November 17, 2022 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who trolls Twitter so we don’t have to.
- South Africa signs deal with NASA to build a communications ground station for Artemis Moon missions
The plan is for the dish to become operative in ’25. It remains a puzzle. Shouldn’t the recently upgraded Deep Space Network provide this service?
- First test launch of Russia’s new manned Oryol capsule delayed until ’25
Wanna bet they won’t meet this date either?
- Spacewalk on Tiangong-3 to install handrails and other hardware to facilitate future EVAs
The work was done yesterday, and was the third for the Shenzhou-14 crew.
- China publishes new five-year-plan covering 2021 to 2025, with a chapter outlining its space plans
The link goes to the Chinese language version, with only a small excerpt translated into English.
- Rocket Lab about to roll its Electron rocket to Wallops launchpad
The launch, set for December 7th, will the the company’s first from Wallops.
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Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who trolls Twitter so we don’t have to.
- South Africa signs deal with NASA to build a communications ground station for Artemis Moon missions
The plan is for the dish to become operative in ’25. It remains a puzzle. Shouldn’t the recently upgraded Deep Space Network provide this service?
- First test launch of Russia’s new manned Oryol capsule delayed until ’25
Wanna bet they won’t meet this date either?
- Spacewalk on Tiangong-3 to install handrails and other hardware to facilitate future EVAs
The work was done yesterday, and was the third for the Shenzhou-14 crew.
- China publishes new five-year-plan covering 2021 to 2025, with a chapter outlining its space plans
The link goes to the Chinese language version, with only a small excerpt translated into English.
- Rocket Lab about to roll its Electron rocket to Wallops launchpad
The launch, set for December 7th, will the the company’s first from Wallops.
Readers!
My annual February birthday fund-raising drive for Behind the Black is now over. Thank you to everyone who donated or subscribed. While not a record-setter, the donations were more than sufficient and slightly above average.
As I have said many times before, I can’t express what it means to me to get such support, especially as no one is required to pay anything to read my work. Thank you all again!
For those readers who like my work here at Behind the Black and haven't contributed so far, please consider donating or subscribing. My analysis of space, politics, and culture, taken from the perspective of an historian, is almost always on the money and ahead of the game. For example, in 2020 I correctly predicted that the COVID 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. Every one of those 2020 conclusions has turned out right.
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“Shouldn’t the recently upgraded Deep Space Network provide this service?”
Well, this may be part of the new network, with enhanced coverage of southern latitudes as required by the near-rectilinear halo orbits around the Moon. Right now southern coverage is limited to Australia-accessible longitudes. Bet they’ll go for a South America site too.
And SLS work was called ‘go fever:”
https://spaceexplored.com/2022/10/27/spaces-starship-accident/
Not sure how significant it is, but 39B was damaged during Artemis launch.
https://twitter.com/wapodavenport/status/1593392601385914372?s=20&t=XkkIb4zVPE5PZQOulXPSiA
Gary,
Thanks for that information. I remember when LC-39B was damaged by the Ares I-X test launch back in 2009.