Monthly Archives: March 2018

SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS 14 from Cape Canaveral

Posted on March 30, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: SpaceX. LAUNCH ALERT! Monday, April 2, 2018 at 16:30 EDT (13:30 PDT & 20:30 UTC) a SpaceX Falcon 9 (core 1039.2) previously flown on CRS-12 will be launching from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) … Continue reading →

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SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch Iridium 5 Mission from CA

Posted on March 26, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: SpaceX. LAUNCH ALERT! Friday, March 30, 2018 at 07:19 PDT (10:19 EDT & 14:19 UTC), a previously flown SpaceX Falcon 9 (core 1041.2) will launch from Space Launch Complex 4-East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base, … Continue reading →

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China to Launch Long March 3B w’ BeiDou Navigation Satellites

Posted on March 25, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: Xinhua. If times become public I’ll post em. Launch Alert! Thursday, March 29, 2018 at TBD EDT (TBD UTC) a China National Space Administration (CNSA), heavy lift Long March 3B with YZ-1 4th stage will be … Continue reading →

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India GSLV MK II Launch

Posted on March 25, 2018 by AstroDan77

Image credit & copyright: India Space Research Organization (ISRO). Live streaming links and information at the bottom of the post. LAUNCH ALERT! Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 07:26 EDT (11:26 UTC), the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be launching a … Continue reading →

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Arianespace Ariane 5 Launch This Week

Posted on March 17, 2018 by AstroDan77

Image credit & copyright: ESA/CNES/Arianespace. Launch Alert! Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 21:34 UTC (17:34 EDT & 14:34 PDT) Arianespace will launch their massive heavy lift, Ariane 5 ECA rocket, designated VA242 carrying the trio of Superbird 8/DSN 1 and … Continue reading →

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Expedition 55/56 Crew Ready for Launch

Posted on March 16, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: Roscosmos/NASA. Launch Alert! Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 13:44 EDT (17:44 UTC & 23:44 Baikonur time) a Soyuz-FG rocket; MS-08 (ISS 54S or Soyuz 56) will lift off from Launch Pad 1/Launcher 5 (LC 1/5) at the … Continue reading →

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Arianespace Soyuz O3B F4 Launch from Kourou

Posted on March 8, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: ESA/Arianespace. LAUNCH ALERT: Friday, March 9, 2018 at UTC 16:37 (11:37 EST) Arianespace will launch the medium lift Soyuz-2 launch vehicle (VS18) carrying 4 SES made, O3b satellites to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) from the Soyuz … Continue reading →

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Southern Milky Way above ALMA

Posted on March 3, 2018 by AstroDan77

Image credit & copyright: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/Babak Tafreshi. Located 5,058 meters (16,597 ft.) high on the Chajnantor Plateau in Chile’s Atacama Desert (The driest desert in the world) sits the most powerful radio telescope as well as the most … Continue reading →

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How Far Away is the Milky Way’s Farthest Star?

Posted on March 2, 2018 by AstroDan77

Images credit & copyright: Uniview by SCISS Data: SOHO (ESA & NASA), John Bochanski (Haverford College) and Jackie Faherty (American Museum of Natural History and Carnegie Institute’s Department of Terrestrial Magnetism). The Milky Way, our home star city is a … Continue reading →

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