Skynet 2-18-21 “Max Number of Planet to Orbit Sun?” & Constellation “Auriga” 9PM CT

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Artist Rendering of Various Planetary Types

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/56jxMaawkgcXYtHi4qgzQJ-970-80.jpg.webp

Solar System Schematic (Not to Scale – Not Even Close)

https://imgprd19.hobbylobby.com/1/a2/07/1a20777c5670a93614ec726208e634f38d84bce5/350Wx350H-2063691-0521-PX.jpg

Kepler-90 System Planet Sizes

https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/70bcdba7703996844cbe86654e465c0aa5761837/0_0_1152_648/master/1152.jpg?width=620&quality=45&auto=format&fit=max&dpr=2&s=c4c0d0773ff96ac7fa347f0abd124f72

Solar Transit 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/587837main_Kepler16_transit_art2_full.jpg

Detecting Advanced Civilizations

https://discovery.sndimg.com/content/dam/images/discovery/editorial/Curiosity/2020/3/Advanced_Civilization_Shutterstock1.jpg.rend.hgtvcom.406.406.suffix/1583707101591.jpeg

Planetary Collisions

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/ubernode_alt_horiz/public/thumbnails/image/bd20307_fnl_lynettecook.jpg

Gravity Wells

https://nineplanets.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Gravity-isn%E2%80%99t-weight-1024×912.jpg

PlanetPlanet 

http://Planetplanet.net

Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History 

Space Exploration News

“Space Flavored” Coca-Cola

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8GT8RYRB78EnXADytMVaR9-1024-80.jpg.webp

Perseverance 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/pia23764.jpg?itok=33Z_x1Pz

Space-Related Birthdays

Roger B. Chaffee Feb 15, 1935 Selected for Apollo I, but died in the Apollo I fire

Leland D. Melvin Feb 15, 1964 STS-122, STS-129

Theodore Freeman Feb 18, 1930 No missions; died in a T-38 crash

Joseph P. Kerwin  Feb 19, 1932 Skylab 2

Donald E. Williams Feb 13, 1942 STS-51D, STS-34

G. David Low Feb 19, 1956 STS-32, STS-43, STS-57

Byron K. Lichtenberg  Feb 19, 1948 STS-9, STS-45

Stephen Bowen  Feb 13, 1964

STS-126, STS-132, STS-133, SpaceX Crew-6

This Week in Space History

Enterprise flight

https://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia/2013/02/Space-Shuttle-Enterprise-captive-flight-test-18-February-1977.jpg

Pluto discovered

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg/220px-Pluto_in_True_Color_-_High-Res.jpg

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Auriga, the charioteer or shepherd.

8.  Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

Late FebruaryFalcon 9 • Starlink

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. [Feb. 2]

Feb. 27

Electron • StriX β

Launch time: 2035 GMT (3:35 p.m. EST)

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch the StriX β synthetic aperture radar satellite for Synspective, a Japanese Earth-imaging company. Synspective is developing spacecraft for a planned constellation of more than 30 small radar observation satellites to collate data of metropolitan centers across Asia on a daily basis that can be used for urban development planning, construction and infrastructure monitoring, and disaster response. [Feb. 14]

March 1

Atlas 5 • GOES-T

Launch time: 2138-2338 GMT (4:38-6:38 p.m. EST)

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

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will launch GOES-T, the third next-generation geostationary weather satellite for NASA and NOAA. GOES-T will orbit 22,300 miles above the equator to monitor weather conditions across the United States. The rocket will fly in the 541 vehicle configuration with a five-meter fairing, four solid rocket boosters and a single-engine Centaur upper stage. Delayed from Dec. 7, Jan. 8, and Feb. 16. [Nov. 29]

Early March

Falcon 9 • Starlink

Launch times: TBD

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites [Feb. 14]

March 5

Soyuz • OneWeb 14

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

A Russian Soyuz rocket, marketed by Arianespace, will launch 36 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 (Soyuz ST-B) rocket will use a Fregat upper stage. [Jan. 28]

NET March

Electron • BlackSky 16 & 17

Launch window: TBD

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

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch two small second-generation satellites for BlackSky’s commercial fleet of Earth observation spacecraft. Rocket Lab has nicknamed this mission “Without Mission a Beat.” Delayed from September, December. Delayed from Feb. 4 and Feb. 13 by payload issues. [Feb. 14]

TBDS

SLV • Demonstration Launch

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India

India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first orbital test flight. Consisting of three solid-fueled stages and a liquid-fueled upper stage, the SSLV is a new Indian launch vehicle designed to carry small satellites into low Earth orbit. Delayed from September and December 2019. Delayed from January and December 2020. Delayed from April. [March 31]

TBD

SSLV • BlackSky Global

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota, India

India’s Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first commercial mission with four Earth observation satellites for BlackSky Global, a Seattle-based company. The rideshare mission for BlackSky is being arranged by Spaceflight. Delayed from November, late 2019 and early 2020. Delayed from early 2021 and July. [March 31]

Recent Astronomical Discoveries 

How galaxies can exist without dark matter

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/02/220214121243.htm

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

All times are “local” (Dallas) time.

ISS

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=25544&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Feb 20

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=59630.4772107864&type=V

Tiangong

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=48274&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Feb 23

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=48274&mjd=59633.4979763293&type=V

Feb 25

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=48274&mjd=59635.481150823&type=V

X-37B

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=45606&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Feb 23

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=45606&mjd=59633.5076277573&type=V

Envisat

https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=27386&lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST

Feb 21

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=59631.4871219874&type=V

Feb 22

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=59632.4615508826&type=V

Feb 24

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=59634.4790743837&type=V

Feb 27

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=27386&mjd=59637.4710157208&type=V