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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Discussion Topic of the Evening.
“That Strange Radio Signal…”
This is an article from theguardian.com website.
Artist’s Impression of Proxima Centauri
The “Wow” Signal Computer Printout
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Wow_signal.jpg
“Breakthrough Listen”
https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Earth-Transit-Zone-750px.jpg
Earth/Proxima B Comparison
Lewis Dartnell
https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1559524297p5/1020467.jpg
Pulsar Schematic
https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/NRAOPulsar.jpg
Big Ear Wow! Signal
Seti@Home
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/SETI%40home_Multi-Beam_screensaver.png
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Space Exploration News
Jan. 1
Astronauts ring in new year from space with zero gravity ball drop for 2021
https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/01/nye-space-86.jpg
Jan. 5
NASA’s first mission to the Trojan asteroids integrates its second scientific instrument
NASA Extends Exploration for Two Planetary Science Missions
https://mk0astronomynow9oh6g.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/010821_juno_insight.jpg
Juno Discoveries
Insight Discoveries
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/insight_pia22743-2.jpg
Noctilucent Clouds Over Argentina
Space-Related Birthdays
Frederick D. Gregory January 7, 1941
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Col._Frederick_D._Gregory_%2814573232936%29.jpg
Christopher Cassidy January 4, 1970
Michael Foale January 6, 1957
Guy Gardner January 6, 1948
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Guy_Gardner.jpg
Stephen Hawking
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Stephen_Hawking.StarChild.jpg
This Week in Space History
“The Ashen Lights of Venus”
Luna 1
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Space Launches For This Week
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Jan. 14
Falcon 9 • Transporter 1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 1 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with dozens of small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Delayed from Dec. 16. [Dec. 28]
Mid-January
LauncherOne • ELaNa-20
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: Cosmic Girl (Boeing 747), Mojave Air and Space Port, California
A Virgin Orbit LauncherOne rocket will launch on its second flight after dropping from a modified Boeing 747 carrier jet. The flight will be conducted under contract to NASA’s Venture Class Launch Services Program, carrying 14 CubeSats to orbit for NASA field centers, U.S. educational institutions and laboratories on the ELaNa-20 rideshare mission. Delayed from Aug. 1, Sept. 1, November, Dec. 1, mid-February, July 1 and Aug. 14. Delayed from Dec. 19 due to COVID-19 concerns. [Dec. 12]
January
Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L16
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 17th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L16. [Dec. 12]
TBD
Falcon 9 • Starlink V1.0-L17
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 18th batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L17. [Dec. 28]
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210104131925.htm
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
ISS
Jan. 10
Jan. 16
X-37B
Jan. 17
Envisat
Jan. 10
Jan. 13
Jan. 15
Jan. 16
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