Episode 396: Valentine Breakup
A Russian satellite broke up just ahead of the hallmark holiday. Also, Super Heavy, Progress MS-21, Camden, and Kuiper!
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Kosmos-2499 breakup (russianspaceweb.com) (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (space.com)
— Superheavy static fire (nasaspaceflight.com) (HT Ryan R: twitter.com/elonmusk) (spacenews.com) (HT Alex: youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
— Progress MS-21 leak (twitter.com/katlinegrey) (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Spaceport Camden saga continues (independent.co.uk)
— Kuiper gets conditional approval (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Feb 20, 1986: Launch of DOS-7, the Mir core module (russianspaceweb.com) (youtube.com) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (2/21 - 2/27) in 2009: Nothing some Wite-Out/Tipp-Ex can’t fix.