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Powerful new satellite to debut over Pacific
The Guardian (UK) ^
| April 10 2008
| Jim Wolf
Posted on 04/10/2008 5:35:57 PM PDT by buccaneer81
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 10 (Reuters) - The United States is set to start operating a powerful new military communications satellite over the Pacific next week, the first of a planned six-satellite network that will boost data flows 10-fold, the Air Force Space Command said Thursday.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: intelligence; satellite; spacecommand; usaf
Kickass! I love being a citizen of the greatest nation ever.
To: buccaneer81
"I love being a citizen of the greatest nation ever." At least until November.
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posted on
04/10/2008 5:57:04 PM PDT
by
avg_freeper
(Gunga galunga. Gunga, gunga galunga)
To: buccaneer81
Keep ‘em coming!
A family member is very involved in this project.
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posted on
04/10/2008 5:58:46 PM PDT
by
Knute
(Tell me again ONE good reason I'm living here in Wisconsin??)
To: Knute
A family member is very involved in this project.Tell them we appreciate their effort!
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posted on
04/10/2008 6:26:11 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: avg_freeper
At least until November.Yeah, McCain is going to suck. But when faced with the alternatives...well.
I just pray for a Veep we can accept and who has the balls for 2012.
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posted on
04/10/2008 7:42:36 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
First phase of “Skynet” is in place.
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posted on
04/10/2008 7:45:11 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
(Part of the "Vast Typical White Guy Conspiracy")
To: buccaneer81
Relax, whoever’s in office is a one-termer.
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posted on
04/10/2008 7:52:54 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(Kicking and Screaming into the Kingdom of Heaven!)
To: GAB-1955
Relax, whoever’s in office is a one-termer.That is truly a fact.
The frightening thing is the damage caused by a one-termer in my lifetime: Jimmy Carter.
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posted on
04/10/2008 8:03:08 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
Wow, I didn’t know Michelle Obama was a Freeper! ;)
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posted on
04/10/2008 8:56:57 PM PDT
by
bt_dooftlook
(Democrats - the "No Child/Left/Behind" Party)
To: buccaneer81; SandRat; Jen
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posted on
04/11/2008 6:33:00 AM PDT
by
larryjohnson
(FReepersonaltrainer,USAF(Ret))
To: buccaneer81
To: avg_freeper
At Least until 12:00 PM EDST January, 20 2009. Sigh!
To: NormsRevenge; elhombrelibre; Allegra; SandRat; tobyhill; G8 Diplomat; Dog; Cap Huff; ...
Most interesting.......
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On its own, the maiden Boeing Co-built Wideband Global Satellite will provide more capacity for video, data and voice than the entire group of 10 or so satellites it is designed to replace, the command said.
"We expect to start cutting over operational communications networks from the existing constellation to the new satellite next week," said Air Force Col. James Wolf, chief of the command's military satellite communications division.
Australia joined the WGS program last year, providing funds that expanded it to include the sixth satellite, which had been an option under a contract awarded to Boeing in January 2001.
Wolf said in an interview with Reuters that the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Admiral Timothy Keating, had asked to "take advantage of the increased capacity just as soon as he possibly could."
He said he was unaware of any specific event that might have spurred such demand for the satellite, which will be in geostationary orbit over the western Pacific.
"It's just a matter of they're out of Schlitz in the Pacific and they'd like to have some more," said Wolf, playing on an old commercial tagline, "When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer."
Wideband Global Satellite is a joint Air Force and Army program intended to provide essential communications services to U.S. forces, allies and coalition partners.
To: Empireoftheatom48
To: buccaneer81
hmmm “10 fold”?
do they really mean “10 times”?
Because 10 “fold” means 2 to the power of 10, or 1024.
Just a bit of pedantry.
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posted on
04/11/2008 9:08:21 AM PDT
by
MrB
(You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
To: All
To: MrB
I doubt that reporters know about exponents....LOL!
To: All
PACOM Area Of Responsibility
To: MrB
From the article:
On its own, the maiden Boeing Co-built Wideband Global Satellite will provide more capacity for video, data and voice than the entire group of 10 or so satellites it is designed to replace, the command said.
Hence the 10 fold.......
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
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posted on
04/11/2008 10:59:16 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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