Episode 380: DOWNLINK--Alex Doknjas and Biarki Weeks

Spaceflight News— Test Fest III — Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int) — Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com) — BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno) — Stoke Space ring firing (ifiberone.com) (twitter.com/stoke_space) (MP4: uploads-ssl.webflow.com VIA stokespace.com/vision) (twitter.com/jenakuns) (arstechnica.com)Short & Sweet— Ireland’s first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)— Crew-5 launches to Station (americaspace.com)— Engineers regain control of CAPSTONE (spacenews.com)Interview – UVic ORCASat team: Alex Doknjas, Project Manager and Biarki Weeks, Undergrad Technical Lead— The team published a wonderful assembly timelapse (youtube.com)— Orcasat.ca— uvsd.ca— youtube.com— twitter.com/AlexDoknjas— linkedin.com/in/alexander-doknjas-5b30b310b— twitter.com/biarkiweeks— linkedin.com/in/biarki-weeks-463a9579This Week in Spaceflight History— 11 October 1968: The launch of Apollo 7 (en.wikipedia.org) (collectspace.com)— Next week (10/18 - 10/24) in 2008: Let’s start with a weather satellite