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Discussion Topic of the Evening
ARTEMIS: WHAT’S NEXT?
Artemis 1 – Artist’s Conception “TLI”
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Artemis Attached to Lunar Gateway
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Artemis 1 Launch Nov. 16, 2022
Waz Up
Space Exploration and Space History
Astronaut Birthdays
- November 14, 1930: Ed White (Gemini 4, Apollo 1)
- November 14, 1933: Fred Haise (Apollo 13)
- November 14, 1956: Ken Bowersox (STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113/Exp. 6)
- November 15, 1959: Timothy Creamer (Exp. 22/23)
- November 16, 1950: Carl Meade (STS-38, STS-50, STS-64)
- November 17, 1944: John-David Bartoe (STS-51-F)
- November 18, 1923: Alan Shepard (Mercury-Redstone 3, Apollo 14)
- November 18, 1951: Mark Brown (STS-28, STS-48)
- November 19, 1962: Nicole Stott (STS-128, Exp. 20/21, STS-129, STS-133)
- November 19, 1964: Nicholas Patrick (STS-116, STS-130)
Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week
Space Launches For This Week
Tom KE5ICX
Space Coast Launches
Space Flight Now Launch Schedule
Nov. 21/22
Falcon 9 • Eutelsat 10B
Launch time: 0257 GMT on 22nd (9:57 p.m. EST 21st)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Eutelsat 10B communications satellite for Eutelsat. Based on the Spacebus Neo platform built by Thales Alenia Space, Eutelsat 10B will provide maritime and in-flight broadband, data, and video connectivity to customers in the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will be expended. Delayed from Nov. 20. [Nov. 18]
Nov. 22
Falcon 9 • SpaceX CRS 26
Launch time: 2054 GMT (3:54 p.m. EST)
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its sixth cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight is the 26th mission by SpaceX conducted under a Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. Delayed from October. Delayed from Nov. 18 and Nov. 21. [Nov. 18]
Nov. 24/25
Vega-C • Pléiades Neo 5 & 6
Launch time: 0147 GMT on 25th (9:47 p.m. EST on 24th)
Launch site: ZLV, Kourou, French Guiana
An Arianespace Vega-C rocket will launch the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites for Airbus. Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 are the third and fourth members of the four-satellite Pléiades Neo constellation built, owned, and operated by Airbus. Delayed from Nov. 21 and Nov. 23. [Nov. 18]
Nov. 28
Falcon 9 • ispace Mission 1
Launch time: 0846 GMT (3:46 a.m. EST)
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first commercial lunar lander for ispace, a Japan-based company that competed for the Google Lunar XPRIZE and is now developing a series of robotic lunar landers. The first lunar lander, called ispace Mission 1, was assembled in partnership with ArianeGroup and carries a package of international and commercial payloads, including two small lunar rovers from the United Arab Emirates and Japan. The mission will target a landing in the Lacus Somniorum region of the moon. NASA’s Lunar Flashlight CubeSat will be a rideshare payload on this launch. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Delayed from mid-November and Nov. 22. [Nov. 18]
Late November
Long March 2F • Shenzhou 15
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Jiuquan, China
A Chinese Long March 2F rocket will launch the Shenzhou 15 spacecraft with three Chinese astronauts to rendezvous and dock with the Chinese space station in low Earth orbit. This is China’s 10th crewed space mission, and the fourth to the Chinese space station. The crew members have not been officially named. [Oct. 26]
Late November
Falcon 9 • Starlink 4-37
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch with another batch of Starlink internet satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from October. [Oct. 26]
Late November/Early December
Falcon 9 • OneWeb 15
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 40 satellites into orbit for OneWeb, which is developing and deploying a constellation of hundreds of satellites in low Earth orbit for low-latency broadband communications. This will the first launch of OneWeb satellites with SpaceX. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. [Nov. 2]
TBD
Starship • Orbital Test Flight
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: Starbase, Boca Chica Beach, Texas
A SpaceX Super Heavy and Starship launch vehicle will launch on its first orbital test flight. The mission will attempt to travel around the world for nearly one full orbit, resulting in a re-entry and splashdown of the Starship near Hawaii. Delayed from early 2022. [March 9]
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]
Dec. 12
Falcon 9 • SWOT
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission for NASA. SWOT is a science mission jointly developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agency, to measure how much water is in Earth’s oceans, lakes, and rivers. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg Space Force Base. [Nov. 18]
December
Falcon 9 • O3b mPOWER 1 & 2
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the first two O3b mPOWER broadband internet satellites into Medium Earth Orbit for SES of Luxembourg. The satellites, built by Boeing, will provide internet services over most of the populated world, building on SES’s O3b network. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will land on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean. Delayed from May, June, and August, and November. [Oct. 26]
Dec. 14
Ariane 5 • Galaxy 35, Galaxy 36, and MTG-I1
Launch window: TBD
Launch site: ELA-3, Kourou, French Guiana
Arianespace will use an Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA259, to launch the Galaxy 35 and 36 communications satellites for Intelsat, and the MTG-I1 weather satellite for Eumetsat. Galaxy 35 and 36, built by Maxar, will provide C-band television and video broadcast services over the United States. The first Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, MTG-I1, will provide weather imagery over Europe for the European weather satellite agency, Eumetsat. [Oct. 26]
December
Falcon 9 • Transporter 6
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Transporter 6 mission, a rideshare flight to a sun-synchronous orbit with numerous small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers. Delayed from October and November. [Sept. 9]
December
Falcon 9 • SDA Tranche 0
Launch time: TBD
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch around 10 Tranche 0 demonstration satellites for the U.S. military’s Space Development Agency. The launch is the first of two Falcon 9 missions to carry SDA demonstration spacecraft for a future constellation of military missile tracking and data relay satellites. The Falcon 9’s first stage booster will return to Landing Zone 4 at Vandenberg. Delayed from Sept. 24. Delayed from Sept. 29 by payload supply chain issues. [Sept. 16]
Check-ins or comments
At this point we should be reaching our 90 minute cut-off point, so NCS can decide whether to cut any of these topics due to lack of time.
Recent Astronomical Discoveries
Mars was Once Covered by 300-meter Deep Oceans, Study Shows
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221117102806.htm
Hubble Photo of Mars
https://duckduckgo.com/i/6b851557.png
Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.
All times are “local” (Dallas) time.
ISS
Nov. 20
Tiangong
Nov. 27
Nov. 28
BlueWalker 3
Nov. 21
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