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Space Calendar August 2022: Events Happening in Space
Keep yourself aware of the events occurring in space this month, August 2022.
August 2: SpaceX will launch South Korea's first space exploration mission, the Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO), aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The launch is scheduled for approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT).
August 4: A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch a sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous satellite (SBIRS GEO 6). The satellite will be used for early-warning missile detection and will launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.
August 9: SpaceX will launch another batch of Starlink satellites aboard a Falcon 9. The launch is scheduled for approximately 7 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
August 11: The full moon of August, known as the Sturgeon Moon, arrives at 9:36 p.m. EDT (0136 August 12 GMT).
August 11-12: The Perseid meteor shower peaks.
August 27: The new moon arrives at 4:17 a.m. EDT (0817 GMT)
Source: SPACE.com
