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2018-12-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

ULA Delta IV-Heavy scrubs at T-7 seconds ahead of with NROL-71 mission

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Posted by 3dc 2018-12-09 02:16|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Mysterious. Reports elsewhere say it's another KH-11 Keyhole. The Keyhole is turning out to be the M1911 of imaging satellites, many replacements have been proposed but it's so good that technologically massaging each new bird a bit is more than goon enough.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-09 08:49|| 2018-12-09 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 Good enough

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-12-09 08:50|| 2018-12-09 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 Yes, thanks. Now switching from discussions on TK to the local news.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-09 11:04|| 2018-12-09 11:04|| Front Page Top

#4 TK. Shhh.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-12-09 13:13|| 2018-12-09 13:13|| Front Page Top

#5 This was the sensitive payload that the slightly problematic SpaceX landing dodged and landed in the sea for.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-12-09 16:32|| 2018-12-09 16:32|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 SpaceX had two back to back launches. One on the west coast, one on the east. The falcon 9 that needed to avoid the Titan was was launched from Vandenberg and successfully landed on the Pacific drone barge.

The crash water landing was off the coast of Cape Canaveral Frorida.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2018-12-09 21:35|| 2018-12-09 21:35|| Front Page Top

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