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Artist Rendering of Various Planetary Types

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

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Kepler-90 System Planet Sizes

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Solar Transit

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

Detecting Advanced Civilizations

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Planetary Collisions

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Gravity Wells

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PlanetPlanet

http://Planetplanet.net

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History

Space Exploration News

“Space Flavored” Coca-Cola

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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

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Pluto discovered

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Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Auriga, the charioteer or shepherd.

8. Space Launches For This Week

Space Coast Launches

Upcoming Rocket Launch List

Space Flight Now Launch Schedule

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]