The week of Oct. 23 through Oct 30 is a big one for low-Earth orbit (LEO) with all but one flight headed to already existing constellations. This includes two Falcon 9 launches on opposite sides of the country and two different launches planned out of China, one involving humans. Two Chinese launches start the week, with the first being a Chang Zheng 2D preparing for its flight from LC-3 at Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Then, a Chang Zheng 2F/G will launch out of LC-90 at the China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, before a Falcon 9 launches another Starlink payload on the other side of the world out of Space Launch Complex (SLC) 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). Finally, ending the week is another Falcon 9 Starlink launch out of SLC-4E at Vandenberg Spaceforce Base (VSFB).  Chang Zheng 2D – Yaogan 39 Group 04 China is preparing to launch more military reconnaissance satellites into LEO on Monday, Oct. 23, at 20:01 UTC out of LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China. While not much information is known about the payload, it is believed that Yaogan 39-04A, 39-04B, and 39-04C reconnaissance satellites are in the payload bay. These satellites will become the 135th, 136th, and 137th Yaogan class satellites launched by China. The Yaogan satellites are believed to be ELINT capable, which means that they use electronic sensors to gather intelligence by locating the radar of ground systems. This capability can give a strategic advantage to military endeavors like jamming any type of electrical signal.  The satellites will be launched using a Chang Zheng 2D, which is one of China’s workhorse rockets. This will be its 10th flight of 2023 and its 83rd total launch since its maiden flight on Aug. 2, 1922. Chang Zheng 2F/G – Shenzhou 17 China won’t stop with only one launch this week. Next up on the list is the Chang Zheng 2F/G taking three taikonauts to the Tiangong space station in LEO. The launch is scheduled for 11:14 PM EDT on Oct. 25 (03:14 UTC on Oct. 26) out of LC-90 at the China Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and will be China’s 12th crewed mission and 17th Shenzhou mission. A @planet satellite captured Shenzhou-17 on the pad at Jiuquan after rolling out earlier today. Crew and crowds can be seen gathering nearby the rocket as it's prepared to launch three humans to the Chinese Space Station later this month. More: https://t.co/4hXPnidLmX https://t.co/yxv6GFXMgo pic.twitter.com/axwZp5TNAq — Harry Stranger (@Harry__Stranger) October 19, 2023 The Tiangong space station is a three-module, 340-cubic-meter space station first launched on Apr. 29, 2021, and is operated by the China Manned Space Agency. The station can hold up to six crew members at a time and houses 23 pressurized experimental racks and 52 exposed experimental racks. China plans to gain information on how humans react in a weightless environment for long periods of time, and multiple technologies like rendezvous maneuvers in orbit and regenerative life support using Tiangong.  Shenzhou 17 will continue to expand the lifespan of Tiangong’s already two-and-a-half years in orbit by bringing a new crew up to work on the space station for six months. The crew of this mission will likely be unknown until the day before launch when the People’s Liberation Army Astronaut Corps will announce the Commander, Operator, and System Operator.  Falcon 9 – Starlink 6-25 The first Falcon 9 launch of this week is taking place on Oct. 28 at 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC). This will take a batch of 23 Starlink v2-mini satellites to LEO. Launching from SLC-40 at CCSFS in Florida, the Falcon 9 will take this Starlink mission for a ride on an unknown booster at this time. To a p h r e s h Falcon 9 and @ESA_Euclid telescope – out girl scouts This mission marks the first standalone partnership flight between @esa and @SpaceX – well done to all! Off on a journey to see the unseen! – @NASASpaceflight pic.twitter.com/gOs4Qgp6Fw — Max Evans (@_mgde_) July 1, 2023 This launch is going to fly on a southeastern trajectory inclined at a 43-degree angle to the equator. This should place the payload into a 284 by 293-kilometer LEO. Then the Starlink v2-mini will use its Hall-effect thrusters to reach a stable circular orbit at 530 kilometers. The booster will plan to land on one of SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ships, Just Read The Instructions, which will be downrange in the Atlantic Ocean. If everything goes right, this will be Falcon 9’s 224th total landing. About 50 kilometers further downrange, the fairing halves will splash down and be recovered. This will be Falcon 9’s 49th Starlink mission this year and will also be the 268th mission of Falcon 9’s operational life.  Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 7-6 With SpaceX’s goal of launching 100 times this year, in the coming weeks SpaceX will be launching many Starlink missions. This week’s second Starlink mission is taking place at 11:16 PM PDT on Oct. 28 (06:16 UTC on Oct. 29). Like all Group 7 missions, this launch will take place from SLC-4E from VSFB. This Falcon 9 will take 22 more Starlink v2-mini satellites to LEO — the most satellites launched on a Group 7 mission.  An unknown Falcon 9 Booster will take these 22 Starlink satellites on a southeastern trajectory inclined at a 53-degree angle to the equator. The second stage of Falcon 9 will then take the satellites to an initial deploy orbit of 286 by 296 kilometers. In the coming months, the satellites will raise their orbits to the operational 530-kilometer circular orbit. The booster will then complete its mission by returning to SpaceX’s drone ship stationed on the West Coast, Of Course I Still Love You. This ship will be stationed 631 kilometers downrange in the Pacific Ocean. The fairings will also be recovered around 681 kilometers downrange. Starlink is hitting a massive milestone with this flight. While there are around 4,400 operational Starlink satellites, this launch should put the number of active Starlink satellites in orbit over 5,000 to exactly 5,011. The leftover 600 just need to raise their orbit to 530 kilometers to become operational.  (Lead image: Falcon 9 launches heaviest payload yet of 23 Starlink v2 mini satellites. Credit: Julia Bergeron for NSF) The post Launch Roundup: SpaceX surpass 5,000 active Starlink satellites; China to send taikonauts to space station appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com.

OwO IV: The Journey Home! I’m rooting for her :)

(copy and pasted from my DA)

What's CCSF? you ask I have no idea all I know is that it's something that the Creatures fandom does and since (from what my understanding) it's the first game's 25th birthday and combine that with the discovery of a early prototype of the game I should probably post some fan art relating to this series.

Got Poems? Get Paid!

Got Poems? Get Paid!

The Academy of American Poets is offering a $100 prize to current CCSF students. Submit three previously unpublished poems and you could fatten your wallet while gaining national recognition. Contest ends May 5. See below for details on how to enter (ignore the 2021 typo). More information can be found at the Academy of American Poets website. Relax. The flyer below is blurry; your vision is…

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🎶FREE TUITION FOR SAN FRANCISCO STUDENT RESIDENCES!!🎶

SPRING 2021 City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, (Formerly 50 Phelan Ave.), San Francisco, CA 94112, 510-407-6915.

http://WWW.CCSF.EDU  

LEARN TO IMPROVISE WITH DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC!!

1ST CLASS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021.

JAZZ/ROCK IMPROV.WORKSHOP, MUSIC 13A, CRN# 33610 SECTION #501, 3 UNITS. CLASSES ARE TUESDAY'S, 7-10 P.M., VIRTUALLY ON CANVAS PROGRAM!! INSTRUCTOR DAVID HARDIMAN JR. OFFICE NO. (510) 407-6915.

Free City!! Free City is free tuition for students who are S.F. Residence & have lived in CA. for more than a year as of the first day of the current term. REGISTER NOW!!

http://www.ccsf.edu

ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOCALISTS ARE WELCOME!! REGISTER NOW!!Here are examples of some of the previous concerts! Watch Videos Videos: CCSF Jazz Rock Improv. Classes.  

https://youtu.be/_byaRz3Ep4c

https://youtu.be/9U1d4zeQgNY

Linebacker Fred Thompkins, from well-known CCSF program, commits to Washington State - Fri, 24 Jul 2020 PST

Late Friday night, Washington State picked up its 14th commitment in the 2021 recruiting class from a place that's plenty familiar to both the Cougars and their first-year coach. Linebacker Fred Thompkins, from well-known CCSF program, commits to Washington State - Fri, 24 Jul 2020 PST

CHED cites 4 local colleges in Pampanga 

#PHinfo: CHED cites 4 local colleges in Pampanga 

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Jan. 29 (PIA) -- Commission on Higher Education (CHED) cited four colleges in Pampanga as Gawad Parangal awardees.    CHED Regional Director Maria Teresita Semana said the award is given to local universities and colleges (LUCs) which are compliant both with the requirement of the institutional recognition by virtue of commission en banc Resolution No. 623-2017 and certificate of program compliance for all program offerings as certified by CHED Regional Office III.   “As a recipient of the Gawad Parangal, a LUC will receive a trophy and a Certificate of Eligibility which qualifies the educational institution to avail of the benefits stipulated under the provision of Republic Act 10931 or Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act,” Semana said.    In Pampanga, the recipients include City College of Angeles, Mabalacat City College, Guagua Community College and City College of San Fernando (CCSF).   In behalf of the awardees, CCSF Associate Professor Gloria Victoria Bañas underscored the impact of the award especially amidst the challenges the higher education system is facing during this health crisis. 

City College of San Fernando Associate Professor Gloria Victoria Bañas receives the Gawad Parangal trophy and Certificate of Eligibility from the Commission on Higher Education during the Gawad Parangal awarding. (CSFP-CIO)

“Indeed, this award is highly motivating, inspiring, and a reassuring hug that we all needed to sustain ourselves during this challenging time,” Bañas said.    Meanwhile, Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo said this award proves the local universities and colleges’ capacity to provide quality and affordable education to indigent but deserving youth.   “The CHED award is a testament to the hard work of the local governments and the college administrations as an institution geared towards sustained education management and quality of instruction,” Garbo said.    In Central Luzon, a total of 12 LUCs received the award. (CLJD/MJSC-PIA 3)

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* Philippine Information Agency. "CHED cites 4 local colleges in Pampanga ." Philippine Information Agency. https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1065317 (accessed January 29, 2021 at 10:30PM UTC+08).

* Philippine Infornation Agency. "CHED cites 4 local colleges in Pampanga ." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1065317 (archived).

Fortune from the CCSF wolfing run happening rn! I love his sprite mix and I was very worried for him in the lake.

Also happy Steam Release Day for Creatures! Glad this 20 year old game will finally be easy to install lol.

Find the run over at @ccsf2021

CCSF's Creative Writing Program Visiting Writer Series, presents Poet Michael Leong!

CCSF's Creative Writing Program Visiting Writer Series, presents Poet Michael Leong, the author of Cutting Time with a Knife , Who Unfolded My Origami Brain? and many more. Join us April 8th, 6 pm.

Poet Michael Leong Reading plus Q&A Thursday, April 8th, 2021 6:00 PM Free and open to the public Michael Leong is the author of the critical study Contested Records: The Turn to Documents in Contemporary North American Poetry (University of Iowa Press, 2020) and the poetry books e.s.p. (Silenced Press, 2009), Cutting Time with a Knife (Black Square Editions, 2012), Who Unfolded My Origami…

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CCSF Visiting Writers SERIES SPRING 2021: ALAN CHAZARO

CCSF Visiting Writers SERIES SPRING 2021: ALAN CHAZARO

Poet Alan Chazaro Reads from Piñata Theory Thursday, February 11th 6-7PM Join the Zoom Here! (full invite below) Alan Chazaro grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Foothill Community College and UC Berkeley before earning his MFA from the University of San Francisco, where he is now an adjunct professor. He is the author of This is Not a Frank Ocean Cover Album, winner of the 2018…

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JAZZ/ROCK WORKSHOP CLASS STARTS JAN. 19, 2021 @ CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO

🎶FREE TUITION FOR SAN FRANCISCO STUDENT RESIDENCES!!🎶

SPRING 2021 City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, (Formerly 50 Phelan Ave.), San Francisco, CA 94112, 510-407-6915.

http://WWW.CCSF.EDU  

LEARN TO IMPROVISE WITH DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC!!

1ST CLASS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021.

JAZZ/ROCK IMPROV.WORKSHOP, MUSIC 13A, CRN# 33610 SECTION #501, 3 UNITS. CLASSES ARE TUESDAY'S, 7-10 P.M., VIRTUALLY ON CANVAS PROGRAM!! INSTRUCTOR DAVID HARDIMAN JR. OFFICE NO. (510) 407-6915.

Free City!! Free City is free tuition for students who are S.F. Residence & have lived in CA. for more than a year as of the first day of the current term. REGISTER NOW!!

http://www.ccsf.edu

ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOCALISTS ARE WELCOME!! REGISTER NOW!!Here are examples of some of the previous concerts! Watch Videos Videos: CCSF Jazz Rock Improv. Classes.  

https://youtu.be/_byaRz3Ep4c

https://youtu.be/9U1d4zeQgNY

Happy New Year’s Everyone! Please help keep my Legacy going for developing and teaching JAZZ STUDIES 30 Years at City College of San Fran. by enrolling in JAZZ/ROCK IMPROV.WORKSHOP, MUSIC 13A, CRN# 33610 SECTION #501, 3 UNITS. My son David Anthony Hardiman has been doing a great job since I retired in 2004, and he took over my classes.  ENROLL OR PASS INFO. TO OTHER MUSICIANS! THANKS! Dr. David Hardiman, Sr. www.freewebs.com/davidhardiman

🎶FREE TUITION FOR SAN FRANCISCO STUDENT RESIDENCES!!🎶

SPRING 2021 City College of San Francisco, Ocean Campus, 50 Frida Kahlo Way, (Formerly 50 Phelan Ave.), San Francisco, CA 94112, 510-407-6915.

http://WWW.CCSF.EDU  

LEARN TO IMPROVISE WITH DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC!!

1ST CLASS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2021.

JAZZ/ROCK IMPROV.WORKSHOP, MUSIC 13A, CRN# 33610 SECTION #501, 3 UNITS. CLASSES ARE TUESDAY'S, 7-10 P.M., VIRTUALLY ON CANVAS PROGRAM!! INSTRUCTOR DAVID HARDIMAN JR. OFFICE NO. (510) 407-6915.

Free City!! Free City is free tuition for students who are S.F. Residence & have lived in CA. for more than a year as of the first day of the current term. REGISTER NOW!!

http://www.ccsf.edu

ALL INSTRUMENTS & VOCALISTS ARE WELCOME!! REGISTER NOW!!Here are examples of some of the previous concerts! Watch Videos Videos: CCSF Jazz Rock Improv. Classes.  

https://youtu.be/_byaRz3Ep4c

https://youtu.be/9U1d4zeQgNY