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  • posigrade

    According to the KSP forums, posigrade is relative to the velocity of the rocket, while prograde is relative to the rotation of the parent body. Since almost all rockets launch eastward, the two have (somewhat unfortunately) become synonymous.

    Interestingly, I can't find a distinct antonym of posigrade. Prograde, retrograde, posigrade... negagrade?

  • Starbase activities (2025-08-28):

    • Aug 27th cryo delivery tally. (ViX 1)
    • Proposed plans for Starbase launch site expansion are released. Upgrades include sites for natural gas liquefaction and liquid methane generation, and a flame trench for Pad 1. (US Army Corps of Engineers, direct PDF link)

    McGregor:

    • R3.16 rolls back from the test area. (Rhin0)

    Flight 6:

    Flight 10:

    • Starship Gazer posts 4k launch video.
    • SpaceX post buoy video (and drone video?) of S37 landing burn.
    • Heatshield discolouration: "The red color is from some metallic test tiles that oxidized and the white is from insulation of areas where we deliberately removed tiles." (Elon 1, Elon 2)
    • Heatshield tile attachment: "Worth noting that the heat shield tiles almost entirely stayed attached, so the latest upgrades are looking good!" (Elon)
    • Emphasis on "almost": (mcrs987 1, mcrs987 2, Jodo42)
  • I think that just be how Asian crows do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-billed_crow

    It has a large bill, which is the source of its scientific name macrorhynchos (Ancient Greek for "long-billed") and it is sometimes known by the common name thick-billed crow. It can also be mistaken for a common raven.

    Also, we're apparently using þorn again?

  • Deconstructed: Alpha Flight 6 launched in April from Vandenberg Space Force Base, and failed when its first-stage booster broke apart milliseconds after stage separation. This created a shockwave that destroyed the engine nozzle extension on the second stage and reducing thrust, seconds before the second stage attained orbital velocity.

    Wha’ Happen? The mishap investigation concluded that “plume induced flow separation” caused the failure. The phenomenon occurs when a rocket’s exhaust disrupts airflow around the vehicle in flight. 

    In this case, Firefly said the rocket was flying at a higher angle of attack than prior missions, which resulted in the flow separation and created intense heat that broke the first stage apart.

    So... "pointy end up" too much?

    Fix-it: The company said it would increase the heat shielding on the first stage of the rocket, and fly reduced angles of attack on future missions.

  • Also just FYI, the field of AI consists of more than just LLMs. I'm not sure the exact techniques CREAM uses, but it is AI in the sense that it is streamlining and automating calculations and decisions which were previously done manually (and tediously) by humans.

  • SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    One day they will discover a fourth person

    Rocket Lab @lemmy.nz

    Rocket Lab - Launch Complex 3 Official Opening (scheduled for 2025-08-28 14:00 UTC)

    Spaceflight @sh.itjust.works

    Arktech plans a 40t to LEO rocket powered by 200t-thrust FFSC methalox engines and a reusable first stage.

    SpaceX @sh.itjust.works

    Starlink Group 10-11 launch bulletin (first 30th flight of a booster!)

    European Space Agency @feddit.nl

    Avio and Isar Aerospace Win ESA Flight Ticket Initiative Launch Contracts

    Spaceflight @sh.itjust.works

    Long March 6A launches Guowang Group 09

    Spaceflight @sh.itjust.works

    Long March 4C launches Shiyan-28B (02)

    European Space Agency @feddit.nl

    The Exploration Company’s Nyx Spacecraft Passes Initial ISS Safety Review

    SpaceX @sh.itjust.works

    Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance

    Military Space @sh.itjust.works

    Lawmaker: Trump’s Golden Dome will end the madness, and that’s not a good thing

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    Orange rocket good? (meme dump)

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    New aft flap design proposal

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    Suboptimal

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    Starlink simulator deployment

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    Ship 37 be like

    SpaceflightMemes @sh.itjust.works

    B16 landing burn: "Where chopsticks?"

    Spaceflight @sh.itjust.works

    Launch Roundup: Starship, NS-35, and Falcon 9 launches planned - NASASpaceFlight.com

    European Space Agency @feddit.nl

    ICEYE Secures €9.38M in Funding from Poland’s National Development Bank

    European Space Agency @feddit.nl

    UK Space Agency Hires Consultants to Explain the UK Space Sector

    SpaceX @sh.itjust.works

    Starlink Group 10-56 launch bulletin