web01.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:15:48 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Space Shot - Episodes Tagged with “Communications Satellite” https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/tags/communications%20satellite Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:00:00 -0600 Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. en-us episodic A concentrated dose of space awesomeness, delivered right to your podcast feed. John Mulnix Subscribe and check out the massive back catalog (Season 1 has 365 episodes) for some excellent bite-sized pieces of space history, pop culture, science, and more. Whether you're into history, science, pop-culture, or current events, there's something for you here at The Space Shot. no space, history, space history, nasa, science, stem, sci-fi, science fiction, space podcast, interviews, space interviews, John Mulnix johnmulnix@gmail.com Episode 218: Project SCORE https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/218 1bb71683-77b6-4cb8-ba9c-b1592b32fc91 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 03:00:00 -0600 John Mulnix 218 Project SCORE full 1 John Mulnix Happy Monday! The new release schedule means that the Monday-Friday episodes will release at 3 a.m. CDT. 5:07 no Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Episodes 57-59 have some more information about Telstar. Check out Episode 57 here: The Space Shot- Episode 57 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/57)) Episode 91 has a little bit about Echo 1 The Space Shot- Episode 91 (https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/91) Project SCORE (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1958-006A) More reading on Project SCORE (https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4217/ch7.htm) Learn more about Epimetheus, a potato-shaped moon that orbits Saturn. Epimetheus: Overview- NASA.gov (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/epimetheus) communications, communications satellite, eisenhower, epimetheus, ike, project score, satellite, saturn, space history podcast, space podcast, nasa podcast, cold war podcast, Thanks to everyone that's subscribed to the podcast. If you could do me a favor and leave a review for the podcast, I'd appreciate it! If you take a screenshot of your review and send it to @johnmulnix, pretty much anywhere on the Internet, I will send you a Space Shot sticker and a thank you!

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Project SCORE

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Learn more about Epimetheus, a potato-shaped moon that orbits Saturn.
Epimetheus: Overview- NASA.gov

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Episodes 57-59 have some more information about Telstar. Check out Episode 57 here:
The Space Shot- Episode 57)

Episode 91 has a little bit about Echo 1
The Space Shot- Episode 91

Project SCORE

More reading on Project SCORE

Learn more about Epimetheus, a potato-shaped moon that orbits Saturn.
Epimetheus: Overview- NASA.gov

]]> Episode 213: Relay 1, Pioneer 8, and Terrible Trek https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/213 78c06de9-88d8-4618-9565-f23c9653e6e9 Wed, 13 Dec 2017 03:30:00 -0600 John Mulnix 213 Relay 1, Pioneer 8, and Terrible Trek full 1 John Mulnix Happy Wednesday! SpaceX launch update, some quick history hits, and a little pop culture. Check out today's episode! 6:56 no Launch Scrub Haiku: A scrub must be cleaned before the Falcon can soar two more days, liftoff. If you listen to the show, please leave a review in iTunes. If you've got the Podcasts App on your Apple device, just search "Space Shot" then, depending on your iOS version, scroll down until you see "Tap to Rate" :) Thanks! Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just click the links below. Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/thespaceshot/) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/johnmulnix/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/johnmulnix) Episode Links: Relay 1 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/masterCatalog.do?sc=1962-068A) The Relay Program- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/missions/relay.html) Telstar- NASA (https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/features/telstar.html) Pioneer 8 (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1967-123A) Pioneer 8 In Depth (https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/pioneer_08/indepth) Quentin Tarantino's Star Trek Movie Will Be R-Rated- Nerdist.com (https://nerdist.com/quentin-tarantino-star-trek-r-rated-j-j-abrams/) communications, communications satellite, heliocentric, launch update, pioneer, relay, satellites, spacex, star trek, star trek movie, tarantino, telstar, space podcast, space history podcast, nasa podcast, Launch Scrub Haiku:
A scrub must be cleaned
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A scrub must be cleaned
before the Falcon can soar
two more days, liftoff.

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]]> Episode 96: Cassini Gets A Gravity Assist https://thespaceshot.fireside.fm/96 b76cdcc7-2ea3-47a7-a5ed-d936ee8fc58d Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0500 John Mulnix 96 Cassini Gets A Gravity Assist full 1 John Mulnix I'm leaving for the eclipse road trip tonight so today's episode is a little shorter! Follow @johnmulnix for eclipse coverage! 4:03 no I'm leaving for the eclipse road trip tonight so today's episode is a little shorter! Follow @johnmulnix for eclipse coverage! Episode Links: TDRS-M Launch date under review following pre-launch incident (https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/07/tdrs-m-under-review-pre-launch-incident/) Cassini Blog Post- On Target for Earth Flyby (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2191/on-target-for-earth-flyby/) Cassini Blog Post- Cassini Completes Earth Flyby (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/2192/cassini-completes-earth-flyby/) Cassini Mission Page (https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/) cassini, cassini grand finale, cassini saturn, communications satellite, earth, earth flyby, grand finale, history podcast, jpl, nasa, nasa missions, saturn, space, space history, space history podcast, space podcast, space shot, tdrs m, the space shot, nasa podcast, nasa history podcast, I'm leaving for the eclipse road trip tonight so today's episode is a little shorter! Follow @johnmulnix for eclipse coverage!

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TDRS-M Launch date under review following pre-launch incident

Cassini Blog Post- On Target for Earth Flyby

Cassini Blog Post- Cassini Completes Earth Flyby

Cassini Mission Page

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TDRS-M Launch date under review following pre-launch incident

Cassini Blog Post- On Target for Earth Flyby

Cassini Blog Post- Cassini Completes Earth Flyby

Cassini Mission Page

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