Episode 409: Carry a Big Stick
China's spaceplane made good practice for a private tracking company. Also, Pu-238 production and ULA testing.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— China’s spaceplane makes maneuvers (spacenews.com)
— Kosmos-2562 makes maneuvers as well (twitter.com/planet4589) (russianspaceweb.com)
Short & Sweet
— Plutonium Depletion (spacenews.com)
— ULA prepares for more tests (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Vast and SpaceX shoot for first commercial space station (HT Andy Z.: techcrunch.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 16 May, 2011. Launch of STS-134 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com) (lidarmag.com)
— Next week (5/23 - 5/29) in 2016: Hex, one of five