Skynet 3-14-20 “The Alcubierre ‘Warp’ Drive” & “What’s Up with Venus?” 9PM CT |

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March 15
Falcon 9 • Starlink 5
Launch time: 1322 GMT (9:22 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to launch the sixth batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5. Delayed from January, Feb. 14, March 4, March 11 and March 14. [March 13]

March 16
GSLV Mk.2 • GISAT 1
Launch time: Approx. 1213 GMT (8:13 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 (GSLV Mk.2), designated GSLV-F10, will launch India’s first GEO Imaging Satellite, or GISAT 1. The GISAT 1 spacecraft will provide continuous remote sensing observations over the Indian subcontinent from geostationary orbit more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) above Earth. Delayed from Jan. 15, February and March 5. [March 9]

March 16
Soyuz • Glonass M
Launch time: 1823 GMT (2:23 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia
A Russian government Soyuz rocket with a Fregat upper stage will launch a Glonass M navigation satellite. The Soyuz rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1b configuration. Delayed from March 15. [March 5]

March 16
Long March 7A • TJS 6
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Wenchang, China
A Chinese Long March 7A rocket will launch a satellite known as TJS 6. Also named as XJY 6 in unconfirmed social media posts, the payload will launch aboard the first flight of the Long March 7A rocket variant with a third stage to place spacecraft into high-energy orbits. [March 16]

TBD
Astra Rocket 3.0 • “1 of 3”
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska
Astra Space’s Rocket 3.0, or Rocket 3, will lift off on its first orbital launch attempt. Astra originally planned to launch the mission, designated “1 of 3,” in pursuit of a $2 million prize in DARPA’s Launch Challenge. But the mission was delayed beyond the 15-day window for the Launch Challenge, meaning Astra did not win the prize. Astra plans to proceed with another launch attempt from Alaska with a different set of payloads. Delayed from Feb. 25, Feb. 27 and Feb. 28. Scrubbed on Feb. 29 by poor weather. Scrubbed on March 2 by guidance, navigation and control issue. [March 2]

March
PSLV • RISAT 2BR2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India
India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), designated PSLV-C49, will launch the RISAT 2BR2 radar Earth observation satellite for the Indian Space Research Organization. The PSLV will also launch four Kleos Scouting Mission radio surveillance nanosatellites for Kleos Space, a Luxembourg-based company, and multiple Lemur 2 CubeSats for Spire Global. The mission will likely use the “Core Alone” version of the PSLV with no strap-on solid rocket boosters. Delayed from December. [Feb. 11]

March 21
Soyuz • OneWeb 3
Launch time: 1707 GMT (1:07 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch 34 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. The Soyuz-2.1b rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from Dec. 5 and March 18. [March 1]

Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Exoplanet Where it Rains Iron, Discovered
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Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

North Korean Satellite
https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=39026&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Mar. 16
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58924.5092980138&type=V

Mar. 20
https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=39026&mjd=58928.5030699823&type=V

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