Episode 481: Deorbit Strategies
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast Hosted by David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
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 (youtu.be) (nasaspaceflight.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — October 17, 1974: Founding of OTRAG (en.wikipedia.org) (youtube.com) (youtube.com) (bernd-leitenberger.de) — Next week (10/22 - 10/28) in 1992: To shreds, you say!
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NASA published a study on ISS deorbit concerns and options. Also, X-37B's planned aerobrake, Rocket Lab's MSR contract, and a private space station.
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