Nova Space Newsletter, Issue #17
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Weekly Course Highlight: Nova Space Professional Course
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- “with this certification any engineer will have proof of expertise on how to use advanced scientific concepts in the space industry and they will be set up for success in such a competitive work environment. I would say it is a positive add-on to have on your resume so you have more success in any hiring process.” -Monica, Aerospace Engineer
- “I truly appreciated the focus of the Nova Space Professional Course on both fundamental technical material and real-world applications. It is difficult to overstate the importance of the essential space education provided by the Course, particularly as it applies to cross-functional teams.” -Jon, Military Space Professional
The Nova Space Professional Course is the award winning flagship course of the Nova Space professional development catalog. Students learn the fundamentals of space in a highly interactive, self-paced, and scenario based experience that maximizes learning efficiency and content retention.
The learning objectives covered in the Nova Space Professional Course range from orbital mechanics to rocket science to satellite communications and provides learners with all the tools they need to become effective team members and communicators within companies. For a detailed list of learning objectives, the course syllabus can be downloaded here. The course sets the new standard for baseline knowledge and professional development within the Space Ecosystem and has been designed to be applicable to the full range of student experience levels.
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Credit: SpaceX
Featured Article
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission
by Sandra Erwin — November 1, 2022
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon Heavy lifted off Nov. 1 at 9:41 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, carrying the U.S. Space Force USSF-44 mission to geostationary Earth orbit.
This was the vehicle’s first national security space launch mission, its fourth flight since 2018 and the first in more than three years.
The Falcon Heavy is made up of three Falcon 9 rockets strapped together, with 27 engines powering the first stage and one engine in the second stage.
USSF-44 — originally scheduled to launch in 2020 and delayed multiple times — was a direct-to-geostationary orbit launch carrying two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads.
About two and a half minutes after liftoff, both side boosters separated. The second stage separated from the core stage just over four minutes after liftoff. After second-stage separation, SpaceX ended the live webcast and did not show views of the second stage or the payloads at U.S. government request.
Both side boosters landed back at SpaceX’s Landing Zones 1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, about eight and a half minutes after liftoff. SpaceX said these boosters — the company’s 150th and 151th successful recoveries — will be refurbished for future national security space missions.
Interested in this topic? Check out these Nova Space Courses that can help you learn more about this subject!
- Nova Space Professional Course
- Rocket Science and Space Launch Course
- Space Systems Engineering Course
Nova Space Conversations
Hire For 80% Of Your Job Requirements, Not 100%
October 31, 2022
Engaged employees should share your organization’s vision, seek challenges and be eager to learn. However, recent articles discussing “quiet quitting” describe individuals holding a different organizational vision or being uninterested entirely.
These precipitous drops in motivation and engagement are difficult challenges for organizations to overcome. Do your employees not want to go the extra mile because it’s too much to expect or is it something else? A few introspective questions to consider:
? Are quiet quitters at the top of their career ladder?
? Does going the extra mile require skills not commonly held or practiced?
? Is an individual’s heavy workload a requirement of the position, a badge of honor or a potential for additional compensation?
? How have overachievers been rewarded in the past?
Today’s Skills
Overall, the skills we all use on a day-to-day basis are less durable than they were just a decade ago. The pace of innovation along with market disruptions are forcing organizations to work differently and, in turn, requiring employees to learn new skills and systems to maintain their employment. Similarly, individuals are pressured to learn and grow to stay relevant in the job market as a whole.
Credit: SpaceX
NASA predicts first Starship orbital launch as soon as December
by Jeff Foust — October 31, 2022
WASHINGTON — NASA expects SpaceX to be ready to attempt a first orbital flight of its Starship vehicle, an essential element in the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plans, as soon as early December, pending tests and regulatory approvals.
Speaking to the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Committee Oc. 31, Mark Kirasich, deputy associate administrator for Artemis Campaign Development at NASA, said the agency’s understanding of progress on testing of the Starship vehicle, including its Super Heavy booster, supported an orbital launch attempt late this year.
“Right now, the schedule would lead to an early December test flight,” he said. The profile for that test flight would be the same as the company previously detailed in regulatory filings, with the Super Heavy booster and Starship lifting off from the Boca Chica, Texas, test site. Starship would go into orbit but almost immediately reenter, splashing down near Hawaii after completing less than one orbit.
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Space News
Credit: Orbex
Orbex to build Scottish launch site
by Jeff Foust — November 1, 2022
WASHINGTON — Small launch vehicle developer Orbex announced Nov. 1 it had secured agreements to begin construction of a launch site in northern Scotland for its rocket that will allow a first launch by the end of 2023.
Orbex said it signed a lease with Scottish development agency Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for a 10-acre site in the northwestern part of Sutherland county in northern Scotland. The lease is for 50 years with an option for an additional 25 years. The agreement is technically a sublease, as HIE leases the land from its owners, the Melness Crofters’ Estate.
The company will build a facility at the site for launching its Prime small launch vehicle it is developing, hosting up to 12 launches per year. Construction of the site will begin “imminently,” Chris Larmour, chief executive of Orbex, told SpaceNews, and will be completed some time in 2023.
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2 年Another great little industry newsletter!