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Feb 19, 2025 40 min

Episode 498: Decimation

from The Orbital Mechanics Podcast Hosted by David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just

Spaceflight News — Stoke Space reveals Andromeda 2 (stokespace.com) Short & Sweet — Long March 8A completes first flight (spacenews.com) — Germany provides funds for new launch facility (europeanspaceflight.com) Questions, Comments, Corrections — From the intro: Blue Origin Layoffs (spacenews.com) This Week in Spaceflight History — 24 Feb, 1996. Launch of POLAR satellite (PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov) (eyes.nasa.gov) (nasaspaceflight.com) — Next week (2/25 - 3/3) in 1960: The copper touch

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Stoke Space revealed their updated second stage design! Also, Long's first March 8A and Germany funds off-shore launches.

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