The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight News

— Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com)

— Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com)

— Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C (spacenews.com)

— “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” (twitter.com/cas_space)

— Crewed moon rover (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/YuqiiQian)

Short & Sweet

— Artemis heat shield chunks (spacenews.com)

— Liquid water on Mars (nature.com VIA nasaspaceflight.com) (news.berkeley.edu)

— California startup develops ABEP system (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— November 8, 2004: First launch of a Soyuz 2 carrier rocket (en.wikipedia.org) (v2rockethistory.com)

— Next week (11/12 - 11/18) in 1981: 40% of the mission, 90% of the objectives.

Spaceflight News

— Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer)

Short & Sweet

— Crew-8 post-landing medical issue (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)

— Companies to bring commercial launch to Ireland (europeanspaceflight.com)

— ACS-3’s a little crooked (space.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)

— Mars Sample Revision (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Aerojet 260 solid rocket test (en.wikipedia.org)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 3 Nov, 1994. Launch of STS-66 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nss.org) (youtu.be)

— Next week (11/5 - 11/11) in 2004: A blind bowling ball

Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!

Spaceflight News

— Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up (spacenews.com) (x.com/S4S_SDA) (reddit.com)

Short & Sweet

— Sirius Space hot fire (europeanspaceflight.com)

— A Firefly to launch a Jackal (satellitetoday.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— Ross Peterson: Super Heavy’s reentry heating

— Taylor S Marks: ISS graveyard orbit (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

—  27 Oct, 1992. Launch of the Znamya 2 solar power antenna (en.wikipedia.org) (thespacereview.com) (qsl.net) (skypub.com VIA web.archive.org)

— Next week (10/29 - 11/4) in 1994: holding the weight of LEO on your shoulders

Spaceflight News

— Worries about ISS making a splash (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (space.com)

Short & Sweet

— X-37B to perform aerobraking maneuver (defenseone.com)

— Rocket Lab wins Mars Sample Return concept award (spacenews.com)

— Vast unveils details on Haven-1 (payloadspace.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Starship Flight Test 5 (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— October 17, 1974: Founding of OTRAG (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) (bernd-leitenberger.de)

— Next week (10/22 - 10/28) in 1992: To shreds, you say!

Spaceflight News

-- Vulcan anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/dwisecinema) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

-- Voyager 2 turns off science instrument (inverse.com)

-- Super bright Qianfan satellites (spacenews.com)

-- NASA reduces rate of ISS leak (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

-- Unc’ Willy: Crossfield’s employer (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- 8 Oct, 2012: The launch of CRS-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com)

-- Next week (10/15 - 10/21) in 1974: The original SpaceX

Spaceflight News

-- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov) 

Short & Sweet

-- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com)

-- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 (space.com) (spacenews.com)

-- MaiaSpace moves in (spacenews)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: govinfo.gov) (magazine.washington.edu)

-- Next week (10/8 - 10/14) in 2012: A boxy box delivery

Spaceflight News

-- ISRO rising (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

-- Iran successfully launches research satellite (almayadeen.net)

-- Ariane 6 software fix (spacenews.com)

-- Yutu 2 turns six (space.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

-- From the intro: Sirius Space will launch from Australia (europeanspaceflight.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- Launch of Shenzhou 7 (神舟七号) (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nescacademy.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)

-- Next week (10/1 - 10/7) in 1921: Flying with Michael Burnham

Spaceflight News

-- Landspace lands (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)

Short & Sweet

-- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.com/davill)

-- Chang’e-6 extended mission (spacenews.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

-- From the intro: Polaris Dawn spacewalk (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- 22 Sep, 2006. Launch of Hinode (日の出) (nasa.gov)  (eoportal.org) (esa.int) (en.wikipedia.org)

-- Next week (9/24 - 9/30) in 2008: And then there were three

Spaceflight News

-- BepiColombo insertion delayed (europeanspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (esa.int)

Short & Sweet

-- EscaPADE DelAYED (spacenews.com)

-- Starliner Returned (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)

-- Vega’s final launch (satellitetoday.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

-- From the intro: Blue Origin’s new drone ship (HT DennisO: https://x.com/_mgde_) (space.com)

-- Haragopal: Europa Clipper’s flying on Falcon Heavy, not New Glenn (discord.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- 10 Sept, 2009: The launch of HTV-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (humans-in-space.jaxa.jp) (PDF: nasa.gov)

-- Next week (9/17 - 9/23) in 2006: Flying to where the Sun never rises

Spaceflight News

-- B1062 lost (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com)

Short & Sweet

-- Intuitive Machines selected for lunar South Pole mission (spacenews.com)

-- Stoke Space wins contract to prototype cargo delivery (satellitetoday.com) (stokespace.com)

-- Starliner wob wob (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

-- From the intro: Europa Clipper (planetary.org)

This Week in Spaceflight History

-- 6 Sept, 1988: The troublesome landing of Soyuz TM-5 (russianspaceweb.com) (en.wikipedia.org)

-- Next week (9/10 - 9/16) in 2009: Stork with a smile