marco 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
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marco 🇳🇿 🇨🇦 🇺🇸
@planetsidemarco
@RocketLab GNC Engineer | M. Eng Aerospace | Former @LoftOrbital Engineer

Mark my words, I will take a photo like this in my lifetime. You might, too.

With six satellites launching together very soon, we've achieved our next milestone for Loft and our partnership with @EarthDailyA . Read more: loftorbital.com/loft-and-earth… We’re proud to support this mission, doubling our on-orbit fleet while accelerating the buildout of EarthDaily’s global constellation, purpose-built to deliver daily, globally consistent measurements of planetary change. #SpaceMadeSimple #EarthObservation #DataAnalytics

On April 27th at about 10:40 PM GMT, I was in the @Space_Station Cupola and saw something really neat. I was scanning the sky to try to catch a glimpse of the approaching Progress MS-34 vehicle bringing new supplies. Just as we were passing over West Africa, I saw a bright object directly below us, streaking through the upper atmosphere. I saw its tail grow and then split apart into a shower of smaller pieces. I think it must have been some piece of orbital debris or a satellite breaking up as it entered the atmosphere. It was quite a light show!


It's a vibe for LOXSAT, our latest launch-plus-spacecraft mission for @NASA and @eta_space✌️ Our spacecraft has cleared environmental testing, including vacuum and vibrational testing - the moments where analysis meets reality to ensure the spacecraft & Eta Space's LOXSAT payload can withstand launch to space. Next up: shipping LOXSAT to New Zealand for launch later this year.







Timing is everything. Check out these images, taken today, of Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. At 07:29 local time, Gen-3 captured an extreme off-nadir twilight shot of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on the pad before again catching the vehicle in flight at 10:13, 38 seconds after launch, as it was traveling more than 400 miles per hour. With time-diverse imaging capabilities and flexible imaging modes, Gen-3 sees relevant activity at all hours of the day.

GOOD NEWS! ArcaSpace (the water rocket people) have relaunched their website. We're so back...





@isaiah_p_taylor Have you considered using orbital tube welding (OTW) to minimize helium leakage?





Golden Dome, mobile launch, and what's next for Rocket 4.0: payloadspace.com/astra-targets-… — @jacqfeldscher @payloadspace


went over to this girls house and she has this sitting at the kitchen sink


