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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Light” & Constellation “Hercules, the Strong Man” Net Control: Chaz KF5JHA Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan” (1982) 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 9PM CT. Light 4. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Light Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: June 23, 1930: Donn Eisele (Apollo 7) June 24, 1946: Ellison Onizuka (STS-51-C, STS-51-L) June 24, 1977: Raja Chari (SpaceX Crew-3: Exp 66/67) June 24, 1983: Jasmin Moghbeli (Commander of SpaceX Crew-7: Exp 69/70) 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) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Hercules, the Muscle Man Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: June 10 June 29/30 H3 ? DAICHI-4 Launch time: 12:06:42 - 12:19:34 p.m. JST (11:06:42 - 11:19:34 p.m. EDT, 0306:42-0319:34 UTC) Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the JAXA Tanegashima Space Center The Japanese Exploration Aerospace Agency (JAXA) will launch the third flight of its H3 Launch Vehicle. The mission, H3 F3: Flight No. 3, will launch the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4 “DAICHI-4” (ALOS-4). This Earth observation satellite is manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will use a phased array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (PALSAR-3) and is designed to operate for seven years or orbit. Updated: April 26 NET July Falcon 9 ? Transporter-11 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of satellites to a sun-synchronous orbit on the company’s 11th such rideshare mission. Among the payloads are the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite, UK-based Surrey Satellites’ Tyche satellite for the UK Space Command, Japan-based iQPS’ QPS-SAR No. 8 satellite and U.S.-based Planet Labs’ Tanager-1 satellite. Updated: June 17 NET July 1/2 Alpha ? ELaNa 43 Launch time: 9:03 p.m. PDT (12:03 a.m. EDT, 0403 UTC) Launch site: SLC-2, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket will launch a collection of eight CubeSats as part of NASA’s ELaNA 43 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites 43) mission. Also nicknamed ‘Noise of Summer’ by Firefly, this will be the fifth launch of an Alpha rocket to date. The launch is part of the company’s Venture-Class Launch Services Demo 2 contract with NASA. Delayed from June 27. Updated: June 26 NET July 2 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 8-9 Launch time: Window opens at 2:24 a.m. EDT (0624 UTC) Launch site: Slc-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: June 27 NET July 7/8 Falcon 9 ? Türksat 6A Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florid

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Reminder: DARC Skynet! 9PM CT When: Saturday, June 22, 2024 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 - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Using Sunlight to Power Deep Space Exploration” & Constellation “Lupus, the Wolf” Net Control: Tony NT5TM Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Backward Faces" (2022) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. ACS3 Solar Sail ACS Solar Sail https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/acs3-solar-sail.png ACS Deployment (Artist’s Concept) https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/web/assets/pictures/_768x434_crop_center-center_82_line/474201/solar_sail2.jpg.webp ACS’s 12-unit CubeSat Spacecraft https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/acs3-image2.png Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays: June 9, 1946: F. Drew Gaffney (STS-40) June 10, 1929: James McDivitt (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) June 11, 1944: James van Hoften (STS-41-C, STS-51-I) June 13, 1945: Ronald Grabe (STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Lupus, the Wolf Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June 18/19 Electron ? “No Time Toulouse” Launch time: 6:13 a.m. NZT on June 19 (2:13 p.m. EDT, 1813 UTC on June 18) Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the “No Time Toulouse” mission, the first of five dedicated flights on behalf of Kinéis, a French Internet-of-Things company, which also has financial backing from France’s space agency, CNES (Centre National d’?tudes Spatiales). The rocket will carry the first five Internet-of-Things (IOT) satellites of a 25-satellite constellation. Updated: June 10 June 18/19 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 9-1 Launch time: Window opens at 8 p.m. PDT (11 p.m. EDT, 0300 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit. More than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will land on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You.’ Delayed from June 13. Updated: June 12 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstration flight with Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser cargo vehicle for the International Space Station. The Dream Chaser is a lifting body resupply spacecraft that will launch on top of a rocket and land on a runway. This will be the Dream Chaser’s first flight to space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly in the VC4L configuration with four GEM-6

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Boeing Starliner” & Constellations “Bootes, the Shepherd, and Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Quantum Cowboys” (2022) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Boeing Starliner https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Boeing%27s_Starliner_crew_ship_approaches_the_space_station_%28iss067e066735%29_%28cropped%29.jpg Starliner Particulars https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5705dc13d210b8bf599dd4f1/1627406560680-FYS5GOA2EKBOS60S2OQ8/General+Graphic_OV.png?format=1500w Unmanned Orbital Mission https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fu2xUaHCnTdDmNSZiWCcdW-1200-80.jpg On Orbit https://www.airguide.info/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Boeings-CST-100-Starliner-capsule-space-1.jpeg Starliner Heat Shield https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGD73TZtxpsnFTBGHPJQswrW3M8IKUq4ExIQ&s Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News Earthrise https://a.1stdibscdn.com/unknown-photography-40x50-apollo-8-earth-rise-space-photography-nasa-archival-print-photograph-for-sale/a_11302/a_144636521715963406376/50x60earthrise_master.jpg?disable=upscale&auto=webp&quality=60&width=700 AR3664 (with Jupiter Comparison) https://preview.redd.it/todays-massive-sunspot-ar3664-compared-to-the-size-of-v0-do7et01oebzc1.jpeg?width=1080&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3793e1b2cf95f24e089c2617f3374728fbe0d22f Space-Related Birthdays Pete Conrad June 2, 1930 Gemini 5, Gemini 11, Apollo 12, Skylab 2 https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTC6Pk2GAXLERnpwgy6FZTUR3Shu8WC_0mpLnpXy6dBIjlY4LwW Mark L Polansky, June 2, 1956 STS-98, STS-116, STS-127 https://cdn.sanity.io/images/2vtv415l/production/f2163687ad8b0bc72654191abc7d2bd929cb6f16-1024x1280.jpg?w=1256&fit=max Shannon Walker, June 4, 1965 Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Shannon_Walker_official_portrait_2020_%28cropped%29.jpg Robert S. Kimbrough, June 4, 1967 STS-126, Soyuz MS-02 (Expedition 49/50), SpaceX Crew 2 (Expedition 65/66) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Shanekimbroughv2.jpg/1000px-Shanekimbroughv2.jpg Richard A. Searfoss, June 5, 1956 STS-58, STS-76, STS-90 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRG3hi0yjeWUm1uiL2wxcKFARzsU23F-R385Z8xh-pdmVJkOTVY David Scott, June 6, 1932 Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15 (He's 92) https://www.ju.edu/globalcitizen/img/honoree-scott-2023.jpg Jay C. Buckey June 6, 1956 STS-90 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Jay_Buckey.jpg/220px-Jay_Buckey.jpg Anne McClain June 7, 1979 Soyuz MS-11 (Expedition 58/59) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Anne_C._McClain_portrait.jpg/440px-Anne_C._McClain_portrait.jpg Bruce McCandless II, June 8, 1937 STS-41-B, STS-31 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Bruce_McCandless_II_portrait.jpg/640px-Bruce_McCandless_II_portrait.jpg Stanley G. Love, June 8, 1956 STS-122 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT9A2FCigNoEzn87fLSJf-ClB1PvfvFfjYvj2kKqFlwmnXOIfnq This Week in Space History On June 7, 1965, after a four-day mission and 62 orbits, NASA's Gemini 4 mission returned to Earth with an Atlantic Ocean splashdown. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Ed_White_First_American_Spacewalker_-_GPN-2000-001180.jpg/520px-Ed_White_First_American_Spacewalker_-_GPN-2000-001180.jpg Gemini 4 was NASA's 10th manned spaceflight. It included the first spacewalk by an American astronaut. Edward H. White II floated outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule by using a hand-held maneuver

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference” & “Libra, the Scales” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "Moon Crash" (2022) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. Review of the 2024 International Space Development Conference Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays May 26, 1951: Sally Ride (STS-7, STS-41-G) May 28, 1944: Paul Scully-Power (STS-41-T) May 30, 1958: Michael Lopez-Alegria, KE5GTK (STS-73, STS-92, STS-113, Exp 14, April 2022 - SpaceX Axiom Mission AX-1; has the most EVA time of all American astronauts) June 1, 1954: Jeffrey Ashby (STS-93, STS-100, STS-112) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Libra, the Scales Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ NET June 5 Starship ? Flight 4 Launch time: Window opens 7 a.m. CDT (8 a.m. EDT, 1200 UTC) Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas SpaceX will conduct a fourth flight test of its fully integrated Starship rocket, a combination of the Ship upper stage and the Super Heavy Booster. About seven minutes after liftoff, the SHB will complete its landing burn and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The Ship upper stage will continue on until it performs a landing flip a little more than an hour into flight with a landing in the Indian Ocean shortly thereafter. Updated: May 24 NET June Soyuz ? Kondor-FKA 2 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1S, Vostochny Cosmodrome A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch the Kondor-Experimental SAR Spacecraft FKA 2 (Kondor-FKA 2) satellite to sun-synchronous orbit at 510 km altitude and an inclination of 97.4°. The mission, with a roughly five-year live span, is being launched on behalf of NPO Mashinostroyeniya. Updated: May 17 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are four main instruments on board, two of which are French and two which are Chinese. The spacecraft will be launched to a 625-km Earth orbit and will operate for at least three years with an option to extend for another two years beyond that. Delayed from late 2023. Updated: January 28 June 25 Falcon Heavy ? GOES U Launch time: TBD Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon Heavy will launch the fourth and final satellite of the next-generation series of geostationary weather satellites for NASA and NOAA. GOES-U will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The satellite will be renamed GOES-19 once it reaches its operational orbit. Delayed from April 30 and May. Updated: March 26 NET Summer Falcon 9 ? Polaris Dawn Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Polaris Dawn mission will be commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, making his second trip to space. He will be joined on the all-private mission by pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and SpaceX employees Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from November and December 2022, March 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 17 Second Quarter Vulcan Centaur ? Dream Chaser 1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch on its second demonstrat

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “5 of the rarest astronomical events” & Constellation “Virgo, the Maiden” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “It Came From Somewhere” (2022) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. 5 of the rarest astronomical events—and when you’ll next see them https://bigthink.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/13-8_The-Better-We-Know-the-Heavens_Lead.jpg?lb=1024,576 8 planets in the same night sky https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/B8ypgZ9gvzWJmRbu3nRSGa-1920-80.jpg.webp Transit of Earth https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2022/02/earth-transit-from-Mars-94e8eee.jpg?w=1456&webp=1 Halley’s Comet https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Lspn_comet_halley.jpg Meteor procession https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Frederic_Church_Meteor_of_1860.jpg Blue supermoon https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2/newscms/2018_14/2303731/180124-supermoon-micromon-mn-1005.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News NASA spacecraft found ‘dead’ robot on Mars surface: what is it and to which mission does it belong? https://www.bing.com/th?id=OVFT.NHLli2CqMOqCxeFj5i4aBi&pid=News&w=300&h=186&c=14&rs=2&qlt=90 We may have just witnessed some of the strongest auroras in 500 years https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VVzbeeQVyLLodd9wG9LFqR-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Dick Scobee 19-May-1939 STS-41-C, STS-51-L )Challenger disaster) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Scobee-fr.jpg/800px-Scobee-fr.jpg Pierre J. Thuot 19-May-1955 STS-36, STS-49, STS-62 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Pierre_Thuot.jpg/220px-Pierre_Thuot.jpg David M. Walker 20-May-1944 STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Walker-dm.jpg/220px-Walker-dm.jpg Thomas Akers 20-May-1951 STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Thomas_D_Akers.jpg/220px-Thomas_D_Akers.jpg Paul W. Richards 20-May-1964 STS-102 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Paul_Richards.jpg/220px-Paul_Richards.jpg Robert C. Springer 21-May-1942 STS-29, STS-38 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Robert_Springer.jpg/220px-Robert_Springer.jpg Ronald Parise 24-May-1951 STS-35, STS-67 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ronald_Parise.jpg/220px-Ronald_Parise.jpg Nathan J. Lindsay 24-May-1936 No flights. No photo available. John D. Olivas 25-May-1965 STS-117, STS-128 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_Olivas_v2.jpg/220px-John_Olivas_v2.jpg This Week in Space History Skylab 2 launch, May 25, 1973 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/40_Years_Ago%2C_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg/260px-40_Years_Ago%2C_Skylab_Paved_Way_for_International_Space_Station.jpg May 18-26, Apollo 10 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Apollo-10-Lancering.jpg/170px-Apollo-10-Lancering.jpg Aurora 7, May 24, 1962 https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/aurora_7_9_liftoff.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Virgo, the Maiden” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ May 28 Falcon 9 ? EarthCARE Launch time: 3:20 p.m. PDT (6:20 p.m. EDT, 2220 UTC) Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) satellite to a sun-synchronous polar orbit at 393.14 km altitude and an inclination of 97.05°. This is principally a European Space Agency (ESA) missio

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “22 amazing facts about space and astronomy” & Constellations “Coma Berenices, Bernice’s Hair” and “Canes Venatici, the Hunting Dogs” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “From the Earth to the Moon” (1958) 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/ Discussion Topic of the Evening. 22 amazing facts about space and astronomy From Skyatnightmagazine.com The Moon is lemon-shaped https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/lemon-moon-3951a4a-e1588671519977.png?webp=1&w=1200 Milky Way smells of rum, raspberries and booze https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/space-rum-raspberries-smell-5840ef7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Mercury-realistic-imgae-61c867c-e1571410840102.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 You could survive for a couple of minutes in a leaky spacesuit https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/tink-029adb3-e1588252892217.png?webp=1&w=1200 1 tsp of neutron star weighs the same as the human population https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Neutron-Star-2296c2d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Gamma-ray bursts release more energy in 10 seconds than our Sun will in its entire life https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/gamma-ray-burst-07afa49-scaled-e1587559779552.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There are stars we will never be able to see https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/02/potw1703a-8eb608f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes have theoretical opposites known as white holes https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/White-hole-446829e-scaled-e1588669809182.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Jupiter’s magnetic field is bigger than the Moon https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Jupiter-magnetic-field-8965c7f.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Neptune has only completed one orbit around the Sun since its discovery https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/neptune-with-hubble-feecb17-e1571902966676.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Planets can wander through space without a parent star https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Rogue-exoplanet-3af8a4b.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Sun loses a billion kilos per second https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/03/The-Sun-copy-7215236.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Most Sun-like stars in our galaxy are in multiple star systems https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Exoplanet-orbiting-two-stars-6be0e0d.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Vast amounts of water have been found in space https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/10/Enceladus_Cassini_plume_dive-f5e7a4e.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 There is gravity on the International Space Station https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/06/04-Scott-Kelly-fruit-982caf2.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Our days are getting longer https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2019/09/Galileo_Earth_Moon-de902b7.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 The Moon is getting farther away every year https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/05/Moon-from-ISS-e3dea76.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Heat from the Big Bang is still around today https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2020/04/Planck_CMB-07a1b86-e1597141466232.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Venus spins backwards https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/03/venus-mariner-10-02b24b5.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Uranus is the coldest planet in the Solar System https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/02/webb-uranus-2023-a068939.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 Black holes give off light https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2023/04/11-hubble-discoveries-triplicate-506d8ff.jpg?webp=1&w=1200 5 billion Suns could fit in UY Scuti, one of the biggest known stars https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/48/2024/02/uy-scuti.jpg?fit=800%2C334&webp=1&w=1200 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space Hist

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “What are Solar Storms? Do We Need to Worry?” & Constellations “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear” Net Control: Tom KE5ICX Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: "The Quiet Hour" (2014) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. What are Solar Storms? Do We Need to Worry? Solar Flare https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/X3.2_Solar_flare_on_2013-05-14_at_four_wavelengths.jpg Coronal Mass Ejections https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Coronal_mass_ejection_on_28_October_2021_ESA25032924.gif Geomagnetic Storm https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Magnetosphere_rendition.jpg Solar Particle Event https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Solar_flare_%28TRACE%29.gif Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) https://people.com/thmb/NFwO3UrM5nsC_pO5AUIiypS738s=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(780x411:782x413):format(webp)/sun-northern-lights-051024-3-488eb170968e42428852997b2de6e141.jpg Power Grid and Solar Storms https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_auto,c_fit,w_1200,q_auto/wp-cms/uploads/2022/03/p-1-how-a-solar-storm-could-knock-out-the-power-grid-and-the-internet.jpg Spacecraft Operations Disruption https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a031200/a031248/space-weather-effects_print.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News CME Cosmic Flare https://blogs.nasa.gov/solarcycle25/wp-content/uploads/sites/304/2024/05/SDO-X3pt9-Flare-May-10-2024-131-171-crop.jpg?resize=1024,1024 Florida Keys https://spaceweather.com/images2024/10may24/floridakeys2_strip.jpg Mars is blasting plasma out of its atmosphere into space Mars https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/08155636/SEI_203195668.jpg?width=900 Hubble Glimpses a Star-Forming Factory UGC 9684 https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/hubble-ugc9684-potw2419a.jpg?w=2048&format=webp Space-Related Birthdays Michael J. Adams 05-May-1930 X-15 flight 191. He died when his plane crashed. He was awarded astronaut wings posthumously https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg/220px-Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg Douglas H. Wheelock 05-May-1960 STS-120, Soyuz TMA-19 (Expedition 24/25) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Wheelock_Douglas.jpg/220px-Wheelock_Douglas.jpg David Leestma 06-May-1949 STS-41-G, STS-28, STS-45 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/DavidCornellLeestma.jpg/220px-DavidCornellLeestma.jpg Donald A. Thomas 06-May-1955 STS-65, STS-70, STS-83, STS-94 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Donald_Thomas.jpg/220px-Donald_Thomas.jpg Tamara E. Jernigan 07-May-1959 STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Tamara_E._Jernigan.jpg/220px-Tamara_E._Jernigan.jpg Charles Camarda 08-May-1952 STS-114 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Charles_J._Camarda.jpg/220px-Charles_J._Camarda.jpg Vance D. Brand 09-May-1931 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, STS-5, STS-41-B, STS-35 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/VanceDBrand.jpg/220px-VanceDBrand.jpg Lisa Nowak 10-May-1963 STS-121 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Lisa_M._Nowak.jpg/220px-Lisa_M._Nowak.jpg Ellen Ochoa 10-May-1958 STS-56, STS-66, STS-96, STS-110 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Ellen_Ochoa.jpg/220px-Ellen_Ochoa.jpg This Week in Space History Freedom 7 On May 5, 1961, the United States launched its first man into space. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Mercury-Redstone_3_Launch_MSFC-6100884.jpg/170px-Mercury-Redstone_3_Launch_MSFC-

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “TBD” & “Ursa Major, the Big Bear and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear” Net Control: Bill N5BB Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Jupiter 2032” (2022) 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 9PM CT. Discussion Topic of the Evening. TBD Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays April 27, 1953: Ellen Shulman Baker, KB5SIX (STS-34, STS-50, STS-71) April 28, 1943: John Creighton (STS-51-G, STS-36, STS-48) April 28, 1949: Jerome Apt, N5QWL (STS-37, STS-47, STS-59, STS-79) April 28, 1956: Paul Lockhart (STS-111, STS-113) April 30, 1945: Michael Smith (STS-51-L Challenger) April 30, 1957: Duane Carey (STS-109) April 30, 1976: Victor Glover, KI5BKC (SpaceX Crew-1 Exp 64/65; Artemis 2) May 1, 1925: Scott Carpenter (Mercury-Atlas 7) May 2, 1957: Dominic L. Pudwill Gorie (STS-91, STS-99, STS-108, STS-123) May 2, 1975: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger (STS-131) May 3, 1949: Albert Sacco (STS-73) May 4, 1956: Michael L. Gernhardt (STS-69, STS-83, STS-94, STS-104) Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ May 6 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-57 Launch time: Four hour launch window opens at 11:34 a.m. EDT (1534 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster will be recovered on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 03 May 6/7 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 10:34 p.m. ET (0234 UTC on the 7th) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, designated AV-085, will launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft on its first mission with astronauts, known as the Crew Test Flight, to the International Space Station. The capsule will dock with the space station, then return to Earth to landing in the Western United States. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will fly on the mission. The rocket will fly in a vehicle configuration with two solid rocket boosters and a dual-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from August and 1st Quarter of 2020. Delayed from mid-2020 after Boeing decision to refly the Orbital Flight Test. Delayed from early 2021, June 2021, and late 2021. Delayed from late 2022 to implement fixes on the Starliner spacecraft after OFT-2. Delayed from April 2023, July 2023 and April 2024. Updated: May 03 May 7 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-56 Launch time: Four hour launch window opens at 11:08 a.m. EDT (1508 UTC) Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launched 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. The first stage booster will be recovered on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean. Updated: May 03 TBD Eris ? TestFlight1 Launch time: TBD Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4 due to a lack of launch permit. Updated: April 23 June 24 Long March 2C ? SVOM Launch time: TBD Launch site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China A Chinese Long March 2C rocket will launch the Space-based multi-band astronomical Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM) spacecraft. The satellite is a dual Franco-Chinese mission, which is “dedicated to the study of the most distant explosions of stars, the gamma-ray bursts.” There are fou

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “6 Space Missions to Look Forward to in 2024” & Constellations “Crater, the Cup” and “Corvus, the Crow” Net Control: Billye KF5PDS Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Astronaut: The Last Push” (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” 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. “6 Space Missions to Look Forward to in 2024” Europa Clipper https://d2pn8kiwq2w21t.cloudfront.net/images/EuropaClipper_Poster_08_2020_002_2_.width-1800.jpg Artemis II Launch https://plus.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/original-1.jpeg?w=976 VIPER https://i.cdn.newsbytesapp.com/images/l56420210921190450.jpeg Lunar Trailblazer and PRIME-1 Missions https://jatan.space/content/images/2024/02/https-3a-2f-2fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984-s3-amazonaws-com-2fpublic-2fimages-2f197bf622-b79c-4132-a914-ff8b780f75a0_1250x1250-jpeg.jpg Martian Moon eXploration Mission https://www.mmx.jaxa.jp/en/mission/img/pic01.png Hera Mission https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb661af793de226cf27e2a5/1618324802553-X4I3SIJ3SY50BGTEXXXO/ian+-+DARTreviewA3-15Crotated.jpg Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Space Exploration News VICTUS HAZE https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/e3PPNMfjfC4L2MqtMzBP8a-650-80.jpg.webp NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/moon-tree1.jpg?resize=1536,2048 Private moon mission to carry NASA electric moon dust shield in 2024 https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uDq92pG5L7TykoHrJFXenb-650-80.jpg.webp Space-Related Birthdays Yvonne Cagle 24-Apr-1959 No flights https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Yvonne_Cagle.jpg/220px-Yvonne_Cagle.jpg Ellen S. Baker 27-Apr-1953 STS-34, STS-50, STS-71 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Ellen_Louise_Shulman_Baker.jpg/220px-Ellen_Louise_Shulman_Baker.jpg This Week in Space History April 23, 1962 Ranger 4 launch https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Atlas_Agena_B_with_Ranger_4_%28Apr._23%2C_1962%29.png/100px-Atlas_Agena_B_with_Ranger_4_%28Apr._23%2C_1962%29.png April 24, 1967 – Death of Vladimir Koromov https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov_photo_portrait.jpg/220px-Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Komarov_photo_portrait.jpg Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ Check-ins or comments April 28 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-54 Launch time: 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 UTC) Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a batch of 23 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster, tail number B1076 in the SpaceX fleet, will land on the droneship ‘Just Read the Instructions’ out in the Atlantic Ocean. This will be the 13th flight for this booster. Updated: April 27 TBD Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: Window opens 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT / 1830 GMT) 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, June 2023, April 17 & 24, 2024. Updated: April 24 NET May 6/7 Atlas 5 ? CST-100 Starliner Crew Flight Test Launch time: 10:34 p.m. ET (0234 UTC on the 7th) Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Space

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SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT - 10:30 PM CT Saturday’s Topic: “New Time Zone for the Moon?” & Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Logan’s Run” (1975) 2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, - Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247. Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet” Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet” Direct Video Link: 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 House directs NASA to create a new time zone for the moon Astronauts on the Moon: “What time is it?” https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ksbUMxe3ECEDqxYYZNgwAC-650-80.jpg.webp Guess the timezone… https://e3.365dm.com/23/02/1600x900/skynews-moon-the_6072786.jpg?20230228102649 Waz Up Space Exploration and Space History Astronaut Birthdays [Slide 9]: April 14, 1929: William Thornton (STS-8, STS-51-B) April 15, 1951: Marsha Ivins (STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98); was KC5WKF April 15, 1951: John Phillips (STS-100, Soyuz TMA-6/Exp. 11, STS-119); was KE5DRY April 15, 1951: Gregory Harbaugh (STS-39, STS-54, STS-71, STS-82) April 16, 1956: David Brown (STS-107); KC5ZTC SK April 16, 1959: Michael Barratt (Soyuz TMA-14/Exp 19/20; STS-133; SpaceX Crew 8 launched 3/4/2024); KD5MIJ April 20, 1955: Don Pettit (Expedition 6, STS-126, Expedition 30/31); KD5MDT Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week Constellation “Centaurus, the Centaur” Space Launches For This Week Space Flight Now Launch Schedule https://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/ April 22/23 Falcon 9 ? Starlink 6-53 Launch time: Window runs from 6:40 - 10:40 p.m. EDT (2240-0240 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 on a droneship in the Atlantic Ocean about 8.5 minutes after liftoff. Updated: April 19 NET April 23/24 Electron ? ‘Beginning Of The Swarm’ Launch time: Window 10:00-11:00 a.m. NZST April 24 (6:00-7:00 p.m. EDT, 2200-2300 UTC on April 23) Launch site: Pad B, Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a pair of satellites on behalf of both NASA and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). KAIST’s NEONSAT-1 is the primary payload and is described as “an Earth observation satellite with a high-resolution optical camera designed to monitor for natural disasters along the Korean Peninsula by pairing its images with artificial intelligence.” Additional NEOSAT satellites will be launched n 2026 and 2027. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) is the secondary payload. It’s a technology demonstration that is geared to show off materials that can be used for solar sail propulsion. NASA “plans to test the deployment of new composite booms that will unfurl the solar sail to measure approximately 30 feet per side, or about the size of a small apartment in total. Flight data obtained during the demonstration will be used for designing future larger-scale composite solar sail systems for space weather early warning satellites, asteroid and other small body reconnaissance missions, and missions to observe the polar regions of the sun.” Updated: April 19 April 24 Falcon 9 ? WorldView Legion 1 & 2 Launch time: Window opens 11:30 a.m. PDT (2:30 p.m. EDT / 1830 GMT) 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, June 2023 an April 17, 2024. Updated: April 19 NET May 4 Eris ? TestFl