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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design” & Constellation “Aquarius, the Water Bearer” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Man Who Turned to Stone” (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. “NASA Tech Breathes Life Into Potentially Game-Changing Antenna Design” Freefall Tests https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/freefall.jpg?resize=1536,1152 CatSat https://youtu.be/Z4OQG4ABJ_k Freefall Aerospace https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/brycetech-nasa-stmd-large-balloon-reflector-graphic-draft-v2.png?resize=1536,864 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Join NASA to Celebrate Worm Design, Influence with Original Designer https://www.bing.com/th?id=OPHS.ALn9A%2buwpU3EHQ474C474&o=5&pid=21.1&w=130&h=106&qlt=100&dpr=1&bw=6&bc=FFFFFF&c=17 1st-ever radio images of an annular solar eclipse showcase the sun's extended corona https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4wNsr7aAXdxuwbCvTcSXKo-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Donald H. Peterson Oct 22, 1933 STS-6 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Donald_Peterson-NASA-file-photo.jpg/220px-Donald_Peterson-NASA-file-photo.jpg Susan Kilrain Oct 24, 1961 STS-83, STS-94 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Susan_Still-Kilrain.jpg/220px-Susan_Still-Kilrain.jpg Rusty Schweickart Oct 25, 1935 Apollo 9 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/RustySchweickart.jpg/220px-RustySchweickart.jpg Zena Cardman Oct 26, 1988 No flights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Zena_Cardman_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Zena_Cardman_official_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg Stephen Robinson Oct 26, 1955 STS-85, STS-95, STS-114, STS-130 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Stephen_Robinson_NASA_STS114.jpg/220px-Stephen_Robinson_NASA_STS114.jpg Terry Hart Oct 27, 1946 STS-41-C https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Hart-tj.jpg/220px-Hart-tj.jpg Steven R. Nagel Oct 27, 1946 STS-51-G, STS-61-A, STS-37, STS-55 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Steven_Nagel.jpg/220px-Steven_Nagel.jpg Michael A. Baker Oct 27, 1953 STS-43, STS-52, STS-68, STS-81 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Michael_Allen_Baker.jpg/220px-Michael_Allen_Baker.jpg This Week in Space History October 28, 2009 Ares1-X launch On this day in 2009, Ares I-X launched from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39B. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/395409678_639463965049028_1599313691443964193_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s640x640&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=bmMl-I10wxAAX_NSyKG&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfBeQM5lQvkos9vW8x13In33kraAdfbjC5iMgAlh0q1OGQ&oe=654213F3 October 22, 1968 Apollo 7 Splashdown https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Apollo_7_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001171.jpg/170px-Apollo_7_Launch_-_GPN-2000-001171.jpg The 7 Most Terrifying Things in Space | Live Science Incoming Megacomet https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wTMkfEkJ9w9euXNAJwoEKn-1200-80.jpg Collision with Andromeda https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JnsCWAGiG2fzgVaCX4BsUm-1200-80.jpg Catastrophic Solar Flare https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ewHoP6XbwUnhCfWNjj5kom-1200-80.jpg Rogue Black Holes in Our Galaxy https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JuHRN5MJqUdZdwFmuRxewm-1200-80.jpg Supernova in the “Kill Zone” https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K8GGkHe3ZJxQarkcka5Kdm-1200-80.jpg 154,741 Extra Asteroids https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w2pRF7Hsdx7C6TZxmUJrZm-1200-80.jpg The Moon’s Shadow https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/By9eTmmju2JfgxqKZKovjm-1200-80.jpg Miss Carolyn

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, October 28, 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

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Bennu Sample Contains Carbon and Water” & Constellation “Lacerta the Lizard” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: The Rift (1990) 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. Bennu Sample Contains Carbon and Water https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-bennu-asteroid-sample-contains-carbon-water/ Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays October 16, 1956: James Newman (STS-51, STS-69, STS-88, STS-109) October 17, 1926: Karl Gordon Henize (STS-51-F) October 17, 1933: Bill Anders (Apollo 8) October 17, 1956: Mae Jemison (STS-47) October 21, 1950: Ronald McNair (STS-41-B, STS-51-L) October 21, 1966: Douglas Hurley (STS-127, STS-135, SpaceX DM-2) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Lacerta the Lizard” 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/ October 26 Long March 2F ? Shenzhou 17 Launch time: TBD Launch site: China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC LC-90) A three-member crew will launch to the Tiangong Space Station on the Shenzhou 17 mission. The crew, who will be named at a future date, will launch on board a Long March 2F Improved (CZ-2F/G Y17) rocket. Updated: October 12 November 5/6 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 29 Launch time: 10:01 p.m. EST (0301 UTC Nov. 6) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 29th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from Nov. 1. Delayed from Nov. 3 Updated: October 18 Nov. 15 Falcon 9 ? IM-1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the IM-1 mission with the Nova-C lander built and owned by Intuitive Machines. The IM-1 mission will attempt to deliver a suite of science payloads to the surface of the moon for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. Delayed from 3rd Quarter of 2022, December 2022, January 2023, March 2023, and June 2023. Updated: August 17 November Long March 2F ? Shenzhou 17 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Jiuquan, China A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 17 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This is China’s 12th crewed space mission, and the sixth to the Chinese space station. The crew members have not been announced by China. Updated: March 22 4th Quarter 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: March 22 November Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES’s O3b network. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. De

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, October 21, 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

Hello All! No Skynet tonight. All presenters are scattered across Texas today for the annular eclipse. We'll be back NEXT week 10-21-23. You can discuss your experiences at the usual time tonight at 9PM, but it will net be a regular, formal net. Thank you for your support of Skynet - now in our 12th year!

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, October 14, 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

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky” & Constellations Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, and Grus, the Crane” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Meteor” (1979) 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. Bill Byrom N5BB: Giant Satellite Outshines Most Stars in the Sky Scientific American - reprinted from Nature Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History - Skip for Tonight Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Piscis Austrinus, the southern fish, and Grus, the crane. 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/ October 8/9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-22 Launch time: 9:06 p.m. EDT (0106 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 on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: October 06 October 9 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 7-4 Launch time: 12:23 a.m. PDT (3:23 a.m. EDT / 0723 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of 21 second-generation Starlink V2 Mini internet satellites from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E). The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on the drone ship ‘Of Course I Still Love You’ in the Pacific Ocean. Updated: October 07 October 12 Falcon Heavy ? Psyche Launch time: 10:16 a.m. EDT (1416 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission. The Maxar-built spacecraft will travel to the metallic asteroid Psyche, where it will enter orbit in 2029. This is the first spacecraft to explore a metal-rich asteroid, which may be the leftover core of a protoplanet that began forming in the early solar system more than 4 billion years ago. The Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will return to Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovery. The center core will be expended. Delayed from 2022 due to payload software issues. Moved forward from Oct. 10, 2023. Delayed from Oct. 5. Updated: October 05 October Falcon 9 ? O3b mPOWER 5 & 6 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the third pair of O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES’s O3b network. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from March, June 9 and Aug. 27. Updated: August 22 TBD Falcon 9 ? USSF-124 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency. Updated: September 28 November 3/4 Falcon 9 ? SpaceX CRS 29 Launch time: 11:49 p.m. EDT (0349 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 29th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from Nov. 1. Updated: October 04 Nov. 15 Falcon 9 ? IM-1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the IM-1 mission with

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, October 7, 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

Facebook/Website/IO Groups Weekly Blurb SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: Constellation “Microscopium, the Microscope” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30 PM: “Prisoners of the Lost Universe” (1983) 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. What’s UP There? Space Exploration and Space History Bennu samples https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53210646183_c08c1305c8_o.jpg Psyche launch NASA has postponed the launch of the asteroid mission Psyche a week to update the configuration of thrusters on the spacecraft. https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/53213229385_ea592a9520_k-1200x800.jpg New Horizons NASA has agreed to extend operations of its New Horizons spacecraft through late this decade to support “multidisciplinary” science that could include another Kuiper Belt object flyby. https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/newhorizons-kboflyby-1200x918.jpg Space-Related Birthdays John Young Sep 24, 1930 Gemini 3, Gemini 10, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, STS-1, STS-9 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/John_Watts_Young.jpg/220px-John_Watts_Young.jpg Nick Hague Sep 24, 1975 Soyuz MS-10, Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Portrait_of_Astronaut_Nick_Hague%2C_NASA_Headquarters%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Astronaut_Nick_Hague%2C_NASA_Headquarters%2C_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg Clifton Williams Sep 26, 1932 Selected for NASA Group 3, but never flew to space because he died in a plane crash in 1967 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Williams-c.jpg/220px-Williams-c.jpg Stephanie Wilson Sep 27, 1966 STS-121, STS-120, STS-131 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Stephanie_Wilson_in_2008.jpg/800px-Stephanie_Wilson_in_2008.jpg Bill Nelson Sep 29, 1942 STS-61-C, 14th NASA Administrator https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/NASA_Administrator_Bill_Nelson_Official_Portrait_%28NHQ202105170001%29.jpg/220px-NASA_Administrator_Bill_Nelson_Official_Portrait_%28NHQ202105170001%29.jpg James D. Halsell Sep 29, 1956 STS-65, STS-74, STS-83, STS-94, STS-101 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/James_Halsell.jpg/220px-James_Halsell.jpg Livingston L. Holder Jr. Sep 29, 1956 No flights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Livingston_Holder_Astronaut_Training.jpg/220px-Livingston_Holder_Astronaut_Training.jpg Stephen Frick Sep 30, 1964 STS-110, STS-122 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Stephen_frick-2007.jpg/220px-Stephen_frick-2007.jpg This Week in Space History September 27, 2007 Here's a Delta II rocket carrying the Dawn spacecraft launching on September 27th, 2007, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Pad 17B. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/381009355_621354576859967_8026053158354033412_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=2BZIJFlDZC8AX8TaDHQ&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfBY4psHwhOak-9R8vlxgIIZTQ2fQHbyBO04jbYC9sRwFA&oe=651A4A08 September 29, 1988. On this date in 1988, STS-26 Discovery lifted off triumphantly from Kennedy Space Center's LC-39B, marking the Space Shuttle Program's post-Challenger return to flight. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/382711517_621333810195377_3616619394353646416_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s600x600&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=3d6w1wbn2_MAX8EO_m1&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfA16xkRt7f6PYK3sBHQrpevOIegC2lxcWNnesHSLhXQZw&oe=651BA0E5 Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Microscopium, the Microscope ‘Space Launches For This Week Space Coast Launches https://www.spacecoastlaunches.com/blog/launch-list/ Space Flight Now L

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, September 30, 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

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Is the Day 12 Hours Long on the Equinox? It’s Complicated” & “Capricorn the Sea Goat” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Warning” (2021) 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. “Is the Day 12 Hours Long on the Equinox? It’s Complicated” https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/is-the-day-12-hours-long-on-the-equinox-its-complicated/ Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays September 17, 1930: Thomas P. Stafford (Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, Apollo–Soyuz Test Project) September 17, 1930: Edgar Mitchell (Apollo 14) September 17, 1943: Samuel Durrance (STS-35, STS-67) September 18, 1944: Charles Veach (STS-39, STS-52) September 19, 1957: Richard Linnehan (STS-78, STS-90, STS-109, STS-123) September 19, 1965: Sunita Williams (STS-116/117-Exp 14/15, Exp 32/33, Boeing Crewed Flight Test) September 19, 1987: Kayla Barron (SpaceX Crew-3/Exp 66/67) September 20, 1960: James Pawlczyk (STS-90) September 21, 1955: Richard Heib (STS-39, STS-49, STS-65) September 22, 1965: Robert Satcher (STS-129) September 23, 1944: Loren Shriver (STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46) September 23, 1961: William C. McCool (STS-107) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Capricorn the sea goat. 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/ September 23/24 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-18 Launch time: Approx. 8:06 p.m. - 12:37 a.m. EDT (0006-0437 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 is to land on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions” in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: September 19 October Atlas 5 ? Project Kuiper Protoflight Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida The first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation will launch on an Atlas 501 rocket. These satellites were originally scheduled to fly on the first Vulcan rocket. Updated: September 11 October 4/5 Vega ? THEOS-2 & FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON Launch time: 10:36 p.m. GMT on Oct. 4(9:36 p.m. EST Oct. 4, 0136 UTC on Oct. 5) Launch site: ZLV, Kourou, French Guiana Arianespace will launch a Vega rocket, designated VV23, sending a collection of 12 satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit. The main payload is the THailand Earth Observation System-2 (THEOS-2), which is an Earth-observing satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space on behalf of the Kingdom of Thailand. It’s designed to complement THEOS-1, which launched in 20008. The secondary payload is FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON, which was developed by the Taiwanese Space Agency (TASA). It’s Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) tool will help meteorologists gather wind data over oceans to help with forecasting the trajectory and intensity of typhoons. Updated: August 31 October 5 Falcon Heavy ? Psyche Launch time: 1438:37 GMT (10:38:37 a.m. EDT) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission. The Maxar-built spacecraft will travel to the metallic asteroid Psyche, where it will enter orbit in 2029. This is the first spacecraft to explore a metal-rich asteroid, which may be the leftover core of a protoplanet that began forming in the early solar system more than 4 billion years ago. The Falcon Heavy’s two side boosters will return to Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for recovery. The center core will

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, September 23, 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

SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Why Does Earth Have Magnetic Poles?” & Constellations “Delphinus, the Dolphin” and “Equuleus, the Horse” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Absolute Zero” (2005) 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. WB5OZL Brenda Why Does Earth Have Magnetic Poles? Earth Magnetic Poles https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QUJs2g6VnAxFcskb6oUpT5-970-80.jpg.webp Earth’s Core Illustrated https://www.alevelgeography.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/structure-of-the-earth.jpg Planetary Densities in the Solar System https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_1200x675_crop_center-center_82_line/283628/20200416_cores-infographic-from-blocks.jpg.webp SWARM Sat. Magnetic Variation https://climate.nasa.gov/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBa0lKIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--d33fa98581e3ff29b6a7f9cf344e5b4714061e78/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCam9MWm05eWJXRjBPZ2wzWldKdyIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--308d105b858fde2aa7c2bd953e87f719e2dd73bb/Image_of_the_changes_in_Earth's_magnetic_field_between_January_1_and_June_30__2014.jpeg?content_type=image%2Fwebp&disposition=inline Magnetic Variation Over the Decades https://www.vaticanobservatory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/DaajagJW4AAtVZYjpglarge.jpeg Magnetic Pole Reversal https://multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu/Portals/0/CalendarInTheSky/Article%20Images/DoomsdayfromPoleShift/EarthsMagneticField_WEB.jpg?ver=2018-04-01-124416-587 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News New Stamp The US Postal Service will be releasing a stamp commemorating the return to Earth of OSIRIS REx on September 22, 2023. https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/376754975_10227698228835435_2890407987756960222_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=4c1e7d&_nc_ohc=mwVgT0OR8fwAX_9qoZP&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-1.xx&oh=00_AfCCQikdpJOpvhrlyawm7cGWa845uVZ2v5m3-gjKtr4ujA&oe=65056404 Saturn 1B One of the iconic symbols of Alabama’s role in space exploration is coming down. Crews are currently working to deconstruct the 224-foot-tall Saturn 1B Rocket at the Alabama Welcome Center on Interstate 65 in Ardmore. https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIP.L4t38eP_67CZjLWOlFMyKQHaE6&w=172&h=104&c=7&o=6&pid=13.1 Webb telescope finds signs of life on faraway exoplanet NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered new evidence that a planet outside of our solar system may be able to support life. https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_537,w_822/552879 Space-Related Birthdays Charles Simonyi Sep 10, 1948 Soyuz TMA-10/TMA-9, Soyuz TMA-14/TMA-13 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Charles_simonyi.jpg/220px-Charles_simonyi.jpg Mike Mullane Sep 10, 1945 STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Richard_M._Mullane_in_blue_flight_suit.jpg/220px-Richard_M._Mullane_in_blue_flight_suit.jpg Randolph Bresnik Sep 11, 1967 STS-129, Soyuz MS-05 (Expedition 52/53) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Randolph_J._Bresnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Randolph_J._Bresnik_%28cropped%29.jpg Robert Crippen Sep 11, 1937 STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Robert_Crippen.jpg/220px-Robert_Crippen.jpg Roger K. Crouch Sep 12, 1940 STS-83, STS-94 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Roger_Crouch.jpg/220px-Roger_Crouch.jpg Anousheh Ansari Sep 12, 1966 Soyuz TMA-9/8 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/AnoushehAnsari.jpg/220px-AnoushehAnsari.jpg Eugene H. Trinh Sep 14, 1950 STS-50 https://upload.wikim

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Extraterrestrial Vortex” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Timecop” (1994) 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. “Extraterrestrial Vortex” from Wiki Mercury Magnetic Tornadoes https://www.nasa.gov/images/content/351501main_mag_tornadoes_lgweb.jpg Lightning on Venus https://cms.bbcearth.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/2fnq80000001000.jpg Mars Cyclones on Mars https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Mars_cyclone.jpg Jupiter Jupiter South Pole Vortices https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/PIA21641-Jupiter-SouthernStorms-JunoCam-20170525.jpg Saturn Saturn Great White Spot https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Saturn_Storm.jpg Titan Titan South Polar Vortex https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Vortex_on_saturn%27s_moon_titan.png Uranus Uranus, Dark Spot https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Uranus_Dark_spot.jpg Neptune Great Dark Spot https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Neptune_darkspot.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays September 3, 1944: Sherwood Spring (STS-61-B) September 6, 1946: Bryan O’Connor (STS-61-B, STS-40) September 6, 1955: Carl Walz (STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, Exp 4, STS-111) September 7, 1939: David Griggs (STS-51-D) September 9, 1952: Lee Morin (STS-110) 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/ September 15 Soyuz ? Soyuz MS-24 Launch time: 1544 UTC Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the crewed Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft to the International Space Station. The mission will carry Russian commander Oleg Kononenko, Russian flight engineer Nikolai Chub, and NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara into orbit for a long-duration flight on the space station. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. Updated: August 20 NET September 26 Atlas 5 ? Project Kuiper Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida The first two demonstration satellites for Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband constellation will launch on an Atlas 501 rocket. These satellites were originally scheduled to fly on the first Vulcan rocket. Updated: August 20 NET September 29 Falcon 9 ? USSF-124 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 will launch a mission for the U.S. Space Force and Missile Defense Agency. Updated: August 20 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first pair of WorldView Legion Earth observation satellites for Maxar Technologies. Maxar plans to deploy six commercial WorldView Legion high-resolution remote sensing satellites into a mix of sun-synchronous and mid-inclination orbits on three SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first stage of the Falcon 9 will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base for landing. Delayed from April and June. Updated: August 20 October 4/5 Vega ? THEOS-2 & FORMOSAT-7R/TRITON Launch time: 10:36 p.m. GMT on Oct. 4(9:36 p.m. EST Oct. 4, 0136 UTC on Oct. 5) Launch site: ZLV, Kourou, French Guiana Arianespace will launch a Vega rocket, designated VV23, sending a collection of 12 satellites into a sun-synchronous orbit. The main payload is the THailand Earth Observation System-2 (THEOS-2), which is an Earth-observing satellite built by Airbus Defense and Space on behalf of the Kingdom of Thailand. It

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Cyberattack Shutters Major NSF-funded Telescopes for More Than 2 weeks” & Constellations “Vulpecula the Little Fox” and “Sagitta the Arrow” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Zero Theorem” (2012) 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. “Cyberattack Shutters Major NSF-funded Telescopes for More Than 2 weeks” Gemini North Telescope on Mauna Kea Shuttered https://www.science.org/do/10.1126/science.adk3910/full/_20230818_on_gemini_north_observatory-1692814430103.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/nhq20230830000311.jpg?itok=_e0Vz_Fr Super Blue Moon https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.NRypK0KzeXgChi8BUrgFzAHaE6&w=197&h=116&c=7&o=6&pid=3.1 https://moon.nasa.gov/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBcXNGIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--77865c9701cdf8106ca87bc50924e8e3ef04663e/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCam9MWm05eWJXRjBPZ2wzWldKdyIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--24997868381b1f10543ce76109cabaf03df01923/micromoon_copy.png?content_type=image%2Fwebp&disposition=inline Amateur astronomers spot new impact on Jupiter https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DGpsWbWhFV5DkcFp6vBJJe-970-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Leroy Chiao Aug 28, 1960 STS-65, STS-72, STS-92, Soyuz TMA-5 (Expedition 10) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Leroy_Chiao_Astronaut.jpg/440px-Leroy_Chiao_Astronaut.jpg Thomas Marshburn Aug 29, 1960 STS-127, Soyuz 07M (Expedition 34/35), SpaceX Crew-3 (Expedition 66/67) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Thomas_Marshburn%2C_official_portrait_%282021%29_three-quarter_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Thomas_Marshburn%2C_official_portrait_%282021%29_three-quarter_%28cropped%29.jpg Jack Swigert Aug 30, 1931 Apollo 13 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Jack_Swigert.jpg/440px-Jack_Swigert.jpg K. Megan McArthur Aug 30, 1971 STS-125, SpaceX Crew-2 (Expedition 64/65) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Meganmcarthurv2.jpg/440px-Meganmcarthurv2.jpg Christopher Ferguson Sep 01, 1961 STS-115, STS-126, STS-135 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Christopher_Ferguson_in_2018_%28cropped%29_2.jpg/440px-Christopher_Ferguson_in_2018_%28cropped%29_2.jpg Christa McAuliffe Sep 02, 1948 STS-51-L (Challenger disaster.) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/ChristaMcAuliffe.jpg/440px-ChristaMcAuliffe.jpg This Week in Space History September 1, 1979 – Pioneer 11 encounter with Saturn https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/374446554_609174881411270_3609190181872205873_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p417x417&_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=oyXPk0YIefsAX_ge6ay&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfABvzNAzvYk0WGAwKrQq0fllRDxWsagxd_dCCAM4CCu1A&oe=64F7A4BF Mariner 2 This week in 1962 (August 27), Mariner 2 was launched, becoming the first successful mission to explore another planet - the enigmatic, intimidating Venus - in December that year. This mission set the stage for future Venus explorations, including those made by the Magellan space probe during the 1990s. https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/370823021_607012958294129_2851243116517341944_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p480x480&_nc_cat=107&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=49d041&_nc_ohc=Z1FqWgUwsPkAX8u-8p9&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=00_AfCgp-horj4-oLJELvRQuNADSLllMw4vQR8knN84_kkqVw&oe=64F80DD1 Nimbus launch On August 28, 1964, the first Nimbus satellite was launched, which provided unpreced

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “How accurate was/is ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’?” & Constellation “Aquila the Eagle” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Electric Dreams” (1984) 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. How accurate was/is “2001: A Space Odyssey”? Movie Poster https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcROkiOjl02SLvyOq3US6WW6bMuisF7HVc_-UuTrBIPHvb54Rr1NuXvjwf6al6Ysrs91lGSEjyqwxEigKAlGUR8-cvK1WkuCPunS6H4 Discovery One https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/spaceships/images/0/0b/Discoveryone.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160219193645 Weightless EVA https://media2.spaceref.com/news/2011/ae3511.jpg Space Clipper https://www.panam.org/images/InTheMedia/2001/Pan-Am-space-clipper.jpg Cockpit Discovery One https://p.turbosquid.com/ts-thumb/io/mLm14A/qVpG22EM/thumb/jpg/1536692401/1200x1200/fit_q99/2ed62a0af5728211be6984dcd55db075bbc94487/thumb.jpg Rear Discovery One http://s13.postimg.cc/bgltsxbzb/IMG_1839.jpg Decompression https://filmschoolrejects.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/0sqT-4rzYfkVtjlSB.jpg Walking on the Moon https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/976x549_b/p02cpx0p.jpg Space Station Under Construction https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/226363main_2001_station_t_full.jpg Imagining the future https://content.wolfram.com/uploads/sites/43/2018/04/6-controlsDocking1.png HAL 9000 https://www.popphoto.com/uploads/2019/01/17/IFMS3OYEKZHLJBPTZGPFDAU7CY.jpg Tablets in Space! https://cdn8.openculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/21221049/kubrick-tablet.jpg Kubrick Directing https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/02b62ee98bd1c99be311f7cf34530e5c1329e2a4/0_148_3232_1939/master/3232.jpg?width=620&dpr=2&s=none Phone Home https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Df7_395W0AABtKq?format=jpg&name=medium Pan Am https://static.wixstatic.com/media/85a468_f1d3f4a13bfc4759a8496068a8eb30d1.jpg/v1/fill/w_546,h_872,al_c,lg_1,q_85,enc_auto/85a468_f1d3f4a13bfc4759a8496068a8eb30d1.jpg Corporate Logos in 2001 https://i0.wp.com/georgehahn.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2001-space-station-large.jpg?resize=640%2C494&ssl=1 Waz Up Constellation “Aquila the Eagle” Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays August 22, 1932: Gerald Carr (Skylab 4) August 23, 1956: David Wolf (STS-58, STS-86/STS-89 – Mir 24, STS-112, STS-127) August 23, 1967: Dominic Antonelli (STS-119, STS-132) August 24, 1944: Gregory Jarvis (STS-51-L Challenger) August 24, 1946: Richard Richards (STS-28, STS-41, STS-50, STS-64) August 24, 1949: Anna Lee Fisher (STS-51-A) – first mother in space August 24, 1960: Steve Lindsey (STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121, STS-133) August 24, 1962: Mary Ellen Weber (STS-70, STS-101) August 25, 1960: Lee Archambault (STS-117, STS-119) August 25, 1965: Andrew Feustel (STS-125, STS-134, Exp 55/56) August 26, 1932: Joe Engle (3 X-15 flights, STS-2, STS-51-I) August 26, 1942: John Blaha (STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79/STS-81 – Mir 22) August 26, 1959: Kathryn Hire (STS-90, STS-130) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Aquila the Eagle 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/ August 26/27 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-11 Launch time: 9:05 p.m. EDT (0105 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 is to land on the drone ship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from Aug. 22. Updated: August 25 August 26/27 H-2A ? XRISM & SLIM Launch time: 0030:15 UTC (9:30:15 a.m.

Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, August 26, 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