Mario Billiani
@starbase.bsky.social
Future astronaut, Unistellar ambassador, exoplanet explorer, KBO co-discoverer, wannabe rocket scientist, occasional palaeontologist – boldly fighting entropy
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Mario Billiani
@starbase.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Never miss a launch with #GoogleCalendar for worldwide space launches! Reminders & #webcast links included:
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Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink Group 6-87 satellites & 1st stage droneship landing imminent. Watch live!
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
#EECep is an unusual binary star, a so-called "disk-occulting system". Every 5.6 years the Be-class primary is eclipsed by a dark dusty disk of its invisible secondary star, resulting in quite long eclipses of 57 days. One is currently happening, observed with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
#EECep is an unusual binary star, a so-called "disk-occulting system". Every 5.6 years the Be-class primary is eclipsed by a dark dusty disk of its invisible secondary star, resulting in quite long eclipses of 57 days. One is currently happening, observed with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
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A team of astronomers has confirmed two exoplanets and found hints of a third exoplanet at a binary star system known as TOI-2267. The discovery may provide new insights into planet formation in binary systems.
Martijn Luinstra with more ⬇️
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/tess...
Martijn Luinstra with more ⬇️
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/tess...
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A team of astronomers has confirmed two exoplanets and found hints of a third exoplanet at a binary star system known as TOI-2267. The discovery may provide new insights into planet formation in binary systems.
Martijn Luinstra with more ⬇️
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/tess...
Martijn Luinstra with more ⬇️
www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/11/tess...
Launch of Blue Origin's #NewGlenn rocket with NASA's #EscaPADE mission & 1st stage droneship landing attempt imminent. Watch live! #NG2
New Glenn Mission NG-2 Webcast
YouTube video by Blue Origin
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November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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A #solarstorm with an initial speed of ~730 km/s is on its way toward Earth! It’s associated with an X1.7-class flare that peaked today around 07:35 UTC.
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A #solarstorm with an initial speed of ~730 km/s is on its way toward Earth! It’s associated with an X1.7-class flare that peaked today around 07:35 UTC.
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
The CME is expected to arrive Tuesday, 11 November, around 20:00 UTC (21:00 CET).
Let’s hope for a better aurora show than on Friday🤞🌌
The large sunspot region #AR4274 is currently facing Earth, imaged with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The large sunspot region #AR4274 is currently facing Earth, imaged with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
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watchers.news/2025/11/09/m...
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New morphology in the tail of comet 3I/Atlas will inevitably be spun by the quack Avi Loeb as some evidence of alien activity. This is nothing new, we've seen similar behavior in other comes including 17P, C/2016 R2, and C/1961 R1, and others. It's ionized carbon monoxide. #3I #3I/Atlas #Comet 🔭
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.
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#astronomy #asteroids
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Near-Earth Asteroids Spin Faster Than We Thought
The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.
skyandtelescope.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
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#astronomy #asteroids
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#astronomy #asteroids
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Nice sunspots today - 7 November 2025. 🔭
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nice sunspots today - 7 November 2025. 🔭
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Inbound. Two active sunspot groups are now rotating Earthward going into this weekend: AR 4274 and AR 4276. Both already kicked off a pair of X-class flares in quick succession earlier this week, delivering an oblique blow to Earth’s spaceweather environment.
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Inbound. Two active sunspot groups are now rotating Earthward going into this weekend: AR 4274 and AR 4276. Both already kicked off a pair of X-class flares in quick succession earlier this week, delivering an oblique blow to Earth’s spaceweather environment.
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Some fast-spinning space rocks: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... - Via @skyapp.bsky.social
Near-Earth Asteroids Spin Faster Than We Thought
The fast spin of small near-Earth asteroids suggests scientists need to revise their ideas about what holds these rocky bodies together.
skyandtelescope.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Some fast-spinning space rocks: skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne... - Via @skyapp.bsky.social
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Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, but its launch not expected until mid-2026, as Moscow has to cut its piloted missions to a single shot that year, for the first time in a quarter of a century: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#so...
November 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Soyuz MS-29 crew vehicle arrived at Baikonur Cosmodrome, but its launch not expected until mid-2026, as Moscow has to cut its piloted missions to a single shot that year, for the first time in a quarter of a century: russianspaceweb.com/2026.html#so...
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Location at time of observation.
This was a difficult object to model in our reentry model: very eccentric orbit (brief dips below 1540 km), and indications of changing attitude =- changing drag area
Location at time of observation.
This was a difficult object to model in our reentry model: very eccentric orbit (brief dips below 1540 km), and indications of changing attitude =- changing drag area
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Location at time of observation.
This was a difficult object to model in our reentry model: very eccentric orbit (brief dips below 1540 km), and indications of changing attitude =- changing drag area
Location at time of observation.
This was a difficult object to model in our reentry model: very eccentric orbit (brief dips below 1540 km), and indications of changing attitude =- changing drag area
The @spaceflightnow.com webcast team caught a rather spectacular #spacejunk reentry during the #Starlink Group 10-51 launch coverage.
cc John Pisani 📷
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cc John Pisani 📷
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November 8, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The @spaceflightnow.com webcast team caught a rather spectacular #spacejunk reentry during the #Starlink Group 10-51 launch coverage.
cc John Pisani 📷
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cc John Pisani 📷
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Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink 10-51 satellites & 1st stage droneship landing imminent. Watch live!
Watch Live: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink Group 11-14 satellites & 1st stage droneship landing imminent. Watch live!
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Launch of United Launch Alliance #AtlasV 551 rocket with #ViaSat3F2 communication satellite imminent. Watch live! #AV100
Rocket Launch: Atlas ViaSat-3 Flight 2
YouTube video by United Launch Alliance
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November 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Launch of United Launch Alliance #AtlasV 551 rocket with #ViaSat3F2 communication satellite imminent. Watch live! #AV100
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Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Tianwen-1 Mars orbiter successfully observed the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS in early October at a distance of ~29 million km, CNSA has just announced. www.cnsa.gov.cn/n6758823/n67...
Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink Group 6-81 satellites & 1st stage droneship landing imminent. Watch live!
Watch Live: SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
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November 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Rocket Lab has launched the The Nation God Navigates mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 8:51am NZST Thurs. (19:51 UTC Wed.) from its LC-1B in New Zealand, sending the QPS-SAR-14 satellite to low-Earth orbit.
[Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab]
[Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab]
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Rocket Lab has launched the The Nation God Navigates mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket, at 8:51am NZST Thurs. (19:51 UTC Wed.) from its LC-1B in New Zealand, sending the QPS-SAR-14 satellite to low-Earth orbit.
[Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab]
[Video Credit 🎥: Rocket Lab]
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with #QPS-SAR14 satellite imminent. Watch live! #TheNationGodNavigates
Rocket Lab - 'The Nation God Navigates' Launch
YouTube video by Rocket Lab
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with #QPS-SAR14 satellite imminent. Watch live! #TheNationGodNavigates
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Core stage separation: thank you Vulcain 2.1, the Ariane 6 upper stage with its Vinci motor will take it from here. Vinci will now fire for almost 12 minutes to continue Sentinel-1D's ascent.
Everything going as planned. #VA265
Everything going as planned. #VA265
November 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Core stage separation: thank you Vulcain 2.1, the Ariane 6 upper stage with its Vinci motor will take it from here. Vinci will now fire for almost 12 minutes to continue Sentinel-1D's ascent.
Everything going as planned. #VA265
Everything going as planned. #VA265
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Welcome to space, Copernicus Sentinel-1D! Ariane 6's fairing was released to reveal its passenger in all its glory.
The upper and core stages are still connected to Sentinel-1D as the rocket keeps going 🚀
The upper and core stages are still connected to Sentinel-1D as the rocket keeps going 🚀
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Welcome to space, Copernicus Sentinel-1D! Ariane 6's fairing was released to reveal its passenger in all its glory.
The upper and core stages are still connected to Sentinel-1D as the rocket keeps going 🚀
The upper and core stages are still connected to Sentinel-1D as the rocket keeps going 🚀
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Bye bye P120C, Ariane 6 just left its two boosters behind as it soared through the skies. 🎥 video credits: ArianeSpace
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Bye bye P120C, Ariane 6 just left its two boosters behind as it soared through the skies. 🎥 video credits: ArianeSpace