Challenges

SFMC Reading Challenge is on hold at the moment.

SFMC Fitness Challenge is undergoing an update.

Third Brigade SPOT THE STATION Challenge is live!

Simply report successful sightings as a unit activity (via the unit report, in remarks). The threefold purpose of this challenge is to familiarize Marines with their local night skies by observing overflights of satellites, to create opportunities for interacting with other SFI/SFMC members and to provide outreach / recruiting possibilities.
Created in memory of the 340th MEU’s founder, Admiral Pat Spillers.

Resources for the SPOT THE STATION Challenge:

https://spotthestation.nasa.gov/
This is the official NASA Page for how to see the International Space Station in the night sky.

For OTHER human-made celestial objects there are additional tracking sites (including the Chinese space station launched in 2021):


https://www.heavens-above.com/PassSummary.aspx?satid=48274&lat=0&lng=0&loc=Unspecified&alt=0&tz=UCT

This is the Heavens Above page for Tianhe-1.
Heavens Above home page, from which you can choose objects to observe: https://www.heavens-above.com/

A live tracking (not customized for night visibility at your location) site for satellites: https://www.n2yo.com