The Orbital Mechanics Podcast

Spaceflight news— Hubble back online (PDF: asd.gsfc.nasa.gov) (PDF: ses.gsfc.nasa.gov) (youtube.com) (nasa.gov) (sciencemag.org)Short & Sweet— Astranis produces new batch of very small GEO satellites (spacenews.com)— Funding secured for Beresheet 2 mission (ap.org)— Raptor engine development ramping up (spaceflightinsider.com)— ESA announces new kick stage for Ariane 6 rocket (esa.int)Questions, comments, corrections— Andrew Z via email: China commercial space infographic (twitter.com/rhZhao)This week in SF history— 22 Jul, 1962. Failed launch of Mariner 1 due to software typo (wiki) (vice.com)— Next week (7/27 - 8/2) in 1985. Spain’s beautiful this time of year, but we ain’t going there today.