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To: BenLurkin
Meanwhile, the regime's war on Elon Musk continues.
[snip] STP-3 will launch two satellites that carry a variety of technology-demonstrating payloads, most of them sponsored by the Department of Defense's Space Test Program. Many of the payloads are classified, but we know a bit about a few of them.

For example, the larger of the two satellites, called STPSat-6, carries a new NASA laser-communication system and a National Nuclear Security Administration payload designed to detect the detonation of nuclear bombs from space. [/snip]

9 posted on 12/06/2021 8:24:24 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Atlas V launches STP-3
932 viewsDec 7, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICNb9Mvgly8


10 posted on 12/07/2021 7:51:43 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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