Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy
Starship's last flight broke up due to resonant vibration. Also, two IM-2 issues, two Aussie space events, and two-enty million for Xona.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— Starship TF7 bounced to pieces (Paywall: aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Two payloads on IM-2 launch suffering problems on-orbit (spacenews.com)
— Space capsule lands in Australia while first rocket readies to launch (spacenews.com) (abc.net.au)
— Xona received contract to develop GPS alternative (insidegnss.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: Blue Ghost lunar landing? (Spoiler: it did!) (space.com) (spacenews.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— Feb 26, 1960: Failed launch of MiDAS 1 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nro.gov) (PDF: nro.gov)
— Next week (3/11 - 3/17) in 1976: Two score and nine years ago