Episode 357: On-Orbit Spare
A wild Richard appears! Ligado's fight for the L-band heats up. Also, OSIRIS-APEx, SOFIA's end, and a Dragon conveyor belt.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Ligado stepping on GPS’ toes (spacenews.com) (en.wikipedia.org) (fiercewireless.com)
Short & Sweet
— OSIRIS-REx mission extension announced (arizona.edu) (spacenews.com)
— SOFIA operations to end later this year (spacenews.com)
— AX-1, Crew-4 swap places (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 5 May, 1997. Maiden launch of Iridium satellites (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— A view of Iridium from the business side (PDF: jitm.ubalt.edu) (cnn.com)
— Next week in (5/10 - 5/16) 1992: Two’s company, three’s a record.