Episode 418: Denial Test
Centaur gets some post-mishap modifications. Also, China is building a VLEO constellation, LandSpace gets to orbit on methane, and Janus gets nixed.
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
Vulcan Centaur delays (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)
Short & Sweet
— China begins constructing VLEO constellation (spacewatch.global)
— LandSpace wins the race (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Janus canceled (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— An NSF tour of Astra’s rocket factory (youtube.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 18 Jul, 2011. Launch of Spektr-R radio telescope (russianspaceweb.com) (wiki)
— Zenit-3M/Fregat-SB (SB - “сбрасываемые баки” or “drop tanks”) (space.skyrocket.de)
Next week (7/25 - 7/31) in 2014: He was born in Belgium, and then again in Italy.