EPISODE · Jan 15, 2025 · 39 MIN
Episode 493: Two Satellites Enter! Five Satellites Leave!
from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast · host David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just
Thanks to Dennis O for naming this week’s episode!Spaceflight News— Mars Sample Return redesign (spaceflightnow.com) (spacenews.com)Short & Sweet— China tests mission extension tech on-orbit (spacenews.com)— X-37B’s latest mission passes one-year in space (space.com)— Pale Blue Propulsion (spacenews.com)Questions, Comments, Corrections— From the intro: Eaton/Pallisades fire relief for JPL workers (spacenews.com) (americaspace.com) (securelb.imodules.com)This Week in Spaceflight History— Jan. 17, 2005: US-China Orbital Debris Event (space.com) (PPT: celestrak.org) (spaceref.com) (PDF: orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov)— Next week (1/21 - 1/27) in 1997: A tap on the shoulder
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NASA has taken the first steps to making MSR on a limited budget a reality. Also, China's OSS, X-37B's birthday, and a Pale Blue dot!
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