August 14, 2022 Quick space links
Some weekend news from BtB’s top stringer, Jay.
- China shows off fairing used to launch suspected X-37B copy
- Fairing analysis strongly confirms China’s reusable spaceplane is a copy of the X-37B
- Big SpaceX hardware delivered to Cape Canaveral, likely part of launch tower.
- Status of the debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test
Of the 1,784 objects tracked, 1,132 have burned up in the atmosphere, with the orbits of another 539 to decay in the next three years. The fate of the remaining 113 objects is unclear, but they will clearly be a threat for longer.
- First spacewalk using the airlock on the new Wentian module on Tiangong-3 expected any day now
Some weekend news from BtB’s top stringer, Jay.
- China shows off fairing used to launch suspected X-37B copy
- Fairing analysis strongly confirms China’s reusable spaceplane is a copy of the X-37B
- Big SpaceX hardware delivered to Cape Canaveral, likely part of launch tower.
- Status of the debris from Russia’s anti-satellite test
- First spacewalk using the airlock on the new Wentian module on Tiangong-3 expected any day now
Of the 1,784 objects tracked, 1,132 have burned up in the atmosphere, with the orbits of another 539 to decay in the next three years. The fate of the remaining 113 objects is unclear, but they will clearly be a threat for longer.