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Discussion Topic of the Evening.

“’Echo Mapping’ in Faraway Galaxies Could Measure Vast Cosmic Distances”

“Echo Mapping” Light Bursts From Supermassive Black Holes in Faraway Galaxies to Measure Vast Cosmic Distances

Artist’s Conception of Echo Mapping

https://scitechdaily.com/images/Echo-Mapping-in-a-Black-Hole-Accretion-Disk-and-Torus-Annotated-1394×2048.jpg

Black Hole Accretion Disk and Torus

https://scitechdaily.com/images/Echo-Mapping-in-a-Black-Hole-Accretion-Disk-and-Torus-scaled.jpg

Waz Up

Moon Phases, Blue Moon, Mars Close Approach, Jupiter and Saturn in Conjunction, Five Meteor Shows in October, and the Milky Way transitions to “overhead” in the night sky.

Space Exploration and Space History

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Microsopium, TThe Microscope

Microscopium represents the microscope and is not associated with any myths. Microscopium is the 66th constellation in size. Microscopium has no Messier objects.

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Launch Schedule

Oct. 14

Soyuz • ISS 63S

Launch time: 0545 GMT (1:45 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch the crewed Soyuz MS-17 spacecraft to the International Space Station with members of the next Expedition crew. The capsule will remain at the station for about six months, providing an escape pod for the residents. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1a configuration. [Sept. 14]

Oct. 14

Long March 6 • ÑuSat 9-18

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Taiyuan, China

A Chinese Long March 6 rocket will launch 10 ÑuSat Earth-imaging satellites for Satellogic, an Argentine satellite manufacturer and remote sensing company. [Oct. 6]

OctoberLong March 3B • Gaofen 13

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Xichang, China

A Chinese Long March 3B rocket will launch the Gaofen 13 Earth observation satellite. [Oct. 6]

NET

Oct. 15/16Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-44

Launch period: 0200-0600 GMT on 16th (10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. EDT on 15th/16th)

Launch site: SLC-37B, Cape Canaveral Air 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. Delayed from June and Aug. 26. Scrubbed on Aug. 27 by pneumatics issue. Aborted at T-minus 3 seconds on Aug. 29. Delayed from Sept. 26 by swing arm issue. Scrubbed on Sept. 28 due to weather. Scrubbed on Sept. 29 due to hydraulic leak on Mobile Service Tower retract system. Aborted on Sept. 30 at T-minus 7 seconds. [Oct. 8]

Oct. 17

Soyuz • Glonass K

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia

A Russian government Soyuz rocket will launch a Glonass K navigation satellite. The Glonass K satellites are upgraded spacecraft for Russia’s Glonass positioning and timing network. The rocket will fly in the Soyuz-2.1b configuration with a Fregat upper stage. Delayed from Aug. 6 and late August. [Aug. 15]

October

Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV04

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the U.S. Air Force’s fourth third-generation navigation satellite for the Global Positioning System. The satellite is built by Lockheed Martin. Delayed from October, December, May, July and August. Moved forward from Sept. 30. Delayed from Sept. 29. Delayed from Sept. 30. Scrubbed on Oct. 2 at T-minus 2 seconds. [Oct. 2]

Oct. 21

Electron • “In Focus”

Launch window: 2114-2203 GMT (5:14-6:03 p.m. EDT)

Launch site: Launch Complex 1, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch on its 15th flight with the CE-SAT-2B Earth-imaging microsatellite for Canon Electronics and nine SuperDove Earth-imaging nanosatellites for Planet. Rocket Lab nicknamed the launch “In Focus” in reference to the Earth observation payloads on the mission. [Oct. 8]

October

Atlas 5 • NROL-101

Launch window: TBD

Launch site: SLC-41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket will fly in the 531 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, three solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. The mission was changed from an earlier planned “551” configuration. This will be the first launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with new Northrop Grumman-built GEM-63 solid rocket motors, replacing the Aerojet Rocketdyne AJ-60A solid rocket motors used on previous Atlas 5s. Delayed from September. [Aug. 25]

NET Oct. 25

Falcon 9 • NROL-108

Launch window: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a classified spacecraft payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. The mission is designated NROL-108. The first stage booster is expected to attempt a return to launch site landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. [Oct. 6]

Oct. 31

Falcon 9 • Crew 1

Launch time: 0640 GMT (2:40 a.m. EDT)

Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on its first operational flight with astronauts on-board to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker, and Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi will launch on the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The Crew Dragon will return to a splashdown at sea. Delayed from late September and Oct. 23. [Oct. 2]