Episode 371: NIMBY
Astra redirects its focus to Rocket 4. Also, Russia spies on a satellite, Russia clarifies its ISS exit timeline, and a possible Chinese spaceplane.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Rocket 3 is dead, long live Rocket 4 (astra.com) (spacenews.com) (astra.com)
Short & Sweet
— Russian Satellite might be Snooping In Orbit (space.com)
— Russia remains on Station (spacenews.com)
— Possible Secret Chinese spaceplane (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Real Engineering visited Spin Launch (HT Espen: youtube.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Aug 14, 1959. Explorer 6 takes first image from Earth orbit (twitter.com/NASAhistory) (nasa.gov) (youtube.com)
— Next week (8/16 - 8/22) in 1993: Missing top