{"id":20128,"date":"2019-11-02T15:36:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T19:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20128"},"modified":"2019-11-02T15:36:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T19:36:23","slug":"space-transport-roundup-nov-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20128","title":{"rendered":"Space transport roundup &#8211; Nov.2.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find <a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=5\">previous roundups here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Northrop Grumman Antares successfully launches <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northropgrumman.com\/Capabilities\/Cygnus\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Cygnus cargo spacecraft<\/a><\/strong>. This is the 12th Cygnus mission to the the ISS. The craft is to dock with the ISS at 4:10 am EST on Monday, Nov. 4th.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/spacestation\/2019\/11\/02\/u-s-cygnus-cargo-ship-reaches-orbit-for-monday-delivery\/\">U.S. Cygnus Cargo Ship Reaches Orbit for Monday Delivery \u2013 Space Station\/NASA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/11\/upgraded-antares-launch-first-crs2-nasa-cygnus\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Upgraded Antares launches first CRS2 NASA flight of Cygnus &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lift off is at the 30:32 point in the webcast video:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yWZKQ73aGrg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The pre-launch briefing given on Friday:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IXywQqUE5mM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Japan&#8217;s HTV-8 \u201cKounotori\u201d cargo vehicle left the ISS<\/strong> on Friday: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasaspaceflight.com\/2019\/11\/jaxa-launch-htv-8-cargo-iss\/\">HTV-8 departs ISS ahead of destructive re-entry &#8211; NASASpaceFlight.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZXwhT9yx6s?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RocketLabusa.com\">Rocket Lab<\/a> CEO Peter Beck<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/mainenginecutoff.com\/podcast\/138\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Episode T+138: Peter Beck, Founder of Rocket Lab &#8211; Main Engine Cut Off<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Peter_J_Beck\">Peter Beck<\/a>, Founder, CEO, and CTO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/\">Rocket Lab<\/a>, joins me to talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-successfully-launches-ninth-electron-mission-deploys-payload-to-highest-orbit-yet\/\">what they\u2019ve been up to<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/electron\/\">Electron<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/photon\/\">Photon<\/a>, as well as some of their new offerings like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-partners-with-kongsberg-satellite-services-for-electron-and-photon-ground-station-support\/\">ground station support through KSAT<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/news\/updates\/rocket-lab-to-deliver-payloads-to-the-moon-and-beyond-with-photon\/\">Photon missions to the Moon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20128-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.simplecast.com\/audio\/232ec5\/232ec5f9-c8b1-4198-a24e-3a96d4edfad7\/0e5035db-fe39-4382-a240-6de3c0e9d391\/t-138_tc.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.simplecast.com\/audio\/232ec5\/232ec5f9-c8b1-4198-a24e-3a96d4edfad7\/0e5035db-fe39-4382-a240-6de3c0e9d391\/t-138_tc.mp3\">https:\/\/cdn.simplecast.com\/audio\/232ec5\/232ec5f9-c8b1-4198-a24e-3a96d4edfad7\/0e5035db-fe39-4382-a240-6de3c0e9d391\/t-138_tc.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>**<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aevumspace.com\/\">Aevum<\/a> gains a USAF contract for its drone-launched rocket<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/vectors-lost-contract-gives-wings-to-new-startup-aevum\/\">Vector\u2019s lost contract gives wings to new startup Aevum &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Aevum, an Alabama startup designing a drone-launched rocket in a former textile mill, went from winning a $50,000 study grant to landing a $4.9 million U.S. Air Force launch contract in the span of three weeks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>About a month later, on Oct. 10, Aevum then became one of eight launch service providers qualified by the Air Force to compete for $986 million worth of small- and medium-sized launch missions over nine years.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19681\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19681\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=19681\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RavnReleasesRocket-Aevum.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"540,281\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ravn Releases Rocket &amp;#8211; Aevum\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ravn Releases Rocket &amp;#8211; Aevum&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RavnReleasesRocket-Aevum.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19681\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RavnReleasesRocket-Aevum-500x260.jpg\" alt=\"Ravn Releases Rocket - Aevum\" width=\"500\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RavnReleasesRocket-Aevum-500x260.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RavnReleasesRocket-Aevum.jpg 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19681\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ravn Releases Rocket &#8211; Aevum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginorbit.com\">Virgin Orbit<\/a> promotes LauncherOne for beyond earth orbit missions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>With the addition of a third stage housed within the rocket\u2019s fairing, LauncherOne can send cutting-edge satellites on a ride past LEO into deep space. We\u2019ve run the numbers, and we think we\u2019ve got a solid engineering plan for ways to use a third stage to launch payloads not only into LEO, MEO, and GEO, but even towards the Moon, any of the Earth-Moon LaGrange points, various main-belt asteroids, Venus, or Mars. With this simple adaptation, LauncherOne unlocks the ability to deliver enough mass to interplanetary destinations to conduct some really valuable smallsat missions, whether that\u2019s studying the potential for extraterrestrial life or learning more about the chemical composition of far-flung worlds.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WviwMNQ-EaU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/blushiftaerospace.com\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>bluShift Aerospace<\/strong><\/a><strong> hopes to launch bio-fueled rockets from Maine<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscentermaine.com\/article\/news\/local\/bath-brunswick\/legislator-proposes-study-of-maine-space-port-that-could-net-billions-in-nanosatellite-market\/97-56326ade-87f0-470b-9b91-d7daab7a25a0\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billion-dollar &#8216;Space Port&#8217; business could be headed to Maine if state legislator has her way | newscentermaine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>&#8220;For long enough people have thought of Mainers as, &#8216;We do great lobster, we do, heck, we do great beer,'&#8221; Sascha Deri, founder of bluShift, said. &#8220;It&#8217;s time for us to show the world that, &#8216;No, we do a lot of really cool things too like, rockets.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/crXtjZZorvQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>China prepares for launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Long_March_5\">Long March 5<\/a> heavy lift rocke<\/strong>t: <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/10\/31\/china-on-pace-to-resume-long-march-5-launches-by-end-of-year\/\">China on pace to resume Long March 5 launches by end of year \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Components for China\u2019s third Long March 5 rocket arrived at the country\u2019s southern launch base this week as teams prepare for the first flight of the heavy-lift launcher since a 2017 mission ended in failure.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The return-to-flight mission, expected in the second half of December, is a major test of the heavy-lift rocket before China commits to launching a Mars rover and a lunar sample return mission on Long March 5 vehicles next year.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>French space agency tests <a href=\"https:\/\/frog.cnes.fr\/en\/frog-0\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frog<\/a>, a prototype vertical takeoff &amp; landing vehicle<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/frog.cnes.fr\/fr\/vols-captifs-reussis-pour-frog\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Successful captive flights for FROG &#8211; CNES<\/a>. It is jet powered but serves to teach the VTOL techniques needed for rocket landings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Both demonstrations in captive flight take-off and landing were a success.\u00a0FROG is a small scale flight demonstrator designed to test vertical landing algorithms for future reusable launchers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The project team is currently preparing the Free Flight Fitness Review (RAV) which will take place in October and will allow free flight tests, without gantry or safety cable.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Premi\u00e8res images de FROG, le d\u00e9monstrateur de vol &#x1f1eb;&#x1f1f7; qui teste des algorithmes d\u2019atterrissage pour les futurs lanceurs r\u00e9utilisables europ\u00e9ens &#x1f680;&#x1f1ea;&#x1f1fa; Bient\u00f4t les 1ers vols libres &#x1f609; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1zVqpE0tRH\">https:\/\/t.co\/1zVqpE0tRH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hCcmzvQPHf\">pic.twitter.com\/hCcmzvQPHf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CNES (@CNES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNES\/status\/1190569991025971200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20123\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20123\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frog.cnes.fr\/fr\/vols-captifs-reussis-pour-frog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20123\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"814,543\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FROG VTOL Prototype\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;FROG rocket powered VTOL prototype in tethered tests.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20123\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1-500x334.jpg\" alt=\"FROG VTOL Prototype\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_portique1.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FROG jet powered VTOL prototype in tethered tests.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20124\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20124\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frog.cnes.fr\/fr\/vols-captifs-reussis-pour-frog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20124\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20124\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"814,434\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FROG Schematic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Schematic diagram of the FROG VTOL demonstrator.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20124\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1-500x267.jpg\" alt=\"FROG Schematic\" width=\"500\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1-500x267.jpg 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/bpc_frog_schema1.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schematic diagram of the FROG VTOL demonstrator.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>Japan preparing the RV-X vertical takeoff and landing rocket vehicle<\/strong> for test flights. The RV-X is essentially a re-start of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/Links\/RLV\/RLVCountdown2.html#RVT\">RVT<\/a> (<em>Reusable Vehicle Tes<\/em>t) program of the late 1990s, early 2000s. See my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hobbyspace.com\/AAdmin\/archive\/Interviews\/Systems\/Inatani.html\">interview with Yoshifumi Inatani<\/a>, who led the RVT program.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ja\">The RV-X will use a single 40 kN LH2\/LOX engine for suborbital flights. Ground tests are already underway, and flight tests are scheduled for next year!<\/p>\n<p>\u30a8\u30f3\u30b8\u30f3\u306f40kN\u306e\u63a8\u529b\u3067\u3001\u63a8\u9032\u5264LH2\/LOx\u3002<br \/>\n\u73fe\u5728\u306f\u5730\u4e0a\u5b9f\u9a13\u4e2d\u3067\u3001\u6765\u5e74\u304b\u3089\u98db\u884c\u5b9f\u9a13\u304c\u59cb\u307e\u308b\u4e88\u5b9a\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/isasopen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#isasopen<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VciH950faX\">pic.twitter.com\/VciH950faX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Richardson (@Mattgineer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mattgineer\/status\/1190529650956500993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here is a set of <a href=\"https:\/\/www8.cao.go.jp\/space\/comittee\/27-kiban\/kiban-dai40\/pdf\/siryou2-2-1.pdf\">program overview slides in Japanese (pdf)<\/a>. Note that CALLISTO mentioned on the slides refers to a VTOL suborbital rocket vehicle under development by the French and German space agencies. See CALLISTO &#8211; Reusable VTVL launcher first stage demonstrator, E. Dumont et al, 2018 (pdf).<\/p>\n<p>** <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodus-space.com\/\"><strong>Exodus Space<\/strong><\/a><strong> pursues two-stage space plane RLV design<\/strong>. Here is an overview by Fraser Cain:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWfkW2y-hAQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Exodus CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodus-space.com\/team\/\">Miguel Ayala<\/a> recently gave a presentation to the <a href=\"http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/archivelist.htm\">FISO<\/a> (Future In-Space Operations Working Group): <a href=\"http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/telecon\/Ayala_10-9-19\/\"><em>Fully Reusable, Two-Stage-To-Orbit (TSTO), Horizontal Takeoff &amp; Landing Spaceplanes<\/em><\/a> &#8211; Here are the <a href=\"http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/telecon\/Ayala_10-9-19\/Ayala_10-9-19.pdf\">slides (pdf)<\/a> and the audio:<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20128-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/telecon\/Ayala_10-9-19\/Ayala.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/telecon\/Ayala_10-9-19\/Ayala.mp3\">http:\/\/fiso.spiritastro.net\/telecon\/Ayala_10-9-19\/Ayala.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20126\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodus-space.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20126\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=20126\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1.png\" data-orig-size=\"1596,798\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AstroClipper &amp;#8211; Exodus Space\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The flight sequence for the Exodus Space AstroClipper reusable launch system.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1-1024x512.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20126\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1-500x250.png\" alt=\"AstroClipper - Exodus Space\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1-500x250.png 500w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-07-24-at-11.32.29-AM1.png 1596w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flight sequence for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exodus-space.com\/\">Exodus Space<\/a> AstroClipper reusable launch system.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>** <strong>Latest update on space elevators from <a href=\"https:\/\/isec.org\/\">ISEC <\/a><\/strong>(Int. Space Elevator Consortium): <a href=\"https:\/\/isec.z2systems.com\/np\/clients\/isec\/viewOnlineEmail.jsp?emailId=bf07a0f12103f721a1684cc18237b4d5bm450212bf0\">ISEC Newsletter &#8211; November 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The ISEC has had an impact. In the last 6 years the technical maturity and engineering substance of the Space Elevator has solidified and become organized; most notably as the Galactic Harbour.\u00a0\u00a0 ISEC\u2019s Technology Development and Maturation approach has melded a better definition of the Space Elevator Engineering solution(s).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The Elevator is no longer a mystery. Engineering approaches for the Tether Climber, the Earth Port, the GEO Region, and the Apex Anchor have been expressed in terms everyone understands; a harbor. The last technology hurdle \u2013 strong material for the tether \u2013 was conquered.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>NASA Commercial Crew update<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teslarati.com\/spacex-nasa-praises-crew-dragon-explosion-response\/\">SpaceX&#8217;s Crew Dragon explosion response praised by NASA in new briefing &#8211; Teslarati<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/2019\/10\/31\/boeing-spacex-readying-for-crew-capsule-abort-tests\/\">Boeing, SpaceX readying for crew capsule abort tests \u2013 Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/boeing-and-spacex-preparing-for-commercial-crew-abort-tests\/\">Boeing and SpaceX preparing for commercial crew abort tests &#8211; SpaceNews.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The current dates for the tests:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boeing:\n<ul>\n<li>Nov.4: Pad abort test at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico. The event will be webcast.<\/li>\n<li>Dec.17: Orbital Flight Test (OFT) will send an uncrewed Starliner to the ISS via a ULA Atlas V launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>SpaceX:\n<ul>\n<li>Nov. 6: Static firing of all the SuperDraco engines on the Crew Dragon.<\/li>\n<li>Early Dec.: In-flight abort test in which a Crew Dragon will fire its abort engines to depart from a Falcon 9 during the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Max_q\">max-Q<\/a> portion of the flight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>** <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.SpaceX.com\">SpaceX<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Attaching a canard to the Spaceship Mk.1<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7e6t4HqJCOU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PRK109YSHNY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>** <strong>Next Falcon 9 launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starlink.com\/\">Starlink<\/a> satellites set for Nov. 11<\/strong>. Presumably these Starlinks will be operational spacecraft rather than the demo prototypes on the first launch.\u00a0 Over the coming year, SpaceX hopes to get into a routine of Starlink launches about every two weeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/spacex\/\">2nd Starlink Mission Launch Campaign Thread : spacex\/reddit.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">== <em>Amazon Ad<\/em> ==<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0989135519\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0989135519&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=hobbyspace&amp;linkId=5203723e716aff942564e0553e7de329\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Safe Is Not an Option<\/strong><\/em><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=hobbyspace&amp;l=am2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0989135519\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ac&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=0989135519&amp;asins=0989135519&amp;linkId=77da9ee9c40bd2d5bdefcfdd25afd5da&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true&amp;price_color=333333&amp;title_color=0066c0&amp;bg_color=ffffff\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images dealing with space transport (find previous roundups here). ** Northrop Grumman Antares successfully launches Cygnus cargo spacecraft. This is the 12th Cygnus mission to the the ISS. The craft is to dock with the ISS at 4:10 am EST on Monday, Nov. 4th. 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