Episode 431: Roller Coaster Tycoon
Gaganyaan successfully demonstrated its in-flight abort capabilities! Also, PLD's first launch, and to failed Vega payloads.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Gaganyaan in-flight abort test (youtube.com) (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) (HT: Jatan’s Space PDF: gov.in) (HT DeltaV: twitter.com/DJSnM)
— Pad abort test (https://www.youtube.com)
— Future human Indian Space ambitions (gov.in) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— PLD Test Launch (spacenews.com)
— Two Vega payloads fail to deploy (europeanspaceflight.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Shuttle astronaut mass allotments (forum.nasaspaceflight.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— October 28, 2009: Launch of the Ares I-X (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (blogs.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (nasaspaceflight.com)
— Next week (10/31 - 11/6) in 2011: Warning: removing this sticker will void your experiment.