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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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01:14:13

Episode 473: DOWNLINK--Rocket Lab's EscaPADE Team

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/08/21

Spaceflight News-- First polar-orbiting crewed mission announced (spacenews.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- New solid rocket game in town (breakingdefense.com) (spacenews.com)-- Spaceport Rundown (flyingmag.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (cnbc.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From Espen Urkedal via email: Raptor 3 is not as incomplete as it looks (twitter.com/gwynne_shotwell)Interview -- Rocket Lab’s Cristophe Mandy and Sarah Blyde-- There’s also a brief appearance by Lane Cook,

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00:31:29

Episode 472: Megadebris

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/08/14

Spaceflight News-- Megadebris? (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (slingshot.space)Short & Sweet-- NEOWISE ends operations (space.com) (spaceflightnow.com)-- Starliner still stuck at Station (spaceflightnow)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From Upcoming Spaceflight Events: -- JUICE Earth flyby #1 on Aug 19/20 (esa.int) -- Online FAA meeting RE: Starship launch cadence on Aug 20 (faa.gov)This Week in Spaceflight History-- August 15, 1969: Creation of ISRO (en.wikipedia.org)

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00:38:32

Episode 471: Rubber Baby Whipple Bumper

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/08/07

Spaceflight News-- ADRAS-J rendezvous (HT Zach: twitter.com/CRD2_JAXA) (astroscale.com) (PDF: astroscale.com VIA astroscale.com)Short & Sweet-- POLARIS spaceplane startup back on track (europeanspaceflight.com)-- Dawn does docking (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: JWST looks at Epsilon Indi A (nasaspaceflight.com)-- Ryan R: TEA-TEB is a pre-mixed fluid (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 10 Aug, 1992. Launch of the first major oceanographic research

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01:24:25

Episode 470: DOWNLINK--Martin Frederick

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/07/31

Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Return to Flight (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet-- ABL Static fire failure (spacenews.com)-- Starliner Debugging (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- The RAX bug was caused by differing clocks (youtube.com)Interview -- Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporate Director, Civil Space Programs-- linkedin.com-- Further reading: -- JWST (northropgrumman.com) -- TRMM (gpm.nasa.gov)

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00:53:18

Episode 469: Runk

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/07/24

Spaceflight News-- NASA nixes VIPER (spacenews.com) (newscientist.com)European Short & Sweet-- Ariane 6 may carry crew (europeanspaceflight.com)-- Europe announces RAMSES mission to Apophis (arstechnica.com) (esa.int)-- Themis gets delayed (europeanspaceflight.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 29 Jul, 1999. Deep Space 1, NASA’s first S/C with ion propulsion, flies by asteroid 9969 Braille (en.wikipedia.org) -- We interviewed DS-1’s chief mission engineer and deputy mission manager Marc

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00:33:31

Episode 468: Upper Stage Downer

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/07/17

Spaceflight News-- Falcon 9 Failure (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)-- Ariane 6 anomaly (europeanspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)-- Hyperbola-1 mishap (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Europa Clipper faces last-minute obstacle (space.com)-- Dawn gets green light for spaceplane tests (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 17 July, 1977. First launch of a complete TKS spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (nasa.gov)-- Next week (7/23 - 7/29) in 1999: Is that a grid

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01:26:10

Episode 467: DOWNLINK--MSI-DFAT

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/07/10

Spaceflight News-- Luch (Olymp) 2 “caught” snooping (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (russianspaceweb.com) (thespacereview.com)Short & Sweet-- The Poles make it to space! (europeanspaceflight.com)-- ISRO announces major size increase to Indian space station (x.com/ISROSpaceflight)Interview -- MSI-DFAT-- We talked to: -- Alex Carrella, VP Strategy & Growth -- Bradley Hope, Business Manager -- Max Myers, Systems Engineer/Lead Rigger-- Before DFAT (and RFAT), we

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00:32:46

Episode 466: All Aboard?

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/07/03

Spaceflight News-- The Vulcan train is leaving the station (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet-- Starliner’s extended-er ISS stay (spacenews.com)-- A not-so-static test fire (spacenews.com)-- Resurs P1 breaks up (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: (americaspace.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 8 July, 1994. Launch of STS-65 (en.wikipedia.org)-- Next week (7/9 - 7/15) in 2001: Spiraling into control

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00:25:19

Episode 465: Reflown Don

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/06/26

Spaceflight News-- Long March 10 hot firing (spacenews.com) (weixin.qq.com) (youtube.com) (spacenews.com)-- Latest taikonaut class selected (space.com)Short & Sweet-- ESA gets involved in Vega C’s transfer (europeanspaceflight.com)-- Ariane 6 gets dressed (spacenews.com)-- Starliner’s extended ISS stay (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- Next week (7/1 - 7/8) in 1994: From rocket to lab

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00:42:38

Episode 464: Starliner Seep

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/06/19

Spaceflight News-- Starliner OFT (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/cbs_spacenews) (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) -- Suni Williams gave a tour on orbit (HT Dennis O: youtube.com)Short & Sweet-- Chinese space plane proximity ops (sattrackcam.blogspot.com)-- NASA selects companies to explore Mars Sample Return methods (nasa.gov) (spacenews.com)-- VOYAGER’S BACK!!

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00:47:33

Episode 463: The Camera That Could

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/06/12

Spaceflight News-- Starship Test Flight 4 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (youtube.com) (spacey.space/@spmttracker)Short & Sweet-- Vast plans for ESA (spacenews)-- Chang’e-6 has its moon rocks (spacenews) (spacenews.com)-- Hubble Hobble (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- RIP Bill Anders (apnews.com)-- Traches: Relativity and Novas (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 11 June, 2008. Launch of the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope (en.wikipedia.org) (nasa.gov)-- Next

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00:37:09

Episode 462: Oh, Dear, No Moon

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/06/05

Spaceflight News-- ThinkSubOrbital (spacenews.com) (PDF: nasa.gov) (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (sbir.gov) (sbir.gov)Short & Sweet-- Starliner scrub (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)-- Indian startup Agnikul Notches launches first flight (payloadspace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro:-- Chang’e 6 landing (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)-- Dear Moon canceled (spacenews.com)-- Deathkin via discord.com: Centaur’s not a workhorse-- Heads up for a recurrent nova

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01:23:56

Episode 461: DOWNLINK--Justin Fiaschetti

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/05/29

Spaceflight News-- More Starliner Delays (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/jeff_foust) (spacenews.com) (HT deltaV: https://arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet-- U.S. accuses Russia of launching countersat weapon (spacenews.com) (payloadspace.com)-- Redwire wins award for European lunar lander’s robot arm (europeanspaceflight.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections-- From the intro: Bepi-Colombo power failure (esa.int)-- Ryan R: Technology Connections talked about heterodyne radios (youtube.com VIA

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00:42:59

Episode 460: 90 years, 105 km

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/05/21

Spaceflight News-- NASA Joins Rosalind Franklin Team (spacenews.com)-- Unknown Russian sat launched (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (russianspaceweb.com)Short & Sweet-- Georgia scraps Spaceport Camden (actionnewsjax.com)-- Starliner leaks Helium (spacenews)This Week in Spaceflight History-- 27 May, 1999: The launch of STS-96 (nasa.gov) (nss.org) (eoportal.org) (nasa.gov) (youtu.be)-- Next week (5/28 - 6/3) in 2003: The last opportunity that was this good was 60,000 years ago

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01:22:49

Episode 459: DOWNLINK--Adam Higginbotham

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/05/15

Spaceflight News— Chang’e-6 mission underway (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (nature.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— Starliner delayed (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com)— Long March 6C makes first flight (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)— Neutron debut slips into 2025 (payloadspace.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Zubrin opinion piece on MSR (spacenews.com)Interview -- Adam Higginbotham— Preorder Challenger: A True Story of

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00:53:00

Episode 458: Precise Ballpark

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/05/08

Spaceflight News— Artemis I Lessons (spacenews.com) (PDF: oig.nasa.gov VIA oig.nasa.gov)Short & Sweet— Thunder from down under (abc.net.au) (abc.net.au) (southernlaunch.space)— JAXA’s SLIM survives third lunar night (japantimes.co.jp)This Week in Spaceflight History— May 9, 1963: Launch of West Ford 2 (PDF: orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov VIA orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov) (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: sci-hub.se) (stuffin.space)— Next week (5/14 - 5/20) in 2009: The first space telescope

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01:42:39

Episode 457: DOWNLINK--Jeff Williams, Exum Instruments

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/05/01

Spaceflight News— Voyager is communicative! (blogs.nasa.gov)— ESA debris removal mission finds a new target (satellitetoday.com)Short & Sweet— China releases a lunar landing update (spacenews)— TESS enters safe mode… again (nasa.gov)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Dennis O: SOFIA clarifications (discord.com) (youtube.com)— VAXheadroom shot SOFIA some footage in 2012 (youtube.com) (youtube.com)Interview -- Jeff Williams, CEO/CTO Exum Instruments— Jeff co-authored a paper that is a good primer

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01:09:39

Episode 456: Now With Trailer

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/04/24

Spaceflight News— Lunar buggy selection (spacenews.com) (PDF: sam.gov VIA sam.gov) (twitter.com/DubnHG1) (nikkei.com)Short & Sweet— Dragonfly mission officially confirmed (nasa.gov)— Mars Sample Revamp (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Unc Willy: Cape launch complexes (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 26 Apr, 2007. First flight of SOFIA (en.wikipedia.org) (747sp.com) (HT Colin: youtube.com)— Next week (4/30 - 5/6) in 1999: Taped

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00:29:06

Episode 455: Cabbage Ditch

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/04/17

Spaceflight News— Last Delta IV heavy (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (PDF: ulalaunch.com) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Relativity Space wins contract (spacenews)— Japan secures a moon landing (spacenews)— Max Space Modules (spacenews)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Csaba via Discord: SOIR means "evening" in French, pretty clever pun (discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 19 Apr, 1975. Launch of Aryabhata satellite (lowyinstitute.org) (ursc.gov.in)

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00:47:39

Episode 454: Expendable Launchpad

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast ·

2024/04/10

Spaceflight News— Broken records and Starship’s near future (nasaspaceflight.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)Short & Sweet— New Shepard Plans Crewed Flight (spacenews.com)— Lunar Rover Mk 2 (spacenews.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— April 11, 2006: Arrival of Venus Express at Venus (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: sci.esa.int VIA sci.esa.int)— Next week (4/16 - 4/22) in 1975: Add four to 100, multiply by eight, and then add 62,000

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