Met 4 SpaceX-lanceringen en 3 Chinese lanceringen was het best een drukke lanceerweek, al kijkt iedereen (alweer) uit naar IFT 6, de zesde testlancering van Starship. Bij het publiceren van deze NUDR voorzien voor dinsdag 19 november om 23 uur onze tijd. Er was enige bezorgdheid over de gezondheid van de ISS-astronauten. En na de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen is er heel wat speculatie over de gevolgen voor de Amerikaanse ruimtevaart. Dat en nog veel meer in het Nieuws Uit De Ruimtevaart.

Bij de foto: Alles staat klaar op Starbase voor een zesde lancering van Starship. Foto: SpaceX.

Belgisch ruimtevaartnieuws. 

Spire Global verkoopt deel aan het Belgische Kpler.
Kplr: Kpler acquires Spire Maritime to enhance maritime data and analytics capabilities.

Space News: Spire Global offloads commercial maritime business for $241 million.
Payload: Spire Sells Ship-Tracking Business In $241M Deal.
Space Impulse: Spire Global Sells Maritime Business to Kpler for $241 Million, Eliminates Debt to Refocus on Climate and Security Missions.

De website van Spire Global vind je hier.
De website van Kplr vind je hier.

De Belg Jeroen Cappaert, CTO van Spire.
Ik had nog nooit van hem gehoord (mea culpa), maar deze Belg is blijkbaar mede-oprichter en tevens CTO van Spire.
Clay.com: Who is the CTO of Spire? Jeroen Cappaert's Bio.
Een artikel uit 2019:
Bloovi: Deze Belg werd met zijn ruimtevaartbedrijf door Forbes getipt als ‘next billion dollar start-up’.
En nog voor hij Spire oprichtte:
BelgiumInSpace: ArduSat: Your experiment in space!

ST Engineering (nam een tijd geleden het Belgische Newtec over).
Via Satellite: ST Engineering iDirect Wins Belgian/Dutch Navy Deal.
ST Engineering: Exail selects ST Engineering iDirect's Manufacturing Competence Center as strategic partner for Belgian-Dutch Navy program.

PROBA 3.
ESA: Getting Proba-3 fit for flight.
Bij Redwire vind je de PROBA 3 – Road to Launch blog.

Nieuws van EDGX (computers en straling), arcsec, Antwerp Space en het BIRA.
EDGX: Were you ever curious what the inside of a power converter chip looks like?  
EU Space (over arcsec): Working on cutting-edge technology for high accuracy attitude determination and control for small satellites.
Antwerp Space: Antwerp Space Paves the Way for Precise Lunar Navigation!
BIRA: Satellietdetectie van verschuivingen in maritieme handelsroutes als gevolg van de scheepvaartcrisis in de Rode Zee.

Dirk Frimout helpt maanwagentjes bouwen.
VRTNWS: Burggraaf astronaut Dirk Frimout helpt kinderen om maanwagentjes te bouwen in Zwevegem.

De lanceringen van de afgelopen week.

11.11.2024 – Chinese Kinetica 1 (Lijian 1) lanceert 15 satellieten.
Space News: Chinese commercial Lijian-1 rocket launches 15 satellites.

ECNS (foto’s): China launches 15 satellites into space.
ECNS: Commercial space firm launches first satellite for foreign client.
ECNS: Chinese private aerospace company delivers Oman's first intelligent satellite.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: China Launches 15 Satellites atop Commercial Lijian-1 Y5 Carrier Rocket.
SciNews: Lijian-1 launches 15 satellites.
SciNews: Lijian-1 upgrades.

11.11.2024 – SpaceX lanceert KoreaSat 6A.
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX lands Falcon 9 booster for a record 23rd time amid Koreasat-6A mission.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rocket launches Koreasat-6A satellite, lands Falcon 9 booster on record-tying 23rd flight.
Thales Alenia: KoreaSat 6A communications satellite successfully launched.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch the Koreasat-6A mission to orbit.
SciNews: Falcon 9 launches Koreasat-6A and Falcon 9 first stage landing.
SciNews: Koreasat-6A deployment.

11.11.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten – Group 6-69 (CCSFS).
Spaceflight Now: SpaceX completes double launch day with Starlink 6-69 launch.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites from Florida, lands rocket at sea, after weather delay.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 204 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 11 November 2024.

13.11.2024 – Chinese Lange Mars 4C laneert Haiyang 4-01 (Ocean Salinity Detection Satellite).
Space News: China launches first Haiyang-4 oceanography satellite.
ECNS (foto’s): China launches ocean-salinity detection satellite.

Filmpjes:
SciNews: Long March-4B launches Haiyang 4-01.

14.11.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 9-11 (VSFB).
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites from California.
SFN: SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 20 Starlink satellites to orbit from California, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 205 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 November 2024.

14.11.2024 – SpaceX lanceert Starlink-satellieten Group 6-68 (CCSFS).
SFN: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.
SpaceCom: SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites on 2nd leg of spaceflight doubleheader.

Filmpjes:
SpaceX: Watch Falcon 9 launch 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida.
SciNews: SpaceX Starlink 206 launch and Falcon 9 first stage landing, 14 November 2024.

15.11.2024 – Chinese Lange Mars 7 lanceert bevooradingsschip Tianzhou 8 naar het Chinese ruimtestation.
ECNS: Tianzhou 8 cargo vessel lifts off toward space station.
SpaceCom: China launches Tianzhou 8 cargo mission to Tiangong space station.

Xinhua: China's cargo craft Tianzhou-8 docks with space station Tiangong.
Space News: Tianzhou-8 spacecraft delivers supplies, key experiments to Tiangong space station.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: Tianzhou-8 Cargo Spacecraft, Carrier Rocket Combination Transfered to Launching Area.
CCTV: LIVE: China Launches Cargo Spacecraft Tianzhou-8.
CCTV+: China Announces Successful Launch of Tianzhou-8 Cargo Spacecraft.
CCTV+: China's Cargo Craft Tianzhou-8 Successfully Docks with Tiangong Space Station.
CCTV+: China’s Tianzhou-8 Cargo Craft Successfully Delivers Supplies to Space Station.
CNSA Watcher: Tianzhou-8 Loaded with Goods for Lunar Soil Bricks Experiment on Tiangong Space Station.
CGTN: How has the Tianzhou-8 cargo spaceship been modified?
SciNews: Long March-7 Y9 ready to launch Tianzhou-8.
SciNews: Tianzhou-8 launch.
SciNews: Tianzhou-8 docking.

Te verwachten lanceringen.

Starship – IFT6 op dinsdag 19 november om 23u (onze tijd).
NSF: Starship preparations as rollouts begin ahead of full stack testing.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rolls Starship spacecraft to pad ahead of Nov. 18 launch.
SpaceCom: SpaceX rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy rocket to pad ahead of Nov. 19 launch.
SpaceCom: SpaceX stacks Flight 6 Starship megarocket ahead of Nov. 19 launch.
SpaceCom: What time is SpaceX's Starship Flight 6 launch test on Nov. 19?

Space News: Shotwell predicts Starship to be most valuable part of SpaceX.

Filmpje:
LabPadre: SpaceX Builds Like Crazy Ahead of Starship's 6th Flight! - SpaceX Weekly #140.
Space Capital: SpaceX Starship Rocket's 'Reusability' Saves Millions.
NSF: It's GO Time! Flight 6 is So Close | Starbase Update.
NSF:  FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Rolls Ship 31 to the Launch Site | Starbase.
NSF: Wrangling Rocket Engines (and Ship 31 Rolls Out for Flight 6) | SpaceX Boca Chica.
NSF: Starship Flight 6 Approaches: Timeline, Tests & The Road Ahead!
NSF: FULL REPLAY: Countdown to Launch - Let's Talk About Weather!
NSF: FULL REPLAY: SpaceX Stacks Ship 31 on Booster 13 | Starbase Starship.

Bemanning aangekondigd voor volgende New Shepard vlucht – NS28.
Blue Origin: New Shepard's 28th Mission Includes Emily Calandrelli and Two Returning Customers.
SpaceCom: Next Blue Origin space tourism flight will launch 'Space Gal' Emily Calandrelli.

Raketnieuws.

FAA bekijkt regeltjes voor lanceerlicenties.
Space News: FAA moves forward with committee to review launch licensing regulations.
SpaceCom: FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations.
Breaking Defense: FAA creating new committee to update launch regulations.

De zeshonderdste (suborbitale) lancering vanuit Esrange.
SatNews: 600th rocket launched from Esrange.

Volgende Ariane 6 lancering schuift op naar februari 2025.
European Spaceflight: Arianespace Pushes Second Flight of Ariane 6 to February 2025.
European Spaceflight: ArianeGroup Qualifies Ariane 6 Upper Stage for Four-Booster Launches.
ESA: Ariane 6 upper stage visits ESA’s temple of boom.

ESA en de ontwikkeling van een superzware raket.
European Spaceflight: ESA Releases Findings of Super Heavy-Lift Rocket Studies.

Duitsland test met succes de MIRA II Aerospike motor bedoeld voor het POLARIS ruimtevliegtuig.
European Spaceflight: POLARIS Spaceplanes Complete First In-Flight Rocket Engine Ignition.

Eerste en tweede trap New Glenn op elkaar gezet – Lancering weer een stapje dichterbij.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin stacks huge New Glenn rocket ahead of 1st launch.

New Glenn mag lanceren voor AST SpaceMobile.
SpaceCom: Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket to launch AST SpaceMobile's huge BlueBird smartphone satellites.
Space News: AST SpaceMobile leans on Blue Origin to ramp up satellite launches.
SatNews: AST SpaceMobile selects Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket to deliver BlueBird satellites to space.

Eerste klant voor de in ontwikkeling zijnde Neutron-raket van RocketLab.
Space News: Rocket Lab signs first Neutron launch customer.
Payload: Rocket Lab Signs First Neutron Customer.

Space News: Rocket Lab wins $8 million U.S. Air Force contract for engine development.

Filmpje:
WAVY TV 10: New launch pad at Wallops Island to host Rocket Lab's medium-lift rocket Neutron.

Firefly Aerospace haalt extra geld op.
Space News: Firefly Aerospace raises $175 million.
Ars Technica: Firefly Aerospace rakes in more cash as competitors struggle for footing.
Via Satellite: Firefly Closes $175 Million Funding Round To Scale Production.
Space Daily: Firefly Aerospace secures $175M Series D Funding led by RPM Ventures.

ABL Space en RS1 gaan geen satellieten meer lanceren.µ
Space News: ABL Space exits commercial launch market, shifts focus to missile defense.
Ars Technica: As ABL Space departs launch, the 1-ton rocket wars have a clear winner.

Geen Brits ruimtevliegtuig. Reaction Engines failliet.
Space News: Spaceplane developer Reaction Engines goes bankrupt.
Universe Today: Reaction Engines Goes Into Bankruptcy, Taking the Hypersonic SABRE Engine With it.

Het Chinese Starship – Lange Mars 9 – LM 9.
Space News: China unveils fully reusable Starship-like rocket concept.
Een filmpje over het LM 9 concept vind je hier.

China stelt nieuwe raketmotoren voor / LM 10A. 
SciNews (filmpje): The YF-209 and YF-102V rocket engines.
CNSA Watcher: Long March 10A Reusable Rocket Net Rope Sea Recovery Demonstrated at Zhuhai Airshow.

Rusland denkt ook aan herbruikbare raketten.
Ars Technica: Russia: Fine, I guess we should have a Grasshopper rocket project, too.

Iedereen wil een herbruikbare raket.
Space News: Expending the Expendables: More launch companies are betting their future on reusability.

Bemande ruimtevaart / Ruimtestations.

Dream Chaser en diens hitteschild.
The Space Bucket: Dream Chaser Is Already Getting A New Heat Shield.
Hetzelfde verhaal maar dan in beeldvorm vind je hier.

Sunita Williams spreekt zelf over haar gezondheid.
SpaceCom: 'I weigh the same': NASA astronaut Suni Williams refutes tabloid health claims.
SpaceCom: All astronauts on the ISS are in 'outstanding health': NASA's chief medical officer debunks tabloid rumors.

Filmpje:
SciNews: Astronaut Sunita Williams addresses baseless tabloid rumors.

Er wordt weer gepraat over de ISS-lekken
Space Policy: US, Russia disagree on causes, risks of leaks on ISS.
Space News: NASA and Roscosmos disagree on cause and severity of ISS air leak.
SpaceCom: The ISS has been leaking for 5 years. NASA and Russia disagree on how to fix it.

Bemanning Axiom 4 traint in Europa.
ESA: Axiom Mission 4 crew training at ESA’s European Astronaut Centre.

The Exploration Company test hitteschild Nyx.
European Spaceflight: The Exploration Company Tests Nyx Thermal Protection System.

ISS – De blogentries. Station Science Top News.
NASA ISS Blog: Biotech and Human Research Fill Station Crew’s Schedule.
NASA ISS Blog: DNA Tech, Life Science Top Science Schedule as Station Boosts Orbit.
NASA ISS Blog: Station Crew Studies Immunity, Digestion Systems to Benefit Health.
NASA ISS Blog: Advanced Life Support, Robotics, and Repair Tech Studies Wrap Up Week.

NASA: Station Science Top News: Nov. 8, 2024.

ISS – Meer nieuws uit het ruimtestation.
NASA: Native American Seeds Flown Aboard Space Station.
NASA: Kibo Robot Programming Challenge Breaks New Ground in Robotics .
NASA: Wearable Tech for Space Station Research.
ISS National Lab: Space, the Final Frontier for…Welding? ISS National Lab-Sponsored Research to Test Cold Welding for Spacecraft Repairs.
NASA: Risk of Injury and Compromised Performance from Extravehicular Activity (EVA).

Filmpjes:
NASA: Space to Ground: Calling Space Station: Nov. 15, 2024.
NASA: NASA Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams conduct International Space Station Research.

China en commerciële cargo-oplossingen – Het Haolong-ruimtevliegtuigje.
SpaceCom: China reveals reusable cargo shuttle design for Tiangong space station.
ECNS: Nation's space shuttle set to improve efficiency, cut costs.
Aviation Week: China Unveils Haolong Cargo Space Shuttle.

Filmpjes:
CCTV: Scaled Model of China's Reusable Space Cargo Shuttle to Be Display at Zhuhai Airshow.
CNSA Watcher: Demo Haolong cargo spacecraft docks with space station, returns to Earth with unique wing design.
SciNews: The Haolong Cargo Space Shuttle.

Chinese bevoorradingscapsule Tianzhou 7 vertrekt bij ruimtestation.
ECNS: Tianzhou 7 spacecraft begins its journey to Earth.

Filmpjes:
CCTV+: China's Tianzhou-7 Cargo Craft Separates from Space Station Combination.
SciNews: Tianzhou-7 undocking.

CSS – Meer nieuws uit het Chinese ruimtestation.
Inside Outer Space: China Space Station Operations to Shift into High Gear.

Naar de Maan (en Mars).

Artemis 1 – Alweer twee jaar geleden.
NASA: Two Years Ago: Artemis I Liftoff.

Filmpje:
nature video: The female mannequins measuring the impact of space radiation.

Artemis 2 – Mensen rond de Maan.
NASA: Artemis II Orion Spacecraft Undergoes Testing.
SpaceCom: Artemis 2's Orion capsule goes into altitude chamber to prep for 2025 moon mission.

Filmpje:
NASA: Weight! Space Launch System Core Stage Weighing Operations inside the Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA: Mobile Launcher 1 Rolls Back to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

Artemis Accords.
NASA: NASA Welcomes Denmark as Newest Artemis Accords Signatory.
Space News: Denmark signs Artemis Accords.

NASA: NASA Administrator to Visit, Sign Agreement with Peru’s Space Agency.

Komt er een Mars-versie van Starlink?
Gizmodo: Marslink? SpaceX Wants to Develop a Version of Starlink Around the Red Planet.

Artemis – Naar de Maan en Mars.
NASA: South Pole Safety: Designing the NASA Lunar Rescue System.

Space News: Foust Forward | Is there a business case for the moon?

Universe Today: Scaling Propellant Production on Mars is Hard.
NPR: Humans on Mars? Here's why you shouldn't plan a space move anytime soon.

Lunar Engineering 101: Een reeks video’s: “The Lunar Engineering 101 series features experts in lunar science, space environment effects and spacecraft engineering who analyze key components of lunar exploration”.

Filmpjes:
Philip Sloss: What changes could Musk and Trump have planned for Artemis (and SLS) in 2025?
spacegeneration: NCAC Webinars -- The Artemis Program: Perspectives from Policy, Industry, and Science.

India wil een maanstation tegen 2040.
India Today: Isro to establish a lunar space station by 2040, dedicated to moon missions.

Op ontdekking door het zonnestelsel.

CLPS – Intuitive Machines in februari opnieuw naar de Maan.
Payload: Intuitive Machines Targets February for Second Moon Landing.
Space News: Intuitive Machines calls for “infrastructure-first” focus for Artemis.

Tien jaar geleden – Rosetta en Philae.
ESA: How we made history by landing on a comet.
ESA: Philae’s extraordinary comet landing relived.

Nieuws uit de (inter)planetaire ruimte.

Aarde:
Universe Today: Good News, the Ozone Layer Hole is Continuing to Shrink.
NASA: NASA Satellites Reveal Abrupt Drop in Global Freshwater Levels.
ESA: Introducing the Smile mission – Let’s Smile (episode 1) – Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer.
ESA (filmpje): Introducing the Smile mission | Let's Smile (episode 1).
VRTNWS: Copernicussatelliet legt pluim Saharastof van 700 kilometer lang vast boven Middellandse Zee.

Maan:
CCTV (filmpje): Lunar Samples from Far Side of Moon to Be Displayed at China's Largest Airshow.
Daily Galaxy: India’s Moon Rover Detects ‘Unexpected’ Subsurface Movement at the Moon’s South Pole.
PhysOrg: Chang'e-6 lunar samples reveal 2.83-billion-year-old basalt with depleted mantle source.
Spacepage: Een eerste blik op gesteente van de achterkant van de maan zorgt voor een vulkanisch mysterie.
SpaceCom: Humanoid robot may fly on China's Chang'e 8 moon mission in 2028.
The Express Tribune: SUPARCO's rover to explore lunar surface – Pakistan.

Mars:
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4359-4361: The Perfect Road Trip Destination For Any Rover!
NASA Curiosity Status Report: Sols 4362-4363: Plates and Polygons.
SpaceCom: China's Mars rover Zhurong finds possible shoreline of ancient Red Planet ocean.
SpaceCom: Mars meteorite found in drawer reveals history of water on Red Planet.

Jupiter:
KISSCaltech (filmpje): Lessons from Europa Clipper.

Uranus:
NASA: Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries.
SpaceCom: Long ago, Voyager 2 might have caught Uranus at a bad time.

Neptunus:
Universe Today: A Mission to Triton and Neptune Would Unlock Their Mysteries.

Pluto: 
Universe Today: A New Mission To Pluto Could Answer the Questions Raised by New Horizons.

Didymos & Dimorphos:
SpaceCom: Europe's Hera asteroid probe heads for Mars after engine burn.

Algemeen:
Maan en Planeten Podcast: Recente ontwikkelingen in het zonnestelsel - november 2024.

Meer ruimtevaartnieuws.

Amerikaanse militairen willen dingen via de ruimte transporteren.
Payload; DoD’s Big Bet on 1 Hour Space Cargo Delivery.

Na problemen met de eerste O3b mPower satellieten, levert Boeing de eerste twee aangepaste exemplaren.
Boeing: Boeing Delivers Advanced O3b mPOWER Satellites to Operator SES.
Space News: Boeing ships first two redesigned O3b mPower satellites.

JPL moet meer besparen – Tweede ronde van ontslagen.
NASA: JPL Workforce Update.
Space News: JPL announces new round of layoffs.
Space Policy Online: A second round of layoffs at JPL.
Ars Technica: For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce.
SpaceCom: NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab laying off 5% of its workforce.

Ruimtevliegtuigen – X-37 en de Chinese versie.
SpaceCom: China Space Plane: New Image Shows Delta-wing Design.
Inside Outer Space: China Details Cargo-toting Space Plane.
Inside Outer Space: Boeing Video Depicts Military Space Plane Aerobraking 101.
Aviation Week: Space Ops: Shedding Some Light On The X-37B.

Na de Amerikaanse presidentsverkiezingen – Trump, Musk en de ruimtevaart.
SpaceCom: Trump appoints SpaceX's Elon Musk to help head regulation-slashing 'Department of Government Efficiency'.
Space News: NASA faces disruptive presidential transition.
1818News: U.S. Rep. Rogers says expect no pushback from House Dems on Trump reversal of 'crooked' Biden Space Command HQ relocation.
Via Satellite: Elon Musk’s New Government Efficiency Job: Pros and Cons for the Satellite Industry.
Space News: Trump’s second term could push Space Force to take bolder stance.
Space Economy Institute: Trump’s Space Agenda, Elon Musk, and Everything Else.
Space News: Trump’s ‘America First’ policy faces test in space.
SpaceCom: Donald Trump's approach to US space policy could throw up some surprises, especially with Elon Musk on board.

Nieuwe generatie GPS-satellieten een jaar vertraging.
GPS World: Space Force’s new GPS satellites running months behind schedule – GPS IIIF.
PhysOrg: Space Force new GPS satellites are running months behind schedule.

Eerder nieuws
04.09 – Space News: Space Force defends plan to buy smaller, cheaper satellites to reinforce GPS – Resilient GPS.
23.09 – Space News: Space Force taps four companies to design ‘Resilient GPS’ satellites.
24.09 – Air And Space Forces: Space Force Picks 4 Firms to Work on New Resilient GPS Small Satellites.
23.09 – Space News: U.S. eyes geostationary orbit for next-gen GPS – NTS 3 – New Glenn.

Verenigde Arabische Emiraten denkt aan eigen satellietconstellatie.
SatNews: UAE contemplating LEO constellation.

SpaceX en Boca Chica – Gronduitwisseling gaat niet door.
Bloomberg: SpaceX Scraps Texas Land Swap Deal for Starship Rocket Hub.

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