November 10, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Live stream from Ispace about its second commercial Hakuto-R lander mission to the moon
The press conference is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 8:00 pm (Eastern). The mission has targeted launch in 2024.
- South Korea rocket startup Innospace touts reusable rocket engine
The company has completed one suborbital flight in March 2023. No word on when further flight tests will take place.
- In connection with its founders move to buy the company and go private, Astra has cancelled its third quarterly earnings call to stockholders
There has also been a shake-up in management. It appears the founders are pushing out the outside investors and their managers.
- Satellite companies debate proposal to change the rules limiting satellite power levels
Designed to reduce signal interference in orbit, some companies want the restrictions eased, others want them tightened, and still others like the status quo. Amazon is leading the group wanted a review of the rules.
- Juno data and computer modeling suggest a better understanding of Jupiter’s atmosphere and winds
For me, this study defines the uncertainty of science. The data is not rich enough to come to any conclusion at all, though the computer modeling suggests one.
- SpaceX gets license to provide Starlink in India
In 2022 SpaceX had regulatory problems in India that forced it to exit the market. This new development indicates those problems have been overcome.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Live stream from Ispace about its second commercial Hakuto-R lander mission to the moon
The press conference is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 15, 8:00 pm (Eastern). The mission has targeted launch in 2024.
- South Korea rocket startup Innospace touts reusable rocket engine
The company has completed one suborbital flight in March 2023. No word on when further flight tests will take place.
- In connection with its founders move to buy the company and go private, Astra has cancelled its third quarterly earnings call to stockholders
There has also been a shake-up in management. It appears the founders are pushing out the outside investors and their managers.
- Satellite companies debate proposal to change the rules limiting satellite power levels
Designed to reduce signal interference in orbit, some companies want the restrictions eased, others want them tightened, and still others like the status quo. Amazon is leading the group wanted a review of the rules.
- Juno data and computer modeling suggest a better understanding of Jupiter’s atmosphere and winds
For me, this study defines the uncertainty of science. The data is not rich enough to come to any conclusion at all, though the computer modeling suggests one.
- SpaceX gets license to provide Starlink in India
In 2022 SpaceX had regulatory problems in India that forced it to exit the market. This new development indicates those problems have been overcome.
Readers!
Please consider supporting my work here at Behind the Black. Your support allows me the freedom and ability to analyze objectively the ongoing renaissance in space, as well as the cultural changes -- for good or ill -- that are happening across America. Fourteen years ago I wrote that SLS and Orion were a bad ideas, a waste of money, would be years behind schedule, and better replaced by commercial private enterprise. Only now does it appear that Washington might finally recognize this reality.
In 2020 when the world panicked over COVID I wrote that the panic was unnecessary, that the virus was apparently simply a variation of the flu, that masks were not simply pointless but if worn incorrectly were a health threat, that the lockdowns were a disaster and did nothing to stop the spread of COVID. Only in the past year have some of our so-called experts in the health field have begun to recognize these facts.
Your help allows me to do this kind of intelligent analysis. I take no advertising or sponsors, so my reporting isn't influenced by donations by established space or drug companies. Instead, I rely entirely on donations and subscriptions from my readers, which gives me the freedom to write what I think, unencumbered by outside influences.
You can support me either by giving a one-time contribution or a regular subscription. There are four ways of doing so:
1. Zelle: This is the only internet method that charges no fees. All you have to do is use the Zelle link at your internet bank and give my name and email address (zimmerman at nasw dot org). What you donate is what I get.
2. Patreon: Go to my website there and pick one of five monthly subscription amounts, or by making a one-time donation.
3. A Paypal Donation or subscription:
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