Episode 472: Megadebris
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast Hosted by David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
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 20 (faa.gov) This Week in Spaceflight History -- August 15, 1969: Creation of ISRO (en.wikipedia.org) (britannica.com) -- Next week (8/20 - 8/26) in 1958: Catching a second wind
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A megaconstellation launch apparently had an unannounced ridealong: lots of debris. Also, the end of NEOWISE, and not the end of Starliner's mission.
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