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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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00:39:36

Episode 493: Two Satellites Enter! Five Satellites...

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2025/01/15

Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Mars Sample Return redesign (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China tests mission extension tech on-orbit (spacenews.com)— X-37B’s latest mission passes one-year in space (space.com)— Pale Blue Propulsion (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Eaton/Pallisades fire relief for JPL workers (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (securelb.imodules.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Jan. 17,

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00:55:09

Episode 492: Lotta Scoopin'

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2025/01/08

Spaceflight News— Starship TF-7 (spacenews.com) (ringwatchers.com) (spacex.com) (twitter.com)Short & Sweet— India launches space docking demo mission (nasaspaceflight.com) (space.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (isro.gov.in)— Launches gaining frequency (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 10 Jan, 1968: Surveyor 7 lands on the moon (nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov) (ntrs.nasa.gov)— Next week (1/14 - 1/20) in 2005: Was that the Aurora Australis?

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00:42:41

Episode 491: Everest Space

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2025/01/01

Spaceflight News— K2 Space wins contract (spaceinsider.tech) (spacenews.com) (addtheegg.com)Short & Sweet— Contracts awarded for NASA’s Near Space Network (spacenews.com)— Record breaking spacewalk set by Shenzhou-19 crew (spacenews.com)— Crew-10 delayed (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 2 Jan, 1959. Launch of Luna 1, first spacecraft to reach the Moon (en.wikipedia.org) (smithsonianmag.com) (mentallandscape.com) (smithsonianmag.com)— Next week (1/7 - 1/13) in 1968: Highlander -

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00:38:19

Episode 490: PhageX

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/12/18

Spaceflight News— Orion’s heat shield (americaspace.com) (nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Tests of Russian Orbital Station core module announced (interfax.com)— Ingenuity’s Crash Investigation (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Joel Rogers via email: Young and Crippen didn’t fly on Enterprise.This Week in Spaceflight History—December 17, 2012: Grasshopper makes its first real hop (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org)— Next week (1/1 - 1/6) in 1959: To the moon

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00:42:00

Episode 489: Swirl Domination

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/12/11

Spaceflight News— Swirl-dominated chambers (payloadspace.com) (https://www.sierraspace.com) (Pic, from researchgate.net) (PDF: nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— So long Sutherland Spaceport (satellitetoday.com)Further delays to Artemis program announced (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 12 Dec, 1970. Launch of Uhuru (nasa.gov) (PDF: jhuapl.edu)— Next week (12/17 - 12/23) in 2012: Ride ‘em, cowboy

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00:44:07

Episode 488: Chonky Copter

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/12/04

Spaceflight News— Epsilon can’t stop exploding (space.com) (youtu.be) (PDF: jaxa.jp)— A Dragonfly on a Falcon Heavy (satellitetoday.com)Short & Sweet— Old spaceport, newish rocket (europeanspaceflight.com)— New rocket, new spaceport (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: New Glenn on the pad (space.com) (blueorigin.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 3 Dec, 2003: Shuttle Training Aircraft loses part of an engine (iasa.com.au VIA web.archive.org) (en.wikipedia.org)

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00:40:57

Episode 487: What's that smell?

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/11/27

Spaceflight News— Global grasshoppers — Russia’s hopper (arstechnica.com) — EU’s hopper (europeanspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— Omani spaceport looks to launch next month (www.thenationalnews.com)— China tests inflatable spacecraft on orbit (news.cgtn.com) (space.com) (spacenews.com)— Starship Test Flight Six (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Progress contamination (russianspaceweb.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— November 28, 1983:

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00:54:21

Episode 486: 300mm of Mercury

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/11/20

Spaceflight News— Zvezda leak disagreement (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— NGR is in the building! (spacenews.com)— Bye bye ABL (from launch anyway) (arstechnica.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 24 Nov, 1970. Launch of Kosmos 379 (astronautix.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (russianspaceweb.com)— Next week (11/26 - 12/2) in 1983: And then there were six

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00:45:57

Episode 485: Shuttle Sandwich

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/11/13

Spaceflight News— CRS-2 extended (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)Short & Sweet— Gilmour ups and Bowen downs (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)— LignoSat to be deployed from ISS (popsci.com) (nanosats.eu)— Long March 9: Starship (arstechnica)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: LEO safety study (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History— 12 Nov, 1981: The launch of STS-2 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov) (historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov)— Next week (11/19 - 11/25) in 1970: LELO: Low-Earth

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00:37:00

Episode 484: Runaway Ramp

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/11/06

Spaceflight News— Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong (spaceflightnow.com)— Mirror platform for Tiangong (news.cgtn.com) (youtube.com)— Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C (spacenews.com)— “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” (twitter.com/cas_space)— Crewed moon rover (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/YuqiiQian)Short & Sweet— Artemis heat shield chunks (spacenews.com)— Liquid water on Mars (nature.com VIA nasaspaceflight.com) (news.berkeley.edu)— California startup develops ABEP system (spacenews.com)This

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00:45:17

Episode 483: 100 Abort Criteria

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/10/30

Spaceflight News— Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer)Short & Sweet— Crew-8 post-landing medical issue (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Companies to bring commercial launch to Ireland (europeanspaceflight.com)— ACS-3’s a little crooked (space.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)— Mars Sample Revision (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Aerojet 260 solid rocket test

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00:54:30

Episode 482: Geostationary Explosive Orbit

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/10/23

Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up (spacenews.com) (x.com/S4S_SDA) (reddit.com)Short & Sweet— Sirius Space hot fire (europeanspaceflight.com)— A Firefly to launch a Jackal (satellitetoday.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Ross Peterson: Super Heavy’s reentry heating— Taylor S Marks: ISS graveyard orbit (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 27 Oct, 1992. Launch of the Znamya 2 solar power antenna

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00:30:01

Episode 481: Deorbit Strategies

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/10/16

Spaceflight News— Worries about ISS making a splash (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (space.com)Short & Sweet— X-37B to perform aerobraking maneuver (defenseone.com)— Rocket Lab wins Mars Sample Return concept award (spacenews.com)— Vast unveils details on Haven-1 (payloadspace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Starship Flight Test 5 (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— October 17, 1974: Founding of OTRAG (en.wikipedia.org)

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00:55:07

Episode 480: Phenolic Burnthrough

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/10/09

Spaceflight News-- Vulcan anomaly (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/dwisecinema) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Voyager 2 turns off science instrument (inverse.com)-- Super bright Qianfan satellites (spacenews.com)-- NASA reduces rate of ISS leak (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- Unc’ Willy: Crossfield’s employer (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 8 Oct, 2012: The launch of CRS-1 (en.wikipedia.org) (nasaspaceflight.com)--

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00:43:05

Episode 479: VIPER Sting

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/10/01

Spaceflight News-- VIPER opinions (spacenews.com) (sam.gov)Short & Sweet-- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed (cgtn.com) (space.com)-- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 (space.com) (spacenews.com)-- MaiaSpace moves in (spacenews)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: govinfo.gov) (magazine.washington.edu)-- Next week (10/8 - 10/14) in 2012: A boxy box delivery

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00:35:37

Episode 478: ISRO Audit

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/09/25

Spaceflight News-- ISRO rising (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Iran successfully launches research satellite (almayadeen.net)-- Ariane 6 software fix (spacenews.com)-- Yutu 2 turns six (space.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Sirius Space will launch from Australia (europeanspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- Launch of Shenzhou 7 (神舟七号) (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nescacademy.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (youtube.com)-- Next week (10/1 - 10/7) in 1921: Flying with

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00:29:54

Episode 477: Land Ahoy

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/09/18

Spaceflight News-- Landspace lands (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)Short & Sweet-- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.com/davill)-- Chang’e-6 extended mission (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Polaris Dawn spacewalk (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 22 Sep, 2006. Launch of Hinode (日の出) (nasa.gov) (eoportal.org) (esa.int) (en.wikipedia.org)-- Next week (9/24 - 9/30) in 2008: And then there

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00:46:12

Episode 476: Qrbital MeQaniQs

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/09/10

Spaceflight News-- BepiColombo insertion delayed (europeanspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (esa.int)Short & Sweet-- EscaPADE DelAYED (spacenews.com)-- Starliner Returned (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)-- Vega’s final launch (satellitetoday.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Blue Origin’s new drone ship (HT DennisO: https://x.com/_mgde_) (space.com)-- Haragopal: Europa Clipper’s flying on Falcon Heavy, not New Glenn (discord.com)This Week

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00:31:41

Episode 475: Falcon Crunch

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/09/04

Spaceflight News-- B1062 lost (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com)Short & Sweet-- Intuitive Machines selected for lunar South Pole mission (spacenews.com)-- Stoke Space wins contract to prototype cargo delivery (satellitetoday.com) (stokespace.com)-- Starliner wob wob (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (blogs.nasa.gov)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Europa Clipper

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00:52:38

Episode 474: Another Six Months

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/08/28

Spaceflight News-- Starliner crew to return on Dragon (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- EscaPADE arrives in Florida (spacenews.com)-- SLS gets bumped up a block (spacenews)-- RFA first stage lost in test-firing anomaly (arstechnica.com) (spacenews.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (youtu.be)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 27 Aug, 1985. Launch of STS-51-I (PDF: nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (forum.nasaspaceflight.com) (historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov)

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