Tag: satellite
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How Long Does It Take To Get To Mars?
When you consider the fact that Mars is only 55 million km away, and the spacecraft are travelling in excess of 20,000 km/hour, you would expect the spacecraft to make the journey in about 115 days, but it takes much longer.
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Telstar Sat Launched 50 Years Ago!
History is about to be made – as old newsreel begins, and possibly, played before the main feature at local movie theaters of era. Telstar launched July 10, 1962 – […]
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Another NRO Spy Sat Launched Friday From Cape Canaveral
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) launched yet another spy satellite. The NRO-15 lifted off on a Delta 4 Heavy rocket Friday morning at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It’s the second spy satellite […]
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New Zealand Sex Offenders To Be Tracked By Satellite
Tracking high-risk sex offenders in “real time” using satellite technology will give “peace of mind” to the public, Corrections minister Anne Tolley says.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode117 – Holder Hubbub, Secret Satellites, Database Marketing
https://ia800704.us.archive.org/22/items/20120621NewWorldNextWeek117/20120621_NewWorldNextWeek117-blip.mp4 Download MP4 Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source […]
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NRO Launches US Spy Satellite On Secret Mission
The Chantilly, Va.-based NRO manages the design, construction and operation of the United States’ network of intelligence-gathering spy satellites. ULA officials broadcast the initial liftoff of the Atlas 5 rocket and spy satellite live via satellite and webcast, but cut off the video stream several minutes after launch due to the classified nature of the mission.
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#DataDump: Satellites, CISPA, Space Boat and more
‘Internet doomsday’ July 9, claims FBI* Satellite export controls loom over national security, economy* Military Clashes with U.S. Spies over Outsourcing of Satellite Surveillance* Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor in […]
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North Korea Rocket Launch More Like Bottle Rocket
North Korea’s symbolic launch to honor 100th birthday of founding President Kim Il Sung, reached altitude of 70 miles, broke up in four pieces and fell back to Earth.
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North Korea Moves Rocket Stage To Launch Pad
New York Post reports, today, “North Korea may have moved the first stage of a rocket to a launch stand, indicating it is on schedule for a controversial mid-April launch, according to a new analysis of satellite images.” The launch is planned for April 12-16 to commemorate 100th anniversary of the birth of its founding president Kim Il-Sung.
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Spy Sat Blasts Off From Vandenberg Amid Mystery
A NRO spy satellite, atop a Delta IV rocket with two strap on boosters for added thrust, launched from Vandenberg AFB, yesterday. Mail Online article reveals rocket thought to contain, “…some form of spy technology”
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Tension Rises As North Korea Says ‘Satellite’ Launch Will Go Ahead
North Korea plans to launch “peaceful” satellite between April 12-16 to “to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of its founding president Kim Il-Sung,” reports Japan Today. Elsewhere, a […]
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NASA’s Science Missions Bring the Universe Into Sharper Focus
But even as NASA goes through this awkward transition in human space flight, the agency has one bright spot: science. NASA’s scientific missions — robotic probes, telescopes, satellites — are bringing Earth, the sun, the solar system and the universe into sharper focus.
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12/22 defcon: planets, tweets & patents
2 earth-size planets discovered orbiting star* darpa’s new spy satellite could provide real-time video from anywhere on earth* taliban, US military waging war via twitter: report* twitter use by shabab […]
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Ground Zero: #Antichrist, UARS Attacks & More
UARS Attacks! // The heavens open // Be still & know that there is an Antichrist // Dodging a prophetic bullet // Rama’s doppelganger