Spacex Gives Details Of Spacecraft To De-Orbit ISS

SpaceX had been awarded a contract from NASA for a spacecraft that is to deorbit the International Space Station in 2030, when its operational lifetime concludes. At a July 17th press briefing with NASA, SpaceX said it will help NASA accomplish this by creating an enhanced version of its Dragon spacecraft, known as the United States Deorbit Vehicle. It will be based on the original Dragon, but its trunk section will be redesigned and twice and long, with more thrusters. The final ISS crew will depart the station once the altitude reaches 330 kilometres, down from its present 400 kilometres as part of a natural decay in its orbit.

More Information - https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-international-space-station-us-deorbit-vehicle/

ARRL on The Weather Channel

ARRL® The National Association for Amateur Radio® joined The Weather Channel on Thursday 11th July 2024, for a live chat about the value of amateur radio during hurricane season and beyond. ARRL’s Bob Inderbitzen, NQ1R, talked about how radio helps inform the warning process through surface observations relayed through the Hurricane Watch Net and other nets to WX4NHC, the amateur radio station at the National Hurricane Centre.

Viewers were told how local ARRL volunteers serve their local agencies through the Amateur Radio Emergency Service® (ARES®) and how they could get licensed through ARRL materials and become a part of it.

ARRL - http://www.arrl.org/news/view/arrl-on-the-weather-channel