Weekly Space Report: New Glenn Catastrophe!

SCANALYZER The Happening World
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Highlights:

  • Blue Origin’s New Glenn full stack explodes on pad just prior to hot fire test. Pad completely destroyed.

  • Lots of footage of the RUD and aftermath.

  • Speculation on Blue Origin’s next steps/adjustments.

  • Consequences for Blue Moon landers and Amazon’s Kuiper constellation.

  • More review of Starship Test Flight 12.

  • Booster acceleration profile differences to Flight 11. Spectacular improvements in ascent performance.

  • Missing altitude stats for beginning of 2nd stage.

  • Lots of imagery released by SpaceX.

  • Boostback failure analysis accounting for video delay versus telemetry

  • Speculation on test campaigns for Booster 20 and Ship 40.

  • Pad 1 conversion progress

  • Ship and Booster lay-down fixtures for barge transport

  • KSC SLC launch tower progress

  • Falcon 9: Starlink 10-47, Starlink 17-37, Starlink 10-53

  • NASA Moon Base plans dropped. Astrolab and Lunar Outpost contracts awarded.

  • MoonFall Lunar Drones discussion.

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