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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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01:34:43

Episode 373: DOWNLINK--Chris Carella and Mahadevan...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/08/24

Spaceflight News— Artemis III landing site candidates released (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) — Artemis I rolled out August 16 (nasaspaceflight.com)— Russian spacewalk cut short (nasaspaceflight.com) (cnet.com)Short & Sweet— Northrop Grumman to start astronaut training program (northropgrumman.com)— Starship gets commercial satellite customer (spacenews.com)— Spaceplane buddies (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Correction Burns— Masten bankruptcy bids… whole or piecemeal? (spacenews.com)— Espen

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00:41:18

Episode 372: Failure of a Logic

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/08/17

Spaceflight News— Artemis I lookahead (planetary.org) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Starlink hits bad weather (spacenews.com)— Antares gets a domestic upgrade (spacenews.com) (space.com)— SSLV falls short (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: a bid for Masten Space’s assets (parabolicarc.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 21 Aug, 1993. Communication with Mars Observer lost (en.wikipedia.org) (web.archive.org) (msss.com) (nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov) (PDF:

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00:41:43

Episode 371: NIMBY

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/08/09

Spaceflight News— Rocket 3 is dead, long live Rocket 4 (astra.com) (spacenews.com) (astra.com)Short & Sweet— Russian Satellite might be Snooping In Orbit (space.com)— Russia remains on Station (spacenews.com)— Possible Secret Chinese spaceplane (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Real Engineering visited Spin Launch (HT Espen: youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Aug 14, 1959. Explorer 6 takes first image from Earth orbit (twitter.com/NASAhistory) (nasa.gov)

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00:43:30

Episode 370: OneViaEutelTelesat

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/08/03

Spaceflight News— Helicopters join Mars Sample Return (cnet.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Eutelsat/OneWeb merger (spacenews.com)— Masten Space Files for Bankruptcy (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/jeff_foust)— OSIRIS-REx shows asteroids surfaces age quickly (nasaspaceflight.com)— SLS for Artemis, SLS for commercial launches (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: a pair of reentries — CZ-5B

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01:27:41

Episode 369: DOWNLINK--R. Matt Villarreal, Infinite...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/07/27

Spaceflight News— Wentian launched (nasaspaceflight.com) — An array of new research facilities is onboard (twitter.com/CNSpaceflight) — CZ-5B may experience an uncontrolled reentry (twitter.com/TheSpaceGal)Short & Sweet— Impulse and Relativity announce joint mission to Mars (nasaspaceflight.com)— Nancy Grace has a ride to space (spacenews.com)— First private company to launch from French Guiana (isaraerospace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gopal via Discord: BE-4 reuse plans

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00:49:37

Episode 368: We're JWST getting started

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/07/19

Spaceflight News— ABL static fire (spacenews.com)— Rocket Factory Augsburg static fire (rfa.space)— Superheavy FOOMPF (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) — Post-fire images/video show apparent sheet metal blow-outs (twitter.com/NASASpaceflight) — New, possibly replacement, engines arrived at the pad (twitter.com/NicAnsuini) — Going forward, SPX won’t be doing simultaneous spin-starts (twitter.com/elonmusk)— Ariane 6 ground support equipment (esa.int) (spacedaily.com)Short & Sweet— New

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00:44:17

Episode 367: Going Ballistic

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/07/13

Spaceflight News— CAPSTONE’s gone. And now it’s back! (space.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (satellitetoday.com) — AS published a Ballistic Lunar Transfer cheat-sheet (PDF: amazonaws.com VIA advancedspace.com) — TCM-1C may not be necessary (nasa.gov) (advancedspace.com)Short & Sweet— Minotaur II explodes (thehill.com) (noozhawk.com)— X-37B beats own record on orbit (space.com)— Starship 24 readies for flight (interestingengineering.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SpaceX)

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00:50:44

Episode 366: From CAPSTONE to Skipping Stone

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/07/05

Spaceflight News— CAPSTONE (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (advancedspace.com)— Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System (CAPS) (advancedspace.com) (PDF: hou.usra.edu) (PDF: mstl.atl.calpoly.edu)Short & Sweet— Aerospace firm to build launch complex in Maine (bangordailynews.com)— Perseverance wind sensor damaged (space.com)— Two out of two xEVAS ain’t bad! (spacenews.com) (PDF: sam.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History— 5 Jul, 1966. Launch of AS-203

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00:57:29

Episode 365: 3.4 Leak Units

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/06/29

Spaceflight News— SLS WDR FIFI (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF)— SRB Hydraulic Power Unit hot fire test was completed successfully (PDF p107: klabs.org) (twitter.com/cbs_spacenews)Short & Sweet— Psyche launch delayed to 2023 (spacenews.com)— Atoms for Space (space.com)— Starlink interference from 5G (engadget.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Bill Baobab via email: Occultation techniques — 90 Antiope was “richly” imaged using a multiple observer technique

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01:02:22

Episode 364: Tissue Paper Pineapple

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/06/22

Spaceflight News— Lucy in the news with updates (space.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (blogs.nasa.gov) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Starliner gets its first crew (spacenews.com)— ISS performs debris avoidance maneuver (nasa.gov)— Markusic steps down as CEO of Firefly (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Perseverance sees something shiny (planetary.org)This Week in Spaceflight History— June 27, 1982: Launch of Columbia, STS-4 (en.wikipedia.org) (spacefacts.de) — This was

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00:53:55

Episode 363: A Surfeit of Hypergols

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/06/15

Spaceflight News— Cargo Dragon leak (cnet.com) (space.com)— Ingenuity’s woes (cnet.com) (mars.nasa.gov) (PDF: arc.nasa.gov) — Martian winter is dustier due to heat gradients (HT Csaba: space.com)Breaking Madness— Astra TROPICS-1 failure (space.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— Korean startup targets launch from Brazil later this year (smallsatnews.com)— NASA to launch from Australia (phys.org)— JWST struck by micrometeoroids (space.com) (HT Colin: (theverge.com) (HT DeltaV:

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01:07:39

Episode 362: Wet Hot American Dress Rehearsal Summer

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/06/08

Spaceflight News— xEVAS selection (nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (theverge.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Helicopter Hunkering (spacenews.com) (jpl.nasa.gov)— Shenzhou-14 has arrived (spacenews.com)— Release date for JWST’s first full-color images announced (cnet.com)— OMG SLS WDR ASAP (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Almaz clusterbomb (russianspaceweb.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— June 13, 2012: Launch of NuSTAR X-ray observatory (caltech.edu) (caltech.edu)

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01:30:17

Episode 361: DOWNLINK--Vaya Space

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/06/01

Spaceflight News— Psyche launch (sike!) (space.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Short & Sweet— Airbus wins contract to build LISA (airbus.com)— China prepares for next crewed launch (spacenews.com) (cnet.com)— Starliner, Present and Future (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)Interview – Kineo Wallace, Lead Propulsion Design Engineer and Mickael “Buzzy” Buswell, Primary Structures Engineer of Vaya Space— Further reading: ABS 3D printed fuel grain studies at

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00:48:14

Episode 360: Thrust but Verify

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/05/24

Spaceflight News— OFT-2 (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) — Debris shedding after booster sep T+3:00 (twitter.com/elizabethtinkg) (youtu.be) — Two RCS thrusters and two OMAC thrusters shut down during the flight (twitter.com/lorengrush)— Test Fest — ABL Space fires upper stage engine (spacenews.com) — Gilmour Space fires Phoenix engine (youtube.com) — Relativity Space fires upper stage engines (youtube.com) — ISRO fires human-rated solids for Gaganyaan

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01:03:10

Episode 359: Venus is for Louvers

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/05/18

Thanks to Deathkin for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Rocket 4.0 unveiling (spacenews.com) — Chris Kemp asks “why can’t a couple of people launch a rocket?” (youtu.be) — Astra announced a new UK launch site (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) — Astra is in the running for the TacRS-3 contract (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Axiom-1 putting strain on ISS (spacenews.com)— Tianzhou-4 successfully reaches Chinese Space Station (spacenews.com)— Non-GPS satellite slated for launch

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01:24:20

Episode 358: DOWNLINK--Awais Ahmed, PIXXEL

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/05/11

Spaceflight News— Rocket Lab Helicopter Catch (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) — CAPSTONE’s up next (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Astroscale performs close approach (spacenews.com)— Phantom Space makes big engine purchase (techcrunch.com)— Russian rocket motor breaks apart on-orbit (space.com)— Astra preparing for Canaveral launches (spacenews.com) (astra.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Lockheed Martin’s MAP docking port model (cad.onshape.com)Interview – Awais Ahmed, CEO

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00:45:57

Episode 357: On-Orbit Spare

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/05/03

Spaceflight News— Ligado stepping on GPS’ toes (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (fiercewireless.com)Short & Sweet— OSIRIS-REx mission extension announced (arizona.edu) (spacenews.com)— SOFIA operations to end later this year (spacenews.com)— AX-1, Crew-4 swap places (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 5 May, 1997. Maiden launch of Iridium satellites (en.wikipedia.org)

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01:37:28

Episode 356: DOWNLINK--Daniel Bock, Morpheus Space

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/04/27

Spaceflight News— Peregrine preparing for flight (spacenews.com) (astrobotic.com) (en.wikipedia.org)Short & Sweet— TDRS to be replaced (spacenews.com)— Starlink books a flight (spacenews.com)— Bad weather holds up Crew-4 (spacenews.com)Interview – Daniel Bock, CEO and Co-Founder of Morpheus Space— FEEP technology is a subset of ion propulsion (en.wikipedia.org) (VIA archive.org: morpheus-space.com)— Some of Bock’s prior research (researchgate.net) (researchgate.net)— Flown on UWE4 (PDF:

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01:04:36

Episode 355: Minecart on the Moon

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/04/20

Spaceflight News— Artemis-1 Wet Dress Rehearsal(spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — WDR is deferring to Ax-1 landing (spacenews.com)— Artemis rover (spacenews.com) — RFI issued in August (nasa.gov) (sam.gov) — Lockheed Martin, General Motors and MDA (spacenews.com) — Northrop Grumman, Intuitive Machines, Michelin Tires, AVL, Lunar Outpost (spacenews.com) — Venturi Astrolab (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Astranis Improvement (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org)— House

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01:10:02

Episode 354: Damp Dress Rehearsal

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/04/13

Spaceflight News— Spinlaunch (space.com) (HT McMally: businesswire.com)— SLS wet rehearsal modification (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — April 2nd, lightning strikes (nasa.gov) — April 3rd, fan failures (nasa.gov) — April 4th, vent and check valves (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— DARPA funds in-space manufacturing development (spacedaily.com)— Spaceport Camden: Back from the grave? (news4jax.com)— Warpspace comes to the U.S. (spacenews.com)—

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