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The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

Every week we cover the latest spaceflight news, discuss past, current and future exploration efforts, and take a look at upcoming events. Tune in to hear about how humans get to space, how they stay in space and how unmanned craft reach farther and farther into the universe around us.

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00:42:36

Episode 413: Glob

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/14

Spaceflight News— Luna-25/Luna-Glob delayed (space.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com)Short & Sweet— Firefly and York both make acquisitions (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— Egypt to build space-monitoring station (africanews.space)This Week in Spaceflight History— 15th June, 1971: Launch of KH-9 Hexagon (en.wikipedia.org) (aiaa.zoom.us) (space.com)— Next week (6/20 - 6/26) in 1971: Tunguska 2.0

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01:00:34

Episode 412: Rocket Suture-y

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/06/07

Spaceflight News— Starliner Woes (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — We tracked down some info on P-213 and P-213LW fiberglass tapes. (PDF: hansford.hk) (PDF: nitto.com) (spacematdb.com)Short & Sweet— UAE gives details on asteroid mission (spacewatch.global)— Commercial deep-space radar (spacenews.com) (satellitetoday.com)— North Korean launch failure (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— VAXHeadroom: Soyuz roll rate (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 8

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00:39:36

Episode 411: Cliff Confusion

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/31

Spaceflight News— HAKUTO-R failure analysis (HT deltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM) (twitter.com/jeff_foust) (ispace-inc.com) (spacenews.com) — Apollo software modeled terrain to avoid this exact issue (PDF HT Mike: ibiblio.org)Short & Sweet— Virgin Orbit assets sold off (spacenews.com)— ESA folds out a new heat shield (HT Andrew Z: esa.int) (newatlas.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 1 Jun, 1970: Launch of Soyuz 9 (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (chessgames.com) (astronautix.com)— Next

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00:56:11

Episode 410: Sneeze Maneuver

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/24

Spaceflight News— Blue Origin wins HLS contract (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sam.gov VIA nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— CAPSTONE tests its navigation technology (nasa.gov)— End of Lunar Flashlight (spacenews.com)— Core of Roman Space Telescope completed (spaceref.com VIA 12ft.io)This Week in Spaceflight History— 23 May, 2016: Suborbital testflight of ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle (vssc.gov.in) (delhidefencereview.com)

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00:45:57

Episode 409: Carry a Big Stick

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/17

Spaceflight News— China’s spaceplane makes maneuvers (spacenews.com)— Kosmos-2562 makes maneuvers as well (twitter.com/planet4589) (russianspaceweb.com)Short & Sweet— Plutonium Depletion (spacenews.com)— ULA prepares for more tests (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Vast and SpaceX shoot for first commercial space station (HT Andy Z.: techcrunch.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 16 May, 2011. Launch of STS-134 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov)

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00:50:33

Episode 408: Swedish Yeetfall

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/10

Spaceflight News— Evolution Space becomes 9th private U.S. company to reach space (twitter.com/evolutionspace_) (parabolicarc.com)— UP Aerospace rocket rapidly RUDs (gizmodo.com) (youtube.com) — Incredible footage of payload separation was captured in 2015 (HT Stygarfield: reddit.com) (nasa.gov)— Swedish rocket lands in Norway (reuters.com)Short & Sweet— Dragonfly faces proposed 20% budget cut (spacenews.com)— New prospects for New Horizons (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections—

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00:42:31

Episode 407: Trenchless

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/05/03

Spaceflight News— Starship update (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (americaspace.com)— We missed the point of the skydiving pebble story (discord.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— H3 failure analysis (twitter.com/Cosmic_Penguin) (PDF: mext.go.jp)Short & Sweet— Hakuto-R likely in free-fall before loss of signal (HT Sam: twitter.com/ea4gpz) (space.com) (spacenews.com)— China’s space agency sets up lunar base organization (spacenews.com)— Astrobotic books a second Falcon Heavy (spacenews.com)Questions,

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01:09:51

Episode 406: SpaceXcavator

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/04/26

Spaceflight News— Starship, destroyer of concrete (youtube.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/landru79) (HT Iain from MaxQ: twitter.com/unrocket) (twitter.com/elonmusk) — Launch tower footage (HT Astro: reddit.com/r/space) — Liftoff footage (note debris impacting water) (twitter.com/SpaceX) — High speed footage from Tim Dodd x Consider Cosmos (twitter.com/Erdayastronaut) — Aborted launch attempt at the beginning of the week (spacenews.com) — Listener Sam spotted

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00:51:34

Episode 405: Niobium's Neat

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/04/19

Spaceflight News— SpaceX cuts costs (spacenews.com)— Starship launch license (spacenews.com)— Relativity pivots away from Terran-1 (spacenews.com) (techcrunch.com) (relativityspace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: JUICE launch successful (nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 20 Apr, 2004: The launch of Gravity Probe-B (en.wikipedia.org) (web.archive.org) (einstein.stanford.edu) (dontpanicgeocast.com)— Next week (4/25 - 5/1) in 1985. Shuttle spelunkin’.

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00:45:52

Episode 404: Not Found

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/04/12

Spaceflight News— Centaur explosion (arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/torybruno) — The test stand can be seen in 3D on Google Maps (google.com)Short & Sweet— Artemis II crew announced (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Dawn Aerospace completes successful spaceplane test flight (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)— ISRO completes successful spaceplane test flight (isro.gov.in)— Bathwater By Any Other Name... (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight

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00:51:56

Episode 403: Virgin Deorbit

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/04/05

Spaceflight News— Exploring Mars Together (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Seized assets in Kazakhstan threatens Soyuz-5 program (nasaspaceflight.com)— Virgin Orbit Layoffs (spacenews.com) (qz.com)— Rosotics announces large-scale 3D printer (spacenews.com) (newatlas.com) (rosotics.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Tiangong has trash too (twitter.com/cnspaceflight)This Week in Spaceflight History— 5 April, 1963: A Pontiac Catalina tows M2-F1

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00:38:50

Episode 402: Rainbow Shock Diamonds

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/03/29

Spaceflight News— Relativity’s Terran-1 fails to reach orbit (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/thetimellis) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Private South Korean company launches suborbital rocket from Brazil (spacenews.com)— NS-23 anomaly identified (parabolicarc.com)— SWOT, key climate science satellite, instrument back online (space.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Aaron: toroidal aerospikes (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 31 March, 1993. Launch of Progress M-17 from Baikonur

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00:43:32

Episode 401: Ring Around the Heatshield

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/03/22

Spaceflight News— Stoke Space prepares for hopper landing trial (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/stoke_space) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— NASA announces $1B deorbit tug for ISS (spacenews.com)— Virgin Orbit’s operational pause (spacenews.com)— Axiom reveals the Artemis EVA suit (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— March 24, 2006: The first launch of Falcon 1 (space.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (3/28 - 4/3) in 1993. Low-power mode.

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01:10:17

Episode 400: Dramatic Dogleg

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/03/15

Spaceflight News— VV22 investigation (HT Sam: esa.int) (spacenews.com) (arianespace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— IBEX mission overcomes computer glitch (space.com)— ISS dodges a satellite (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: H3’s first flight results (nasaspaceflight.com)Data Relay: STS-400— STS-400 (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Two gap fillers removed during EVA on STS-114 (spaceflightnow.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 14 March

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01:41:24

Episode 399: DOWNLINK--D. Geoff Carter, PE

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/03/08

Spaceflight News— TROPICS-1 mishap investigation (HT Mike Stewart: astra.com)Short & Sweet— HST impacted by satellite trails (nature.com)— China’s secret spacewalk (spacenews.com)Interview -- D. Geoff Carter, PE— RollAide.com— artemis-space.comThis Week in Spaceflight History— Mar 9, 2008: The launch of the first ATV: Jules Verne (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: esa.int) (PDF: esa.int)— Next week (3/14 - 3/20) in 1986: Slap a renaissance painter.

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00:43:43

Episode 398: Paint it Black

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/03/01

Spaceflight News— Starship’s near future (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk)Short & Sweet— NASA planning for first Gateway logistics mission (spacenews.com)— Beetlesat successfully deploys expandable antenna on orbit (spaceref.com) (beetlesat.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— March 2, 1995, Launch of STS-67, Endeavour (en.wikipedia.org) (spaceline.org) (astronautix.com)— Next week (3/7 - 3/13) in 2008: 20 million leagues above the sea (level)

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01:00:46

Episode 397: Loss of Cool

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/02/22

Spaceflight News— Soyuz MS-22 leak images (HT deltaV: russianspaceweb.com VIA twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Eric Berger posted a comparison to a confirmed MMOD strike (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) — Katya Pavlushchenko posted photos of orange stains on other Progresses (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — Uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 delayed (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)— LauncherOne failure (virginorbit.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— H3 rocket aborts at pad (spacenews.com)—

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00:51:59

Episode 396: Valentine Breakup

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/02/15

Spaceflight News— Kosmos-2499 breakup (russianspaceweb.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (space.com)— Superheavy static fire (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT Ryan R: twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT Alex: youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Progress MS-21 leak (twitter.com/katlinegrey) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Spaceport Camden saga continues (independent.co.uk)— Kuiper gets conditional approval (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Feb 20, 1986: Launch of DOS-7, the Mir core

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00:44:43

Episode 395: Salvage Mode

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/02/08

Spaceflight News— SSLV launch failure investigation completed (spacenews.com) (isro.gov.in) — VTM separation was captured on video, but payload deployment is only seen as a timestamp on a status display. (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— NASA confident in A1 software (nasaspaceflight.com)— Peregrine has a new destination (spacenews.com)— Perseverance completes sample depot on Mars (cnet.com) — See also: The Milky Way as seen from Mars (reddit.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Feb 11,

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00:48:55

Episode 394: Partial Barber Pole

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/02/01

Spaceflight News— NASA Tests a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (nasa.gov) (PDF: mdpi.com) (Scott Manley: youtube.com) (ntrs.nasa.gov) — JAXA tested an RDRE in 2021 (futurism.com) — China tested a CDRE January 2023 (twitter.com/CNSpaceflight)Short & Sweet— Starship WDR (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/SpaceX)— Lucy mission gets new target (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov)— JunoCam suffers significant anomaly during flyby (nasa.gov)Questions, Comments,

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