*facepalm*
Posted on 11/22/2010 12:24:31 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
*facepalm*
If it’s >328 feet wide then it had some type of long boom that unfolded, which means it had a requirement to create a large separation between two or more components. Either to minimize interference with each other or to use interferometry to increase resolution.
No More pat downs needed.
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I think that when in orbit it must deploy a large antenna....maybe like 328 feet wide....that would make sense,.,,,
If we all talk in whispers maybe they won't hear us!
That’s the width of its receiving antenna, which unfolds once it’s in orbit.
I was going to say something...but I lost my train of thought!
Subheadline implies it is that wide going up....
Even though it was cloudy, I got some views of it through the gaps...was very bright. Trajectory was going a lot farther east than other launches I’v seen.
Wow...thanks....
I don't trust The Imam with our national secrets, that's for sure.
how else do you expect Obama to be able to steal ESPN-U so he can sit around the White House watching basketball all day?
Check www.heavens-above.com over the next few days. Go to Select Satellite, Year of launch 2010.
Well....damn...
hadn’t thought of that.
There is no way this thing survives all the space junk screaming by in those orbits. I wonder where they are parking it, over 300 feet is a huge target and there are a lot of tiny piece of crap up there.
The launch and the payload aren’t secret, it’s the data that is classified.
it’s OK. we’re probably just spying on more icebergs:
“Spying on Icebergs Instead of Terrorists? Obama Program Diverts Intelligence Assets to Climate...”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2421892/posts
Possibly Geo-sync orbit?
Many of our satellites are park out there to monitor a certain area. They have no need to cover the entire earth and also at that altitude there would be no junk to hit it, just meteorites and Chinese ASATs.
When in space stateltites often unpack themselves. The solar panels drive out etc etc etc. Small when payload, very large in space.
And usually the systems capabilities.
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