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247th Meeting of the AAS

Phoenix Convention Center Phoenix

The 247th AAS meeting (joint with the High Energy Astrophysics and Historical Astronomy Divisions) will be held 4-8 January in Phoenix, Arizona.

Launch PSLV-DL / EOS-N1

Satish Dhawan Space Center, ~14°N, Sriharikota, India

NET Jan 5 - early morning launch of PSLV with small Earth observation satellite from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL) and 18 additional ride-share payloads.

Launch Falcon 9 / Pandora & Twilight Rideshare

SLC-4E, Vandenberg SFB CA, ~35°N, USA

NET Jan 5 - Astrophysics satellite Pandora for NASA to Sun-Synchronous Orbit, and 'Twilight' satellites from Spire Global and Kepler Communications.

Media Invitation: Press conference with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot

Cologne, Germany

Media representatives are invited to join French ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on Monday 5 January at 14:00-15:00 CET for a hybrid press conference to learn more about her first mission to space. The conference is Sophie’s final media event in Europe ahead of her launch to the International Space Station […]

7th China-Chile Bilateral Astronomy Conference (CCBC2026)

Hong Kong, China

The 7th China-Chile Bilateral Astronomy Conference for 2026 will be organized by the Laboratory for Space Research, FoS, the University of Hong Kong, in collaboration with the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chilean Astronomical Society, is scheduled to take place from January 5th to […]