Er waren weer 6 lanceringen deze week, maar er was ook nieuws dichter bij huis. Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws dus. Met PROBA 3, PROBA V maar ook en vooral over onze nieuwe Belgische astronaut-in-spé. Raphaël Liégeois bezocht ESTEC in Nederland en was ook in het land voor o.a. een voordrachtje hier en daar. ‘t Was voorlopig de laatste week dat daartoe de mogelijkheden waren, want maandag begint zijn opleiding in Keulen, in het European Astronaut Center. Dat en nog veel, veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De ruimtevaart van deze week.

Bij de foto: Raphaël Liégeois begint maandag aan zijn astronautentraining. Afgelopen week was hij niet alleen in ons land, maar hij bezocht ook, samen met Thomas Dermine, staatssecretaris voor o.a. wetenschapsbeleid.

India lanceert OneWeb-satellieten.
OneWeb: OneWeb to launch 36 satellites with ISRO in final launch to complete constellation & enable global service.

Space News: OneWeb completes constellation deployment for global broadband.
BBC: OneWeb company close to taking the internet global.
BusinessLine: OneWeb satellites one step away from offering space-based Internet services across the world.
NasaSpaceFlight: OneWeb completes initial constellation with launch from India.
Spaceflight Now: Indian launch gives OneWeb enough satellites for global internet service.
Payload: OneWeb Launch Shows ISRO’s Budding Commercial Opportunities.

Gizmodo: What’s the Difference Between SpaceX’s Starlink and OneWeb?

Filmpjes:
ISRO Official: Launch of LVM3-M3/OneWeb India-2 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
SciNews: OneWeb 18 launch (OneWeb India-2 mission).

Israël lanceert Ofek-13.
Space News: Israel launches Ofek spy satellite.
NasaSpaceFlight: Israeli Shavit-2 successfully launches Ofek 13 military satellite.
SpaceCom: Israel launches 'most advanced of its kind' radar spy satellite.
Gizmodo: Israel Launches Spy Satellite as Political Tensions Continue on the Ground.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Shavit-2 launches Ofek-13.

Soyuz 2.1v lanceert Kosmos 2568.
NasaSpaceFlight: Russia launches classified payload from Plesetsk on Soyuz-2.1v.

SpaceX lanceert Starlink.
NasaSpaceFlight: Falcon 9 launches for eigth time in March carrying Starlink 5-10.
Tesmanian: SpaceX launches another batch of 56 Starlink satellites to expand internet coverage.

Filmpje:
SpaceX: Starlink Mission.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 78 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 29 March 2023.

SpaceX en de problemen met Starlink V2 Mini.
Tesmanian: Elon Musk shares SpaceX is working to test Starlink V2 Mini satellites thoroughly after ‘experiencing some issues’ in orbit.

Filmpje:
TMRO Space News: Starlink V2: Is It Broken or Working? // Space News from TMRO.

Chinese LM 2D lanceert Piesat-aardobservatiesatellieten.
ECNS: China launches new remote-sensing satellites.
ECNS (foto’s): China launches four Earth-observation satellites.
ECNS: China launches wheel-like constellation of remote-sensing satellites.

Space News: China launches 4 InSAR satellites and new Yaogan reconnaissance sat.

Filmpje:
CGTN: China launches new remote-sensing satellites.
SciNews: Long March-2D launches four PIESAT-1 satellites.

Chinese LM 4C lanceert Yaogan 34-04.
ECNS: China launches new Yaogan-34 remote sensing satellite.
ECNS (foto’s): China launches Yaogan-34 04 remote sensing satellite.

Space News: China launches 4 InSAR satellites and new Yaogan reconnaissance sat.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches Yaogan-34 Remote Sensing Satellite.
SciNews: Long March-4C launches Yaogan-34-04.

ULA – Tegenslag voor Vulcan – Eerste lancering wellicht uitgesteld.
TipNetWork: Vulcan Experiences Anomaly During Test, Maiden Flight Delayed.

De recentste blog post bij ULA is nog van voor het probleem met de Centaur Upper Stage.
ULA Vulcan Blog: Vulcan: Tanking tests performed on ULA's new rocket

Astra – Rocket  4 nog dit jaar.
Space News: Astra says Rocket 4 development on schedule for late 2023 first flight.
Payload: Astra Announces Q4 and FY2022 Losses.

Suborbitaal ruimtevliegtuig klaar voor een eerste vlucht.
Payload: Dawn Aerospace’s Spaceplane Aims for April Test Flight.
Meer info over de Dawn Mk-II Aurora vind je hier.

Het einde van Virgin Orbit? Mogelijke investeerders haken af.
Zie ook vorige week.

SpaceCom: Virgin Orbit extends employee furlough after finance deal falls through: report.
Space News: Virgin Orbit lays off most employees.
BBC: Virgin Orbit: Sir Richard Branson's rocket company cuts 85% of workforce.
Parabolic Arc: Virgin Orbit To Shut Down After Failing To Find A Financial Lifeline.
SpaceCom: Virgin Orbit ceasing operations 'for the foreseeable future:' report.

Oorzaken mislukte lancering New Shepard bekendgemaakt.
Zie ook vorige week.

Ars Technica: Blue Origin provides a detailed analysis of its launch failure.
Spaceflight Now: Blue Origin blames September New Shepard abort on engine nozzle failure.

India – Bemande ruimtevaart.
ISRO: ISRO receives the crew module structure simulated assembly.
The Times of India: Gaganyaan: Astronauts complete 1st Sem, Isro makes progress.
The Hindu: Astronauts selected for Gaganyaan mission complete first semester of crew training.

NASA – Hoofd “Human Spaceflight” stapt op.
NASA: Changes Ahead as NASA’s Human Spaceflight Head Plans Retirement.
Space Policy Online: Ken Bowersox to succeed retiring SOMD head Kathy Lueders.

(Opnieuw) Uitstel voor eerste bemande Starliner-vlucht.
NASA CCP Blog: NASA, Boeing Prepare for Starliner Flight This Summer.
Space News: Starliner crewed test flight delayed to July.
Ars Technica: NASA delays flight of Boeing’s Starliner again, this time for parachutes.
Space Policy Online: Starliner Crew Flight Test slips again, now july at the earliest.
SpaceCom: Boeing delays 1st Starliner astronaut mission again, targets July 21 liftoff.

Filmpje:
NASA: Media Briefing: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Media Update.

Eerste vlucht Dream Chaser uitgesteld tot december 2023.
SpaceCom: Private Dream Chaser space plane's 1st launch slips to December: report.

ISS – Onbemande “lekke” Soyuz MS-22 is veilig en wel weer op Aarde.
TASS: Damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft undocks from orbital outpost in crewless mode.
TASS: Descent module of damaged Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft lands in Kazakhstan.

NasaSpaceFlight: Damaged Soyuz MS-22 craft returns home uncrewed.
PhysOrg: Uncrewed Russian spacecraft that leaked coolant lands safely.
Spaceflight Now: Damaged Russian Soyuz capsule returns to Earth without a crew.
Space Policy Online: NASA and Roscosmos assessing conditions inside Soyuz MS-22 during reentry.

Filmpjes:
NASA: Expedition 68 Uncrewed Soyuz MS-22 International Space Station Undocking - March 28, 2023.
Roscosmos: Ontkoppeling Soyuz MS-22.
Roscosmos: Landing Soyuz MS-22 (technische uitzending).
Roscosmos: Landing Soyuz MS-22.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-22 undocking and departure.
SciNews: Soyuz MS-22 landing.

Het White House en de “National Low Earth Orbit Research and Development Strategy”.
The White House: Maintaining US Preeminence in Low Earth Orbit.
Het docuent kan je hier downloaden (PDF).

ISS – De blogentries, Daily Summary Reports en Science Highlights.
NASA ISS Blog: Uncrewed Soyuz Vehicle Departs Tuesday; New Space Science Kicks Off.
NASA ISS Blog: Uncrewed Soyuz Vehicle Departing Station Live on NASA TV.
NASA ISS Blog: Uncrewed Soyuz Spacecraft Undocks from Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Uncrewed Soyuz Spaceship Lands in Kazakhstan.
NASA ISS Blog: Expedition 69 Officially Begins on Station.
NASA ISS Blog: Cargo, Research Work Ongoing as Commercial Crew Missions Announced.
NASA ISS Blog: Cardiac Study, Robotics Work, and Light Duty Day for Astronauts.

NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 23/03/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 24/03/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 27/03/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 28/03/2023.
NASA: ISS Daily Summary Report – 29/03/2023.

Space Station Science Highlights: Space Station Science Highlights: Week of March 27, 2023.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
SpaceCom: Microgravity in space can alter human cells. We now know how
The Guardian: Return of the Gedi: space mission that maps Earth’s forests saved from destruction
CNN: Frank Rubio’s first spaceflight will turn into the longest mission by a US astronaut

Filmpje:
NASA: Space to Ground: Setting the Stage: March 31, 2023
CSA: Canada to stay on the International Space Station through 2030
En als je wil weten hoe zo’n Mission Control Room wordt opgebouwd ...
JAXA: Mission Control Room – Renewal Construction – Timelapse.

CSS – Nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Space Station Crew: Third Spacewalk Complete

Filmpjes:
China Space Log: "Space Repairman" of China Space Station.(2023.3.29).
CCTV: Chinese Astronauts Conduct Maintenance on Treadmill As They Look to Keep Fit in Space.
CGTN: Shenzhou-15 taikonauts complete third spacewalk.

Artemis 1 – Shaun The Sheep.
ESA: Celebrate the Artemis 1 mission with Shaun The Sheep.
Collect Space: 'Baa'-ck from the moon, Shaun the Sheep to go on post-Artemis tour.
ESA: Shaun the Sheep is baaa-ck.

Filmpje:
NASA: Artemis I Path to the Pad: Launch and Recovery.

Artemis 2.
NASA Artemis Blog: Artemis II Moon Astronauts to be Named April 3.

SpaceCom: NASA to name Artemis 2 crew next week, the first moon astronauts in 50 years.
SpaceCom: NASA's Artemis 2 trailer builds excitement for moon astronaut reveal with movie flair.

SpaceCom: Artemis 2's Canadian astronaut got their moon mission seat with 'potato salad'.

Filmpje:
NASA: Artemis II Astronaut Announcement: April 3, 2023 (Official NASA Trailer).

Artemis 3.
Payload: NASA Taps Top Scientist for Crewed Moon Return.

Artemis – Gateway.
NASA: NASA’s Jon B. Olansen to Serve as New Gateway Program Manager.
ESA: Gateway blueprint.

Lockheed Martin en Parsec – Lunar Infrastructure As A Service.
Lockheed Martin: Crescent Space To Deliver Critical Services To A Growing Lunar Economy.
Space News: Lockheed Martin subsidiary to offer commercial lunar communications and navigation services.
Space Policy Online: Lockheeed Martin to offer communications, navigation services on the Moon.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
NASA: NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 Sets Record.
Collect Space: NASA Apollo-era crawler, upgraded for Artemis, sets Guinness record.

Universe Today: Don’t Take Batteries to the Moon or Mars, 3D Print Them When you Get There.

Lockheed Martin: Crescent Space To Deliver Critical Services To A Growing Lunar Economy.
Inside Outer Space: Lunar Policy Handbook: Moon Resources – Up for Land Grabs?

SpaceCom: Mars cave-exploring robots take inspiration from Hansel and Gretel's breadcrumb trick.

The Mars Society (filmpje): Mars Direct 3 | A Proposal for SpaceX's Mars Program | Miguel Gurrea.

ILRS – China en Rusland naar de Maan.
Space News: Space official calls for China to seize crucial opportunity to establish lunar infrastructure.

SpaceX – Starship – Eerste orbitale lancering in april?
NasaSpaceFlight: Historic scrubs and aborts that could happen to Starship.
Space Explored: SpaceX’s Starship could get its launch license within two weeks, no seriously this time, stop laughing.

Filmpjes:
Lab Padre: SpaceX Completes Outer Shielding of Starship Launch Mount Before Launch - Starbase Weekly Update #55.
NasaSpaceFlight: Is Starship Booster 7 Returning to the Pad This Week? | Starbase Update.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster Quick Disconnect Tested Before Launch | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NasaSpaceFlight: Live: Final Lift of Booster 7? Orbital Launch Preps at SpaceX Starbase.
NasaSpaceFlight: Booster 7 Lifted Back Onto the OLM Ahead of Launch | SpaceX Boca Chica.
Marcus House: SpaceX Starship Full Stack Imminent: This is crunch time!

AstroLabs rover FLEX met Starship naar de Maan.
AstroLab: Astrolab’s FLEX Rover to be Launched on Upcoming SpaceX Mission to the Moon.
Space News: Astrolab to send rover to the moon on SpaceX’s Starship.

Meer info over FLEX vind je hier bij Astrolab.

Japanse Hakuto-R maakt zich klaar voor landing op de Maan.
Gizmodo: Japanese Spacecraft Captures Intimate Photo of the Moon Ahead of Historic Landing Attempt.
SpaceCom: Private Japanese moon lander sends home stunning image from lunar orbit.

Lunar Flashlight in de problemen.
SpaceCom: Tiny Lunar Flashlight moon probe is in trouble. NASA has one month to fix it.

JUICE – Aftellen naar de lancering.
ESA: Juice prepared for fuelling.
ESA: Juice fuelled for launch.
ESA: Sabotaging Juice.
ESA: Ariane 5 rocket for the Juice launch being transferred to final assembly.
ESA: Ariane 5 for VA260/Juice transfer to final assembly.
DLR Blog: GALA on JUICE Part 1 - All set for launch to Jupiter.
DLR Blog: GALA on JUICE Part 2: From the first idea to the finished instrument – a development story.

Filmpjes:
the making of JUICE: The Making of Juice - Episode10.1: In-Situ science instruments.
the making of JUICE: The Making of Juice Episode 10.2: Remote Sensing science instruments.
the making of JUICE: The Making of Juice Episode 10 3: Geophysics science instruments.

NASA’s visie voor Mars in de volgende jaren.
Space News: NASA releases draft strategy for long-term robotic Mars exploration.
Science org: NASA lays out vision for robotic Mars exploration.

NASA: Exploring Mars Together – DRAFT plan for a sustainable future of science at Mars (PDF).

NASA: New Program Office Leads NASA’s Path Forward for Moon, Mars.
Space Policy Online: NASA establlishes Moon to Mars program office.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Venus:
SpaceCom: NASA Venus mission VERITAS becomes collateral damage amid budget pressures.

Aarde: 
Space News: Remote sensing companies try to capture bigger piece of satellite imaging market.
Space Ref: Greenland’s Ice Sheet Is Close To A Melting Point Of No Return.
Space News: Maxar unveils 30-centimeter global basemap.
ECNS: Pictures taken by China's hyperspectral remote-sensing satellite released.
NY Post: Striking satellite images show Mississippi town before and after deadly tornado.
Explore Big Sky: NASA satellite grant to help MSU water experts remap the flood-torn Yellowstone River.
ESA: Is Europe already drying up?

Maan:
Gizmodo: Chang’e 5: Chinese Moon Mission Finds a Potential Water Reservoir in Lunar Soil.
Universe Today: Beads of Lunar Glass Boost Hopes for Using the Moon’s Water.
SPJ: Research of Lunar Water-Ice and Exploration for China’s Future Lunar Water-Ice Exploration.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3780-3782: Perfect 10.
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 3783-3784: A Picture Perfect Day – Or To Be More Exact, a Day Perfect for Taking Pictures!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sol 3785: Tiptoeing Through the Tricky Terrain.
NASA Perseverance: Journey to Tenby!
NASA Perseverance: NASA's Perseverance Collects First Mars Sample of New Science Campaign.
NASA Perseverance: The Role of a Rover, a Lander, and Helicopters in the Unique Shape of the First Sample Depot on Mars.
NASA Perseverance: MOXIE Celebrates 2 Years on Mars: Discoveries and Work Left To Do.
NASA Ingenuity: Flight 49 Preview – By the Numbers.
Astronomy: Ingenuity helicopter nears 50th flight on Mars.
ExoMars – Inside Outer Space: Mars Landing System: Re-routed Back to Russia.
SpaceCom: UAE Mars orbiter creates stunning new map of the Red Planet.

Saturnus:
NASA: Hubble Finds Saturn's Rings Heating Its Atmosphere.

Planetoides bij Neptunus:
Science Daily: Redness of Neptunian asteroids sheds light on early Solar System.

Bennu:
Space: NASA prepping for September arrival of OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample.

Ryugu: 
Universe Today: Asteroid Ryugu Contains Niacin (aka Vitamin B3).

SES en Intelsat samen?
Space News:  SES confirms Intelsat merger talks.
Air & Cosmos: Can we expect a $10 Billion Satellite Giant?

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws – Nieuws van PROBA 3.
ESA: Proba-3 Coronagraph spacecraft.
ESA: Proba-3 complete: Formation-flying satellites fully integrated.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws – Raphaël Liégeois in België vlak voor hij aan zijn opleiding begint.
VRT NWS: ESA-baas ontkent dat lobbying een rol speelde bij selectie nieuwe Belgische astronaut.
ESA: ESA hosts Belgian astronauts and State Secretary for Science.

Er was ook een gesprek in De Afspraak van 27 maart.

Een reeks tweets van @ESA_Tech met foto’s van het bezoek aan ESTEC.
Tweet 1 – Aankomst bij ESTEC
Tweet 2 – Tijdens het bezoek
Tweet 3 – Meer foto’s van het bezoek.

Enkele sfeerbeelden van Liégeois bij de KU Leuven in dit tweet-bericht.
Liége Université: Raphaël Liégeois, nouvel astronaute belge, de retour à l’ULiège.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws – Aardobservatie, PROBA V, ...
BELSPO: BELSPO Space Talks – Earth Observation Edition (op 17.04.2023).
Eerder opgenomen Space Talks vind je hier.

Terra Scope: Reprocessed PROBA-V data now available.
VITO_PROBA V: Release of PROBA V collection 2.

BELSPO: Destination Earth.
VITO: Aardobservatie-technologie.

Ruimteafval – Nieuws / Maart.
SpaceCom: Chinese rocket stage crashes to Earth over Texas.
MetroUK: Pieces of Chinese space rocket fall on Texas.

AP: Mysterious streaks of light seen in the sky over California.
Beelden vind je o.a. hier.

India Today: India is set to crash a satellite. Here's why it's a good thing.

Inside Outer Space: Action Alert: Protect Earth Orbit.
Space News: NASA study assesses costs and benefits of orbital debris removal.
SpaceRef: Cost and Benefit Analysis of Orbital Debris Remediation.
SpaceCom: Solving space junk problem may require lasers and space tugs, NASA says.
VOA News : Governments, Businesses Take Interest in Space Junk.
The Register: Student satellite demonstrates drag sail to de-orbit old hardware.
Via Satellite: Why the Space Industry Needs the FCC’s New Anti-Debris Regulations.

De Chinese satellietconstellatie in (V)LEO.
China Space Monitor: China's Answer to Starlink.
CircleID: China Developing Anti-Starlink Measures, Aims to Launch Nearly 13,000 Satellites.
Space Ref: Why The Chinese Equivalent To Starlink Could Launch In 2023.
Space News: China to begin constructing its own megaconstellation later this year.
Space News: Chinese defense contractor to begin launching VLEO satellites.

Starlink – Nieuws / Maart.
Tesmanian: FCC filing reveals SpaceX plan to design a Laptop-size Starlink user terminal
Ars Technica: Starlink explains why its FCC map listings are so different from reality
Space News: Limits on Ukraine’s use of Starlink for war operations is a lesson for U.S. military

Project Kuiper – Nieuws / Maart.
Space News: Amazon unveils Project Kuiper terminals for services starting in 2024.
Ars Technica: Amazon unveils three satellite user terminals, plans broadband service in 2024.
WCCF Tech: Amazon’s Satellite Double Standards Are Laughable Implies SpaceX.

Telesat – Nieuws over Lightspeed / Maart.
Space News: Telesat still bullish on Lightspeed despite funding uncertainty.

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