Space Roundup Nov 7th, 2020
Hi, space lovers!
Here’s the weekly Space Roundup for you. There’s a lot of exciting stuff going on at the moment. Please, take a seat and enjoy!
News
After Biden’s election as president of the United States, we are all wondering what will be the impact on NASA’s direction and priorities. It’s still too soon to know, but we’ll be keeping a close eye on it.
This week, China’s commercial manufacturer Galactic Energy successfully launched a 4-stages rocket into a 500kms Sun-synchronous orbit, marking a very relevant milestone for the commercial space industry in China.
Talking about commercial flights, SpaceX has successfully launched its third navigation satellite and also reported that they will very soon support the US military’s first operational launch on a commercial rocket.
And talking reusability!
Rocket Lab will attempt to recover the stage of the Electron rocket on its next launch. This would have a massive impact on their strategic success!
After 7 months of flying solo, contact was re-established with Voyager-2, launched back in (wait for it) 1977. Fiu! Great relieving news!
SpaceX’s CEO commented on the possibility of using Starship as a space debris collector in orbit - this would be a very important task, as space debris problems get worse and worse every year.
Keep learning!
How are galaxies formed? - read more about them here.
Launches
Nov. 11 - Atlas 5 • NROL-101- Launch time: 2222 GMT (5:22 p.m. EST)
Nov. 14/15 - Falcon 9 • Crew-1 Launch time: 0049 GMT on 15th (7:49 p.m. EST on 14th)… I’m so excited about this one! :D
Space Jobs
And that’s it for this week! :)
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Cheers from sunny Spain!
Juan, the Curious Astronaut