Its the 1st day of the Sun shining at 90° at the equator and soon to be in northern hemisphere. Isn't it?Īm I the only on who thinks the equinox is mid-Spring/mid-Autumn and not the first day of? I mean its kind of a bit of a difference. Marin Tomuta said:Equinox is the mid-day of spring ppl! Equinox is in the middle at the equator, therefore it is the middle of spring. Please send any corrections, updates or suggested calendar additions Follow for the latest in space science and exploration news on on Facebook.
It will lift off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. Q4: India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch its first commercial mission with four Earth observation satellites for the Seattle-based company BlackSky Global. Q4: India's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) will launch on its first orbital test flight from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India. TBD: India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) will launch the Indian RISAT 1A radar Earth observation satellite from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota, India.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch 51 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The mission, called OneWeb 12, will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.Īlso scheduled to launch in December (from Spaceflight Now ): 27: A Russian Soyuz rocket will launch 34 satellites into orbit for the OneWeb internet constellation. EST (1220 GMT), on an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.ĭec. 22: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to lift off from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana at 7:20 a.m. 17-26, the Ursids produce about five to 10 visible meteors per hour on the morning of the peak.ĭec. 21-22: The annual Ursid meteor shower peaks overnight. 21: A Japanese H-2A rocket will launch the Inmarsat 6 F1 communications satellites from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan, during a two-hour launch window that opens at 9:33 a.m. It will lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, at 5:06 a.m. 21: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a Dragon cargo resupply mission (CRS-24) to the International Space Station. EST (1559 GMT), marking the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of summer in the Southern Hemisphere.ĭec. 20: Russia's Angara-A5 rocket will launch on its third orbital test flight, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.ĭec. EST (2354 GMT) and land in Kazakhstan at 10:18 p.m. The Soyuz spacecraft is scheduled to undock at 6:54 p.m. 19: The Russian Soyuz MS-20 crew capsule will depart the International Space Station and return to Earth with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin, Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa and video producer Yozo Hirano. 18: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Turksat 5B communications satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida, during a 90-minute launch window that opens at 10:58 p.m. 
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18: The full moon of December, known as the Full Cold Moon, occurs at 11:37 p.m. 4-17 often produce up to 50 visible meteors per hour, but this year the 78% full moon will outshine the fainter meteors.ĭec. 13-14: The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best meteor showers of the year, peaks overnight. The mission will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 7:09 a.m. 12: A Russian Proton rocket will launch two new satellites for the Russian Satellite Communications Company.
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