Blue Origin's New Glenn, compared with other current orbital launch vehicles. ULA's Vulcan (far right) uses 2 BE-4s in its methalox core stage. The same BE-4s as the 7 BE-4s on NG.
The last launch of Delta IV Heavy (3 orange core hydrolox booster to the right of NG) was on April 9, 2024.
(Screenshot from #WAI video)
Elon's Falcon 9 & Starlink:
Falcon 9 booster B1082 launches, performs a precision-guided hypersonic re-entry, and lands for the 10th time. After completing a Starlink mission with 27 satellites.
This is the 400th landing of the Falcon 9 booster series.
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Elon's SpaceX Starship:
IFT-7.
Booster 14 stage separation, and boostback burn for RTLS (Return-To-Launch-Site).
Booster 14 successfully returned to launch tower OLM-1, and is planned to launch/land again for IFT-9 orbital velocity test flight.
Ship 33 was the first V2 Starship upper stage. But it lost control and was blown up just before the end of its burn.
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The Orbital Index Issue № 301:
NASA's Mars Sample Return mission is targeting 2035-39 with two options: a sky crane or a new heavy-lift lander. Meanwhile, studies reveal 70% of meteorites come from just three asteroid collisions, and Saturn’s rings may vanish in 100M years. Plus, SpaceX's Transporter 12 launched 131 payloads! 🚀🌖🛰🌌📡🌍💫
https://orbitalindex.com/archive/2025-01-15-Issue-301/
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WASP-127b, an exoplanet in the WASP-127 system. With winds ten times faster than Neptune’s. Neptune has the fastest winds in the Sol System.
“Extreme supersonic 33 000 km/h winds: Astronomers discover planet with fastest jetstream ever measured”
“Winds move at nearly six times the speed at which the planet itself rotates”