EPISODE · Feb 22, 2023 · 1H
Episode 397: Loss of Cool
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Spaceflight News— Soyuz MS-22 leak images (HT deltaV: russianspaceweb.com VIA twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb) — Eric Berger posted a comparison to a confirmed MMOD strike (twitter.com/SciGuySpace) — Katya Pavlushchenko posted photos of orange stains on other Progresses (twitter.com/katlinegrey) — Uncrewed Soyuz MS-23 delayed (spacenews.com) (twitter.com/katlinegrey)— LauncherOne failure (virginorbit.com) (spacenews.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— H3 rocket aborts at pad (spacenews.com)— Plans for Starship comes back to shore (spacenews.com)— Blue Origin wins ESCAPADE contract (space.com)— Launcher’s orbital transfer vehicle fails on orbit (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— Nate Perkins via email: RS-25 certification (youtube.com)— Biarki Weeks: ORCASat summary video (youtube.com VIA: discord.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— 24 Feb, 2009. Loss of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nasa.gov) (justice.gov) (llis.nasa.gov)— Next week (2/28 - 3/6) in 1995: Everyone get off the phone. I need to log into space.
What this episode covers
New photos of a leaking Soyuz, and LauncherOne's failure mode are decidedly un-cool. Also, H3's abort, SPX oil rigs, ESCAPADE, and a space tug.
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