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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bit.ly/SpaceLaunchCalendar
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ISRO has launched their LVM-3 rocket on the NISAR mission from Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
On board today's mission was the BlueBird Block 2 FM1 cellular broadband satellite.
On board today's mission was the BlueBird Block 2 FM1 cellular broadband satellite.
December 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
ISRO has launched their LVM-3 rocket on the NISAR mission from Second Launch Pad, Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
On board today's mission was the BlueBird Block 2 FM1 cellular broadband satellite.
On board today's mission was the BlueBird Block 2 FM1 cellular broadband satellite.
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Here is a timelapse of the whole year 2025 with the white-light images from NASA/SDO and in an extreme ultraviolet wavelength.
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Here is a timelapse of the whole year 2025 with the white-light images from NASA/SDO and in an extreme ultraviolet wavelength.
Launch of Innospace #HanbitNano LiMER rocket with several CubeSats on first test flight to orbit imminent. Watch live! #Spaceward
HANBIT-Nano | ‘SPACEWARD’ Mission Launch Livestream – INNOSPACE | 이노스페이스
YouTube video by INNOSPACE ꞁ 이노스페이스
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December 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Launch of Innospace #HanbitNano LiMER rocket with several CubeSats on first test flight to orbit imminent. Watch live! #Spaceward
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Observations from Chile suggest that Japan's H3 survived the first orbit and reentered at second perigee, circa 0400 UTC, somewhere over S America along the track shown here
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Observations from Chile suggest that Japan's H3 survived the first orbit and reentered at second perigee, circa 0400 UTC, somewhere over S America along the track shown here
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I am going to assume for now that the Space Force elset is accurate, and guess that H3/QZS reentered at first perigee over the S Atlantic at around 0250 UTC.
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I am going to assume for now that the Space Force elset is accurate, and guess that H3/QZS reentered at first perigee over the S Atlantic at around 0250 UTC.
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Possible problem with the H3 launch, looks like the second burn of stage 2 may have shut down early. Waiting for confirmation one way or the other
December 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Possible problem with the H3 launch, looks like the second burn of stage 2 may have shut down early. Waiting for confirmation one way or the other
Last telemetry screen from #H3F8 shows a deviating trajectory unfortunately. I hope they can save the #Michibiki5 satellite!
December 22, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Last telemetry screen from #H3F8 shows a deviating trajectory unfortunately. I hope they can save the #Michibiki5 satellite!
準天頂衛星システム「みちびき5号機」／H3ロケット8号機打上げライブ中継
YouTube video by JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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The damaged Starlink satellite, S-35956, has been imaged from a Vantor satellite and shown to be largely intact, despite the detection of debris from it.
December 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The damaged Starlink satellite, S-35956, has been imaged from a Vantor satellite and shown to be largely intact, despite the detection of debris from it.
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Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
December 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
This @eumetsat.int MTG‑I1 image from 19 December 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day–night terminator tilted near its annual maximum of about 23.5°.
During a rare clear night I had the chance to finally catch the interstellar #comet #3IATLAS, which is currently outbound from our solar system, with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
During a rare clear night I had the chance to finally catch the interstellar #comet #3IATLAS, which is currently outbound from our solar system, with my @unistellar.bsky.social #eVscope.
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Rocket Lab has launched the The Wisdom God Guides mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket from its Launch Complex 1B in New Zealand, sending the QPS-SAR-15 satellite to low-Earth orbit, for Japan's Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS),
December 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Rocket Lab has launched the The Wisdom God Guides mission, aboard its Electron/Curie rocket from its Launch Complex 1B in New Zealand, sending the QPS-SAR-15 satellite to low-Earth orbit, for Japan's Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space, Inc. (iQPS),
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with #QPS-SAR15 satellite imminent. Watch live! #TheWisdomGodGuides
Rocket Lab - 'The Wisdom God Guides' Launch
YouTube video by Rocket Lab
www.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with #QPS-SAR15 satellite imminent. Watch live! #TheWisdomGodGuides
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Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket at 8:15am CST / 14:15 UTC from its Launch Site One in West Texas. The NS-37 mission is the company’s 16th crewed flight, and sent six passengers to suborbital space just past the Kármán Line.
[Video Credit 🎥: Blue Origin]
[Video Credit 🎥: Blue Origin]
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Blue Origin has launched its New Shepard rocket at 8:15am CST / 14:15 UTC from its Launch Site One in West Texas. The NS-37 mission is the company’s 16th crewed flight, and sent six passengers to suborbital space just past the Kármán Line.
[Video Credit 🎥: Blue Origin]
[Video Credit 🎥: Blue Origin]
Launch of Blue Origin's #NewShepard rocket with 6 passengers (including Hans Königsmann & Michaela Benthaus, to become the first wheelchair user in space) on suborbital mission #NS37 to the edge of space imminent. Watch live!
New Shepard Mission NS-37 Webcast
YouTube video by Blue Origin
www.youtube.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Launch of Blue Origin's #NewShepard rocket with 6 passengers (including Hans Königsmann & Michaela Benthaus, to become the first wheelchair user in space) on suborbital mission #NS37 to the edge of space imminent. Watch live!
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December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The #Starlink 35956 satellite experienced a serious anomaly on 17 December, resulting in the loss of the spacecraft and debris shedding. The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up within weeks.
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December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The #Starlink 35956 satellite experienced a serious anomaly on 17 December, resulting in the loss of the spacecraft and debris shedding. The satellite is largely intact, tumbling, and will reenter the Earth’s atmosphere and burn up within weeks.
x.com/i/status/200...
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Launch of Blue Origin's #NewShepard rocket with 6 passengers (including Hans Königsmann & Michaela Benthaus, to become the first wheelchair user in space) on suborbital mission #NS37 to the edge of space imminent. Watch live!
New Shepard Mission NS-37 Webcast
YouTube video by Blue Origin
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Launch of Blue Origin's #NewShepard rocket with 6 passengers (including Hans Königsmann & Michaela Benthaus, to become the first wheelchair user in space) on suborbital mission #NS37 to the edge of space imminent. Watch live!
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with four #DiskSat satellites on #STPS30 mission imminent. Watch live! #DontBeSuchASquare
Rocket Lab - 'Don't Be Such A Square' Launch
YouTube video by Rocket Lab
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Launch of @rocketlabcorp.com #Electron rocket with four #DiskSat satellites on #STPS30 mission imminent. Watch live! #DontBeSuchASquare
Finally some good news!
BREAKING NEWS!
Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA Administrator has been approved by the US Senate.
📷 Max Evans for NASASpaceflight
Jared Isaacman's nomination for NASA Administrator has been approved by the US Senate.
📷 Max Evans for NASASpaceflight
December 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Finally some good news!
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Booster touchdown
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Booster touchdown
Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink 15-13 satellites & 1st stage droneship landing imminent. Watch live!
Watch Live: SpaceX to launch 27 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg, California
YouTube video by Spaceflight Now
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Launch of SpaceX #Falcon9 Block 5 rocket with #Starlink 6-99 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
December 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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#MAVEN is still alive and transmitting on the low gain antenna! 📡〰️🛰️ Signal is weak on our 20m dish in Bochum, but Maven is currently in command lock with DSN in Madrid. Here a screenshot when it came out from periareion (periapsis) behind Mars.
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
#MAVEN is still alive and transmitting on the low gain antenna! 📡〰️🛰️ Signal is weak on our 20m dish in Bochum, but Maven is currently in command lock with DSN in Madrid. Here a screenshot when it came out from periareion (periapsis) behind Mars.