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Episode 11: DOWNLINK--Connor West
News items
Blue origin test (@spaceport)
ULA announces new name for next-gen medium lift rocket: Vulcan (SFN) (YouTube)
SpaceX stage 1 recovery a failure (@ElonMusk) (YouTube)
@ElonMusk "Looks like the issue was stiction in the biprop throttle valve, resulting in control system phase lag. Should be easy to fix." (/r/spacex)
Amateur video analysis (/r/spacex)
Shows Merlin can throttle to 40%, not 70%. (/r/spacex)(Twitter)
JASON-3 landing (space news)
RocketLab reveals Rutherford engine (KiwiSpace)(YouTube)
D2 inflight abort vehicle (/r/spacex)
Questions, comments, corrections
DStefanR: more focus on ISRO
SF101: Connor!
RTLS simulation video: (YouTube)
Connor in a B-17 (YouTube)
Upcoming spaceflight events, brought to you by twitter.com/nextlaunch (NASA launch coverage conference lines: 321-867-1260 321-867-1220)
April 28, 3:09am EDT: Progress M-27M (59P)
Soyuz-2.1a launching from Baikonur
Webcast (tv-tsenki.com) (YouTube)
April 29, 0707 UTC / 3:07am EDT / 16:07 JST - Proton-M/Briz-M carrying Mexsat-1 (Centenario).
Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur
Webcast (centenario.imgondemand.com) (possible tv-tsenki.com)
ay 5: D2 stand abort TBD time https://www.youtube.com/NASAtelevision
(ilslaunch.com) (space.skyrocket.de)
Webcast (YouTube)
May 19: Garpun
Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur
Military launch: no webcast
May 15: Kobalt-M
Soyuz-2.1a from Plesetsk
Military launch: no webcast
May 19: Garpun
Proton-M/Briz-M from Baikonur
Military launch: no webcast
May 5: Dragon 2 stand abort
Webcast (YouTube)