Episode 501: MSR China
China invited foreign scientists to propose payloads to fly on their sample return mission, Tianwen-3. Also: Russian sat movements and X-37B returns.
The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · The Orbital Mechanics
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Show Notes
Spaceflight News
— China’s Mars Sample Return open to International Cooperation (cgtn.com) (spacenews.com)
Short & Sweet
— Several Russian sats on the move (sattrackcam.blogspot.com) (defence-blog.com)
— X-37B lands after record-breaking mission (arstechnica.com)
Questions, Comments, Corrections
— From the intro: leaked starship photos: (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com) (HT The Orbital Index: reddit.com)
This Week in Spaceflight History
— 18 Mar, 1980. Plesetsk launch pad disaster (plesetzk.ru) (russianspaceweb.com) (bbc.co.uk) (en.wikipedia.org)
— Tangent on GRAU indices (en.wikipedia.org)
— Next week (3/25 - 3/31) in 1972: Much closer, much easier, but 53 years late