Long March CZ-3B/E • BeiDou 39–40 October 13, 2018 Xichang Satellite Launch Center A Chinese Long March CZ-3B/E (CZ-3B/G2) rocket will launch two BeiDou navigation satellites (BD-3M15 ...read more
Rokot / Briz-KM | Gonets-M24, Gonets-M25, Gonets-M26 & 2 x Blits-M October 14, 2018 • 17:00 Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation Gonets-M are an upgraded version of Gonets satellites, derived from military communications system ...read more
GSLV Mk III | GSAT-29 October 14, 2018 • 17:00 Sriharikota, Republic of India GSAT-29 is a geostationary communications satellite developed by ISRO. GSAT-29 carries Ka x Ku multi ...read more
PSLV XL | HySIS October 14, 2018 • 17:00 Sriharikota, Republic of India HySIS (Hyper Spectral Imaging Spectrometer) is a small Indian earth observation satellite developed ...read more
Atlas V 551 | AEHF-4 October 16, 2018 • 21:15 Cape Canaveral, FL, USA This is the fourth satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) system, which is a seri ...read more
Soyuz 2.1b • Lotos-S1 October 18, 2018 Plesetsk Cosmodrome A Roscosmos Soyuz rocket will launch the latest of the Lotos military satellites, Lotos-S1 (designat ...read more
Ariane 5 ECA | BepiColombo October 19, 2018 • 18:45 Kourou, French Guiana BepiColombo is a joint mission of the ESA and the JAXA to the planet Mercury. The mission comprises ...read more
(NET) Long March CZ-3B/E • BeiDou 41–42 October 24, 2018 Xichang Satellite Launch Center A Chinese Long March CZ-3B/E (CZ-3B/G2) rocket will launch two BeiDou navigation satellites (BD-3M17 ...read more
KSLV II TLV • Test Flight October 24, 2018 Naro Space Center A Korean KSLV II TLV rocket will launch on its first test flight for KARI from Naro Space Center. Th ...read more
MedullaOblongata77 on October 14th, 2018 at 01:37 UTC »
A buddy and I watched this in his driveway in high school. I had a puny little Meade 4.5” Newtonian, but he had an 8” Newtonian on a pier mount. It was so cool to see the impact marks come around the planet out of the shadow. I’ll never forget it. Neither one of us had a T adapter for a camera. Was kinda bummed about that.
Burntbigtoe on October 14th, 2018 at 01:09 UTC »
It’s pretty astounding that this has happened in our lifetimes, given the scale of galactic time. What I find interesting is that when we observe comets and asteroids, they always seem to be travelling at relatively low speeds. What happens if we encounter some solid mass that has been ejected from a cataclysmic galactic event with a huge amount of energy and it enters the solar system at something like 1/2C. We probably wouldn’t even see it before it’s too late.
Wozihe on October 14th, 2018 at 00:48 UTC »
If the challanger disaster wouldn't have happened the Galileo probe, which made these pictures would have already been in orbit around Jupiter by the time of impact.