January 3, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer, who trolls the web to make sure I don’t miss any important stories.
- Astronaut Walt Cunningham has passed away
Cunningham only flew in space once, on Apollo 7, the first shakedown flight of the Apollo capsule in October 1968. The flight lasted ten days, had no technical problems at all, though all three astronauts caught colds. Its success paved the way for the Apollo 8 mission around the Moon two months later.
- LeoLabs files petition with FCC requesting it rethink the limitations it placed on SpaceX’s Starlink constellation [pdf]
It appears the FCC took an arbitrary number LeoLabs had used in a presentation merely for “ease of exposition and calculation in describing the methodology” and made it the basis for limiting the number of satellites SpaceX could launch. LeoLabs wants the FCC to fix this.
- The trailer for the Russian sci-fi movie, The Challenge, that was partly filmed on ISS last year, has now been released
It is very clear that they got a lot of good footage when they were on ISS. It is a shame however that this trailer doesn’t have English subtitles, because I think it probably could make some money from American filmgoers.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer, who trolls the web to make sure I don’t miss any important stories.
- Astronaut Walt Cunningham has passed away
Cunningham only flew in space once, on Apollo 7, the first shakedown flight of the Apollo capsule in October 1968. The flight lasted ten days, had no technical problems at all, though all three astronauts caught colds. Its success paved the way for the Apollo 8 mission around the Moon two months later.
- LeoLabs files petition with FCC requesting it rethink the limitations it placed on SpaceX’s Starlink constellation [pdf]
It appears the FCC took an arbitrary number LeoLabs had used in a presentation merely for “ease of exposition and calculation in describing the methodology” and made it the basis for limiting the number of satellites SpaceX could launch. LeoLabs wants the FCC to fix this.
- The trailer for the Russian sci-fi movie, The Challenge, that was partly filmed on ISS last year, has now been released
It is very clear that they got a lot of good footage when they were on ISS. It is a shame however that this trailer doesn’t have English subtitles, because I think it probably could make some money from American filmgoers.