January 1, 2025 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who surprised me today with these links. I had assumed he’d take the day off!
This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Firefly touts a static fire test of its Alpha rocket
The tweet also suggests the company will launch “multiple” times in 2025. We shall see.
- India’s space agency announces it will telecast the docking of its Spadex satellites
The unmanned docking is scheduled to take place at 4 pm (Indian standard time) on January 7, 2025.
- Video of the two Spadex spacecraft in orbit yesterday
Over the next week the chase satellite will approach the target increasingly closer, 5 km, 1.5 km, 500 m, 225 m, 15 m, and 3 m, followed by the January 7th docking.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who surprised me today with these links. I had assumed he’d take the day off!
This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Firefly touts a static fire test of its Alpha rocket
The tweet also suggests the company will launch “multiple” times in 2025. We shall see.
- India’s space agency announces it will telecast the docking of its Spadex satellites
The unmanned docking is scheduled to take place at 4 pm (Indian standard time) on January 7, 2025.
- Video of the two Spadex spacecraft in orbit yesterday
Over the next week the chase satellite will approach the target increasingly closer, 5 km, 1.5 km, 500 m, 225 m, 15 m, and 3 m, followed by the January 7th docking.