Vier lanceringen deze week en een pak satellieten extra in een baan om de aarde. Met motortesten voor raketten in ontwikkeling. Eén ruimtewandeling uitgesteld, een andere eindigt in mineur. Heel wat nieuwtjes uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte waar Mars weer met de nodige aandacht gaat lopen. En na de NUDR van vorige week blikken we nog eens terug op die eerste Amerikaanse satelliet.

Er is nog heel wat meer in deze Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart, maar bovenal, heel wat ruimtevaartfans zijn ijverig aan het aftellen naar dinsdag. Hopelijk wordt het een mooie dag met een perfecte lancering van de Falcon Heavy.

Na dagje uitstel geslaagde Falcon 9-lancering voor Luxemburgse GovSat-1.
Spaceflight101: SpaceX Delays Expendable Falcon 9 Launch with Luxembourg’s GovSat-1.

SES: GovSat-1 Successfully Launched on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket.
Spaceflight101: Luxembourg’s GovSat-1 in Orbit after Flawless Boost by Flight-Proven SpaceX Falcon 9.
BBC: Luxembourg PM watches GovSat-1 space launch.
Spaceflight Insider: Launch of GovSat-1 Clears The Way For First Fight OF Falcon Heavy.

De persmap vind je hier (PDF).

En de eerste trap? Wel, het was niet echt de bedoeling dat die het ging overleven.
Ars Technica: Amazingly, SpaceX fails to expend its rocket.

De beelden:
US Launch Report: SpaceX - GovSat1 - Launch Plus 01-31-2018.
America Space: SpaceX Launches GovSat-1/ REMOTE CAMERA VIEWS.
SciNews: GovSat-1 satellite deployment (SES-16).

Soyuz-lancering vanaf Vostochny brengt 11 satellieten in baan om Aarde.
TASS: Soyuz carrier rocket installed on Russia’s Vostochny launch pad.
TASS: Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying 11 satellites launched from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport.
TASS: Russia’s Kanopus-V satellites delivered to orbit.
TASS: Nine foreign satellites put into orbit after launch from Vostochny spaceport.

Spaceflight101: Soyuz / Fregat Redeem Themselves on Third Vostochny Launch.
NasaSpaceFlight: Russia opens 2018 campaign with Soyuz 2-1A launch of Kanopus-V.

Een reeks filmpjes:
Roscosmos: Aankomst raket in de voorbereidingshal.
Roscosmos: Satellieten en de neuskegel.
Roscosmos: Assemblage raket.
Roscosmos: Assemblage raket.
Roscosmos: Buitenrollen van de raket.
Roscosmos: Raket op het lanceerplatform.
Roscosmos: Lancering.
Roscosmos: O.a. over de lancering zelf en Kanopus.

China lanceert nieuwe reeks satellieten, waaronder aardbevingsonderzoeksatelliet.
GB Times: China launches seismo-electromagnetic probe along with ESA, Danish and commercial CubeSats.
NasaSpaceFlight: Long March 2D launches Zhangheng-1 Earthquake investigator. 
Spaceflight101: Chinese Long March 2D Launches Earthquake Research Satellite & Six MicroSatellites.

Enkele filmpjes:
New China TV: China launches satellite for predicting earthquakes.
Sci News: Long March-2D launches China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (Zhangheng-1/张衡一号)

Over het Europese satellietje:
ESA: Putting everyday computer parts to space radiation test.

Japanse ‘mini’raket met succes gelanceerd.
Spaceflight101: World’s Smallest Launch Vehicle Ready for Second Attempt at Reaching Orbit.

Japan Today: Japan launches world's tiniest satellite-carrying rocket.
NasaSpaceFlight: Japanese sounding rocket shoots for record-breaking orbital launch.
Spaceflight101: Japan’s SS-520 CubeSat Launch Vehicle Achieves Success on Second Try.

De lancering kan je hier herbekijken.

Aftellen naar de lancering van Falcon Heavy.
The Washington Post: Elon Musk is set to launch his Falcon Heavy rocket, a flamethrower of another sort.
Space News: SpaceX receives launch license for first Falcon Heavy launch.

De lancering is voorzien nu dinsdag 6 februari, tussen 19:30-22:00 onze tijd. Live te volgen (wellicht) via: http://youtube.com/c/spacex/live

Israel ligt nog in de clinch met verzekeraars Amos 6.
De satelliet ging verloren toen een Falcon 9 ontplofte bij een tanktest.
Parabolic Arc: IAI Files Lawsuit Over Lost Satellite.

Motortesten voor SLS, Rocket Lab en New Glenn.
NASA: NASA Conducts Second RS-25 Engine Hot Fire Test of 2018.
NasaSpaceFlight: RS-25 fires up again to continue 3D printed Pogo testing.
Beelden van de test vind je hier. 

Parabolic Arc: Rocket Lab Reaches 500 Rutherford Engine Test Fires

SpaceCom: Watch Blue Origin Fire Up Engine for Huge New Glenn Rocket (Video).

Zero2Infinity, Indra en Bloostar.
Parabolic Arc: Indra & Zero 2 Infinity Team Up.
Space News: Spain’s Indra teams up with balloon operator and launch startup Zero2Infinity.

Meer raketnieuwtjes.
Space News: NASA to be part of Ariane 5 anomaly investigation.

ESA: Ariane 6 Launch Site Visit.
Parabolic Arc: PLD Space Receives ESA Congtract for ARION 2 Launcher Study.

ULA: United Launch Alliance Assumes Marketing and Sales for Atlas V Commercial Launches from Lockheed Martin.
Space News: To stay competitive in the launch business, ULA courts commercial customers.
Space News: SpaceX and ULA poised to face off in the next round of military launch competition.

Parabolic Arc: New Effort to Exempt Spaceport America Records From Public Scrutiny.
Parabolic Arc: Group Forms to Support Spaceport America.

Space Videos: NASA HIstory: Kennedy Space Center - Bridge To Space (filmpje).

Space News: UK-Ukrainian launch vehicle developer Skyrora to establish smallsat launch site.

Moelijke tijden voor de Russische Proton-raket. 
Ars Technica: Russia’s Proton rocket falls on hard times.
De tijd is rijp voor Angara?
ILS: Khrunichev Space Center: Preparations underway for serial production of Angara family of launch vehicles.

GB Times: Chinese space company Linkspace takes step towards reusable rocket with landing test.

Over de training van ruimtevaarders.
Het eerste filmpje geeft een mooi overzicht van de training in het algemeen. In dit filmpje over Chinese ruimtevaarders ligt de nadruk duidelijk op het fysieke aspect en het verloop van een ruimtevlucht. Het tweede filmpje laat zien dat er bij de Europese astronauten (aanvullend) een vrij algemene technische opleiding niet meer mag ontbreken.
CCTV English: How Chinese astronauts are trained.
ESA: New training for ESA astronauts.

ISS – Amerikaanse EVA uitgesteld, Russische (record)wandeling gaat door.
Amerikaanse wandeling uitgesteld omdat Canadezen oplossing vinden voor robotarm (zie ook de vorige NUDR).
CSA: Spacewalk postponed thanks to a creative Canadian software solution.
SpaceQ: Monday spacewalk postponed as CSA finds software solution to Canadarm2 LEE communication problem.
Spaceflight101: ISS Spacewalk Pushed to February after Successful Troubleshooting on Canadarm2 End Effector.
CSA: How Canadian engineers pulled off a software miracle to save Canadarm2 (filmpje).

NASA: Crew looking ahead to Friday Russian spacewalk.
NASA: Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk Preps, More Eye Checks for Rest of Crew.
Spaceflight101: Russian Cosmonauts set for Ambitious EVA to Revamp High-Gain Communications System

NASA: Cosmonauts Finish Record-Breaking Russian Spacewalk.
PhysOrg: Recording-setting spacewalk ends with antenna in wrong spot.
NasaSpaceFlight: Russian spacewalk breaks endurance record via new antenna system installation.
SpaceCom: Cosmonauts Break Russian Spacewalk Record During Space Station Antenna Repair.
Spaceflight101: Russian ISS Segment Receives High-Rate Communications Capability via Record-Setting EVA.
Sputnik News: Russian Cosmonauts Set New Record for Longest Spacewalk.

Enkele filmpjes:
NASA Johnson: Space to Ground: Russian Spacewalk: 02/02/2018.
NASA: Space Station Cosmonauts Walk in Space to Upgrade Communications Hardware.

ISS – Bemanning praat met onderwijzend personeel en studenten.
CSA: LIVE – Jeremy Hansen answers questions from students (filmpje).
NASA: Space Station Crew Member Discusses Life in Space with Educators (filmpje).

Orion / SLS.
The Orion Monthly Newsletter (december 2017) (PDF).
NASA: The Orion Stage Adapter Flight Hardware for NASA's Space Launch System.
Lockheed Martin: Soon Humans Will Travel Out Beyond the Moon.
NASA: Structural Testing Complete on SLS Core Stage Powerhouse.

Deep Space Habitat / Gateway.
Parabolic Arc: Sierra Nevada Signs Contract with NASA for Deep Space Habitat Prototype.

Popular Mechanis: This Was a Huge Week for the NASA-Russia Lunar Space Station and the Future of Spaceflight.
Parabolic Arc: NASA & JAXA Agree to Pursue Deep Space Gateway.

Rusland, ruimtetoeristen en ruimtewandelingen.
The Guardian: Russia to offer tourists spacewalks for $100m – with discount for first taker.
PhysOrg: Russia to start offering spacewalks for tourists.

China op de maan.
CCTV+: How Does It Feel to Stay in Virtual "Moon Base”? (filmpje).

Naar Mars.
Explore Mars: Explore Mars Inc. presents: Harnessing the Mandate for Mars, a Capitol Hill Briefing Panel.

SpaceCom: What NASA's Mock Space Missions Tell Us About the Need for Martian Law.

Air & Space: Why Not Use the Space Station as a Mars Mission Simulator?

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Venus:
Sky & Telescope: Akatsuki’s Amazing Views of Venus.

Aarde:
NASA Johnson: One World Many Views (filmpje).

Moon:
NewsWeek: India joins US and China with plans to visit the Moon.

Mars:
NASA JPL: Vista From Mars Rover Looks Back Over Journey So Far.
NASA JPL: NASA Mars Report: January 31, 2018 (filmpje).
Universe Today: Curiosity has lasted more than 2000 days on Mars, triple its original mission plan.

Jupiter:
SpaceCom: By Jove! Jupiter Storms Rage in New Juno Photo.
TechnologyOrg: Icy Worlds Like Europa and Enceladus Might Actually be too Soft to Land On.

De Kuiper Gordel:
NASA Podcast: Gravity Assist: The Kuiper Belt with Alan Stern.

Over de terug gevonden IMAGE-satelliet.
Bij een zoektocht naar ZUMA (zie NUDR) vonden amateurs een dood gewaande NASA-satelliet weer levend terug.
Spaceflight101: NASA’s Long Dead IMAGE Science Probe Found Alive by Satellite Trackers.
NPR: Amateur Astronomer Finds NASA Satellite Long Given Up For Dead.
NewsWeek: NASA IMAGE: Long-lost satellite tech is so old NASA can’t read it.
NASA: Latest Data From IMAGE Indicates Spacecraft’s Power Functional.
NASA: NASA’s Newly Rediscovered IMAGE Mission Provided Key Aurora Research.

Europa en Galileo.
PhysOrg: Europe claims 100 million users for Galileo satnav system.
GPS World: Next-generation EGNOS to combine Galileo, GPS for aviation.
EGSA: Galileo quartet – what stage are the satellites at now?
SpaceNewsFeed: European industry has its say on Galileo’s post-2020 future.

Brexit en de ruimteambities van de UK.
PhysOrg: Europe's space agency braces for Brexit fallout.
The Guardian: Brexit blow as satellite monitoring centre moves from UK to Spain.

GovUK: Bold ambitions for space in the UK.
GovUK: UK Space Agency announces new funding for industry.
GovUK: UK Space Agency backs Spire as ESA space mission provider.
GovUK: UK to play a major role in space weather mission concept.
Reuters: Britain reviewing risks to its satellite-reliant infrastructure.

Om af te ronden: Nog eens Explorer 1.
NASA: Celebrating 60 Years of Groundbreaking U.S. Space Science.
NASA: Studying the Van Allen Belts 60 Years After America’s First Spacecraft.

Sky & Telescope: Explorer 1: NASA Marks 60 Years in Space.
NasaSpaceFlight: 60 years after U.S.’s first satellite success, space program thriving.

Er waren weer heel wat filmpjes over die eerste Amerikaanse satellietlancering.
NASA Goddard: Explorer 1: Celebrating 60 Years in Space.
Science At NASA: ScienceCasts: America's Debut in Space: Explorer 1.
NASA JPL: Explorer 1 & 60 Years of Space Science (live public talk).
NASA: Explorer 1: How America's First Satellite Helped Create NASA.

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