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A US Navy satellite used to provide real-time weather reports has exploded in space.
Sky News ^
| 2 march 2015
| sky news
Posted on 03/02/2015 7:56:18 PM PST by CMB_polarization
The US Air Force confirmed that the 20-year-old Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Flight 13 (DMSP-F13) suffered a "catastrophic event".
It shattered into 43 pieces following a sudden temperature spike which triggered the loss of its altitude control.
The event happened on 3 February but the incident has only just came to light following questions from website Space News.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...
TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006; 201502; 20150203; 2016; dmspf13; explosion; isolatedincident; isolatedincidents; meteorology; satellite; satelliteexplosion; temperaturespike; usaf; usn; weathersatellite
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To: nickcarraway
A sudden temperature spike in space? Could be a propulsion/propellant issue.
Although one might wonder if a 20-year-old satellite has very much propellant left on board.
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:05:01 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: CMB_polarization
.... Ha .... It was shot down because the data it was reporting did not concur with Man-made Global Warming!
... Heck .... we don't want facts to get in the way of a good fantasy that garners and mines over a trillion dollars a year globally from corporate entities! ... There is way too much money and political agendas at stake to start looking at the real facts now!
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:05:14 PM PST
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: Fungi
These satellites are in orbits that pass though the space fence that is projected up from the 33 parallel across the US. So counting the pieces is not a problem.
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:05:25 PM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: CMB_polarization
Couldn’t be a Chinese satellite attack-satellite? You know, the kind China couldn’t get off the ground until Clinton traded military secrets for campaign funds.
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:05:42 PM PST
by
Ray76
(Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
To: CMB_polarization
It’s another Cuban Missile Crisis! Castro has received from Russia a Global Warming weapon that heats up outer space in order to target our satellites!
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:06:02 PM PST
by
WIBamian
(Cruz for President. Alabama Senator Jeff Session for Vice-President. There really is no one else.)
To: CMB_polarization
How dare it download data contradicting the global warming cult!
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:06:09 PM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: Steely Tom
I heard that satellite was about to indict Christina Kirchner.
To: PAR35
It was in a near polar orbit and frequently would be over Russia and China.
To: CMB_polarization
A US Navy satellite used to provide real-time weather reports has exploded in space.
OR SOMETHING...
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:08:53 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(" This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole.. ")
To: Steely Tom
Took them a month to fess up to this.
To: Fungi
The radar operator was a Doug Adams fan and he counted them very carefully.
So close...
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:10:33 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
To: DocRock
You mean like a very hot piece of metal (missle) going through it and causing gases to vent out of it, causing it to go out of its orbit?
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:10:44 PM PST
by
Yosemitest
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To: CMB_polarization
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:10:56 PM PST
by
sickoflibs
(King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
To: CMB_polarization
43? So, whose fault is it? 43? Hmm…
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:11:01 PM PST
by
BykrBayb
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To: R_Kangel; COUNTrecount; Nowhere Man; FightThePower!; C. Edmund Wright; jacob allen; Travis McGee; ..
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:11:32 PM PST
by
null and void
(As always, keeping a low profile with anything you do is to your advantage.)
To: CMB_polarization
Now do you deniers get it, man-made global warming has reached to outer space, and beyond, we're all DOOOOOMED....
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:12:05 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
To: null and void
Nice! I thought it was just global warming... but it’s those evil spork weasels!
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:12:30 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: CMB_polarization
Sounds like a serious case of anthropogenic global warming.
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:12:53 PM PST
by
piasa
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To: CMB_polarization
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:13:34 PM PST
by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: CMB_polarization
BS it was shot down by a North Korean sub under water in Lake Winneaposakii.
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posted on
03/02/2015 8:14:53 PM PST
by
TBall
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