Episode 397: Loss of Cool
New photos of a leaking Soyuz, and LauncherOne's failure mode are decidedly un-cool. Also, H3's abort, SPX oil rigs, ESCAPADE, and a space tug.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Soyuz MS-22 leak images (HT deltaV: russianspaceweb.com VIA twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb)
— Eric Berger posted a comparison to a confirmed MMOD strike (twitter.com/SciGuySpace)
— Katya Pavlushchenko posted photos of orange stains on other Progresses (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— Uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 delayed (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)
— LauncherOne failure (virginorbit.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— H3 rocket aborts at pad (spacenews.com)
— Plans for Starship comes back to shore (spacenews.com)
— Blue Origin wins ESCAPADE contract (space.com)
— Launcher’s orbital transfer vehicle fails on orbit (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Nate Perkins via email: RS-25 certification (youtube.com)
— Biarki Weeks: ORCASat summary video (youtube.com VIA: discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 24 Feb, 2009. Loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (justice.gov) (llis.nasa.gov)
— Next week (2/28 - 3/6) in 1995: Everyone get off the phone. I need to log into space.