Episode 402: Rainbow Shock Diamonds
Relativity Space made their first launch attempt, accomplishing some milestones, but falling short of others. Also, HANBIT, NS-23, and SWOT.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Relativity’s Terran-1 fails to reach orbit (spaceflightnow.com) (twitter.com/thetimellis) (youtube.com)
Short & Sweet
— Private South Korean company launches suborbital rocket from Brazil (spacenews.com)
— NS-23 anomaly identified (parabolicarc.com)
— SWOT, key climate science satellite, instrument back online (space.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Aaron: toroidal aerospikes (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 31 March, 1993. Launch of Progress M-17 from Baikonur (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: hq.nasa.gov)
— Next week (4/4 - 4/10) in 1963: Tub in tow