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SpaceX Starlink Mission
October 18, 2024
On Friday, October 18 at 7:13 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 20 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
This is the 17th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched O3b mPOWER, OneWeb 2, Intelsat 40e, Maxar 2, Turksat-6A, Eutelsat 36X, Ovzon-3, CRS-26, and now nine Starlink missions.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=sl-8-19
OneWeb Launch 20 Mission
October 19, 2024
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, October 19 at 10:13 p.m. PT for Falcon 9’s launch of the OneWeb Launch 20 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
If needed, there is a backup opportunity available on Sunday, October 20 at 10:08 p.m. PT.
A live webcast of this mission will begin about five minutes prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X @SpaceX.
You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app.
This is the seventh flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched USSF-62 and five Starlink missions.
Following stage separation, the first stage will land on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=oneweblaunch20
Unidentified Fireball Seen Maneuvering The Idaho Skies
October 18, 2024
If there's one thing we love to write about, it's the weird and the paranormal.
We received a few photos from a Cascase woman showing us what appears to be an anomaly in the sky.
A literal fire in the sky
A woman named Allison B. out of Cascade shared an unusual collection of photos showing what appears to be a fire in the sky.
While many would be quick to say it's an asteroid, a meteor… or even Starlink, this one really doesn't make sense.
At first, it looks like it could be space junk falling from the sky but look at how BRIGHT that is! It only gets more unusual too…
The object almost appears to be curving through the sky and we get our best look at the mysterious object in the next photo…
Does that tail seem unusual to you?
We know Idaho is no stranger to unusual happenings but what in the world would curve like that?
Are we just that out of touch with how things work in space and don't know that asteroids/comets can "turn" like that?
Also… it is very bright. Surely, more people saw this and we can figure out what was happening, right?
What do you think was firing through the skies this week? Was it an asteroid or a comet? Or was it something more… otherworldly?
https://newsradio1310.com/ixp/657/p/unidentified-fireball-seen-maneuvering-the-idaho-skies/