DiscoverThe Orbital Mechanics PodcastEpisode 499: Wicked Shimmy
Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy

Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy

Update: 2025-03-05
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Spaceflight News

— Starship TF7 bounced to pieces (Paywall: aviationweek.com) (spacenews.com)

Short & Sweet

— Two payloads on IM-2 launch suffering problems on-orbit (spacenews.com)

— Space capsule lands in Australia while first rocket readies to launch (spacenews.com) (abc.net.au)

— Xona received contract to develop GPS alternative (insidegnss.com)

Questions, Comments, Corrections

— From the intro: Blue Ghost lunar landing? (Spoiler: it did!) (space.com) (spacenews.com)

This Week in Spaceflight History

— Feb 26, 1960: Failed launch of MiDAS 1 (en.wikipedia.org) (PDF: nro.gov) (PDF: nro.gov)

— Next week (3/11 - 3/17) in 1976: Two score and nine years ago

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Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy

Episode 499: Wicked Shimmy

David Fourman, Ben Etherington, and Dennis Just