Episode 415: Unsupported Separation Type
SpaceX decides to burn instead of flip during Starship separation. Also, a methalox test fire, anti-ASAT troubles, and another OTV failure.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Starship hot staging and engine firing (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/AshleyKillip)
— Earlier description of separation flip (teslarati.com)
Short & Sweet
— Prometheus test fire (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Anti-ASAT antipathy (spacenews)
— Launcher’s second OTV fails on orbit (spacenews.com) (geekwire.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 30 Jun, 2001. Launch of Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) (en.wikipedia.org) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov) (wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov)
— Next week (7/4 - 7/10) in 2003: The mass hasn’t changed, but now it’s too heavy