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EPISODE · Nov 22, 2023 · 52 MIN

Episode 435: Purple Flame

from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

Spaceflight News— Starship Flight 2 (spacenews.com) (nasaspaceflight.com) (americaspace.com) (youtube.com) (twitter.com/thejackbeyer) (twitter.com/planet4589) — Posted after recording: a quick analysis of Starships acceleration curves (twitter.com/Space_Josiah)Short & Sweet— SaxaVord struggles to pay contractors (europeanspaceflight.com)— Sierra Space layoffs (cnbc.com)— Mars Helicopter completes back-to-back flights (twitter.com/nasajpl)This Week in Spaceflight History— 27 Nov, 1963: Launch of the first hydrolox rocket to orbit (en.wikipedia.org) (spacelaunchreport.com VIA web.archive.org)— Next week (11/28 - 12/4) in 2015: Every journey of millions of kilometers starts with a couple meters.

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Starship's second test flight achieved goals despite scattering steel across the gulf of Mexico. Also, SaxaVord bills, Sierra layoffs, and Ingenuity.

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