Skynet 10-17-20 “How Yeager’s Flight Affected Space Travel” & Constellations Picis Austrinus and Grus 9PM CT |

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

How Breaking the Sound Barrier Helped the Space Program

X-1

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Chuck Yeager

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“Glamorous Glennis”

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Waz Up

Tonight’s Discussion: Waxing crescent Moon, Oct. 16th, Mars is still a close object to view, Mars and Moon at Conjunction Oct. 28, and Five meteor showers in October.

Space Exploration and Space History

Space Exploration News

Space Junk Narrow Miss

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MS-17 Approaches ISS
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Artemis Program

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New Shepard Launch

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Space-Related Birthdays

Oct. 15

1829: Asaph Hall Born

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Oct. 17

1956: Mae Jemison born

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This Week in Space History

Oct. 12

1964: Voskhod 1 Launched, first three-person space flight

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1977: Shuttle Enterprise’s first glide test without aerodynamic tailcone

2008: ISS Expedition 18 crew launched

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Oct. 13

1773: Charles Messier observes M-51

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1968: Apollo 7 first live TV broadcast from space.

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2004: ISS Expedition 10 crew launched

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Oct. 14

1947: World’s first supersonic flight

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1957: USAF announces X-20 Dyna-Soar project

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1983: Venera 16 arrives in orbit around Venus

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Oct. 15

1997: Cassini-Huygens launched

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2003: Shenzhou 5 launched, Yang Liwei becomes first Chinese astronaut

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Oct. 17

2016: Shenzhou-11 launched

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Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Constellations Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish and Grus, The Crane

Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Launch Schedule

Oct. 18

Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L13

Launch time: 1225 GMT (8:25 a.m. EDT)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 14th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L13. Delayed from September and Oct. 10. [Oct. 17]

October

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. Delayed from Oct. 14. [Oct. 13]

Oct. 20

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]

Oct. 21

Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L14

Launch time: 1636 GMT (12:36 p.m. EDT)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 15th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L14. Delayed from October. [Oct. 15]

Oct. 25

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, late August, and Oct. 17. [Oct. 10]

TBD

Delta 4-Heavy • NROL-44

Launch period: 0200-0600 GMT on 24th (10:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. EDT on 23rd/24th)

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. Delayed from Oct. 15 and Oct. 23. [Oct. 17]

Late October

Falcon 9 • NROL-108

Launch window: TBD

Launch site: Cape Canaveral, 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. Delayed from Oct. 25. [Oct. 15]