Episode 419: Last Episode Was A Teapot
NASA's sharing knowledge to enhance LEO commercial activities. Also, two floundering GEO satellites and China's push to the Moon's surface.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (static1.squarespace.com) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— A Commercial Space Station Source Selection (spacenews.com) (nasa.gov) (PDF: sam.gov) (news.northropgrumman.com) (sierraspace.com) (specialaerospaceservices.com) (vastspace.com)
Short & Sweet
— Recently arrived GEO satellites in trouble (spacenews.com) (youtube.com) (arstechnica.com)
— China develops plan to land humans on Moon before decade’s end (spacenews.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Aaron Sawdey: Centaur tank fix (discord.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 29 July, 2014. Launch of ATV-5 George Lemaitre, the last ATV (danielmarin.naukas.com) (danielmarin.naukas.com) (esa.int) (blogs.esa.int)
— LIRIS (Laser InfraRed Imaging Sensors) (esa.int)
— Debris avoidance (blogs.esa.int)
— The shallow reentry that wasn’t (issfd.org) (blogs.esa.int)
— Next week (8/1 - 8/7) in 2011: Dim Sun