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Informative talk about issues with Artemis. I did not realize how complicated the whole thing is and how poorly the program is run. It's shocking that this far into the program, they still don't even know how many LEO propellant fill launches would be needed.
Japanese space news:
The Japanese X ray telescope may have an instrument issue:
Next H3 launch set for ~mid February:
The Phobos sample return mission is delayed to 2026:
The Japanese X ray telescope may have an instrument issue:
Next H3 launch set for ~mid February:
The Phobos sample return mission is delayed to 2026:
I wonder how much longer it will take it until we reach about one orbital launch per day? Today is January 17th, 2024 and there have been 13 orbital launches so far. I think 2024 is going to be a banner year for orbital launches! There were 223 launches last year of which 211 were successes. That is up from 178 in 2022. Hopefully we will break the 365 barrier in the next couple of years!
India has revealed variants of its Next Generation Launch Vehicle (NGLV)
Something is wrong with the GTO payload mass. The total mass is 470+120+32=622T or close to 700T depending on if those numbers are fuel mass or including dry mass. It is a rocket similar to Ariane 5 at 777T. Ariane 5 is a LHX/LOX+SRB launcher which enjoys high payload ratio, yet its GTO payload mass is only 6.9T to 10.8T. How could NGLV reaches more than double? Also other figures of NGLV is actually in line with other known rockets of similar class.
PiSigma
"the engineer"
Supapower can send up 300T in a 5T rocket. Don't question their vedic math.