Forum News Network with Mooncrasher
Issue: NEW-0013
Date: 26 Feb 2022
Welcome to the regular Forum news network broadcast where you can stay up to date on the latest space news and participate in random crap.
Daily quote:
'I need ammunition , not a ride'
-President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Daily question:
Have you ever had weird experiences with SFS aerodynamics and heating? (Plus any other weird SFS physics things you can thing of!)
Space today:
Lots of news about Russia's space programs. It's not looking good, pity it had to come to this.
Antares and Vega are also in a tough spot, due to relying on Ukrainian industry for important components.
Ludi Tance-1 01B launching on Saturday (Delayed from Friday)
Time: Sat Feb 26, 2022 23:44 UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Purpose: Earth Monitoring
Nation: China
Tianxian, Hainan-1 & Others launching on Sunday.
Time: Sun Feb 27, 2022 03:05 UTC
Rocket: Long March 8 (core only)
Purpose: Various
Nation: China
StriX-β on Electron mission "The Owl’s Night Continues" on Monday.
Time: Mon Feb 28, 2022 20:35 UTC
Rocket: Electron/Curie
Purpose: Ground monitoring via radar
Nation: Japan
Space (mostly) in the past:
Today, in:
1966: Launch of Apollo 201, containing the CSM on a Saturn IB. First re-entry test.
That's all for today folks! Goodbye and good day!
This has been Mooncrasher with Forum daily space news.