Spotting Recon Sats, codename Misty.... |
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 Feb 1 2006, 12:42 PM
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Feb 8 2006, 07:32 PM
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One has to wonder if they will apply this rule upwards...
INADVERTENT TRACKING OF "SIGHT SENSITIVE" OBJECTS Air Force personnel are warned in a recent instruction not to track low observable (LO) or "sight sensitive" aircraft during test flights at Edwards Air Force Base. "Low observable" is another term for stealth, and "sight sensitive" refers to objects that yield sensitive information simply by visual inspection. "It is strictly forbidden to train tracking sensors (e.g. radar, infrared, electro-optical, personal cameras, sound recording devices, etc.) on any LO or sight-sensitive assets," the Air Force instruction states. "The single exception to this rule is to promote safety of flight." Even then, "Recording of data will immediately terminate upon the termination of the flight safety incident." See "Security Procedures for Inadvertent Tracking and Sensor Acquisition of Low Observable and Sight Sensitive Programs," Edwards Air Force Base Instruction 31-17, 14 November 2005 (thanks to RT): http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/eafbi31-17.pdf -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Feb 8 2006, 10:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 688 Joined: 20-April 05 From: Sweden Member No.: 273 |
Sounds like they are flying something interesting at Edwards....
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May 4 2006, 12:34 PM
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-------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 5 2006, 12:33 AM
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That's just BEYOND cool...thanks, ljk4-1!!!
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 5 2006, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
QUOTE (nprev @ May 4 2006, 08:33 PM)  That's just BEYOND cool...thanks, ljk4-1!!! You are welcome. It is especially fun to watch Suitsat float over Earth. I wonder how much longer it really has up there? -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jun 3 2006, 05:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
The current issue of the U.S. Air Force's Air & Space Power Journal contains
a number of articles discussing the military use of space. It is available online here: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchro...um06/sum06.html And in PDF format as well: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchro...sum06/sum06.pdf Note the artwork for the article "The Myth of the Tactical Satellite". It's a Cassini probe in Earth orbit with big solar sails but no Huygens probe! PDF version only. -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jun 6 2006, 02:38 PM
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QUOTE (nprev @ May 5 2006, 01:33 AM) That's just BEYOND cool...thanks, ljk4-1!!! It is...It is...But why can't I find POSAT1, our tiny and only sattelite, up there?! 
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Jun 16 2006, 01:38 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
AIR FORCE SPACE COMMAND ON SATELLITE OPERATIONS
The organization and management of U.S. Air Force space activities from pre-launch to post-operational disposal are described in a new AF Space Command Instruction on "satellite operations." "The objective of satellite disposal is to reduce the potential for spacecraft collisions and frequency interference, to mitigate the creation of additional space debris and to open orbital slots to newer SVs [satellite vehicles]." "Therefore, de-orbiting or removing a non-mission capable satellite from its operational orbit and placing it into an established disposal region is of paramount importance." See "Satellite Operations," U.S. Air Force Space Command Instruction 10-1204, 1 June 2006: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/usaf/afspci10-1204.pdf -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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