Join the DARC for the Oct 2021 virtual (Google Meet) general club meeting at 7pm Oct 5, 2020. The DARC will be hosting a Show And Tell nite at the general club meeting. Come show and tell us all something. Please sign up below.
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Saturday’s Topic: “Space Elevators” & Constellation “Cygnus the Swan”
Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Quiet Hour” (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”
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Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Space Elevators
Spacecraft/Elevator Construction
Nano Superfibers
Space Elevator in Action
Chaz KF5JHA
Space News:
Space Crew Inspiration 4 to return to earth
Inspiration 4 in Orbit (Artist’s Concept)
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/cupola-1170×658.jpg
Time Crystal Oscillation Video (Artist Concept)
BIRTHDAYS
Sept. 12
1940 Dr. Roger Keith Crouch: STS-83, STS-94,
http://www.gftse.org/page/astronaut-roger-keith-crouch-/uploads/images/Roger-Keith-Crouch.png
Sept. 14
1950: Dr. Eugene Huu-Chau Trinh: STS-50
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Gene_Trinh_%2829028720973%29.jpg
1958: John Bennett Herrington: STS-113
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Herrington.jpg
Sept. 15
1941 Mirosław Hermaszewski: Soyuz 30
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Miroslaw_H.jpg
Sept. 16
1956: Kevin Richard Kregel: STS-70, STS-78, STS-87, STS-99
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/KevinRKregel.jpg
Sept. 17
1930: Edgar Mitchell: Apollo 14
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Edgar_Mitchell_cropped.jpg
1930: Tom Stafford: Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and ASTP
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Thomas_Stafford.jpg
1943: Sam Durrance: STS-35, STS-67
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Samuel_Durrance.jpg
1961: Pamela Ann Melroy: STS-92, STS-112, STS-120
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Pamela_Melroy_official_portrait.jpg
History
1962
Kennedy spoke at Rice University American Commitment to the Moon
https://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/jfkrice.jpg
1966: Launch of Gemini 11
https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/3-66-hc-1476hr-4-a.jpg
1970: Launch of Luna 16
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Luna_16.jpg
1991: Launch of STS-48
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Sts_48_d13_uars_in_payload_bay2.jpg
1992: Launch of STS-47
1993: Launch of STS-51
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/STS-51-crew.jpg
2017: Launch of Soyuz MS-06
https://spaceinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Soyuz-Launch-Russia-TOURS0716-1320×825.jpg
Sept. 13
1961: Launch of Mercury MA-4
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Atlas_D_with_MA-4_%28Sep._13%2C_1961%29_1.jpg
1977: Second drop test of Shuttle Enterprise
https://i2.wp.com/theavgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/ALT-13-Sept-1977.jpg
Sept. 14
1968: Launch of Zond 5
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Zond_L1_drawing.png
1978: Launch of Venera 12
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/Venus_12.jpg
Sept. 15
1976: Launch of Soyuz 22
http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/photo2/soyuz-22.jpg
2016: Launch of Tiangong-2
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oBk79wQBP9csPAFZ2otQf-1024-80.jpg.webp
Sept. 16
Launch of STS-79
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/STS079-350-003.jpg
Sept. 17
1985: Launch of Soyuz T-14
http://www.spacefacts.de/mission/photo2/soyuz-t-14.jpg
Cygnus the Swan
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Sept. 23
Atlas 5 • Landsat 9
Launch time: 1811 GMT (2:11 p.m. EDT; 11:11 a.m. PDT)
Launch site: SLC-3E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch the Landsat 9 Earth observation satellite for NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Built by Northrop Grumman, Landsat 9 will continue the series of Landsat images of Earth dating back nearly 50 years. The rocket will fly in the 401 vehicle configuration with a four-meter fairing, no solid rocket boosters, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Sept. 16 by liquid oxygen shortage. [Aug. 27]
September
Long March 7 • Tianzhou 3
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Wenchang, China
A Chinese Long March 7 will launch the Tianzhou 3 resupply ship to dock with the Chinese space station. The automated cargo craft is the second resupply freighter for the Chinese space station. [June 18]
Sept. 30/Oct. 1
Epsilon • RAISE 2
Launch time: 0048-0059 GMT on 1st (8:48-8:59 p.m. EDT on 30th)
Launch site: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
A Japanese Epsilon rocket will launch the Rapid Innovative Payload Demonstration Satellite 2, or RAISE 2, technology demonstration satellite for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Eight smaller rideshare payloads will also be on this launch. [Aug. 23]
NET October
Electron • BlackSky 10 & 11
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 1A, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch two small satellites for BlackSky’s commercial fleet of Earth observation spacecraft. Rocket Lab has nicknamed this mission “Love At First Insight.” Delayed from late August and September. [Sept. 10]
Part of the Universe is Missing!
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210916114621.htm
ISS
Sept. 18
Tiangong
Sept. 25
Sept. 27
X-37B
Sept. 20
Envisat
Sept. 21
Sept. 24
Sept. 26
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Archaeoastronomy and a Look at Pleiades” & Constellations “Vulpecula, the Little Fox” & “Sagitta, the Arrow”
Net Control: Tom KE5ICX
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “On the Beach” (1959)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
IO Group: https://groups.io/g/DARCskynet/topics
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Archaeoastronomy And a Look at Pleiades
Building an FM Radio
Join the DARC for Lecture and Lab Sat Sep 25, 2021 from 11am until 2/3pm Central Time virtually via Google Meet. (The virtual meeting ID/Link is always on the W5FC event calendar) During this lecture and Lab, we’ll be building an DIY FM Radio – it is a complete kit with all the parts and a case – runs on 5 volts via USB cable. Participants can purchase a kit by coming out to the Dallas Medical Center parking lot Sep 18, 2021 between 10:30am – 11:30am central. Cost of the kit is $20.00 – KF5ZBL will be there passing out the kits – we have a total of 15 available.
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Saturday’s Topic: “Deflecting an Asteroid Before It Hits Earth May Take Multiple Bumps” & Constellation Aquila the Eagle”
Net Control: Bill N5BB
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “The Reconstruction of William Zero” (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”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
IO Group: https://groups.io/g/DARCskynet/topics
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
This is to inform folks the Echolink Node “W5FC-R” Node “37247” is down indefinitely as of Sep 4, 2021
It appears it’s a software failure of some sort and will take some time to update and install both the OS and a new version of “Svxlink” – the Linux server version of “Echolink.”
I will inform everyone when the node is operational again. It is unlikely (though not impossible) the node will be available for Saturday’s “Night of Nets.”
Thank you for your attention.
Tom KE5ICX
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “Origami in Space!”
Net Control: Billye KF5PDS
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Thrill Seekers” (1999)
Join us for another time travel wonder “Thrill Seekers” (1999), tonight at 10:30PM.
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
IO Group: https://groups.io/g/DARCskynet/topics
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
“Origami in Space!”
Solar Power, Origami-Style
https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/origami-style-solar-power-20140814
Origami Solves Space Travel Challenge
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/748739
Origami in Space Engineering
Astronaut Birthdays
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
NET Aug. 28/29
Rocket 3.3 • STP-27AD1
Launch window: 2100-0030 GMT on 28th/29th (5:00-8:30 p.m. EDT; 1:00-4:30 p.m. AKDT on 28th)
Launch site: Pacific Spaceport Complex, Kodiak Island, Alaska
A commercial small satellite launch vehicle developed by Astra will launch a non-deployable test payload for the U.S. Space Force and the Space Test Program. Scrubbed on Aug. 27. [Aug. 27]
Aug. 29
Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 23
Launch time: 0714 GMT (3:14 a.m. EDT)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its third cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The flight is the 23rd mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from Aug. 18. Scrubbed on Aug. 27 by bad weather. [Aug. 27]
Late August
Electron • BlackSky 10 & 11
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Launch Complex 1A, Mahia Peninsula, New Zealand
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch two small satellites for BlackSky’s commercial fleet of Earth observation spacecraft. Rocket Lab has nicknamed this mission “Love At First Insight.” [Aug. 23]
September
Falcon 9 • Starlink 2-1
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch on the first dedicated mission with Starlink internet satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base. This mission will deploy an unspecified number of Starlink satellites into a high-inclination orbit. Delayed from July and Aug. 10. [Aug. 15]
Sept. 14
Soyuz • OneWeb 10
Launch time: TBD
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 Aug. 26. [Aug. 27]
Sept. 15
Falcon 9 • Inspiration4
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the first all-private, all-civilian orbital mission, known as Inspiration4. The mission is organized to raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The mission is commanded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, who will be joined by scientist and educator Sian Proctor, medical officer Hayley Arceneaux, and mission specialist Christopher Sembroski. [March 31]
Unveiling a Century-old Mystery: Where the Milky Way’s Cosmic Rays Come From
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210823085632.htm
Milky Way Cosmic Rays (Artist’s Conception)
https://www.techexplorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/grb.jpg
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
Tiangong
Sept. 5
Sept. 6
X-37B
Aug. 31
Sept. 2
Hubble Space Telescope
Aug. 29
Aug. 30
Envisat
Aug. 31
Sept. 5
SKYNET!!!! 9PM CT – 10:30PM CT
Saturday’s Topic: “What is Wormhole Theory?” & Constellation “Lyra the Harp”
Net Control: Brenda WB5OZL
Afterglow Movie 10:30PM: “Timestalkers” (1987)
2-Meter Repeater W5FC: 146.880MHz, PL 110.9, –
Echolink: W5FC-R, node 37247.
Youtube.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Facebook.com Search “DARC Skynet”
Twitch.tv Search “KE5ICX”
Direct Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCishlh8WmW7OXy9Q6sxsaag
IO Group: https://groups.io/g/DARCskynet/topics
Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/306498286059167/
Saturday’s DARC SkyNet is at 9PM CT.
Join the DARC for Lecture and Lab August 28th, 2021 from 11am until 2 pm Central Time virtually via Google Meet. (The virtual meeting ID/Link is always on the W5FC event calendar) You will get to build two easy kits: a 1:1 choke balun and a 49:1 impedance transformer. Both will be enclosed in waterproof PVC enclosures and neither kit will require precision soldering. The balun will be constructed to hang below the center of your dipole, and the transformer will be set up for use at one end of an end-fed half-wave antenna. To pick up your kit, you will need to come to the front parking lot of the Dallas Medical Center on August 21st, 2021 from 10:30 – 11:30 to pick up your kit from the Dallas Medical Center parking lot from Tony, NT5TM.
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