The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight News — Epsilon can’t stop exploding ( space.com ) ( youtu.be ) (PDF: jaxa.jp ) — A Dragonfly on a Falcon Heavy ( satellitetoday.com ) Short & Sweet — Old spaceport, newish rocket ( europeanspaceflight.com ) — New rocket, new spaceport ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: New Glenn on the pad ( space.com ) ( blueorigin.com ) This Week in Spaceflight H...

Spaceflight News — Global grasshoppers — Russia’s hopper ( arstechnica.com ) — EU’s hopper ( europeanspaceflight.com ) Short & Sweet — Omani spaceport looks to launch next month ( www.thenationalnews.com ) — China tests inflatable spacecraft on orbit ( news.cgtn.com ) ( space.com ) ( spacenews.com ) — Starship Test Flight Six ( nasaspaceflight.com ) ( spacenews.com )  Questions, Comments,...

Spaceflight News — Zvezda leak disagreement ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( arstechnica.com ) Short & Sweet — NGR is in the building! ( spacenews.com ) — Bye bye ABL (from launch anyway) ( arstechnica.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History — 24 Nov, 1970. Launch of Kosmos 379 ( astronautix.com ) ( russianspaceweb.com ) ( russianspaceweb.com )  — Next week (11/26 - 12/2) in 1983: And...

Spaceflight News — CRS-2 extended ( spacenews.com ) ( sam.gov ) Short & Sweet — Gilmour ups and Bowen downs ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) — LignoSat to be deployed from ISS ( popsci.com ) ( nanosats.eu ) — Long March 9: Starship ( arstechnica ) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: LEO safety study (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov ) This Week in Spaceflight History — 12 Nov, 1981: The la...

Spaceflight News — Shenzhou-19 reaches Tiangong ( spaceflightnow.com ) — Mirror platform for Tiangong ( news.cgtn.com ) ( youtube.com ) — Low-cost Tiangong cargo S/C ( spacenews.com ) — “Kinetica-2 [selected] as top launcher choice” ( twitter.com/cas_space ) — Crewed moon rover ( spacenews.com ) ( twitter.com/YuqiiQian ) Short & Sweet — Artemis heat shield chunks ( spacenews.com ) — Liquid wat...

Spaceflight News — Starship Flight 5 Review “Leaked” ( spacenews.com ) ( twitter.com/elonmusk ) ( spacenews.com ) (HT DennisO: x.com/StarshipGazer ) Short & Sweet — Crew-8 post-landing medical issue ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( blogs.nasa.gov ) — Companies to bring commercial launch to Ireland ( europeanspaceflight.com ) — ACS-3’s a little crooked ( space.com ) ( blogs.nasa.gov ) — Ma...

Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode! Spaceflight News — Intelsat 33e loses power and blows up ( spacenews.com ) ( x.com/S4S_SDA ) ( reddit.com ) Short & Sweet — Sirius Space hot fire ( europeanspaceflight.com ) — A Firefly to launch a Jackal ( satellitetoday.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections — Ross Peterson: Super Heavy’s reentry heating — Taylor S Marks: ISS graveyard orbit...

Spaceflight News — Worries about ISS making a splash ( spacenews.com ) (PDF: nasa.gov ) ( spacenews.com ) ( space.com ) Short & Sweet — X-37B to perform aerobraking maneuver ( defenseone.com ) — Rocket Lab wins Mars Sample Return concept award ( spacenews.com ) — Vast unveils details on Haven-1 ( payloadspace.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: Starship Flight Test 5 ( you...

Spaceflight News -- Vulcan anomaly ( spacenews.com ) ( youtube.com ) ( spaceflightnow.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( twitter.com/dwisecinema ) ( spacenews.com ) Short & Sweet -- Voyager 2 turns off science instrument ( inverse.com ) -- Super bright Qianfan satellites ( spacenews.com ) -- NASA reduces rate of ISS leak ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- Unc’ Willy: Crossfield’s emp...

Spaceflight News -- VIPER opinions ( spacenews.com ) ( sam.gov )  Short & Sweet -- Chinese lunar spacesuit revealed ( cgtn.com ) ( space.com ) -- Upper stage anomaly grounds Falcon 9 ( space.com ) ( spacenews.com ) -- MaiaSpace moves in ( spacenews ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 2 Oct, 1921. Birth of Scott Crossfield ( en.wikipedia.org ) (PDF: govinfo.gov ) ( magazine.washington.ed...

Spaceflight News -- ISRO rising ( spacenews.com ) Short & Sweet -- Iran successfully launches research satellite ( almayadeen.net ) -- Ariane 6 software fix ( spacenews.com ) -- Yutu 2 turns six ( space.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Sirius Space will launch from Australia ( europeanspaceflight.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- Launch of Shenzhou 7 (神舟七号)...

Spaceflight News -- Landspace lands ( spacenews.com ) ( youtube.com ) Short & Sweet -- New Glenn to attempt landing (HT Chris Radcliff: https://twitter.com/davill ) -- Chang’e-6 extended mission ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Polaris Dawn spacewalk ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( youtube.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 22 Sep, 2006. Launch...

Spaceflight News -- BepiColombo insertion delayed ( europeanspaceflight.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( youtube.com ) ( esa.int ) Short & Sweet -- EscaPADE DelAYED ( spacenews.com ) -- Starliner Returned ( arstechnica.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) -- Vega’s final launch ( satellitetoday.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: Blue Origin’s new drone ship (HT Denni...

Spaceflight News -- B1062 lost ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) ( youtube.com ) (HT ArcadeEngineer: twitter.com ) Short & Sweet -- Intuitive Machines selected for lunar South Pole mission ( spacenews.com ) -- Stoke Space wins contract to prototype cargo delivery ( satellitetoday.com ) ( stokespace.com ) -- Starliner wob wob ( spacenews.com ) (...

Spaceflight News -- Starliner crew to return on Dragon ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) Short & Sweet -- EscaPADE arrives in Florida ( spacenews.com ) -- SLS gets bumped up a block ( spacenews ) -- RFA first stage lost in test-firing anomaly ( arstechnica.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( europeanspaceflight.com ) ( youtu.be ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 27 Aug, 1985. Launch of STS-51...

Spaceflight News -- First polar-orbiting crewed mission announced ( spacenews.com ) ( arstechnica.com ) Short & Sweet -- New solid rocket game in town ( breakingdefense.com ) ( spacenews.com ) -- Spaceport Rundown ( flyingmag.com ) ( europeanspaceflight.com ) ( cnbc.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From Espen Urkedal via email: Raptor 3 is not as incomplete as it looks ( twitter.com/g...

Spaceflight News -- Megadebris? ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( slingshot.space ) Short & Sweet -- NEOWISE ends operations ( space.com ) ( spaceflightnow.com ) -- Starliner still stuck at Station ( spaceflightnow ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From Upcoming Spaceflight Events: -- JUICE Earth flyby #1 on Aug 19/20 ( esa.int ) -- Online FAA meeting RE: Starship launch cadence on Aug...

Spaceflight News -- ADRAS-J rendezvous (HT Zach: twitter.com/CRD2_JAXA ) ( astroscale.com ) (PDF: astroscale.com VIA astroscale.com ) Short & Sweet -- POLARIS spaceplane startup back on track ( europeanspaceflight.com ) -- Dawn does docking ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: JWST looks at Epsilon Indi A ( nasaspaceflight.com ) -- Ryan R: TEA-TEB is a pre-mixe...

Spaceflight News -- Falcon 9 Return to Flight ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) Short & Sweet -- ABL Static fire failure ( spacenews.com ) -- Starliner Debugging ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- The RAX bug was caused by differing clocks ( youtube.com ) Interview -- Martin Frederick, Northrop Grumman Corporate Director, Civ...

Spaceflight News -- NASA nixes VIPER ( spacenews.com ) ( newscientist.com ) European Short & Sweet -- Ariane 6 may carry crew ( europeanspaceflight.com ) -- Europe announces RAMSES mission to Apophis ( arstechnica.com ) ( esa.int ) -- Themis gets delayed ( europeanspaceflight.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 29 Jul, 1999. Deep Space 1, NASA’s first S/C with ion propulsion, flies by as...

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...

Spaceflight News -- Luch (Olymp) 2 “caught” snooping ( sattrackcam.blogspot.com ) ( sattrackcam.blogspot.com ) ( russianspaceweb.com ) ( thespacereview.com ) Short & Sweet -- The Poles make it to space! ( europeanspaceflight.com ) -- ISRO announces major size increase to Indian space station ( x.com/ISROSpaceflight ) Interview --  MSI-DFAT -- We talked to: -- Alex Carrella, VP Strategy &a...

Spaceflight News -- The Vulcan train is leaving the station ( spacenews.com ) Short & Sweet -- Starliner’s extended-er ISS stay ( spacenews.com ) -- A not-so-static test fire ( spacenews.com ) -- Resurs P1 breaks up ( spacenews.com ) Questions, Comments, Corrections -- From the intro: ( americaspace.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History -- 8 July, 1994. Launch of STS-65 ( en.wikipedia.org ) -...

Spaceflight News -- Long March 10 hot firing ( spacenews.com ) ( weixin.qq.com ) ( youtube.com ) ( spacenews.com ) -- Latest taikonaut class selected ( space.com ) Short & Sweet -- ESA gets involved in Vega C’s transfer ( europeanspaceflight.com ) -- Ariane 6 gets dressed ( spacenews.com ) -- Starliner’s extended ISS stay ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) This Week in Spaceflight History --...

Spaceflight News -- Starliner OFT ( americaspace.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( americaspace.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( nasaspaceflight.com ) ( spacenews.com ) ( spacenews.com ) (HT deltaV: twitter.com/cbs_spacenews ) ( twitter.com/SciGuySpace ) -- Suni Williams gave a tour on orbit (HT Dennis O: youtube.com ) Short & Sweet -- Chinese space plane proximity ops ( sattrackcam.blogspot.com ) -- NASA se...