Episode 344: Dirty Deeds Done in Geo
BeiDou-2/Compass G2, a defunct satellite in GEO, has been moved to a graveyard orbit! Also, Lucy diagnosis, a JMS retirement, and an Astroscale pause.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight news
— Shijian-21 does some space tuggin’ (spacenews.com)
— Last November, a new object, 2021-094C, appeared near SJ-21 (spacenews.com)
— USA 271 “buzzed” SJ-20 in August 2020 (breakingdefense.com)
— SJ-21 might be trying net or debris lasing tech (PDF: airuniversity.af.edu
— 1972 Incidents at Sea Agreement (US + USSR) (state.gov)
Short & Sweet
— NASA identifies cause of stuck solar panel on Lucy (spacenews.com)
— JMS is officially shut down (spacenews.com)
— Anomaly pauses Astroscale’s demo mission (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 7 Feb, 2008. Launch of STS-122 with Columbus module (en.wikipedia.org)
— ECO sensor system factsheet (PDF: nasa.gov)
— Launch damage included a lost LOMS stinger tile (PDF p18: nasa.gov, VIA spaceref.com)
— STS-93 is a good example of when the ECO fuel sensors might be a critical safety measure (TWSF: theorbitalmechanics.com)
— Next week (2/8 - 2/14) in 2009: 102.2 degrees and 77 protons.