~orbitalindex | Issue No. 260 (63)
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China to launch Queqiao-2 moon relay satellite in early 2024
China’s 1.2 metric ton Queqiao-2 lunar orbiter is scheduled to launch this month
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Relay satellite for China's future lunar missions reaches launch site
arrived at the launch pad
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https://twitter.com/AJ_FI/status/1709103324794867928
moving it to a 12-hr orbit for CE-7 and CE-8
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China wants a lunar satellite constellation to support deep space missions
lunar navigation and comms technologies
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China to launch lunar navigation and communications test satellites
satellite-to-ground laser ranging and inter-satellite microwave ranging
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https://pycubed.org/maholli/What-is-PyCubed-f257a98ec60044538d8fbdc20fec987f
rad-tested avionics board for a mere $250
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PyCubed: An Open-Source, Radiation-Tested CubeSat Platform Programmable Entirely in Python
programmable in Python
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https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20230011358/downloads/PY4%20Fact_Sheet-8-1-23.pdf
relying solely on magnetorquers for 3-axis attitude control
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Landing site of the Chang’e-6 lunar farside sample return mission from the Apollo basin - Nature Astronomy
candidate CE-6 landing site
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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl7957
youngest lunar sample ever collected
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After 6 months in space and a fiery return over the U.S., NASA's Crew-7 is back home
Crew-7 is home after 6 months in space
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SpaceX just showed us what every day could be like in spaceflight
SpaceX launched three Falcon 9s in 20 hours
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Blue Origin aims to launch first lunar lander in 2025
projecting a first Blue Moon launch
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https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/03/new-glenn-cryo-tests/
initial cryogenic testing
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After Astra loses 99 percent of its value, founders take rocket firm private
down 99% from its peak valuation
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A hunk of junk from the International Space Station hurtles back to Earth
most massive object ever tossed overboard from the ISS
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After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload
first flight with a real release payload
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NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll - NASA
finished building the CADRE trio of moon rovers
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https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/russia-china-are-considering-putting-nuclear-power-unit-moon-ria-2024-03-05/
nuclear power plant on the Moon
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BLUE ORIGIN hiring Space Vehicle Abort Thrusters Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead in Seattle, WA | LinkedIn
Space Vehicle Abort Thrusters Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead
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Maybe, just maybe, Boeing’s Starliner will finally fly astronauts this spring
maybe, just maybe, Boeing’s Starliner will finally fly astronauts this spring
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Night-Shining Cloud Mission Ends; Yields High Science Results for NASA
ended recently due to battery failure
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Record quasar is most luminous object in the universe
It is the brightest (continuously emitting) object in the known Universe
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