October 16, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who also deserves a hat tip for the Hubble budget story earlier today, that I had missed.
- Russia plan to modernize Gagarin launchpad has failed; now proposed as a museum
This will be a museum few will visit, because of Russia’s strict security controls at its space facilities.
- Two of the twelve satellites launched on Europe’s Vega rocket on October 9th failed to deploy, and burned up in the atmosphere
This failure says extremly bad things about the European manufacturer, SAB Aerospace, which built it for the Italian company Avio, which had its contract with Arianespace, which is the commercial arm of the European Space Agency. It also raises more questions about the entire governmental way of doing things in Europe.
- Five days before the Gaganyaan launch abort test, an image of the capsule being assembled
If this test goes well, India will be very close to completing its full checklist necessary prior to the actual manned mission.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay, who also deserves a hat tip for the Hubble budget story earlier today, that I had missed.
- Russia plan to modernize Gagarin launchpad has failed; now proposed as a museum
This will be a museum few will visit, because of Russia’s strict security controls at its space facilities.
- Two of the twelve satellites launched on Europe’s Vega rocket on October 9th failed to deploy, and burned up in the atmosphere
This failure says extremly bad things about the European manufacturer, SAB Aerospace, which built it for the Italian company Avio, which had its contract with Arianespace, which is the commercial arm of the European Space Agency. It also raises more questions about the entire governmental way of doing things in Europe.
- Five days before the Gaganyaan launch abort test, an image of the capsule being assembled
If this test goes well, India will be very close to completing its full checklist necessary prior to the actual manned mission.