Sattilite Launch from Vandenburg

[Stella_Omega]

I expect I'll hear the noise from where I am. Whoo!

You can watch it via simulcast; http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtml but hurry! Time set is 1:10 PM PMT.

 

[Handley_Page]

I expect I'll hear the noise from where I am. Whoo!

You can watch it via simulcast; http://www.ulalaunch.com/site/pages/Multimedia_Webcast.shtml but hurry! Time set is 1:10 PM PMT.

whats that in GMT please?

 

[Stella_Omega]

whats that in GMT please?

about three hours ago, minus five minutes... Sorry.

It was a very calm launch, no running around to speak of

Be sure to wave at the new spy satellite as it goes over!

 

[Handley_Page]

about three hours ago, minus five minutes... Sorry.

It was a very calm launch, no running around to speak of

Be sure to wave at the new spy satellite as it goes over!

ok. What's the orbit ?

 

[stephen55]

ok. What's the orbit ?

It's a spy satellite! That means you can't see it, right?

 

[Handley_Page]

It's a spy satellite! That means you can't see it, right?

you mean; it's invisible ??

[I take it that the Big Bird is running out of steam, then ?]

 

[Loring2]

ok. What's the orbit ?

Polar orbit therefore Vandenberg AFB as launch sight.

 

[stephen55]

you mean; it's invisible ??

Well, shouldn't it be? Stealthy, I mean. A stealth satellite.

But then, some years ago I saw a B-2 Stealth bomber shortly after it took off at the end of our local air show. I mean, I could see the thing! How stealthy is that?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Then there was Aurora . . .


No, there wasn't any Aurora, the Air Force said so.


But a seismologist at CalTech has records of something that didn't show up on any radar, visuals, sonic recordings, etc. But it did show up on a seismograph.

 

[glynndah]

Well, shouldn't it be? Stealthy, I mean. A stealth satellite.

But then, some years ago I saw a B-2 Stealth bomber shortly after it took off at the end of our local air show. I mean, I could see the thing! How stealthy is that?

Ever read "The Emperor's New Clothes"? You're not supposed to admit you see it. That's what makes it stealthy.

 

[Stella_Omega]

It's a spy satellite! That means you can't see it, right?

You have to know the secret password. Or the secret handshake.

I saw the B2 being built. The engineer said; "Here, catch!" and tossed a twenty foot long carbon fiber beam at me-- it weighed little enough that I could catch it. it went; "Boi-oi-oi-oiiinnnngggg!" in my hands.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

I got chased off when a F-117 crashed in an area we were planning on going quail hunting. We drove around this corner and all of a sudden the road was full of guys in combat gear. They were really polite about it, just said that there had been a crash and they were searching for the pilot. At the time we believed it . . .



Wobbly Goblin? What wobbly goblin? There ain't no wobbly goblin . . .

Groom Lake? Where's Groom Lake? There ain't no Groom Lake . . .

 

[stephen55]

Up in the air...it's a bird...it's a plane...

It's Stealth Satellite!!

No it isn't...

Yes it is...

Can't be...or else ya' couldn't see it...

What is it then...

Me pet parrot, Eric...

 

[Handley_Page]

Some years ago at an Civilian Airfield we the departing workers saw a pair of Aardvarks coming in, and one was in trouble, deep.
Owing to the traffic queues, we had the time and saw them both land.
The following morning they were gone.
Engine change, overnight.

And we used to have a Wobbly Goblin; it was a Gloucester Javelin, the RAF's first all-weather night fighter.

 

[Weird Harold]

Some years ago at an Civilian Airfield we the departing workers saw a pair of Aardvarks coming in, and one was in trouble, deep.
Owing to the traffic queues, we had the time and saw them both land.
The following morning they were gone.
Engine change, overnight.

And we used to have a Wobbly Goblin; it was a Gloucester Javelin, the RAF's first all-weather night fighter.

I've never really understood why the F/B111 came to an aardvark -- to me it more of a stork. Since you've seen two land, you'll know what I mean.

However, you ain't seen nothin 'til you see one land with the wings at full sweep! Especially since it almost requires a barrier (BAK-12) engagement; that or a minimum of 8,000+ ft of runway.