~orbitalindex | Issue No. 269 (66)
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Coronal Mass Ejections | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
coronal mass ejections
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NOAA Space Weather Scales | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center
space weather scales
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A Perfect Solar Superstorm: The 1859 Carrington Event | HISTORY
caused globally viewable aurorae, made telegraph pylons arc and spark, and even allowed operators to send...
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NASA Doubles Down, Advances Six Innovative Tech Concepts to New Phase - NASA
selected six prior NIAC concept studies for additional development
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Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR): Shielded, Fast Transits for Humans to Mars - NASA
pulsed plasma rocket
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Radioisotope Thermoradiative Cell Power Generator - NASA
radioisotope thermoradiative power generators
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ScienceCraft for Outer Planet Exploration (SCOPE) - NASA
Quantum dot sensors on solar sails
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Starfish Space and D-Orbit complete orbital rendezvous, bringing Otter Pup mission to a close | TechCrunch
Otter Pup, the ambitious and high-drama rendezvous, proximity operations, and docking (RPOD) mission from Starfish Space,...
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Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions
an emergency deployment from its Launcher orbital transfer vehicle
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https://twitter.com/StarfishSpace/status/1696544868536049773
pulsing its magnetorquers opportunistically against the magnetic field of the Earth
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Starfish Space scrubs plan for a satellite rendezvous after thruster suffers anomaly
Otter Pup’s electric propulsion fail
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Starfish Space executes rendezvous between Otter Pup and D-Orbit’s ION, a finale for the Otter Pup mission – Starfish Space
Starfish orchestrated the rendezvous, with help from space situational awareness company LeoLabs, while D-Orbit executed the...
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Rocket Lab Completes Archimedes Engine Build, Begins Engine Test Campaign | Rocket Lab
completed the first full assembly
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China launches its first medium Earth orbit broadband satellites
launched their first MEO broadband satellite
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Sweden's Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer
signed an agreement
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FAA to begin environmental review of Starship launches from Kennedy Space Center
a new environmental review
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SpaceX fires up Starship rocket for upcoming 5th test flight (photos, video)
conducted a static fire test
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https://www.reuters.com/technology/space/spacexs-starship-sees-fourth-flight-3-5-weeks-musk-says-2024-05-11/
but is more likely to happen in June
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https://www.science.org/content/article/infrastructure-woes-could-slow-south-pole-telescope-plans
aging infrastructure at the South Pole
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Redwire Returns First Bioprinted Cardiac Tissue from ISS
A Cargo Dragon returned Redwire’s bioprinted cardiac tissue from the ISS
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NASA-Supported Optical Fiber Manufacturing Arrives at Space Station - NASA
not the first ZBLAN manufactured on the ISS
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China Embraces U.S. Researcher Access to Returned Moon Samples
has been considering applications by NASA-funded researchers to gain access to Chang’e 5 lunar samples
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NASA confirms “independent review” of Orion heat shield issue
NASA confirms “independent review” of Orion heat shield issue
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