7/17/2003: Earth's artificial satellites - Page 2

Undertoad · 07-17-2003, 06:32 PM

They'll all have to be realigned when the big asteroid hits the Earth.

Griff · 07-17-2003, 07:09 PM

Those sats will just be bugs in the teeth of The Big One.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-17-2003, 07:59 PM

Quote:

(Secret military satellites are represented by black dots. The joke was the implication that there are so many of them represented in that image that you can't see the background.)

Doh...Good one Dave. I not only didn't get it, I didn't even know it went by.

novice · 07-17-2003, 11:40 PM

What about 'good one' UT.
After all, it was his joke to begin with.

GlassJaw · 07-17-2003, 11:40 PM

This reminded me of J-track 3D which allows you to roll around the planet and see where specific satellites reside, including the ISS, in real time.

Spy satellites! Hehehe, nice!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-18-2003, 05:17 PM

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What about 'good one' UT.

True, credit where credit is due. Kudo's UT!
I should have read the whole post first but since I'd seen the original on APotD, I just skimmed it and didn't realize it was a value added post....until I'd made a fool of myself, that is.

Annebonannie · 07-24-2003, 06:04 PM

"georgia satellites", c'mon guys!

Type it into a browser search bar and see what you get.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2003, 08:56 PM

Welcome to the Cellar Anne.

Hey, as least they're not indicated.

MaggieL · 07-25-2003, 10:01 PM

AMSAT OSCAR 40 was supposed to be in a Molniya-type orbit too, but the rocket motor intended to steepen the inclination failed, leaving it in basically a geosynchronous transfer orbit at about +- 5 degrees inclination. There's about half a dozen operating amateur radio satellites these days.

I don't know what color they are on the pic. :-)

see http://www.phil-mont.org/AO40/AO40Notes.html

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2003, 12:24 AM

Maggie, why did you put that gold man in space?

MaggieL · 07-26-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
Maggie, why did you put that gold man in space?

For comparison. Like the whale next to the little girl in "Cosmic View" (the book that inspired "Powers of Ten").

see http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/cos...es/page07.html

Or perhaps like http://mirror.wolffelaar.nl/zardalu.sytes.net/

xoxoxoBruce · 07-26-2003, 10:30 PM

OK, as long as it's not male bashing.

07-17-2003, 07:09 PM	#17
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Those sats will just be bugs in the teeth of The Big One. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-17-2003, 11:40 PM	#20
GlassJaw Layperson Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Central Coast of Cali Posts: 13	I thought this looked familiar... This reminded me of J-track 3D which allows you to roll around the planet and see where specific satellites reside, including the ISS, in real time. Spy satellites! Hehehe, nice! __________________ GlassJaw To Honor...

07-24-2003, 08:56 PM	#23
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar Anne. Hey, as least they're not indicated. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-25-2003, 10:01 PM	#24
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	AMSAT OSCAR 40 was supposed to be in a Molniya-type orbit too, but the rocket motor intended to steepen the inclination failed, leaving it in basically a geosynchronous transfer orbit at about +- 5 degrees inclination. There's about half a dozen operating amateur radio satellites these days. I don't know what color they are on the pic. :-) see http://www.phil-mont.org/AO40/AO40Notes.html __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

07-26-2003, 12:24 AM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Maggie, why did you put that gold man in space? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-17-2003, 06:32 PM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They'll all have to be realigned when the big asteroid hits the Earth.

07-17-2003, 11:40 PM	#19
novice Ignorance is bliss and I'm orgasmic Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: perth, australia Posts: 296	What about 'good one' UT. After all, it was his joke to begin with.

07-24-2003, 06:04 PM	#22
Annebonannie Paramour of Paradigm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Memphis, Tennessee Posts: 41	"georgia satellites", c'mon guys! Type it into a browser search bar and see what you get.

07-26-2003, 10:30 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, as long as it's not male bashing. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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