Episode 417: Mind the Launch Gap
Ariane 5 completes a long career! Also, space drugs, a burst habitat, and new Starlink noise.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Au revoir, Ariane 5 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (Payload User’s Guide PDF: arianespace.com)
— Two solids provide ~90% of Ariane 5’s thrust (esa.int)
— ESA plans to lean on SpaceX launches (spacenews.com)
— New test facility for Ariane 6 was built in 2019 (esa.int)
Short & Sweet
— Varda completes pharmaceutical manufacturing test on-orbit (arstechnica.com)
— Lockheed Martin completes burst test of expandable habitat (spaceref.com)
— Starlink interferes with radio astronomy (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 20 Jul, 2017: Sale of Apollo 11 bag for $1.8m (collectspace.com) (collectspace.com) (kansascity.com) (sothebys.com)
— Next week (7/18 - 7/24) in 2011. Radio parasol.