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FCC authorizes Elon Musk's SpaceX to provide broadband satellite services

This marks the first time the FCC has allowed a U.S.-licensed satellite constellation to provide broadband services through low-Earth orbit satellites.

SpaceX's proposed satellite system, dubbed "Starlink," includes 4,425 satellites with frequencies in the Ka and Ku bands.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/29/fcc-...-services.html

Gov. Rick Snyder has activated the state's Emergency Operations Center to monitor the reentry of China's Tiangong-1 space station, which is expected to reenter the Earth's atmosphere between today and Monday, April 2.
The southern part of Michigan is in the path where debris could fall, experts say.

Michigan emergency agency monitoring Chinese satellite falling from sky | MLive.com

Great, my weekend is about to be ruined.....

Ouch, that meme hurts

Tiangong-1 is down. I just saw this, their reliable see underlined

Tiangong-1 Reentry

Tiangong-1

The world watched and waited as the Chinese space station Tiangong-1 hurtled towards a fiery reentry. Please visit our media kit page for background information.
Reentry Information

Tiangong-1 was predicted to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere on April 2nd, 2018 00:30 UTC ± 1.7 hours. The reentry has been confirmed as 2018/04/02 00:16 UTC. Reentry occurred in the Pacific Ocean.

This prediction was performed by The Aerospace Corporation on 2018 April 1.


http://www.aerospace.org/cords/reent...ong-1-reentry/

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Lyrid meteor shower to peak early on Earth Day

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weath...hower/70004697

Earth Day will bring one of the best meteor showers of the spring with as many as 20 meteors streaking across the sky every hour.

“The Lyrid meteor shower will be the first significant meteor shower in a few months,” AccuWeather Astronomy Blogger Dave Samuhel said, noting that it will be the best display since January.

The best night to see the Lyrids will be the night of Saturday, April 21, into the early morning of Sunday, April 22, although some meteors will be able to be seen on the night before and the night after the shower’s peak.