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January 2017 Quote of the Month
“Our civil and defense space enterprises must not compete with the private sector, but enable domestic, commercial launch and space capabilities.”
Jim Bridenstine Space Rennaissanceact.com web site, 2016
Jim Bridenstine at Meeting with Oklahoma Space Alliance, February 18, 2015
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Table of Contents
Quote of the Month .................................................................................................................................... 1
Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Oklahoma Meetup Count Reaches 200 ........................................................................................................ 3
Atlas V Launches Imaging Satellite ............................................................................................................... 4
Ariane 5 Launches 4 Galileo Satellites .......................................................................................................... 5
Atlas V Launches GOES-R ............................................................................................................................. 6
Trump Space News ...................................................................................................................................... 7
SpaceX Returns to Flight 1/14/2017 ............................................................................................................. 8
Falcon 9 Landing Picture Goes Viral .............................................................................................................. 9
Super Moon on November 15 .................................................................................................................... 10
Summary of 2016 Orbital Launches ............................................................................................................ 11
Huge Lake of Frozen Water Found on Mars ................................................................................................ 12
New Orbital Assembly Technologies .......................................................................................................... 13
That’s All Folks .......................................................................................................................................... 14
Oklahoma Space Alliance
What’s Happening
January 2017 Copyright © 2016 Oklahoma Space
Alliance Editor Stephen Swift
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The Oklahoma Space Alliance What’s Happening is a presentation in each monthly meeting of the Oklahoma Space Alliance. Oklahoma Space Alliance is a chapter of the National Space Society, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. The address of OSA is 102 W. Linn, #1, Norman, OK 73071. Unless otherwise noted, all contents of articles herein do not necessarily reflect the opinion of anyone but the editor or the originating source. Reprint rights are granted to chapters of NSS and to any non-profit organization for education or information purposes only provided credit is given.
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President Stephen Swift
Update Editor
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Secretary & Syd Henderson
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Treasurer Tim Scott
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Oklahoma Meetup Count Reaches 200
Congratulations!!
Oklahoma Space Exploration & Settlement Meetup
Space Enthusiasts count is now 206.
Atlas V Launches Imaging Satellite
WorldView 4 in the factory. Credit: Lockheed Martin, Credit: SpaceFlightNow.com
“A companion to the world’s most powerful private Earth-imaging satellite rocketed into space November 11 from the U.S. west coast atop an Atlas 5 to double the amount of high-resolution imagery available on the commercial market and satisfy the demands of customers clamoring for more.”
See full article and launch video at https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/11/11/commercial-satellite-launched-to-image-the-earth-in-high-resolution/.
Ariane 5 Launches 4 Galileo Satellites
Ariane 5 in Launch Countdown November 17, 2016. Credit: ESA
“An Ariane 5 ES rocket successfully launched four Galileo satellites from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Thursday. The launch of the FM-12 through FM-14 involved the first use of the Ariane launch vehicle for a Galileo launch, following the previous use of the Soyuz rocket.”
See full article at https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/11/ariane-5-launch-galileo-quadruplets/.
See Launch video at
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=ariane+5+launch+video+november+2016&qpvt=ariane+5+launch+video+november+2016&view=detail&mid=52BEA61F04E64B91AD4852BEA61F04E64B91AD48&FORM=VRDGAR.
Atlas V Launches GOES-R
November 19 Launch of GOES-R Satellite. Credit: NASA
“An Atlas V rocket has successfully deployed a next-generation weather satellite for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Saturday.”
See full article at https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/11/atlas-v-launch-goes-r-advanced-weather-satellite/.
See launch video at http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=atlas+v+launch+goes-r+nov+19+2016&&view=detail&mid=4C31948F7F42F4D620DF4C31948F7F42F4D620DF&rvsmid=082147667457B1C8A1D8082147667457B1C8A1D8&fsscr=0&FORM=VDFSRV.
Trump Space News
Trump Campaign Space Policy Advisor, Credit: Washington Journal
“Walker said he was told by the campaign that it wanted “real change” in a space policy. “I would describe what we came up with in four terms: it’s visionary, it’s disruptive, it’s coordinating, and it’s resilient.”
See full article at http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3105/1.
Trump transition team names Chris Shank to lead NASA transition.
See article at http://spacenews.com/trump-names-insider-to-lead-nasa-transition/.
SpaceX Returns to Flight 1/14/2017
Collage of Screenshots from Following SpaceX Video
See video at http://www.spacex.com/webcast.
Falcon 9 Landing Picture Goes Viral
Photo of Falcon 9 Landing on Barge 1/14/2017, Credit: SpaceX
See article at http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01/19/stunning-spacex-rocket-landing-photo-goes-viral.html.
Super Moon on November 15
A super moon sets over the front range of the Rocky Mountains, Colo., Nov. 15, 2016
Credit: USAF Airman 1st Class Dennis Hoffman.
Summary of 2016 Orbital Launches
Table from Wikipedia “2016 in spaceflight”
See detail in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_spaceflight.
Huge Lake of Frozen Water Found on Mars
Screenshot from Tech Insider Video
“The ice deposits have been found in the Utopia Planitia region of the planet, a large
depression in the northern hemisphere — about halfway from the equator to the pole — of
the planet.
The ice, which is about the size of New Mexico and contains enough water to fill Lake
Superior, was located by using the ground-penetrating radar aboard NASA’s Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter.”
See article at http://spaceaim.com/huge-lake-frozen-water-found-mars/.
See video at http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/scientists-discover-huge-reservoir-of-dice-on-mars/vi-AAkVFne.
New Orbital Assembly Technologies
“Dulles, Virginia 29 November 2016 – Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, today announced that it has begun a public-private partnership with NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to establish a Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services (CIRAS) in space. The CIRAS program will advance key technologies for in-orbit manufacturing and assembly of large space structures that will help the agency meet its goals for robotic and human exploration of the solar system.”
See press release at http://www.orbitalatk.com/news-room/release.asp?prid=204.
That’s All Folks
