Spaceflight News

— Test Fest III

— Ariane 6 test fires upper stage engines (esa.int)

— Aerojet-Rocketdyne tests new solid motor (rocket.com) (PAYWALL: aviationweek.com)

— BE-4 full-duration firing (Video: twitter.com/torybruno)

Short & Sweet

— Ireland’s first satellite readies for launch (bbc.com) (eirsat1.ie)

— Crew-5 launches to Station (americaspace.com)

— Engineers regain control of CAPSTONE (spacenews.com)

Interview – UVic ORCASat team: Alex Doknjas, Project Manager and Biarki Weeks, Undergrad Technical Lead

— The team published a wonderful assembly timelapse (youtube.com)

— twitter.com/AlexDoknjas

This Week in Spaceflight History

— 11 October 1968: The launch of Apollo 7 (en.wikipedia.org) (collectspace.com)

— Next week (10/18 - 10/24) in 2008: Let’s start with a weather satellite

Episode 380: DOWNLINK--Alex Doknjas and Biarki Weeks

The Orbital Mechanics Podcast