The Rat Posted April 23, 2015 Share Posted April 23, 2015 (edited) Taken by a Russian tracking telescope: Federation of American Scientists Edited April 23, 2015 by The Rat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Wow...that's some interesting stuff. The Lacrosse spysats were launched from here at Vandenberg. My grandfather used to work on the Titan vehicles that launched them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 FASCINATING.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
midnightprowler Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Seem pretty fuzzy to me. Not really impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toadwbg Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 If they can track and image it, they are one step closer to shooting it down. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 If they can track and image it, they are one step closer to shooting it down. Pretty sure our potential adversaries already have this capability. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fulcrum1 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Article is about a decade old, but pretty neat: http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/14.02/spy.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 I actually use Heavens Above quite often to either see what's passing overhead, or if I'm out and see something, I note the time and check the site as soon as I can. I've seen my share of Lacrosse flyovers here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 Looks like tonight's 60-Minutes is going to have a feature on this subject (military satellites in general). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomcatFanatic123 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Looks like tonight's 60-Minutes is going to have a feature on this subject (military satellites in general). I DVR'ed it and just finished watching. Very interesting stuff. And it's always nice to see Vandenberg (Delta II launch, JSpOC, and the X-37B landings) getting some airtime as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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