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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar Cycle” & Constellations “Scutum the Shield” and “Corona Austrina the Southern Crown” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “2001: A Space Odyssey” (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. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Neptune's Disappearing Clouds Linked to the Solar Cycle https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MPGwiupLW9XbTQpRohLpo4-1920-80.jpg.webp Neptune Sun Variation Plot https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/hubble_neptuneclouds_stsci-01h7dnwehgv47nrnqcknhjdxje.png?itok=0xT6KDSj Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History WASHINGTON — NASA selected Rocket Lab to launch a pair of CubeSats in 2024 to monitor energy entering and exiting the polar regions of the planet. https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/prefire.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&ssl=1 Luna 25 Luna 25, also designated the Luna-Glob-Lander, is a Russian lunar lander mission that launched on 10 August 2023. https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/thumbnail/luna_25_lavochkin_sm.jpg U.S. government warns of foreign intelligence threats to the space industry https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/F2ny9dnXoBcK0M2.jpeg?w=768&ssl=1 Birthdays Robert L. Stewart Aug 17, 1952 STS-41-B, STS-51-J https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Stewart-rl.jpg/220px-Stewart-rl.jpg Jon McBride Aug 14, 1943 STS-41-G, STS-61-E (never flew) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Mcbride-ja.jpg/220px-Mcbride-ja.jpg\ Mark C. Lee Aug 14, 1952 STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, STS-82 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Mark_C._Lee_-_Portrait_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mark_C._Lee_-_Portrait_1984_%28cropped%29.jpg Tracy Caldwell Dyson Aug 14, 1969 STS-118, Soyuz TMA-18 (Expedition 23/24), Soyuz MS-25 (Expedition 70/71) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Tracy_E_Caldwell_portrait.jpg/220px-Tracy_E_Caldwell_portrait.jpg Sonny Carter Aug 15, 1947 STS-33 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Manley_Carter.jpg/220px-Manley_Carter.jpg Scott Altman Aug 15, 1959 STS-90, STS-106, STS-109, STS-125 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Scott_Douglas_Altman.jpg/220px-Scott_Douglas_Altman.jpg Stuart Roosa Aug 16, 1933 Apollo 14 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Stuart_Allen_Roosa.jpg/220px-Stuart_Allen_Roosa.jpg Peter Wisoff Aug 16, 1958 STS-57, STS-68, STS-81, STS-92 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Peter_Wisoffcropped.jpg/220px-Peter_Wisoffcropped.jpg Kathryn C. Thornton Aug 17, 1952 STS-33, STS-49, STS-61, STS-73 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/KathrynThornton.jpg/220px-KathrynThornton.jpg Thomas J. Hennen Aug 17, 1952 STS-44 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Astro_Photo_1a.jpg/220px-Astro_Photo_1a.jpg Mike Massimino Aug 19, 1962 STS-109, STS-125 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Michael_Massimino.jpg/220px-Michael_Massimino.jpg Charles Bolden Aug 19, 1946 STS-61-C, STS-31, STS-45, STS-60. Former NASA Administrator. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Charles_F._Bolden%2C_Jr.jpg/220px-Charles_F._Bolden%2C_Jr.jpg Story Musgrave Aug 19, 1935 STS-6, STS-51-F, STS-33, STS-44, STS-61, STS-80 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/StoryMusgrave.jpg/220px-StoryMusgrave.jpg History Explorer 6 1959, August 14, Explorer 6 took the first photo of Earth ever taken by a satellite! It transmitted this image of a sunlit portion of the north central Pacific Ocean. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F3f5yQ-WUA

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Dream Chaser Space Plane” & Constellation “Lyra the Harp” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Spaceways” (1953) 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 Dream Chaser Space Plane https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/dc-shootingstar.jpg?w=879&ssl=1 Dream Chaser Compared to HL-20 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Loveneesh-Rana/publication/319870509/figure/fig3/AS:539623942492162@1505667781549/Physical-similarities-between-DreamChaser-and-HL-20-12.png RCS Testing https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/wp-content/uploads/sites/230/2014/12/SNC-and-ORBITEC-Complete-RCS-Testing-In-Vacuum-Chamber-to-Simulate-Orbit-Environment.jpg Thermal Protection System (TPS) https://www.datocms-assets.com/53444/1669110662-dream-liner-heat-protection-tiles.jpg?auto=format&w=1024&dpr=1.5 Human-Rated Dream Chaser https://360view.hum3d.com/zoom/Space/Dream_Chaser_1000_0001.jpg Orbital Reef and Dream Chaser https://spaceflightnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/orbitalreef.jpg Cargo Version Dream Chaser https://space.skyrocket.de/img_sat/dreamchaser-cargo__3a.jpg Dream Chaser Docked to ISS https://media2.spaceref.com/news/2016/DreamChaserISS.jpg National Security version https://www.sierraspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/shootingstar-disposal-services-1.jpg “Tenacity” Assembly https://www.americaspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_20200504_083714-1536x1024.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Lyra, the Harp 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/ TBD Electron ? ‘We Love the Nightlife’ Launch time: 0500 UTC (1 a.m. EDT / 5 p.m. New Zealand time) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket is set to launch the first of Capella Space’s next-generation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellites called “Acadia.” This will be the first launch of these four, new satellites. The mission is dubbed “We Love the Nightlife” since the SAR satellites allow for high-resolution imagery a night. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) on the Mahia Peninsula. Delayed from July 28. Launch aborted on July 30. Delayed from Aug. 4 and 6. Updated: August 10 August 23 Soyuz ? Progress 85P Launch time: TBD Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the 85th Progress cargo delivery ship to the International Space Station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Updated: August 04 Aug. 25 Falcon 9 ? Crew 7 Launch time: 3:49 a.m. EDT (0749 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program’s 12th flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to land at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endurance, to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Aug. 15, 17 and 21. Updated: August 03 August 25/26 H-2A ? XRISM & SLIM Launch time: 1234 UTC (9:34:57 a.m. JST on Aug. 26 / 8:34 p.m. EDT on Aug. 25) Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H-2A rocket, designated H-2A F47, will launch th

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Stars powered by dark matter may have been seen by the JWST” & “Sagittarius the Centaur” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Oblivion” (2013) 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. Stars powered by dark matter may have been seen by the JWST Three Objects Originally Thought as Galaxies May be “Dark Stars” https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=20580&mjd=60165.4165270202&type=V Dark Matter Power (Artist’s Concept) https://mediaproxy.salon.com/width/1200/https://media.salon.com/2023/07/supermassive_black_hole_at_the_center_of_a_galaxy_01.jpg Supermassive Dark Star https://cdn.sci.news/images/2023/07/image_12096f-Dark-Star.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Snoopy A new exhibit called “Snoopy in Orbit” has opened at the Charles Schultz museum in Santa Rosa, CA. It runs until January 2024. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/365546863_823982119344774_3449678900724320393_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=nKhVmRSi2AUAX-d5TZO&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfC3oA_SfCoY0q8GmDTg_hOjeyaTyVuL0UP0BrhLsD6Lmg&oe=64D37ACD Voyager 2 Update https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/pia21839-main.jpg?itok=348BNIiw NASA’s Trio of Mini Rovers Will Team up to Explore the Moon https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/e1a-pia25666-cadre-merc-pair-edited-web2.jpg?itok=9B7o0yqc NASA Helps Spot Wine Grape Disease From Skies Above California https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/e1-thank-you-cornell-nasa-jpl-project-9.2020-photo-1-edited-1041.jpg?itok=gJzy7QpD Space-Related Birthdays Gregory C. Johnson Jul 30, 1954 STS-125 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gregory_Carl_Johnson.jpg/220px-Gregory_Carl_Johnson.jpg Richard O. Covey Aug 01, 1946 STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Covey.jpg/220px-Covey.jpg Joan Higginbotham Aug 03, 1964 STS-116 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Joan_Higginbotham.jpg/220px-Joan_Higginbotham.jpg Charles D. Gemar Aug 04, 1955 STS-38, STS-48, STS-62 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/CharlesDGemar.jpg/800px-CharlesDGemar.jpg Andrew M. Allen Aug 04, 1955 STS-46, STS-62, STS-75 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Andrew_allen.jpg/220px-Andrew_allen.jpg Michael J. McCulley Aug 04, 1943 STS-34 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Astronaut_michael_mcculley.jpg/220px-Astronaut_michael_mcculley.jpg Neil Armstrong Aug 05, 1930 Gemini 8, Apollo 11 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg/220px-Neil_Armstrong_pose.jpg This Week in Space History LRV On July 30, 1971 the first Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was delivered to the surface of the Moon by the crew of Apollo 15. They explored the lunar surface until August 2nd before flying back home, leaving the LRV on the Moon. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/363842242_300853898981638_2997517479741970925_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=LXtcRAM3NVkAX8j1M6v&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfD98XJmXLR1TfBlM52IpW9WKnsF-F-KtT7kpDWXajy_gg&oe=64D12339 August 4, 2007 Launch of Phoenix Phoenix was an uncrewed space probe that landed on the surface of Mars on May 25, 2008, and operated until November 2, 2008. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Phoenix_landing.jpg/300px-Phoenix_landing.jpg August 3, 2004, launch of Mess

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Upcoming Solar Eclipses & “Is the Universe Twice as Large as We Thought?” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Track of the Moon Beast” (1976) 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. Upcoming Solar Eclipses & “Is the Universe Twice as Large as We Thought?” Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: July 25, 1932: Paul Weitz (Skylab 2, STS-6) July 25, 1957: Daniel Bursch (STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, Exp 4) July 26, 1949: William Shepherd (STS-27, STS-41, STS-52, Exp 1) July 26, 1951: William McArthur (STS-58, STS-74, STS-92, Exp 12) July 27, 1961: Daniel Burbank (STS-106, STS-115, Exp 29/30) July 28, 1961: Scott Parazynski (STS-66, STS-86, STS-95, STS-100, STS-120) July 28, 1970: Robert Behnken (STS-123, STS-130, SpaceX DM2/Exp 63) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week 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/ July 30 Electron ? ‘We Love the Nightlife’ Launch time: 0500 UTC (5:00 p.m. NZT / 1:00 a.m. EDT) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket is set to launch the first of Capella Space’s next-generation Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Earth-imaging satellites called “Acadia.” This will be the first launch of these four, new satellites. The mission is dubbed “We Love the Nightlife” since the SAR satellites allow for high-resolution imagery a night. The mission will launch from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 (LC-1) on the Mahia Peninsula. Delayed from July 28. Updated: July 29 Aug. 1 Antares ? NG-19 Launch time: 8:31 p.m. EDT (0031 UTC) 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, May, and July. Updated: July 24 August 3 Falcon 9 ? Galaxy 37 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Galaxy 37 C-band television broadcasting satellite for Intelsat. The spacecraft was built by Maxar. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from 2nd Quarter. Updated: July 24 Aug. 17 Falcon 9 ? Crew 7 Launch time: 6:56 a.m. EDT (1056 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the program’s 12th flight with astronauts. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft to begin a six-month expedition on the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from Aug. 15. Updated: July 27 NET August H-2A ? XRISM & SLIM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan A Japanese H-2A rocket, designated H-2A F47, will launch the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, a joint project between the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and NASA. XRISM is a replacement for the Hitomi X-ray astrophysics observatory, which failed about one month after launch in 2016. XRISM will perf

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The NRISM Mission” & Constellation “Ophiuchus, the Snake Handler” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Moonbase 3” (1973) 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 NRISM Mission https://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/xrism-x-ray-imaging-and-spectroscopy-mission Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Trojan Planets Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of ultra-rare 'Trojan' planets: two sibling planets bound on the same orbit around the same star. https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Y3qQGf2J5vB2PtoMZPpBuJ-970-80.jpg.webp Asteroid Sample Recovery Rehearsal On July 18-20, the team behind NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission rehearsed recovering a mock sample return capsule from the location where the real one, with fragments of asteroid Bennu, will land on Sept. 24: the Utah desert. https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/wp-content/uploads/sites/261/2023/07/NHQ202307180036_dupe-1024x683.jpg Boulders from Dimorphos Astronomers using Hubble's extraordinary sensitivity have discovered a swarm of boulders that were possibly shaken off the asteroid when NASA deliberately slammed the half-ton DART impactor spacecraft into Dimorphos at approximately 14,000 miles per hour. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/stsci-01h531yg2m8nh8qy8kwktth8ym.png?itok=nYDxatgi Space-Related Birthdays Janet L. Kavandi Jul 17, 1959 STS-91, STS-99, STS-104 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/JanetLKavandi-NASA.jpg/220px-JanetLKavandi-NASA.jpg John Glenn Jul 18, 1921 Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/GPN-2000-001027.jpg/170px-GPN-2000-001027.jpg Josh A. Cassada Jul 18, 1973 Space X Crew-5 (Expedition 68/69) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Jsc2022e064956_alt.jpeg/220px-Jsc2022e064956_alt.jpeg Scott D.Tingle Jul 19, 1965 Soyuz MS-07 (Expedition 54/55) Boeing Starliner-1 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Scott_D._Tingle%2C_official_portrait.jpg/220px-Scott_D._Tingle%2C_official_portrait.jpg Roy D. Bridges Jr. Jul 19, 1943 STS-51-F, STS-61F (never flew) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Roy_Bridges.jpg/220px-Roy_Bridges.jpg This Week in Space History July 16, 2011 NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered Vesta's orbit, studying the asteroid's geology and composition. Dawn revealed that Vesta is actually a protoplanet, https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1LvNrrWIAYHxVq?format=jpg&name=small Apollo 11 launch July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Apollo_11_Crew.jpg/220px-Apollo_11_Crew.jpg First Moon Landing, July 20, 1969 On July 20, Armstrong and Aldrin entered the LM again, made a final check, and at 100 hours, 12 minutes into the flight. https://duckduckgo.com/i/6c8002f6.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Ophiuchus, the Snake Handler 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/ July 26 Falcon Heavy ? Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 broadband communications satellite. Built by Maxar, Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 is a Ka-band high-throughput ultra high density satellite for EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems. Jupiter 3/

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “What Are White Holes?” & Constellation “Serpens, the Snake” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Chariots of the Gods” (1970) 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. “White Holes: What We Know About ‘Black Holes’ Neglected Twins” White Holes https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/jHN3vngjBSfhhZAto9bgxi-1920-80.jpg.webp Event Horizon Telescope: Super Massive Black Hole in the Center of M87 https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Mw4XSWYT27ZUBntmNTac49-1200-80.jpg Holes in Space https://img.genial.ly/6093a0fb3df5406afc2fec60/91782c52-4bb9-499b-9db3-1584e3a881d8.jpeg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays July 11, 1950: Lawrence DeLucas (STS-50) July 12, 1957: Rick Husband (STS-96, STS-107) July 13, 1950: George Nelson (STS-41-C, STS-61, STS-26) July 14, 1936: Robert Overmyer (STS-5, STS-51-B) July 15, 1977: Jessica Meir (Exp. 61/62) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week “Serpens, the Snake” 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/ July 15 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-15 Launch time: 12:15 a.m. EDT (0415 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the final batch of Starlink V1.5 internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delay from July 14. Updated: July 14 July 16/17 Electron ? ‘Baby Come Back’ Launch time: 2023 UTC (8:23 a.m. NZST on 16th) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch NASA’s Starling mission, which consists of four cubsats to demonstrate technologies for future ‘swarm’ satellites. It will also carry Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite for Space Flight Laborayr and two 3U satellites for Spire Global, carrying Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) payloads which provide data to improve weather models and forecasts. The first stage of the Electron rocket will be recovered after it splashes down in the ocean. Delayed from July 14. Updated: July 14 July 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-15 Launch time: 7:29 p.m. - 1:43 a.m. PDT (10:29 p.m. - 4:43 a.m. EDT) (0229-0843 UTC on 19th) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship, Of Course I Still Love You, in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: July 11 July 23/24 Falcon Heavy ? Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 Launch time: 11:04 p.m. EDT (0304 UTC on 24th) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch the Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 broadband communications satellite. Built by Maxar, Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 is a Ka-band high-throughput ultra high density satellite for EchoStar’s Hughes Network Systems. Jupiter 3/EchoStar 24 will support in-flight WiFi, maritime connections, enterprise networks, backhaul for mobile network operators, and community WiFi solutions across the Americas. Delayed from May. Moved up from August. Updated: July 02 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 s

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SKYNET!!!! 9 PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “The Juno Mission” & Constellation “Hercules, the Strong Man” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Apollo 18” (2011) 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 Juno Mission Juno Lift-off https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Juno_Lifts_Off.jpg/160px-Juno_Lifts_Off.jpg Juno Experiment Array https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Where_Juno%27s_instruments_are_attached_2_%28crop%29.jpg/758px-Where_Juno%27s_instruments_are_attached_2_%28crop%29.jpg Galileo Plaque https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Galileo_plaque.jpg/440px-Galileo_plaque.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News High Sunspot Count https://spaceweather.com/images2023/02jul23/sunspotcounts.jpg NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Phones Home https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/1-pia25881-already_in_pj-main.jpg NASA’s Webb Identifies the Earliest Strands of the Cosmic Web https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-01h3d70m71kmnv2yyfjecen2xy.png Space-Related Birthdays Wendy B. Lawrence July 2, 1959 STS-114 https://www.bornglorious.com/newthumbs/49/03/49035.jpg Linda M. Godwin July 2, 1952 STS-37, STS-59, STS-76, STS-108 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Linda_Godwin.jpg/440px-Linda_Godwin.jpg Harrison Schmitt July 3, 1935 Apollo 17 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Harrison_Schmitt.jpg/1920px-Harrison_Schmitt.jpg Norman Thagard July 3, 1943 STS-7, STS-51-B, STS-30, STS-42, Soyuz TM-21, Mir EO-18, STS-71 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Thagard-ne.jpg/440px-Thagard-ne.jpg Richard Garriott July 4, 1961 Soyuz TMA-13/TMA-12 (as a space tourist) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Richard_garriott_july_2008.jpg/440px-Richard_garriott_july_2008.jpg Terence T. Henricks July 5, 1952 STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78July 7, 1960 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Terence_T._Henricks_%28S85-41891%29.jpg/440px-Terence_T._Henricks_%28S85-41891%29.jpg Robert Michael White July 6, 1924 X-15 (qualified as an astronaut for flying to an altitude of 50 miles) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Robert_M._White.jpg/440px-Robert_M._White.jpg Kevin A. Ford July 7, 1960 STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M (Expedition 33/34) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Kevin_A._Ford.jpg/440px-Kevin_A._Ford.jpg This Week in Space History July 4, 1997, Pathfinder landed on Mars https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0MwmjMWcAMx3LK?format=jpg&name=medium July 5, 1969 In a preflight press conference #OTD in 1969, Neil Armstrong revealed that the call sign for the Apollo 11 command module would be Columbia and the lunar module would be Eagle. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0RzVH3WwAE56og?format=jpg&name=medium July 8, 2011 The last space shuttle launch occurred on July 8, 2011, when the shuttle Atlantis took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. https://seedscientific.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/When-Was-the-Last-Space-Shuttle-Launch-2048x1559.jpg.webp Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Hercules, the Strong Man 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/ July 9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-5 Launch time: Approx. 4:46 a.m. EDT (0846 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land

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SKYNET!!!! 9 PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “First Evidence of Giant Gravitational Waves Thrills Astronomers”& “Scorpius, the Scorpion” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30 PM: “Bride of the Monster” (1955) 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: 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 9 PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. First Evidence of Giant Gravitational Waves Thrills Astronomers Gravitational Waves https://static.scientificamerican.com/sciam/cache/file/4808D8FD-3DAF-4434-AAD6AF7FC7CB1C94_source.jpg?w=590&h=800&0F561D37-708F-48E5-B9F2BDB332B4EE3E First Instance of Universe’s Gravitational Hum https://www.barrons.com/asset/external-media/afp/AFP3298045726248260800418053924896833064120---2.jpg Close Proximity Black Holes https://i.natgeofe.com/n/6cbf6fab-7513-4362-9467-341d17356284/F0187830-Black_holes_merging_illustration_square.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays June 26, 1952: William Pailes (STS-51-J) June 26, 1956: Bernard Harris, Jr. (STS-55, STS-63) June 27, 1937: Joseph Allen (STS-5, STS-51-A) June 27, 1951: Sidney Gutierrez (STS-40, STS-59) June 27, 1977: Nicole Mann (SpaceX Crew-5/Exp 67/68 – Oct 2022, commander; Artemis; first Native American woman) June 28, 1946: John Lounge (STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-35) June 29, 1955: Charles Precourt (STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91) June 29, 1962: George Zamka (STS-120, STS-130) June 30, 1951: Stephen Oswald (STS-42, STS-56, STS-67) July 1, 1963: Ed Lu (STS-84, STS-106, Expedition 7) 7. Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Scorpius, the Scorpion. 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/ July 4 Ariane 5 ? Syracuse 4B & Heinrich Hertz Launch time: 2130-2332 UTC (6:30 p.m.-8:05 p.m. Kourou time, 5:30 p.m.-7:05 p.m. EDT) 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. Delayed from June 16. Updated: June 24 July 9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-5 Launch time: Approx. 3:15 a.m. Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: July 01 July Falcon 9 ? Galaxy 37 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Galaxy 37 C-band television broadcasting satellite for Intelsat. The spacecraft was built by Maxar. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from 2nd Quarter. Updated: April 01 July 14 Electron ? ‘Baby Come Back’ Launch time: 2023 UTC (8:23 a.m. NZST on 15th) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch NASA’s Starling mission, which consists of four cubsats to demonstrate technologies for future ‘swarm’ satellites. It will also carry Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite for Space Flight Laborayr and two 3U satellites for Spire Global, carrying Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) payloads which provide data to improve weather models and forecasts. The f

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Parker Solar Probe” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Bride of the Monster” (1955) - Watch Party at Field Day 10:30 PM. Movie Review: 7-1-23. 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. Parker Solar Probe PSP Mission Patch https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Parker_Solar_Probe_insignia.png Parker Solar Probe https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Parker_Solar_Probe_spacecraft_model.png PSP Thermal Testing https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Thermal_testing_of_the_solar_array_cooling_system_for_the_Parker_Solar_Probe.jpg PSP Flight Trajectory (Animation) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Animation_of_Parker_Solar_Probe_trajectory.gif PSP Launch Photo https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Parker_Solar_Probe_Launch_%28NHQ201808120013%29.jpg PSP Animation Passing Through Sun’s Outer Atmosphere https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/Parker_Solar_Probe_touches_the_Sun.webm/Parker_Solar_Probe_touches_the_Sun.webm.1080p.webm Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Solar Eclipse QSO Parties https://duckduckgo.com/i/908e6349.jpg A NEW WAY TO DETECT SOLAR FLARES: https://spaceweather.com/images2023/22jun23/nightandday.jpg Solstice https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzKEZKeaYAAsiTx?format=jpg&name=small Space Cybersecurity https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/loftorbital.jpg?w=879&ssl=1 Space-Related Birthdays Brian Duffy June 20, 1953 STS-45, STS-57, STS-72, STS-92 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Brian_Duffy.jpg/220px-Brian_Duffy.jpg James Buchli June 20, 1945 STS-51-C, STS-61-A, STS-29, STS-48 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/James_Buchli.jpg/220px-James_Buchli.jpg Gary Payton June 20, 1948 STS-51-C https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Gary_Payton.jpg/220px-Gary_Payton.jpg Donn F. Eisele June 23, 1930 Apollo 7 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Eisele_donn.jpg/220px-Eisele_donn.jpg Ellison Onizuka June 24, 1946 STS-51-C, STS-51-L (disaster) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Ellison_Shoji_Onizuka_%28NASA%29.jpg/220px-Ellison_Shoji_Onizuka_%28NASA%29.jpg Jasmin Moghbeli June 24, 1983 SpaceX Crew-7 (Expedition 69/70) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Jasmin_Moghbeli_official_portrait.jpg/220px-Jasmin_Moghbeli_official_portrait.jpg Raja Chari June 24, 1977 SpaceX Crew-3 (Expedition 66/67) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Raja_Chari%2C_NASA_portrait_%282021%29_a.jpg/220px-Raja_Chari%2C_NASA_portrait_%282021%29_a.jpg This Week in Space History Skylab 2 Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, and Paul Weitz splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on June 22, 1973. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FzO452aaEAIhuRg?format=jpg&name=small 40 Years Ago: STS-7 and the Flight of Sally Ride On June 18, 1983, space shuttle Challenger lifted off on its second journey to space, the STS-7 mission. https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/sts_7_2_s83-29016.jpg?itok=mwJW_1Fg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week 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/ July 1 Falcon 9 ? Euclid Launch time: 1512 GMT (11:12 a.m. EDT) Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Euclid mission for the European Space Agency. Euclid is an astrophysics mission with a telescope and two scientific instruments designed to explore the evoluti

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Good-bye Ariane 5” & Constellations “Bootes, the Shepherd” and “Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30 PM: “Explorers” (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. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Good-bye to Ariane 5 Ariane 5 https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UeUEBZ5YgbAsZHGV2cMqQ3-1920-80.jpg.webp Preparation for Last Launch https://i0.wp.com/spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ariane5-va261-prelaunch.jpg?w=1600&ssl=1 Heinrich Hertz (H2Sat) https://space.skyrocket.de/img_sat/heinrich-hertz__3.jpg Syracuse 4B (Comsat-NG 2) https://space.skyrocket.de/img_sat/syracuse-4b__2.jpg Rosetta and Philae https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaUk3IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--c3408bc67380a493529a208013f0c326bb5cc548/Rosetta_and_Philae_at_comet_768.jpg?disposition=inline Ariane 5 ES https://spaceflightnow.com/ariane/va219/images/ariane5_549633.jpg Notable Launches First Launch https://www-users.cse.umn.edu/~arnold/disasters/ariane.jpg Ariane 5 G https://storage.googleapis.com/nextspaceflight/media/rockets/Ariane_5_G.jpg Ariane 5 Launches Compared https://www.eoportal.org/api/cms/documents/163813/4622706/Ariane5_Auto0.jpeg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellations “Bootes, the Shepherd” and “Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown” 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/ TBD 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. Delayed from June 16. Updated: June 15 June 18 Falcon 9 ? Satria Launch time: 2204 UTC (6:04 p.m. EDT) 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: June 13 June 21 Delta 4-Heavy ? NROL-68 Launch time: 0700-1145 UTC (3:00-7:45 a.m. EDT) 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: June 13 June Falcon 9 ? Starlink 5-12 Launch time: TBD 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’

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, June 17, 2023 12:00am to 9:00pm (UTC-06:00) America/Belize Where: W5FC Repeater 9PM CT 146.880 MHz PL 110.9 - Also live here - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag Organizer: THOMAS GENERAL View Event Description: A live video link is provided here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag