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Galileo satellites go into wrong, lower orbit
BBC ^ | 23 August 2014

Posted on 08/23/2014 1:31:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

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1 posted on 08/23/2014 1:31:45 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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The agency [ESA] is examining the implications of the anomaly.
Ah, it's just an anomaly ... not to worry.
2 posted on 08/23/2014 1:34:53 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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Maybe they can fix the problem with the orbits ....


3 posted on 08/23/2014 1:37:35 PM PDT by Ken522
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Maybe they can fix the problem with the orbits ....


4 posted on 08/23/2014 1:37:35 PM PDT by Ken522
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Shoulda installed a GPS on the satellite.


5 posted on 08/23/2014 1:38:14 PM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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You’ll have to wait until NASA finishes it’s muslim feel good tour


6 posted on 08/23/2014 1:42:03 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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That’s because they used the metric system. If they had used the King’s measurements, their satellites would be where they wanted them.


7 posted on 08/23/2014 1:42:27 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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A Soyuz rocket?

Is Vladimir Putin sending a thinly veiled message to the ESA and NASA and the International Space Station?


8 posted on 08/23/2014 1:48:38 PM PDT by zeestephen
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So if you set your European GPS to take you from London to Liverpool you wind up in the English Channel.


9 posted on 08/23/2014 2:03:04 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party policy;Lie,deny,refuse to comply)
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“Shoulda installed a GPS on the satellite.”

:)


10 posted on 08/23/2014 2:11:06 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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“Maybe they can fix the problem with the orbits ..”

If they are way off, they probably don’t have enough fuel to do it, or, it would take longer than the satellites would even function.


11 posted on 08/23/2014 2:12:37 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
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The Caliphate is demanding all Galileo satellites be destroyed as they may interfere with the Moon’s orbit and effect their lunar calendar cycle.


12 posted on 08/23/2014 2:15:45 PM PDT by lbryce (Barack Obama:Misbegotten, Bastard Offspring of Satan and Medusa.)
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13 posted on 08/23/2014 2:34:38 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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If they cannot fix this, how much $$ are they out?


14 posted on 08/23/2014 2:37:47 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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15 posted on 08/23/2014 2:38:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Al Sharpton ..although hes stated he knows nothin...bout Galeo..thinks thats racess

http://nation.foxnews.com/2014/05/28/al-sharpton-versus-teleprompter-volume-2


16 posted on 08/23/2014 2:52:14 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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Space X


17 posted on 08/23/2014 4:02:26 PM PDT by Waywardson (I did not vote for that pro-abortionist candidate!)
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Spacex had a test rocket explode yesterday. (But they’d still be much better than the Russians.)


18 posted on 08/23/2014 4:04:43 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: JennysCool
Shoulda installed a GPS on the satellite.

I have read your response three or four times and still, I laugh each time!

VERY GOOD!

19 posted on 08/23/2014 4:05:00 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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So if you set your European GPS to take you from London to Liverpool you wind up in the English Channel.

Methinks that is a far better outcome than with the Glonass (Russian) system.

Give it a try and let us know.

20 posted on 08/23/2014 4:10:01 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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