December 2, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s intrepid stringer, trolling Tweeter so we don’t have to.
- ULA CEO Tori Bruno claims Blue Origin is building one BE-4 engine per week
You need to scroll down and read the thread, from the bottom up, to reach this conclusion. Whether Bruno is right remains unknown. Nothing Blue Origin has done so far suggests they are yet capable of this.
- Russian private company S7 negotiates with government to finalize transfer of its ownership of Sea Launch
Putin and his stooges have been pressuring S7 for years to gain control of Sea Launch, essentially bankrupting this private operation with fees and taxes.
- Russia’s Sphere broadband satellite constellation gets international regulatory approval
Whether this 600 satellite constellation eventually launches remains unknown, due to the Ukraine War sanctions that prevent Russia from obtaining financing and many necessary components.
- JAXA notes delivery in October ’22 of the propulsion system for its upgraded HTV-X1 cargo freighter to the assembly factory
The second image at the link shows the propulsion system attached to an earlier version of the HTV, with solar panels attached to the spacecraft walls rather than as fold-out solar panels as planned for the HTV-X1.
- Shenzhou-14, with three astronauts, is now scheduled to return on December 4, 2022
This second tweet shows the primary and backup landing zones.
- South Korea awards contract Hanwha Aerospace $212 million contract to build three Nuri rockets
It appears the government wants to transfer production from the South Korean space agency, KARI, to this private company, though it also appears the government is not ceding ownership to the private company.
- Major management organization at Astra
According to CEO Chris Kemp, the reorganization has four engineering and manufacturing managers reporting directly to him, reducing a layer of management. Of the four managers involved, two once worked at Blue Origin, one at SpaceX, and one at Google.
Courtesy of Jay, BtB’s intrepid stringer, trolling Tweeter so we don’t have to.
- ULA CEO Tori Bruno claims Blue Origin is building one BE-4 engine per week
You need to scroll down and read the thread, from the bottom up, to reach this conclusion. Whether Bruno is right remains unknown. Nothing Blue Origin has done so far suggests they are yet capable of this.
- Russian private company S7 negotiates with government to finalize transfer of its ownership of Sea Launch
Putin and his stooges have been pressuring S7 for years to gain control of Sea Launch, essentially bankrupting this private operation with fees and taxes.
- Russia’s Sphere broadband satellite constellation gets international regulatory approval
Whether this 600 satellite constellation eventually launches remains unknown, due to the Ukraine War sanctions that prevent Russia from obtaining financing and many necessary components.
- JAXA notes delivery in October ’22 of the propulsion system for its upgraded HTV-X1 cargo freighter to the assembly factory
The second image at the link shows the propulsion system attached to an earlier version of the HTV, with solar panels attached to the spacecraft walls rather than as fold-out solar panels as planned for the HTV-X1.
- Shenzhou-14, with three astronauts, is now scheduled to return on December 4, 2022
This second tweet shows the primary and backup landing zones.
- South Korea awards contract Hanwha Aerospace $212 million contract to build three Nuri rockets
It appears the government wants to transfer production from the South Korean space agency, KARI, to this private company, though it also appears the government is not ceding ownership to the private company.
- Major management organization at Astra
According to CEO Chris Kemp, the reorganization has four engineering and manufacturing managers reporting directly to him, reducing a layer of management. Of the four managers involved, two once worked at Blue Origin, one at SpaceX, and one at Google.
