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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes after liftoff, the first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean, east of The Bahamas.

Updated: May 09

May 12/13 Falcon 9 • Starlink 15-4

Launch time: Window opens at 5 p.m. PDT (8 p.m. EDT, 0000 UTC)

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes into the flight, the first stage booster will target a landing on the droneship, ‘Of Course I Still Love You,’ positioned in the Pacific Ocean.

Updated: May 10

May 14 Falcon 9 • Starlink 6-67

Launch time: Window opens at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC)

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch another batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low Earth orbit. A little more than eight minutes into the flight, the first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean, to the east of The Bahamas.

Updated: May 10

NET May 15 Eris • TestFlight1

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Pad 1, Bowen Orbital Spaceport

Gilmour Space in Australia is preparing to launch the inaugural flight of its Eris Block 1 rocket. The three-stage launch vehicle is 25 m (82 ft) tall and is equipped with 1.5 m (4.9 ft) diameter payload fairings. The rocket is designed to send up to 305 kg up to low Earth orbit. This first mission, called “TestFlight1,” does not appear to have a payload on board. Delayed from May 4, 2024, due to a lack of launch permit.

Updated: May 04

May 16 Falcon 9 • Starlink 15-5

Launch time: Window opens at 6 a.m. PDT (9 a.m. EDT, 1300 UTC)

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

Updated: May 10

NET May 17 Electron • ‘The Sea God Sees’

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: Launch Complex

A Rocket Lab Electron rocket will launch a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging satellite called QPS-SAR-10 on behalf of the Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS) a Japan-based Earth-imaging company. This will be the second launch out of eight dedicated missions to deploy iQPS’ constellation. This will be the third overall Electron flight for iQPS.

Updated: May 05

NET Late May Falcon 9 • GPS 3 SV-08

Launch time: TBD

Launch site: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the eighth Global Positioning System (GPS) 3 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin. The GPS 3 Space Vehicle 08 (SV-08) is named in honor of mathematician, Katherine Johnson, whose calculations contributed significantly to early human spaceflight. The Falcon 9 first stage booster will target a landing on a droneship positioned in the Atlantic Ocean.

Updated: April 11

June 8 Falcon 9 • Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4)

Launch time: Approx. 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC)

Launch site: Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the fourth private astronaut mission to the International Space Station. Former NASA astronaut and Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight will serve as the commander of the mission. This will be her fifth trip to space and her second time commanding a private astronaut mission. Shubhanshu Shukla, an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot and astronaut with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will be the pilot onboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon. Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski, a Polish member of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Astronaut Reserve Class of 2022, and Tibor Kapu, a Hungarian member of the Hungarian to Orbit (HUNOR) Astronaut Program, will serve as the Mission Specialists. These four astronauts will spend up to 14 days docked to the ISS after launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a Falcon 9 rocket. Following stage separation, the booster will target a touchdown at Landing Zone 1 (LZ-1) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Updated: May 09

NET June 23/24 H-2A • GOSAT-GW

Launch time: 1:33:03 a.m. JST on June 24 (12:33:03 p.m. EDT, 1633:03 UTC on June 23)

Launch site: Launch Pad 1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

A Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. H-2A rocket will launch the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW), a Japanese Earth-observing satellite. The roughly 2,900 kg (6,393 lbs) satellite will operate in a Sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 666 km (414 mi). This spacecraft comes from a partnership between the Japanese Ministry of Environment (MOE), National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The two primary instruments are the Total Anthropogenic and Natural emissions mapping SpectrOmeter-3 (TANSO-3) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 (AMSR3). This will be the 50th and final launch of a H-2A rocket.

Updated: April 25

NET June Falcon 9 • Transporter-14

Launch time: TBD

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

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch dozens of payloads on its latest Smallsat rideshare program, called Transporter. This mission, dubbed Transporter-14, will include a variety of customers, including the MayaSat-1 capsule from The Exploration Company, the OSSIE OTV (orbital transfer vehicle) from UARX Space and three Erminaz PocketQubes from AMSAT-DL. The Falcon 9 first stage booster will perform a return to landing site touchdown at Landing Zone 4 less than eight minutes after liftoff.

Updated: May 08

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

You can use the http://www.heavens-above.com website to find out what’s in orbit and

where to look during fly-overs

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

May 10

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=60805.4383327564&type=V

May 11

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=60806.4053669964&type=V

May 11

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=25544&mjd=60806.1328448765&type=V

Tiangong

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

May 11

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=48274&mjd=60806.4562881933&type=V

May 12

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=48274&mjd=60807.4144176965&type=V

May 14

https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=33.0462&lng=-96.9942&loc=Lewisville&alt=0&tz=CST&satid=48274&mjd=60809.3980823325&type=V

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Skynet 5-10-25 “Doubts Over K2-18b” & Constellation “Virgo the Maiden” 9 PM CT

Discussion Topic of the Evening.

DMS and DMDS Spectrum

Madhusudhan’s DMS Results

Typical Three Sigma Result

K2-18b’s Orbit Compared to Earth

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Space Launches For This Week

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

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Discussion Topic of the Evening.

DMS and DMDS Spectrum

Madhusudhan’s DMS Results

Typical Three Sigma Result

K2-18b’s Orbit Compared to Earth

Waz Up

Space Exploration and Space History

Miss Carolyn’s Constellation of the Week

Space Launches For This Week

Visible satellite passages over the next couple of days.

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