July 20, 2026
The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from E... — July 20, 2026
The Smile spacecraft lifted off on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana BST / 05:52 CEST on 19 May 2026. The launch marks the beginning o...
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Calarogu Shark Media. Good morning, this is space news and
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weather today. Both Saturn and Jupiter grace the night sky.
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Saturn is up most of the night, while Jupiter rises
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in the late evening and shines brilliantly by dawn. The
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Moon is waxing gibbous, more than half lit and growing
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toward full. It sets late, giving only a brief window
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of dark skies after sunset. The Summer Triangle shines directly
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overhead tonight, Vega is the brightest. A blue white star
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in Lyra Deneb marks the tail of Signus the Swan
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and Altair anchors Aquila the Eagle. An asteroid called twenty
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fifteen BF is passing by in about six days. It's
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comparable to a city bus passing about seventeen lunar distances
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from Earth. No danger, just a cosmic neighbor dropping by.
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NASA's space weather trackers also note a burst of solar
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material was seen leaving the Sun. The Smile spacecraft lifted
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off on a Vagacy rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana.
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Bst A five fifty two cessed on nineteenth to May
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twenty twenty six. The launch marks the beginning of an
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ambitious mission to better understand solar storms, geomagnetic storms, and
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the science of space weather. The Sun has been active lately,
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with several sunspot groups dotting its surface. Solar flares are
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possible over the next day or two. For now, Aurora
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chances are moderate for those in far northern latitudes. This
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episode was assembled using AI pulling from NASA and Spaceflight
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News sources. Thanks for listening.
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