September 25, 2024 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Radian Aerospace begins tests of spaceplane prototype
To avoid State Department ITAR restrictions, these runway tests are using a prototype that uses jet engines and no space-specific technology, because the flights are taking place in an unnamed airport the United Arab Emirates.
- Reflect Orbital is developing space mirrors to direct sunlight to ground-based solar panels
The video bluntly questions the practicality of the project.
- China to expand its 500-meter-diameter FAST radio telescope by encircling it with 24 smaller radio dishes
The additional dishes will each be 40 meters in diameter.
- On this day in 2023 the sample capsule from OSIRIS-REx landed on Earth with its Bennu samples
The spacecraft is now on its way to a rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis in 2029.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay. This post is also an open thread. I welcome my readers to post any comments or additional links relating to any space issues, even if unrelated to the links below.
- Radian Aerospace begins tests of spaceplane prototype
To avoid State Department ITAR restrictions, these runway tests are using a prototype that uses jet engines and no space-specific technology, because the flights are taking place in an unnamed airport the United Arab Emirates.
- Reflect Orbital is developing space mirrors to direct sunlight to ground-based solar panels
The video bluntly questions the practicality of the project.
- China to expand its 500-meter-diameter FAST radio telescope by encircling it with 24 smaller radio dishes
The additional dishes will each be 40 meters in diameter.
- On this day in 2023 the sample capsule from OSIRIS-REx landed on Earth with its Bennu samples
The spacecraft is now on its way to a rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis in 2029.