lunar_Prospector_in_Clean_Room_-_GPN-2000-001543.jpg January 7, 1968 Surveyor 7 Launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Surveyor_NASA_lunar_lander.jpg January 8, 1942 Stephen Hawking Born in Oxford, England https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg/1920px-Physicist_Stephen_Hawking_in_Zero_Gravity_NASA.jpg January 10, 1946 DeWitt Bounces Radio Signal off Moon https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Project_Diana_antenna.jpg January 11, 1962 John F. Kennedy State of the Union Address: The New Frontier https://spacecoastdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/NASA-History-1962-John-F.-Kennedy-580-2.jpg Waz Up? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week “The Life and Times of Isaac Asimov” Isaac Asimov https://miro.medium.com/max/2000/1*dLpB4GzhTe794DSdW451EQ.jpeg Radio Shack Promotional https://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2013/12/azimiov.jpg Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction https://i.pinimg.com/474x/3d/9f/8b/3d9f8b78f0590153b53bc93f923899fc.jpg Foundation Trilogy https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1316412178l/46654.jpg The Gods Themselves https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51XFsyxJHwL._SX299_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg Personal Collection of IA Books https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Isaac-Asimov-collection-small.jpg Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Recent Astronomical Discoveries Astronomers find wandering massive black holes in dwarf galaxies https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106103440.htm?fbclid=IwAR0XlMgQmphdcNR174b6weYvpXPROaga77xrSFMpWSOt8-ef6XBNSLit2VU Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 18 January 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Solar Sails” & “Constellation Canis Major” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Doctor X” (1932) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Beam Rider: New 'Self-Centering' Laser Sail Could Enable Interstellar Travel https://www.space.com/laser-sail-centering-breakthrough-starshot.html Space Exploration and Space History January 13, 1978 NASA selects the first women astronauts. First Female NASA Astronauts https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Nkoe4UEZrW24uiTVqqkPmP-1024-80.jpg January 15, 2006 Earth return of samples from Stardust - picture is visible dust grains in the aerogel collector Stardust Comet Sample Return https://airandspace.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/WEB10960-2008h.jpg January 19, 2006 An Atlas V launched New Horizons at Cape Canaveral https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiy9a-Sso7nAhUG7awKHUcvDEcQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpluto.jhuapl.edu%2FNews-Center%2FNews-Article.php%3Fpage%3D20160119&psig=AOvVaw04-cC36QLXTDfK41Ln1VlL&ust=1579479590534100 Waz Up? Chaz! https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83750899_4035014169858069_8813662595249602560_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=1Oraws0P2UsAX_c3lZX&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=f30d7ff7a64f6757d83c0bc80c83fd2e&oe=5EDB3B3A DARC Skynet https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83403374_4035014136524739_78985625394479104_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&_nc_ohc=7wAix_9WeT8AX9NVC6D&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=d485828a865dc22ecb4cffdf8bb938a1&oe=5ED211F2 Venus in Aquarius (1-17-20) https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82419356_4035014139858072_4488797632470188032_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=741E0CuAokYAX9FN-O0&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=1202a07c7f2acabe4a3b71362db17afa&oe=5ED411AA Moon and Venus in Aquarius (1-20) https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83239581_4035014303191389_1008399952495247360_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_ohc=h0TCtCgbgqoAX8zahD4&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=717cc294232487bb2a685bc05f7dbd69&oe=5E941667 Moon, Mars Near Antares (1-20) https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83113897_4035014313191388_3355087976139849728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_ohc=a5jNB7gsG6AAX_1Rc-v&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=8239bfec77b999b2f4afddd9b0977b49&oe=5E9CEB11 Moon Jupiter and Venus (1-22 and 1-25) Sagittarius and Aquarius https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82299706_4035014316524721_979235299194306560_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_ohc=eo4Yaxw1Qy8AX_hSYIH&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=3b389bb22d50a4b8f813e48bc69af533&oe=5E97590F Leslie Peltier "Starlight Nights" https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82368444_4035014426524710_7491435670267756544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=gZxIeZzP8b4AX-049Rn&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=0503112398fd7b6fcf8d797865abd0ca&oe=5ED643DC Arcturus in Bootes https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82142523_4035014429858043_4452516115280560128_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&_nc_ohc=g_fNn_mXzYYAX96t-S3&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=d925a20071ad7e354ede6c08de2ad699&oe=5E9946B8 Moon Phases this month. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83268224_4035014489858037_6361841554679660544_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_ohc=i6IdT9AbaVsAX-LkuAA&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=ab8842b3b6f3290bf78d33474676ef0d&oe=5EDBCB82 TAS Saturday Observing Sessions https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/83582426_4035014519858034_1652535228876455936_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=kzDFOCFwNgoAX-yVUk6&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=72ea8dcc614feadc4bcba818e1112ed0&oe=5EA42085 Questions? https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/82936378_4035014533191366_7973423011963338752_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_ohc=h9xef_z5OBQAX8NS44E&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=b897114f4c94d77d57fb1c1f

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 25 January 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 1 February 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Finding Life in the Universe” & “Constellation Taurus the Bull” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Curse of the Mayans” (2017) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Ellen Stofan https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ellen_Stofan_%2810409828915%29.jpg Opportunity on Mars https://mars.nasa.gov/system/news_items/main_images/8423_21472_pia22207_1280.jpg Milky Way Galaxy Kepler Search https://cdn.zmescience.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/284361main_kepler-target-region-galaxy_946-710.jpg Next Mars Rover https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/m2020-rover-cad.jpg Europa https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10835177/europa02_photoa_plumes1042x1042_160919.jpg James Webb Space Telescope https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/1fb5d78/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1280x960+0+0/resize/1280x960!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.newatlas.com%2Farchive%2Fjames-webb-space-telescope-0.jpg Exoplanet Direct Imaging https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/z46BBNcucYTJDg74YWekQP-1024-80.jpg Claire Webb https://titleix.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/Photo%20on%202-27-18%20at%202.48%20PM%20%232_0.jpg Space Exploration and Space History Monday 27 1829: Isaac Roberts born, pioneer astrophotographer https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Isaac_Roberts.png 1951: Beatrice Tinsley born (Astronomer and Cosmologist) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Beatrice_Tinsley.jpg 1967: Apollo 1 astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee die in cockpit fire on launch pad during test https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Apollo1-Crew_01.jpg Tuesday, 28th 1611: Johannes Hevelius born https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Johannes_Hevelius%28close-up%29.jpg 1986: Space Shuttle Challenger explodes, 7 astronauts die https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Challenger_flight_51-l_crew.jpg Wednesday 29th 1964: SA-5 launched, first Saturn I Block 2 rocket https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Seamans%2C_von_Braun_and_President_Kennedy_at_Cape_Canaveral_-_GPN-2000-001843.jpg 1989: Phobos 2 enters orbit around Mars https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Phobos_Marte.jpg Thursday 30th 1964: Ranger 6 launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/Ranger_6_lift_off_KSC-64PC-0002.jpg Friday, 31st 1958: Explorer 1 launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Explorer1.jpg 1961: Mercury Redstone 2 suborbital flight with chimpanzee Ham https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Ham_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001007.jpg 1966: Luna 9 launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Luna_9_Musee_du_Bourget_P1010505.JPG 1971: Apollo 14 launched https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Apollo_14_Shepard.jpg 1985: ESA approves the Columbus program https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Columbus_module_-_cropped.jpg 1956: Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) established https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Army_Ballistic_Missile_Agency_Logo.png 1960: First Titan I launch https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiXkIGAvbHnAhVDRa0KHcEuCUIQjRx6BAgBEAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHGM-25A_Titan_I&psig=AOvVaw3jd46UOkwxEhb-F-712AxY&ust=1580685083280561 2003: Space shuttle Columbia destroyed during reentry; 7 astronauts die https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Crew_of_STS-107%2C_official_photo.jpg Waz Up? Chaz - then and now! https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/84875569_4080341285325357_8710522456034508800_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_ohc=s9iTSlG9564

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 8 February 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Bizarre Cosmic Dance Offers Fresh Test for General Relativity” & “Constellation Monoceros” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Adventures of Sinbad” (2017) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Bill N5BB Bizarre Cosmic Dance Offers Fresh Test for General Relativity Artist’s Depiction https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/6356920D-4A3B-442C-82F88363EF7BB2CF_source.jpg?w=690&h=930&B035C15D-2833-42FB-95E46D83F8E55664 Space Exploration and Space History Kelley K5KTX Mars 2020: NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars. Space/NASA History: In space history this week… February 3: 1995: Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle with the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-63. February 4: 1906: Clyde Tombaugh was born. 1966: The Russian probe Luna 9 landed on the Moon, a major feat in the history of the space race. 1967: Lunar Orbiter 3 was launched to the Moon. February 5: The Apollo 14 Lunar Module "Antares" touched down on the Moon. February 6: 1995: The Shuttle Discovery approached the Russian space station Mir and completed a flyaround, thus marking the first shuttle rendezvous with Mir as a part of the Shuttle-Mir Program. T February 7: 1984: Astronaut Bruce McCandless performed the first non-tethered spacewalk. 1999: NASA's Stardust mission launched. February 8: 1974: Skylab 4 crew returned from the third and final mission to the first US space station. 1992: The Ulysses probe arrived at Jupiter to perform a swing-by maneuver in order to establish an orbit, non-coplanar with the Earth, around the Sun. 2013: The Curiosity Rover drilled into a portion of Martian bedrock, collecting the first sample ever obtained from the interior of another planet. Waz Up? Skynet – Waz Up? – February 08, 2020 Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation of the Week Monoceros https://www.constellation-guide.com/constellation-list/monoceros-constellation/ Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Feb. 8/9H-2A ? IGS Optical 7 Launch window: 0134-0139 GMT on 9th (8:34-8:39 p.m. EST on 8th) Launch site: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch an Information Gathering Satellite with an optical reconnaissance payload for the Japanese government. Delayed from Jan. 26. Scrubbed on Jan. 27 by ground facility problem. [Feb. 7] Feb. 9 Antares ? NG-13 Launch time: 2239 GMT (5:39 p.m. EST) Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 14th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 13th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-13. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage. Moved forward from April 20. Delayed from Feb. 7. [Jan. 10] Feb. 9/10 Atlas 5 ? Solar Orbiter Launch time: 0403-0603 GMT on 10th (11:03 p.m.-1:03 a.m. EST on 9th/10th) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-087, will launch the Solar Orbiter spacecraft for NASA and the European Space Agency. Built by Airbus Defense and Space, Solar Orbiter, or SolO, will travel inside the orbit of Mercury to study how the sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the vast bubble of charged particles blown by the solar wind into the interstellar medium. The rocket will fly in the 411 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, one solid rocket booster and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Feb.

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 15 February 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Will Betelgeuse Finally Explode?” & “Orbiting Space Junk” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Back to the Future” (1985) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Will Betelgeuse Finally Explode? From Space.com Chelsea Gohd Direct-Sky Image of Betelgeuse https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3ESpYL77d6mMBEBFTDf8rJ-970-80.jpg Betelgeuse Size Comparison Chart https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GnohD24bCoafvpqj6cyCom-970-80.jpg Hubble Space Telescope Faint Object Camera and Constellation Orion https://thumbor.forbes.com/thumbor/960x0/https%3A%2F%2Fblogs-images.forbes.com%2Fstartswithabang%2Ffiles%2F2018%2F01%2F1_nHJq8ixTcAoxlB-cHUHwsQ.jpg ALMA Betelgeuse Photo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Betelgeuse_captured_by_ALMA.jpg/1920px-Betelgeuse_captured_by_ALMA.jpg Space Exploration and Space History Solar Dynamics Observatory (DSO) Launches https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/425431main_SDO_Launch_full.jpg February 10, 1992, First Atlas II Launch https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/DF-SC-99-00074_cropped_and_rotated.jpeg February 15, 1564 Galileo Galilei born https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/25115508/galileogalilei.jpg?width=1200 1973: Pioneer 10 becomes first spacecraft to pass through the asteroid belt https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Pioneer_10-11_spacecraft.jpg/1200px-Pioneer_10-11_spacecraft.jpg Waz Up? Chaz KF5JHA Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week Mike KG5P Orbiting Space Junk Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Feb. 15 Antares ? NG-13 Launch time: 2021 GMT (3:21 p.m. EST) Launch site: Pad 0A, Wallops Island, Virginia A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket will launch the 14th Cygnus cargo freighter on the 13th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The mission is known as NG-13. The rocket will fly in the Antares 230 configuration, with two RD-181 first stage engines and a Castor 30XL second stage. Moved forward from April 20. Delayed from Feb. 7. Countdown aborted Feb.9 due to ground equipment issue. Delayed from Feb. 13. Scrubbed on Feb. 14 by upper level winds. [Feb. 14] Feb. 16 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 4 Launch time: 1525 GMT (10:25 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the fifth batch of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 4. Delayed from January and Feb. 15. [Feb. 14] Feb. 18 Ariane 5 ? JCSAT 17 & GEO-Kompsat 2B Launch time: 2218-2320 GMT (5:18-6:20 p.m. EST) Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA252, to launch the Japanese-owned JCSAT 17 communications satellite and the South Korean GEO-Kompsat 2B oceanography satellite. Built by Lockheed Martin, the JCSAT 17 satellite will provide high-power video, broadband and mobile communications services over Japan and neighboring regions for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. of Tokyo. The GEO-Kompsat 2B spacecraft, built and owned by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will provide ocean and environmental monitoring services for weather forecasters and scientists from geosynchronous orbit. [Feb. 11] Feb. 20 Soyuz ? Meridian M Launch time: TBD Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia A Russian government Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage will launch a Meridian M communications satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Soyuz rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Delayed fro

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Five Things You May Not Know About Leap Day” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Ghosts of Mars” (2001) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. . Five Things You Didn’t Know About Leap Year Discussion Topic of the Evening. Five Things You May Not Know About Leap Day https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/why-do-we-have-leap-year Calculating a Leap Year https://www.scienceabc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/How-to-identify-a-leap-year.jpg Jewish Calendar Showing the Sequence of Months https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/ef/9e/1aef9e93b819235fd2fd81ccf7396f4e.jpg Fasti Antiates Maiores (Ancient Roman) Calandar https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Museo_del_Teatro_Romano_de_Caesaraugusta.43.jpg/1920px-Museo_del_Teatro_Romano_de_Caesaraugusta.43.jpg Mercedonius Month (on tablet facade) https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_iJncczv8kXM/S83TCdx4dtI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/PjtpgYu1Pcs/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/calendario+romano+en+piedra.jpg Julius Caesar https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FsXoeUOOf8U/W1Sp8VmjTlI/AAAAAAAAGJI/5uAzLevoAIQAUdlVFEm--VGGvCruUhjlACLcBGAs/s640/Painting%2Bof%2BJulius%2BCaesar%2Bby%2BClara%2BGrosch%2Bc.%2B1892%252C%2Bin%2Bfront%2Bof%2Ba%2Bpainting%2Bof%2Ban%2Bancient%2Bruin%2Bvia%2Bpxhere.com%252C%2Bboth%2B%255BPublic%2BDomain%255D%2Bvia%2BCreative%2BCommons.jpg Egyptian Solar Calendar https://www.ancientworldwonders.com/uploads/posts/_2012/The_Egyptian_Calendar/1.jpg Gregorian Calendar Leap Shifting https://gurvicharcom.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/gregorian-accuracy.jpg Leap-Year Precautions for Bachelors https://dasg7xwmldix6.cloudfront.net/episodes/148956_km1uUCWP.jpg Leapling Dinah Shore https://marcmyers.typepad.com/.a/6a00e008dca1f08834019b03828022970d-500wi Space Exploration and Space History Waz Up? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week TBD Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Feb. 25 Astra Rocket 3.0 ? DARPA Launch Challenge 1 Launch window: 2030-2330 GMT (3:30-6:30 p.m. EST) Launch site: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska Astra Space’s Rocket 3.0 will lift off on its first orbital launch attempt under the auspices of DARPA’s Launch Challenge. The DARPA Launch Challenge aims to incentivize a launch company to demonstrate responsiveness and flexibility by launching two missions from two different launch pads (both at the same spaceport) into two different orbits in a one-month span, with just days of advance notice. On the first mission of the DARPA Launch Challenge, Astra’s Rocket 3.0 will attempt to deliver a Prometheus CubeSat into orbit for the U.S. military and two ARCE CubeSats from the University of South Florida to test inter-satellite communications links. A Space Object Automated Reporting Systems payload will remain attached to the Astra Rocket 3.0’s upper stage. [Feb. 20] March 2 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 20 Launch time: 0645 GMT (1:45 a.m. EST) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 22nd Dragon spacecraft mission on its 20th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from Oct. 15 and March 1. [Jan. 27] March 4 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the sixth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5. Delayed from January and Feb. 14. [Feb. 20] March 6

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Daylight Saving Time/Messier Marathon” & “The Phases of Venus” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Star Command” (1996) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Daylight Saving Time - Messier Marathon Space Exploration and Space History February 24, 1968 Discovery of the first pulsar announced https://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/37XVDVf6PKNXt4CyKSGfnwf/a204defa-8956-4888-9391-2bbee4393a29.jpg/r0_0_2000_1293_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg February 24, 2007 Rosetta flies by Mars https://sci.esa.int/documents/34878/35534/1567220645339-screenimage_31275.jpg February 28 Gemini IX crew members, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, die in plane crash https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/The_Original_Gemini_9_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001352.jpg/1920px-The_Original_Gemini_9_Prime_Crew_-_GPN-2000-001352.jpg February 26, 1966 First Saturn 1B launched https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width_feature/public/thumbnails/image/6636749_orig.jpg Waz Up? Chaz KF5JHA Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week Phases of Venus Artist's Rendered Phases Relationship to Sun https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/87817945_4176733655686119_724847633247502336_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=aDG_OianZJsAX-0eS6P&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=480f12f0289adde58eae21ade7ea939c&oe=5EBCBD84 August 14th, 2019 through June 3, 2020 https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/87794372_4176733832352768_2005271903530385408_n.jpg?_nc_cat=107&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=ITZETb4R3lMAX_MpMUk&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=849b9f83a7f742ab9518da8002190e20&oe=5EFE4260 Elongation Tangent East-West https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/89069891_4176734122352739_5782238157625884672_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=kWD8U-usuTQAX8UtgaP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=072333faeb70d85d08c403fae8e469c4&oe=5EEC8867 Mike's (KG5P) Photo This Week https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/88999106_4176734355686049_3178556646951485440_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=PFJ5ow3DccwAX-AxrjL&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=3c0e5ba75836c7e925b62747f782b0af&oe=5EF004D0 Venus Phases as Seen Through a Telescope https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/87822660_4176734525686032_9006825545341599744_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=wc7npY_2l5AAX-ldl4Y&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=229c716523266f9fe061ca553e109d92&oe=5EB98BE0 Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ March 5 GSLV Mk.2 ? GISAT 1 Launch time: 1213 GMT (7:13 a.m. EST) Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. The GISAT 1 spacecraft will provide continuous remote sensing observations over the Indian subcontinent from geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth. Delayed from Jan. 15 and February. [Feb. 25] March 6 Soyuz ? Falcon Eye 2 Launch time: 0133 GMT on 6th (8:33 p.m. EST) Launch site: ELS, Sinnamary, French Guiana An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designated VS24, will launch on a mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz will carry the Falcon Eye 2 high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space, Falcon Eye 2 is the second of two surveillance satellites ordered by the UAE’s military. The Soyuz 2-1a (Soyuz ST-A) rocket w

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Curious Case for the North Star” & “Constellation Eridanus the River” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. “The Curious Case for the North Star” https://arxiv.org/pdf/2003.02326.pdf Polaris, The North Star https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fearthsky.org%2Fbrightest-stars%2Fpolaris-the-present-day-north-star&psig=AOvVaw3ws892ZMEjgEouh6U3vLdX&ust=1583711930280000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCODh1evIiegCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD Space Exploration and Space History Waz Up? Southeast, Nightfall https://earthsky.org/upl/2020/03/2020-Mar-06-Castor-Pollux-Procyon-Regulus-Cancer-M44-night-sky.jpg Cancer Constellation https://earthsky.org/upl/2017/02/815px-Cancer_IAU.svg_-800x754.png Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week Eridanus the River Mythology https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/88184826_4200926233266861_7983894649037127680_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=y2-oSZvixVoAX98e3IS&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=eda497a4ae4c80ba52eaa42bc92be205&oe=5E80E5AC NGC 1232 https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/88204915_4200926243266860_2971630744742395904_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=6gZo7g7EwZMAX_M0A0P&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=4a581ad04a92b83a06707feab680d1f8&oe=5E9502BC NGC 1300 https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/s960x960/88302160_4200926259933525_5969272721962434560_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_sid=07e735&_nc_ohc=0mWpeo3sxvQAX84uWvf&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=082198a08dcd5644f65a52a03815ff14&oe=5E802A42 Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ March 6-7 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 20 Launch time: 0450:30 GMT on 7th (11:50:30 p.m. EST on 6th) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 22nd Dragon spacecraft mission on its 20th operational cargo delivery flight to the International Space Station. The flight is being conducted under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from Oct. 15, March 1 and March 2. [March 4] March 7-8 Soyuz ? Falcon Eye 2 Launch time: 0133:28 GMT on 8th (8:33:28 p.m. EST on 7th) Launch site: ELS, Sinnamary, French Guiana An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designated VS24, will launch on a mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz will carry the Falcon Eye 2 high-resolution Earth-imaging satellite for the United Arab Emirates. Built by Airbus Defense and Space with an optical imaging payload from Thales Alenia Space, Falcon Eye 2 is the second of two surveillance satellites ordered by the UAE’s military. The Soyuz 2-1a (Soyuz ST-A) rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from Oct. 15 and November. Switched from a Vega launcher after the launch failure with the Falcon Eye 1 spacecraft. Delayed from March 6. [March 5] March 9 Long March 3B ? Beidou Launch time: Approx. 1150 GMT (7:50 a.m. EDT) Launch site: Xichang, China A Chinese Long March 3B rocket will launch a satellite for the country’s Beidou navigation network toward geostationary orbit. [March 5] Check-ins or comments At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics do to lack of time. Recent Astronomical Discoveries New Telescope Observations Shed New Light on Black Hole Ejections https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/03/200303113350.htm?fbclid=IwAR1ZYZVexCLKys-ni8gLF1gffsmLlMHtY6b1PMX0IICURD4ze7BWekBq9xE Visible satellit

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Alcubierre “Warp” Drive” & “What’s Up With Venus?” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Planet of the Apes” (1968) 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: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag IO Group: /g/DARCskynet/topics Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/ Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT. The Alcubierre Warp Drive Alcubierre Warp Drive https://scx2.b-cdn.net/gfx/news/hires/2017/whatisthealc.jpg Abcubierre Drive Passing in Front of Earth https://i.stack.imgur.com/Klryk.png Miguel Alcubierre https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/21731307_1491834724205284_8715209832233025405_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=6e5ad9&_nc_ohc=fnM9ATRAgtEAX8BRO4o&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=b6c7298df7fe7e1e8e33387be951e929&oe=5E91B747 Alcubierre Metric https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Harold_Puthoff/publication/223130116/figure/fig3/AS:669080310804482@1536532585217/Alcubierre-warp-drive-metric.png FTL Travel https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d6/ea/e1/d6eae187353427a13752a3b69f1317b1.jpg Marc G. Millis https://i1.rgstatic.net/ii/profile.image/279556842901507-1443662953586_Q512/Marc_Millis.jpg Eagleworks Laboratories https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/s960x960/10448501_297886913726342_3348441295901783655_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=dd9801&_nc_ohc=cRUlXUg-ZJcAX_H5-tP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&_nc_tp=7&oh=2e9455a9d568dedffc06313a8fad536c&oe=5E9218B8 Warp Bubbles https://img.ksl.com/slc/2501/250175/25017527.jpg Interstellar Travel http://pages.erau.edu/~andrewsa/sci_fi_projects_fall_2016/Project_3/Park_Hyun/parkhyun_70062_10250978_project3Hpark/Pro3HparkMainpic.jpg Space Exploration and Space History This Week in Space History March 14th, 1835 Giovanni Schiaparelli born https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Giovanni_Schiaparelli_1890s.jpg March 13th, 1855 Percival Lowell born https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Percival_Lowell_1900s2.jpg March 9, 1934 Yuri Gargarin born https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xGAPXe3Ctg9763oTmtESm8.jpg Apollo birthdays March 14, 1934 Gene Cernan born https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/S64-31845.jpg/1024px-S64-31845.jpg March 15, 1932 Alan Bean born https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/pzBBZInr6nz4lEvf5SwLYeLFsoVOrGaxuFLM9FGfbqnU_5Uw5GDKcKNcKrnRi-4q9_geLLILY_s6hFX0Xwaqzdd-f72ls0gVbNhPHxRG March 13, 1781 Uranus Discovered https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/NVAnBwuGufg8cf2RXkZigd-1024-80.jpg March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born https://media.nature.com/lw800/magazine-assets/d41586-018-05004-4/d41586-018-05004-4_15717082.jpg Waz Up? Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Month/Topic of the Week The Mysterious Venus: What’s Going On? Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ March 15 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5 Launch time: 1322 GMT (9:22 a.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the sixth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5. Delayed from January, Feb. 14, March 4, March 11 and March 14. [March 13] March 16 GSLV Mk.2 ? GISAT 1 Launch time: Approx. 1213 GMT (8:13 a.m. EDT) Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. The GISAT 1 spacecraft will provide continuous remote sensing observations over the Indian subcontinent from geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth. Delayed from Jan. 15, February and March 5. [March 9] March 16 Soyuz ? Glonass M Launch time: 1823 GMT (2:23 p.m. EDT) Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodro

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, 21 March 2020, 12:00am to 9:00pm, (GMT-06:00) America/Belize Where:W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag View Event Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag