Episode 380: DOWNLINK--Alex Doknjas and Biarki Weeks
Student cubesat programs are becoming more common, but no less impressive! Learn with us about delicate solar panels and LASER SPHERES!
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Test Fest III
— Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int)
— Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com)
— BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno)
— Stoke Space ring firing (ifiberone.com) (twitter.com/stoke_space) (MP4: uploads-ssl.webflow.com VIA stokespace.com/vision) (twitter.com/jenakuns) (arstechnica.com)
Short & Sweet
— Ireland’s first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)
— Crew-5 launches to Station (americaspace.com)
— Engineers regain control of CAPSTONE (spacenews.com)
Interview – UVic ORCASat team: Alex Doknjas, Project Manager and Biarki Weeks, Undergrad Technical Lead
— The team published a wonderful assembly timelapse (youtube.com)
— uvsd.ca
— linkedin.com/in/alexander-doknjas-5b30b310b
— linkedin.com/in/biarki-weeks-463a9579
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 11 October 1968: The launch of Apollo 7 (en.wikipedia.org) (collectspace.com)
— Next week (10/18 - 10/24) in 2008: Let’s start with a weather satellite