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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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00:54:58

Episode 333: #1 Concern

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/11/10

Spaceflight news— Blue lawsuit (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Dragons Passing in the Night (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Shijian-21 has a companion (spacenews.com)— A Chinese Mars Sample Return Mission (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Ben Hallert: Speaking of expandable space stations... (twitter.com/chairboy)This week in SF history— 9 Nov, 1970: Launch of the Orbiting Frog Otolith (wiki) (skyrocket.de) (scribd.com)— Next week (11/16 - 11/22) in 1973: I

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01:02:38

Episode 332: Boo Origin and Spider Webbs

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/11/03

Spaceflight news— Orbital Reef announced (blueorigin.com) (orbitalreef.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) — Other Commercial LEO Destination (CLD) proposals so far: — Axiom Station (axiomspace.com) — Nanoracks/Lockheed/Voyager’s Starlab (cnet.com) — Sierra Space Station (sierraspace.com)Short & Sweet— James Webb Space Telescope prepares for launch (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (spacenews.com)— Russia gives Crew Dragon the green light (spacenews.com)— Hubble Space Telescope

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01:12:17

Episode 331: DOWNLINK--The High Frontier: The Untold...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Spaceflight news— Starliner investigation continuation continues (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Lucy solar array issue (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov) (space.com)— Space Adventures ends plans for Crew Dragon tourist flight (spacenews.com)— Nanoracks announces plans for commercial space station (cnet.com) (nanoracks.com)— Rocket Lab prepares for first recovery involving a helicopter (businesswire.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Lucy launch vehicle changes

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01:15:03

Episode 330: We Got Some Lucy Splainin' To Do

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/10/20

Spaceflight news— Rocket 3.3 follow-up (spacenews.com) (astra.com)— Lucy’s in the sky (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (planetary.org) (americaspace.com) (planetary.org) (blog.ulalaunch.com)Short & Sweet— Brazil Space Agency successfully tests new rocket motor (avibras.com.br)— Virgin Galactic gets postponed (spacenews.com)— China launches nation’s first solar observatory (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— Roton Revision — Andy Z via email: Check out the WWI Le Rhone engine

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01:51:18

Episode 329: DOWNLINK--Kevin Rice

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/10/12

Spaceflight news— Artemis funding (spacenews.com)— Starliner stuff — Valves (spacenews.com) — Reassigned crew (spacenews.com) (spacepolicyonline.com)Short & Sweet— Taiwan launch company to attempt orbital launch again (spacenews.com)— Planetary Protection might be revised (spacenews.com)— UAE announces plans for next interplanetary mission (cnet.com)Interview -- Kevin Rice, Director of Project Business Management JPL ret., Lockheed Martin ret.— Kevin can be found on LinkedIn

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00:49:06

Episode 328: Employee-Rich Combustion

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/10/06

Spaceflight news— Blue Origin’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week — Blue experienced morale issues related to remote work (cnbc.com) — An essay was published with sexism and safety allegations (lioness.co) (cnbc.com) — Eric Berger reports his sources say allegations of sexism go too far (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (wsj.com) — FAA say they take the Lioness essay seriously (spacenews.com) — Legal documents regarding Blue’s HLS bid were FOIA’d (theverge.com)Brief & Bitter—

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01:29:48

Episode 327: DOWNLINK--Othniel C. Mbamalu, Advanced...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/09/29

Short & Sweet— Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate split (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)— Starliner likely to slip to 2020 (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: New Glenn hardware! (HT Andy Z: floridatoday.com)Interview -- Othniel C. Mbamalu, Founder and CEO of Advanced Rockets Corporation— Airbreathing.space— twitter.com/RocketsAdvanced— othnielcreator.com— twitter.com/othnielcreatorThis week in SF history— 30

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00:36:24

Episode 326: Martian Alps

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/09/22

Spaceflight news— First Perseverance sample collection (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (nasa.gov) — “Where Is The Rover” map, featuring Ingenuity (mars.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Shenzhou 12 crew returns to Earth (spaceflightnow.com)— Vande Hei to remain on ISS (spacenews.com)— NASA awards five companies for Lunar Lander studies (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Inspiration4 (spacenews.com)— Are you free Sep 21-23? Sit in on a NIAC session! (nasa.gov)This week in SF

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00:56:04

Episode 325: Wandering Fragment

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/09/15

Spaceflight news— NASA and the Giant Budget Reconciliation (spacenews.com)— Starlink antennas again (spacenews.com) — Thanks to Ben Hallert for the TCM! (twitter.com/chairboy)— Chang’e 5 returned to the Moon (spacenews.com) — Trajectory animation (twitter.com/coastal8049) — Possible TCM Sunday 9/12, or maybe not (https://twitter.com/coastal8049)Short & Sweet— DOD wants to go nuclear (spacenews.com) (diu.mil)— James Webb Space Telescope launch pushed to December (space.com)

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00:56:02

Episode 324: Fireflyn’t

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/09/08

Spaceflight news— Firefly Alpha launch failure (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (firefly.com) — Scott Manley’s first takes included some “old fashioned pixel counting” (twitter.com/DJSnM) (twitter.com/DJSnM) — Third-party photo coverage was fantastic (twitter.com/lavie154) (twitter.com/thejackbeyer) (twitter.com/nextspaceflight) (HT Sam: twitter.com/StarshipFairing) — Keavon posted 4k video, but the tracking is rough (youtube.com) — OptoData has fantastic tracking and exposure

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00:51:55

Episode 323: Per Latus Ad Astra

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/09/01

Spaceflight news— Rocket3.3 Exits Stage Right (astra.com) (space.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) — Follows an abort on Friday called by the guidance system near T-0 (space.com) — Jonathan McDowell guessed a “fatal problem” in the air (twitter.com/planet4589)Short & Sweet— 7GB of paperwork for HLS (twitter.com/joroulette) (spacenews.com) (businessinsider.com) (spacenews.com)— Starlinks get lasers (spacenews.com)— First test of Astroscale satellite capture technology (spacenews.com)

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01:27:54

Episode 322: DOWNLINK--John E Ward

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/08/25

Spaceflight news— Blue Origin lawsuit, and exodus — Lawsuit filed against NASA on Aug 19 (theverge.com) (spacenews.com) — > 11 key employees left Blue (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz) — Lauren Lyons went to Firefly (https://spacenews.com) — 10k bonus handed out at end of July (twitter.com/thesheetztweetz)Short & Sweet— Japan tests new engine type (futurism.com) (PDF: nagoya-u.ac.jp)— JAXA announces Phobos sample-return

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00:43:16

Episode 321: Liftoff

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/08/18

Spaceflight news— 2018 Soyuz leak turns into a whodunnit (arstechnica.com) (HT DeltaV: arstechnica.com) (twitter.com/KathyLueders)— Starliner Destacked (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (twitter.com/EmreKelly) (twitter.com/BoeingSpace) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Shuttle payload readied for restoration (space.com)— xEVA falls behind schedule (spacenews.com)— GSLV fails to reach orbit (https://spacenews.com/indian-gslv-launch-fails/)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Z. via email: Super Heavy

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01:42:55

Episode 320: DOWNLINK--Danny Gleeson

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/08/11

Spaceflight news— Astra readies for next orbital launch (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/Astra) (spacenews.com)— Super Heavy Starship stacked! (twitter.com/StarshipGazer) (twitter.com/ErcXspace) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (twitter.com/RGVaerialphotos) (youtube.com)— Perseverance’s first sampling attempt (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (twitter.com/PaulHammond51)Short & Sweet— China hops (spacenews.com)— OFT-2 slipping from August? (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/SciGuySpace) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/SciGuySpace)

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00:43:31

Episode 319: Nauka Goes For a Spin

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/08/04

Spaceflight news— Nauka Arrives (spaceflightnow.com) (space.com) — Investigation of the issue (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Amazing footage of the issue (youtube.com) (HT Andy Z: twitter.com/liamkennedy) (HT Andy Z: twitter.com/fs_jeronimo)Short & Sweet— Rocket Lab successfully launches U.S. military payload (spaceflightnow.com)— Inmarsat announces plans to add multi-orbit satellite constellation (spacenews.com)This week in SF history— August 9 1976: The Launch of Luna 24

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01:15:50

Episode 318: Pure Guts Poker

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/07/28

Spaceflight news— Nauka Launched (spacenews.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) — Three sets of engines on Nauka (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Initial reports of issues (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) — A summary was written on Wikipedia quite early (en.wikipedia.org) — “Nothing irreparable” (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — An initial RCS burn was made to get to a safe orbit (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — First DKS firing reported by Anatoly Zak on July 23 (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) —

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00:43:31

Episode 317: Youngest, Oldest, Richest

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/07/21

Spaceflight news— Hubble back online (PDF: asd.gsfc.nasa.gov) (PDF: ses.gsfc.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (nasa.gov) (sciencemag.org)Short & Sweet— Astranis produces new batch of very small GEO satellites (spacenews.com)— Funding secured for Beresheet 2 mission (ap.org)— Raptor engine development ramping up (spaceflightinsider.com)— ESA announces new kick stage for Ariane 6 rocket (esa.int)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Z via email: China commercial space infographic

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01:40:57

Episode 316: DOWNLINK--Bill Britton, CCI

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/07/14

Spaceflight news— Northrop Grumman signs HALO contract (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) — A docking adapter is planned for HLS (PDF: nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— SKA endangered by megaconstellations (spacenews.com)— Chinese Spacewalk (spacenews.com)— JWST One Step Closer (spacenews.com)Questions, comments, corrections— From the intro: Blue not-so-subtly sub-tweets VG (twitter.com/blueorigin)Interview -- Bill Britton, Director of the California Cybersecurity Institute at Cal Poly, SLO—

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00:43:21

Episode 315: Dovin McCallister

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/06/30

Spaceflight news— Transporter-2 payloads (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (geekwire.com) (PDF: fcc.report)Short & Sweet— IROSAs installed (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)— Starship Booster prototype nears completion (teslarati.com)— ULA has an engine nozzle issue (spacenews.com)This week in SF history— 3 July, 1998. Launch of the Nozomi mission. (springeropen.com) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sci-hub.se) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next time (7/13 - 7/19) in 2009: Hope floats

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00:59:06

Episode 314: Wet Trash Odor

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2021/06/23

Spaceflight news— Rocket Lab wins Mars mission (space.com) (hou.usra.edu) — Characteristic energy, declination, right ascension of the departure asymptote vector (C3/DLA/RLA) were discussed in our interview with Mark Wallace. (theorbitalmechanics.com)Short & Sweet— Chinese crew reaches Tianhe space station module (spacenews.com)— Faulty memory system halts Hubble operations (spacenews.com)— NEO Surveyor moves forward (spacenews.com)— Launcher announces development of orbital transfer vehicle

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