Space for this week

 SPACE FOR THIS WEEK

Welcome to another blog of "SPACE FOR THIS WEEK"!

By Ramesh S Krishna

The first segment is about  "The launches" which are going to take place this week


The first launch of this week is ONEWEB 9 on Soyuz 2.1B rocket from Baikonur cosmodrome.

It's taking 5022 KG of payload mass to LEO.

The link to watch it: https://youtu.be/FKNexvO2OgE

The second launch is on 23rd August by China @ 17:00:00 UTC. 


The third launch of this week takes place on 24th August from  China.

The launch is on Long March 3B taking the TJSW-7  from XICHANG Satellite launch center.


The third one is a very special launch because it's a New Shepard launch.

This is the 17th launch of  New Shepard. The last launch NS-16 was the first human-carrying launch of Blue origin. This mission of  New Shepard will  Launch from Site 1 of South Texas. The launch is on the 25th of August @ 17.00 UTC.


This launch is a  re-supply Mission launch by SpaceX in its CRS[Commercial resupply program]. This is the 23rd CRS launch. The launch is from Kennedy Space Center on August 28th. The launch is on top of a Block 5 Falcon 9 booster. The dragon will autonomously dock with the station on 29th August

   Launch time: 07:30 UTC (planned)

Launch mass: 6,000 kg (13,000 lb) 

Mission duration: 60 days (planned)


The next launch is By ASTRA SPACE.  The launch is from the Kodiak launch center.

This is the graph provided by ASTRA SPACE.



This launch is By Rocket lab.  Love at First insight is the mission name.  The launch marks the 21st Electron mission. It's launching from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.

Note: This launch's launch date may change 

 

The last launch is the Soyuz launch. It's on Soyuz 2.1v. It's the last launch of this month. 

Note: This launch's launch date may change 


We just saw about the launches & the next part is about the Astronomical events.

The first event is the Blue/Sturgeon moon.

Blue Moon in August

The Full Moon on August 22/23, 2021 is a seasonal Blue moon. It is also called The Sturgeon moon. I will try to upload a blog about this on 22nd August.

2nd event is on 21st which is Jupiter, Saturn & Moon conjunction.  Just look @ East South East @ 7.00PM[ local time] and a bright dot below the moon is Jupiter & a dim not above the moon is Saturn. This is how it would appear. This is at the evening.
The Jupiter, Saturn & Moon will travel together in the sky. But when they reach their maximum point in the sky, Saturn comes down and Jupiter is at the top. This is the image that resembles it.

Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did for writing it.

Thank you!!





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