Episode 318: Pure Guts Poker
Nauka is in space! Arecibo should be replaced! Also, a new Falcon Heavy customer, Chinese fairing recovery, and Rocket Lab failure conclusions.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
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)
— Kurs was declared operational on the 25th (twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— We found this amateur imagery of the module delightful (twitter.com/ralfvandebergh)
— Next Generation Arecibo Telescope (space.com) (arxiv.org)
Short & Sweet
— Falcon Heavy gets a new customer (spacenews.com)
— China tests fairing recovery (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Rocket Lab concluded its launch failure investigation (spacenews.com)
This week in SF history
— 29 July, 1985. Launch and abort of STS 51-F (wiki) (PDF: jsc.nasa.gov) (americaspace.com)
— Next week (7/2 - 8/2) in 1975: Luckily, crisis was not avoided