September 5, 2022 Space quick links
All courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- JAXA targets early ’23 for first launch of its new H3 rocket
The rocket has been delayed since 2020 due to serious engine issues.
- Long March 5B that will launch next module to Tiangong-3 arrives at launch site
The module, dubbed Mentian, is scheduled of an October launch. We shall then once again have to watch helplessly as the core stage of the 5B rocket crashes uncontrolled somewhere on Earth. In related news:
- China tests new engine for manned version of Long March 5, dubbed the Long March 5DY
It remains unclear whether that rocket’s core stage engines will restartable and thus able to control its de-orbit so that it lands in the ocean harmlessly.
- Blue Origin may have conducted static fire test of flightworthy BE-4 engine
We don’t know for sure, as the company has said nothing and this information is based solely on orbital photos taken between August 26th and August 28th.
- China accuses U.S. of hacking into China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University
This university does a lot of aerospace military development for China, such as hypersonic missiles. Also, considering that China has itself hacked into American aerospace resources frequently, such as at JPL, this accusation is simply the kettle calling the pan black.
- Planetary Defense webinar to be held on September 9, 2022
The event is virtual, apparently open to the public, will include researchers from NASA, JAXA, and ESA, and will be focused on discussing methods for protecting the planet from big asteroid impacts.
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All courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- JAXA targets early ’23 for first launch of its new H3 rocket
- Long March 5B that will launch next module to Tiangong-3 arrives at launch site
- China tests new engine for manned version of Long March 5, dubbed the Long March 5DY
- Blue Origin may have conducted static fire test of flightworthy BE-4 engine
- China accuses U.S. of hacking into China’s Northwestern Polytechnical University
- Planetary Defense webinar to be held on September 9, 2022
The rocket has been delayed since 2020 due to serious engine issues.
The module, dubbed Mentian, is scheduled of an October launch. We shall then once again have to watch helplessly as the core stage of the 5B rocket crashes uncontrolled somewhere on Earth. In related news:
It remains unclear whether that rocket’s core stage engines will restartable and thus able to control its de-orbit so that it lands in the ocean harmlessly.
We don’t know for sure, as the company has said nothing and this information is based solely on orbital photos taken between August 26th and August 28th.
This university does a lot of aerospace military development for China, such as hypersonic missiles. Also, considering that China has itself hacked into American aerospace resources frequently, such as at JPL, this accusation is simply the kettle calling the pan black.
The event is virtual, apparently open to the public, will include researchers from NASA, JAXA, and ESA, and will be focused on discussing methods for protecting the planet from big asteroid impacts.
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.
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So I have become a bit of a fan of Rocket Lab. But I really want to see all of these private programs succeed.
Many companies getting to space and creating competitive scrum would ideal.
Bezos is not doing himself favors by “being mysterious”. He wants to make the big headline splash when they finally do something, but by the time they get New Glenn actually flying, the reaction is going to be “Yawn, another rocket?”.