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November
Nov. 7-8: A overall lunar eclipse will show up from Asia, Australia, North America, parts of northern and eastern Europe and South America.
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Nov. 8: The moon of November, referred to as the Beaver Moon, reaches 6: 02 a.m. EST (1102 GMT).
Nov. 8: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will release the Galaxy 31 and Galaxy 32 interactions satellites for Intelsat. The launch is 11: 06 a.m.-1: 06 p.m. EST (1606-1806 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
Nov. 9: A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket will release Joint Polar Satellite System 2, or JPSS 2, polar-orbiting weather condition satellite for NASA and NOAA from the Vandenberg Space Force Base, California at 04: 25 EST (0925 GMT).
Nov. 11-12: The yearly North Taurid meteor shower peaks over night.
Nov. 12: A Chinese Long March 7 rocket will release the Tianzhou 5 resupply ship to the Chinese spaceport station from Wenchang, China.
Nov. 14: NASA will release the Artemis 1 moon objective on the very first Space Launch System megarocket. Maintain to date with the objective on our Live Artemis 1 updates page. The launch window is 12: 07 -1: 16 a.m. EST (0507-0616 GMT).
Nov. 17-18: One of the most expected meteor showers of the year, the Leonid meteor shower peaks over night.
Nov. 18: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will introduce a Dragon 2 spacecraft on its 6th freight resupply objective to the International Space Station.
Nov. 22: The very first business lunar lander for Japan-based business ispace, will introduce aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The ispace Mission 1 consists of 2 little lunar rovers from the United Arab Emirates and Japan, it will land in the Lacus Somniorum area of the moon.
Nov. 23: The brand-new moon gets to 5: 57 p.m. EST (2257 GMT).
Nov. 23: The Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 Earth observation satellites will release aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket for Airbus from Kourou, French Guiana.
December
Dec. 5: The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) objective, collectively established by NASA and the French area company CNES, will introduce on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
Dec. 7: The moon of December, referred to as the Cold Moon, gets to 11: 08 p.m. EST (0408 Dec. 8 GMT).
Dec. 13-14: The yearly Geminid meteor shower, among the very best meteor showers of the year, peaks over night.
Dec. 21: Solstice. Today marks the very first day of winter season in the Northern Hemisphere and the very first day of summer season in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dec. 21-22: The yearly Ursid meteor shower peaks over night.
Dec. 22: NASA’s Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) objective will introduce to the moon’s south pole on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The objective will utilize the Nova-C lunar landing platform established by Intuitive Machines.
Dec. 23: The brand-new moon comes to 5: 16 a.m. EDT (0916 GMT).
Also set up to introduce in December (from Spaceflight Now):
- A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will release a rideshare objective called Transporter 6. It will take off from Cape Canaveral Space Force