Episode 400: Dramatic Dogleg
A deep dive into STS-400 in honor of our fourth double-zero episode. Also, the VV22 investigation, an IBEX glitch, and an ISS maneuver.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— VV22 investigation (HT Sam: esa.int) (spacenews.com) (arianespace.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
Short & Sweet
— IBEX mission overcomes computer glitch (space.com)
— ISS dodges a satellite (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: H3’s first flight results (nasaspaceflight.com)
Data Relay: STS-400
— STS-400 (nasaspaceflight.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Two gap fillers removed during EVA on STS-114 (spaceflightnow.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 14 March 1986: Giotto flies past 1P/Halley. (en.wikipedia.org) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Thanks to Peter for suggesting this topic (twitter.com/PeterMcMally)
— Next week (3/21 - 3/27) in 2006: It’s fine. It’s in what we call a “storage orbit”