Episode 423: Angular Velocity
Luna-25 hit the dirt. Also, Starship vents, Intuitive Machines' launch date, and a reusable Russian booster.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Luna-25 (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com/katlinegrey) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com) (Paywall: russianspaceweb.com)
Short & Sweet
— Starship booster coronation (nasaspaceflight.com) (twitter.com/SpaceX)
— Intuitive Machines has a launch date (spacenews.com)
— Russia explores reusable first-stage (aviationweek.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— Benjamin W. via email: Juno’s angular velocity
— Luis Mamakos via email: Can you desaturate momentum wheels with the spacecraft?
— From the intro: Shuttle hatch (HT Mike Stewart PDF: ibiblio.org)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 25 Aug, 2003: Launch of Spitzer Space Telescope (en.wikipedia.org) (spitzer.caltech.edu) (PDF: irsa.ipac.caltech.edu) (PDF: irsa.ipac.caltech.edu) (spaceflightnow.com)
— Dr. Lee Bennet’s talked to us about Spitzer (theorbitalmechanics.com)
— Next week (8/29 - 9/4) in 1984: Icicle