Episode 317: Youngest, Oldest, Richest
Hubble is back up and running, but how many extra lives has it left? Also, Astranis, Beresheet-2, lotsa Raptors, and a new Ariane-6 kick stage!
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
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 (twitter.com/rhZhao)
This week in SF history
— 22 Jul, 1962. Failed launch of Mariner 1 due to software typo (wiki) (vice.com)
— Next week (7/27 - 8/2) in 1985. Spain’s beautiful this time of year, but we ain’t going there today.