November 11, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- ABL to attempt first orbital launch of its RS1 rocket on November 15 from Alaska
The rocket appears in many ways comparable to Astra’s now abandoned Rocket-3.3, very mobile and compact and designed to be shipped easily in shipping containers and trucks. However, it can lift significantly more mass to orbit, making it more competitive and profitable.
- An update on the Cosmos 1408 debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test in 2021
It appears that within three years only 18 pieces will remain in orbit, which is generally very good news.
- ULA finally has two BE-4 engines installed on its first Vulcan rocket
The link merely shows a picture of the rocket with the two engines. A lot must still happen before that first launch.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- ABL to attempt first orbital launch of its RS1 rocket on November 15 from Alaska
The rocket appears in many ways comparable to Astra’s now abandoned Rocket-3.3, very mobile and compact and designed to be shipped easily in shipping containers and trucks. However, it can lift significantly more mass to orbit, making it more competitive and profitable.
- An update on the Cosmos 1408 debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test in 2021
It appears that within three years only 18 pieces will remain in orbit, which is generally very good news.
- ULA finally has two BE-4 engines installed on its first Vulcan rocket
The link merely shows a picture of the rocket with the two engines. A lot must still happen before that first launch.
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:
4. Donate by check, payable to Robert Zimmerman and mailed to
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c/o Robert Zimmerman
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Cortaro, AZ 85652
You can also support me by buying one of my books, as noted in the boxes interspersed throughout the webpage or shown in the menu above.
Possible typo, last paragraph: “The link merely shows a picture of the rocket with the two stages.”
Probably should be: “… with the two engines.”
Michael McNeil: Thank you for the copy editing. It is very much appreciated. Now fixed.
Now there is this troll called GSE Hound who strains at the gnat over Musk’s methalox—but we get told uncapped Nord Stream is no biggie?
https://phys.org/news/2022-11-negligible-climatic-impact-methane-leak.html