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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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01:05:06

Episode 353: Golden Sample Retriever

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/04/05

Spaceflight News— MSR delayed and split in half (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov)— Northrup Grumman eyeing its own SLD contract (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/wapodavenport) — NG received six additional CRS-2 missions last month (govconwire.com)Short & Sweet— Crew Dragon production is ending (teslarati.com)— Slingshot Aerospace gets USSF contract (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Andrew Z via email: nautical miles are actually useful!— From the intro: ISS

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00:53:23

Episode 352: A Nullage

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/03/30

Spaceflight News— Second Artemis Lander (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— NASA opens 50-year-old lunar sample (cnet.com) (PDF: curator.jsc.nasa.gov)— Astra’s successful launch had a not-secret-anymore customer (spacenews.com)— Starship environmental review delayed… Again (spacenews.com)— Arianespace and SPX adjust to missing Soyuz launches (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— April 4, 1968. The launch of Apollo 6 (en.wikipedia.org) (scribd.com) (PDF HT Mike Stewart:

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00:28:09

Episode 351: B-B-B-Borscht

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/03/23

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Rollout (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com)Short & Sweet— SpaceX sets two new records (spacenews.com)— First all-cosmonaut Soyuz docks with station (spaceflight.com)— China satellite launch includes demonstration third-stage (nasaspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: JWST progress (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 25 Mar, 1961: Launch of Korabl-Sputnik 5 (en.wikipedia.org) (theatlantic.com) (nasa.gov)

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01:24:43

Episode 350: DOWNLINK--Zachary Tong

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/03/16

Spaceflight News— Astra LV0008/ELaNA 41 failure analysis (spacenews.com) (astra.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— OSAM-1 completes critical design review (nasa.gov)— China to commercialize Tiangong spacenews.com— Soyuz embargo leaves many satellites grounded (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Gravitational submarines — Matthew Bell (iopscience.iop.org) — Andrew not-Z via email suggests Re-entry Vehicle Dynamics (google.com) — Aaron Sawdey (twitter.com/sawdey)

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00:52:56

Episode 349: Shrapnarelli

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/03/09

Spaceflight news— More Russian fallout — Russia threatens OneWeb launch (spaceflightnow.com) — OneWeb looking to non-Russian rockets (spacenews.com) — eROSITA turned off on Russian Spektr-RG (space.com) — ExoMars likely to be delayed (spacenews.com) — South Korea worried about Russian launches (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Anahuac pleads guilty to selling tainted rocket fuel (justice.gov)— Iranian launch failure (apnews.com) — Post-recording, Iran successfully launched their

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01:04:45

Episode 348: #0057B7 / #FFD700

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/03/02

Spaceflight news— Sanctions on Russia — Roscosmos pulled out of French Guiana (twitter.com/planet4589) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/nextspaceflight) — NASA no longer involved in Venera-D? (spacenews.com) — ISS is unlikely to be used as a pawn (reuters.com) (spacenews.com) — ULA has enough RD-180s (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/torybruno) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/planet4589) (twitter.com/torybruno) (spacenews.com) — Starliner uses Russian power converters (HT Ben Hallert:

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01:12:58

Episode 347: Another JWST Episode

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/02/23

Spaceflight News— JWST Alignment (PDF: spacefoundation.org) (HT deathkin: jwst-docs.stsci.edu) — Follow JWST’s alignment progress on Where Is Webb? (jwst.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Chandra X-ray Observatory suspends operations (space.com)— China reveals human spaceflight plans and communication with U.S. govt (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 22 Feb, 1996. The launch of Columbia, STS-75 (en.wikipedia.org) (americaspace.com) (space.skyrocket.de) (youtu.be) (PDF:

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0051:58

Episode 346: Not Fairing Well

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/02/16

Spaceflight news— Astra failure (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Mysterious Moon Masher (twitter.com/sciguyspace) (projectpluto.com) (projectpluto.com)— James Webb is making adjustments (spacenews.com)— Starship testing may move to Florida (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com)— BreakingTaps made an excellent video and 3D model of JWST’s hexapod actuator! (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 17

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01:28:51

Episode 345: DOWNLINK--Dr. Tupper Hyde

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/02/09

Spaceflight News— JWST cryocooler — Alternative tube configurations include U-bend and coaxial (PDF p7: trc.nist.gov) — Testing shows the cryocooler is TWICE as efficient as required! (nasa.gov) — JWST’s radiators are coated with BIRB (PDF: indico.cern.ch)Short & Sweet— Curiosity’s wheels take a lickin’ but keep on tickin’ (cnet.com)— InSight weathers a dust storm (spacenews.com) (reddit.com/r/InSightLander)— Astra receives first Part 450 (twitter.com/Astra)

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01:04:42

Episode 344: Dirty Deeds Done in Geo

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/02/02

Spaceflight news— Shijian-21 does some space tuggin’ (spacenews.com) — Last November, a new object, 2021-094C, appeared near SJ-21 (spacenews.com) — USA 271 “buzzed” SJ-20 in August 2020 (breakingdefense.com) — SJ-21 might be trying net or debris lasing tech (PDF: airuniversity.af.edu — 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement (US + USSR) (state.gov)Short & Sweet— NASA identifies cause of stuck solar panel on Lucy (spacenews.com)— JMS is officially shut down (spacenews.com)— Anomaly pauses

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01:19:03

Episode 343: DOWNLINK--Alex Lao

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/01/26

Spaceflight News— Artemis rescheduling (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Gamma ray observatory suffers anomaly in LEO (space.com)— SpaceX wins a new contract (spacenews.com)— Exomars to launch this year (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: ABL second stage anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)— From Upcoming Spaceflight Events: JWST Virtual Town Hall (stsci.edu)Interview: Alex Lao, Kepler Communications— linkedin.com— Kepler.space—

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01:02:11

Episode 342: Mirror Mirror Mirror Mirror... Mirror

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/01/19

Spaceflight news— JWST deployment — A detailed timeline is available from Jonathan McDowell (planet4589.org) — Hexapod actuators (PDF: esmats.eu) — A photo of an early actuator development unit (PDF, p2: sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net)Short & Sweet— Chang’e 5 identifies water on the moon (space.com) (science.org)— Perseverance rover prepares to clear blocked sampling tube (nasa.gov)— SLS hoping for March launch (spacenews.com)— Orbit Fab signs deal to provide on-orbit fueling for Astroscale

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01:15:42

Episode 341: Weaving a Webb

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/01/12

Spaceflight news— JWST finishes deployment steps! — Primary and Secondary mirror deployment (esmats.eu) — Aft Deployed Instrument Radiator (PDF HT MMC: ttu-ir.tdl.org) — Cross stitch (reddit.com/r/CrossStitch) — Current estimate is 20 years worth of propellant (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/cbs_spacenews)Short & Sweet— Paragon acquires spacesuit manufacturer (spaceref.com)— KSLV-2 failure is determined (spacenews.com)— China’s robotic arm performs test on orbit (space.com)Questions,

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01:17:44

Episode 340: JWST Goes Teakettle

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2022/01/05

Spaceflight news— JWST launched (blogs.nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) — Realtra’s VIKI cameras looked fantastic! (realtra.space) (theorbitalmechanics.com) — Deployment explorer (webb.nasa.gov) — Port mid-boom deployment was delayed due to cover switches (twitter.com/NASAWebb) — Non-explosive pins were discussed in the pre-launch coverage (youtube.com) — Sunshade tensioning will be discussed in ep 341, as it was successfully completed the day this episode

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00:53:13

Episode 339: Season's Yeetings from JWST

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/12/22

Spaceflight news— Superheavy (twitter.com/elonmusk) — Raptor 2 will produce 230+ tons of thrust (twitter.com/elonmusk) — McGregor will only perform Raptor 2 testing (twitter.com/elonmusk) — B4/SN20 will be used for the orbital flight test (twitter.com/elonmusk) — A guess about Starship stretching (reddit.com/r/spacex) — Possible tank volumes (HT Birkeland: forum.nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— JWST delayed (blogs.nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)— Stoke Space

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00:46:14

Episode 338: Junk in the Frunk

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/12/14

Short & Sweet— Astra to launch next from Cape Canaveral (spacenews.com)— SpaceX gets FCC approval for Starship launch, starts construction on launchpad (dailymail.co.uk) (spaceflightnow.com)— NASA investigates Ingenuity helicopter’s transmission problem (cnet.com)— SpaceX Crew-5 to fly with cosmonaut (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Rogozin)This week in SF history— 15 Dec, 1976. Launch of Kosmos 881 and Kosmos 882 (en.wikipedia.org) (1lib.us) (google.com/books)— Next week (12/21 - 12/27) in 1979

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00:57:05

Episode 337: Oh, Craptor…

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/12/08

Spaceflight news— Raptor issues (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (spaceexplored.com)— Neutron, a 2050 rocket (youtube.com) (spacenews.com) — Electron thermal protection system is aerogel/graphite composite! (HT Andrew Z: twitter.com/Peter_J_Beck)Short & Sweet— ESA tests tanks for its reusable launch vehicle (esa.int)— Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin select future astronauts (spacenews.com)— Northrop Grumman wins SLS booster contract (spacenews.com)— Fatigue, debris, and rumors of

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00:46:59

Episode 336: Bad Vibrations

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/12/01

Spaceflight news— JWST bonk (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (esa.int) (youtube.com) — The clamp came off “in a way that it was not designed to come off” (HT deltaV+Deathkin: twitter.com/wapodavenport)Short & Sweet— Japan to recruit astronauts for first time in 13 years (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Hubble makes a partial recovery (space.com)— Rocket Lab to manufacture more spacecraft components (smallsatnews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Reusable

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01:19:21

Episode 335: DOWNLINK--Matthew Kuhns, Masten Space...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/11/24

Spaceflight news— Astraaaaaa! (space.com) (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) — Astra issued an update after we recorded this episode (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)Short & Sweet— Tyvak wins contract for very low-earth orbit mission (spacenews.com)— European startup tests aerospike engine (spacenews.com)— Satellite maneuvers to avoid near collision around Moon (cnet.com)Questions, comments, corrections— ThrustMe paper (nature.com)— From the intro: ASAT

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01:05:11

Episode 334: Dizzy

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/11/17

Spaceflight news— SpinLaunch spins (spinlaunch.com) (cnbc.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com) — Nike Sprint is one of several other “instastart” vehicles (HT Andy Z: youtube.com)Short & Sweet— Virgin Orbit to launch from Japan (spaceref.com)— Amazon to launch first Kuiper satellites on ABL rocket (spacenews.com)— South Korea to develop reusable launch vehicle (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Ben Hallert via twitter: 53 not 60 Starlinks (twitter.com/chairboy)— ISS

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