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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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00:39:12

Episode 393: Sequential Signal Loss

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/01/25

Spaceflight News— ABL failure analysis (HT Mike Stewart: twitter.com/ablspacesystems)Short & Sweet— NASA scales back ISS scientist program (spacenews.com)— JUICE is ready for Jupiter (spacenews.com)— Lucy’s Loose Limb (spacenews.com) (HT Brown Pau: blogs.nasa.gov)— ClearSpace raises funds for its first mission (spacenews)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Vulcan delivered to the Cape (twitter.com/SpaceFlorida)This Week in Spaceflight History— Jan 24, 1985: Launch of STS-51-C

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00:53:53

Episode 392: Virgin Suborbital

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/01/18

Spaceflight News— Soyuz MS-22 rescue (spacenews.com) (russianspaceweb.com)— Virgin Orbit failure (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (virginorbit.com) — Virgin Galactic recently restructured their leadership (spacenews.com) — Virgin Orbit is suffering financial woes (arstechnica.com)— ABL RS1 failure (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT Sam: twitter.com/ablspacesystems) (HT Sam: twitter.com/shaggrugg) (twitter.com/Harry__Stranger)Short & Sweet— Soyuz-OneWeb hostage negotiations underway

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00:38:52

Episode 391: Galloping Gertie

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2023/01/11

Spaceflight News— LunaH-Map struggles to enter lunar orbit (spacewatch.global) (PDF: static1.squarespace.com VIA busek.com) (PDF: digitalcommons.usu.edu)— Korean Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) enters lunar orbit (space.com)— Hakuto-R M1 successfully completes second maneuver (spaceref.com) (ispace-inc.com VIA hobbyspace.com)— Chandrayaan-3 fully integrated (indiatoday.in) (indiatimes.com)Short & Sweet— China to expand Wenchang spaceport (spacenews.com)— Impulse Space has a mission

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00:46:50

Episode 390: Baby, It’s Coolant Outside

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/12/21

Spaceflight News— MS-22 coolant leak (arstechnica.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— Lockheed Martin performs habitat burst test (cnet.com) (lockheedmartin.com) (youtube.com)— Zhuque-2 fails to reach orbit (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Chris Hofmann: Honeybee purchase (discord.com)— Unc’ Willy and Csaba: Pyrophoric vs. hypergolic (discord.com) (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Dec 24, 1968. The Earthrise photograph

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00:41:33

Episode 389: The Emperor's New Alpaca

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/12/14

Spaceflight News— The finalists return - HLS2 (spacepolicyonline.com) (space.com) (spacepolicyonline.com)Short & Sweet— New Chinese rocket debuts with a sea launch (nasaspaceflight.com)— dearMoon crew revealed (americaspace.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— December 15, 1970: Landing of Venera 7, first spacecraft to return data from another planet (en.wikipedia.org) (spaceflightinsider.com) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov) (vpk.name) — V7 was built on a 3MV bus (mentallandscape.com)— Next week

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00:52:44

Episode 388: NASA Cuts Carbs

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/12/07

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Update — RS-25 analysis (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: nasa.gov VIA twitter.com/sciencepolicia) — Reached DRO halfway point on Nov 28 (spacenews.com) — Departed DRO on Dec 2 (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Phantom Space Corp wins NASA launch task order (nasa.gov)— Bluewalker-3 reaches full brightness on orbit (payloadspace.com) (iau.org)— iROSA installation + power issue (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: ABL released a scrub

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00:45:34

Episode 387: Big Bird and Friends

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/11/30

Spaceflight News— Artemis I progress (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasa.gov)— NASA history report on Administrator James Webb released (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China to test space-based solar power (spacenews.com)— Canada to develop lunar rover for power generation (spacenews.com)— ISRO tests Gaganyaan parachute system (isro.gov.in)This Week in Spaceflight History— Dec 5, 2014: The launch of EFT-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (collectspace.com) — The

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01:48:05

Episode 386: DOWNLINK--Margaret Weitekamp,...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/11/23

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Launch (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (HT MCC: twitter.com/derekdotspace) — SLS suffered slight hurricane damage prior to launch (spacenews.com) — SLS still had LH2 leaks (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/ZachSellinger) — A bad ethernet switch took down range assets (HT deltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) — Post-launch photo opportunities were limited (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (twitter.com/wapodavenport)—

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00:40:45

Episode 385: PSLV: Pumpkin Spice Latte Vehicle

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/11/16

Spaceflight News— Cygnus Winged (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— X-37B returns to Earth after record-breaking 900+ days in orbit (spaceforce.mil)— China changes plans for Long March 9 (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com)— Artemis I gettin’ stormy (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: LOFTID was successful (nasa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History— Nov 17, 1967. Surveyor 6 does a

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00:45:19

Episode 384: Spaceplane, Spaceplane, Fire

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/11/09

Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab’s Catch Me If You Can Wasn’t (parabolicarc.com) (businesswire.com) (theorbitalmechanics.com)Short & Sweet— Chinese Spaceplane Releases Object On-orbit (spacenews.com)— Spaceplane Aurora Tested at Peenemünde (spacewatch.global)— Fire Alarm Scrubs NG-18 Launch (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Practical Engineering’s look at Endeavor’s trip through LA (youtube.com)— Vertical payload integration (youtube.com)— Reflective Layer (youtube.com)This Week

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01:12:22

Episode 383: Begging for Rides and Ropes

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/11/02

Spaceflight News— VirtualAGC posts their final moonshot LM software package (github.com/virtualagc) (ibiblio.org) (github.com/thewonderidiot) (youtube.com) — Play with a virtual rope module (apolloguidance.computer) — If you own a rope module, or know someone who does, please get in touch! The vAGC group is happy to keep donors anonymous. Contact Ron Burkey: info@sandroid.org— Project Kuiper looking for a ride (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— NASA launch slips (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)—

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01:48:04

Episode 382: DOWNLINK--Joel C. Sercel PhD, CEO of...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/10/26

Spaceflight News— ISS EVAs resumed (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov) — Back in March, Matthias Maurer had a leak in his suit (spacenews.com) (phys.org) (blogs.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Geotail in Jeopardy (space.com)— ESA turns to SpaceX (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)— Tiangong nears completion (spacenews.com)— Polaris Dawn mission scheduled for March 2023 (space.com)— NASA orders three more Orion spacecraft (lockheedmartin.com)Interview – Joel C. Sercel PhD, CEO of

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01:00:34

Episode 381: Spin-stabilized PR

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/10/19

Spaceflight News— Epsilon failure (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtu.be) (PDF: jaxa.jp)— Skyrora failure (skyrora.com) (youtube.com)— The Firefly Paradox (spacenews.com) (firefly.com) (twitter.com/seradata)— Rockets showing up at places (bbc.com) (techcrunch.com)Short & Sweet— Lucy flyby (NSF via web.archive.org) (lucy.swri.edu) (twitter.com/LucyMission)— TESS mission goes into safe mode (cnet.com)— China launched ASO-S solar observatory (nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight

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01:42:43

Episode 380: DOWNLINK--Alex Doknjas and Biarki Weeks

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/10/12

Spaceflight News— Test Fest III — Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int) — Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com) — BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno) — Stoke Space ring firing (ifiberone.com) (twitter.com/stoke_space) (MP4: uploads-ssl.webflow.com VIA stokespace.com/vision) (twitter.com/jenakuns) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Ireland’s first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)— Crew-5

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00:56:44

Episode 379: Ramming Speed!

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/10/05

Spaceflight News— DART (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/nasa) (twitter.com/LICIACube) (twitter.com/SenBillNelson) (researchgate.net) — Transformational Solar Array experiment (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Testing begins for first ViaSat-3 (spacenews.com)— Hubble may get a roboost (spacenews.com)— Firefly reaches orbit (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Oct 6, 1990. Launch of Ulysses spacecraft (esa.int) (PDF:

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00:49:24

Episode 378: Next Gen Turkey

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/09/28

Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab updates (satellitetoday.com) — There was a presentation for investors September 21 (youtube.com) (PDF: rocketlabusa.com) — The Archimedes Test Complex will be built at Stennis (businesswire.com)— JWST instrument suffers anomaly (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— USSF to leave GEO (aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)— Superheavy fires seven engines (cnet.com)— Spinlaunch raises $71M (spacenews.com)— ESA seeks money to stay in space race (thespacereview.com)Questions,

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01:05:29

Episode 377: DOWNLINK--Araz Feyzi, Kayhan Space

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/09/20

Spaceflight News— CAPSTONE safe mode update (advancedspace.com) (advancedspace.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— SLD lander RFP (spacenews.com)— NASA requests private missions (spacenews.com)— ArianeGroup reveals reusable crewed vehicle for Ariane 6 (twitter.com/EuropeSpace360) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com/Melissandre_L)— Morpheus Space raises funds (spacenews.com)Interview – Araz Feyzi, Kayhan Space Co-Founder and CTO— twitter.com/kayhanspaceThis Week in Spaceflight History— Sept 26,

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00:36:22

Episode 376: Masten? Suits us!

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/09/14

Spaceflight News— Artemis I update (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Axiom selected for Artemis 3 space suits (space.com) (spacenews.com)— Astrobotic wins bid for Masten assets (HT deltaV: clickorlando.com) (HT deltaV: parabolicarc.com)— CAPSTONE enters safe mode (HT deltaV: twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections Burns— From the intro: Curiosity Curiosities — Curiosity picks up rock in wheel (mars.nasa.gov VIA

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01:36:47

Episode 375: DOWNLINK--Jason Armstrong, Chris...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/09/06

Spaceflight News— Artemis I — First attempt (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) — Second attempt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Future attempts (blogs.nasa.gov) (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) — Just for fun: AR Orion model (americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— ThrustMe and Astra make propulsion sales (spacenews.com) (smallsatnews.com) (spacenews.com)— China proposes orbital nuclear reactor

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00:42:59

Episode 374: Something Launches Soon

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/08/31

Spaceflight News— Starship prep, Falcon repairs (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceexplored.com)Short & Sweet— Intelsat loses control of satellite (satellitetoday.com)— Starship HLS demo will keep it simple (spacenews.com)— Starliner CFT delay (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Sept 3, 2002: Discovery of Earth-orbiting asteroid J002E3 (en.wikipedia.org) (adsabs.harvard.edu) (spaceref.com) (PDF: ibiblio.org)— Next week (9/6 - 9/12) in 1982: Second of three outcomes:

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