Spy Satellite to Hit Earth by late February to March |
Spy Satellite to Hit Earth by late February to March |
Guest_Bobby_* |
Jan 27 2008, 04:47 AM
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Just read at MSNBC that a large U.S. spy satellite will hit Earth by the end of February or early March.
Better keep our hard hats ready??? Here is the article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22857051/ |
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Feb 15 2008, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
I gather the spooks like to deorbit their birds, rather like the russians dispose of Progress supply barges.
The apparently semi informed discussion that I've seen on this bird is that is was in deep doo-doo when it was deployed from the delta 2 launch vehicle. <note.. this is not one of the big recon sats!.. not on a delta> The computer never booted or went into a locked up mode, safe modes never worked, apparently little or no panels etc deployed. Apparently was unresponsive and running out of power after only a few hours on orbit. |
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