Episode 438: Serbatoi Mancanti
Vega’s fourth stage AVUM loses its fuel tanks, only to find them in a landfill. Also Transporter-9 experiences several satellite deployment failures.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Vega propellant tank mishap (arstechnica.com) (europeanspaceflight.com) (eoportal.org) (PDF: arianespace.com)
— AVUM 4th stage (“upper stage”) (Pic: eoportal.org)
— Transporter-9 satellite deployment malfunction (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Iran successfully launches bio-capsule (payloadspace.com)
— Chinese methalox rocket progress continues (cgtn.com)
— Stratolaunch tests hypersonic vehicle (thedrive.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 12 Dec, 2012: NIAC releases Space Debris Elimination (SpaDE) Phase 1 report (nasa.gov)
— Next week (12/19 - 12/25) in 1976. Achievement unlocked