Episode 468: Upper Stage Downer
Three different space companies had upper stage failures this week! Also, Europa Clipper's radiation struggle and Aurora's certification.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
-- Falcon 9 Failure (spacenews.com) (spaceflightnow.com)
-- Ariane 6 anomaly (europeanspaceflight.com) (spaceflightnow.com)
-- Hyperbola-1 mishap (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
-- Europa Clipper faces last-minute obstacle (space.com)
-- Dawn gets green light for spaceplane tests (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
-- 17 July, 1977. First launch of a complete TKS spacecraft (en.wikipedia.org) (russianspaceweb.com) (nasa.gov)
-- Next week (7/23 - 7/29) in 1999: Is that a grid of dots on that asteroid?