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2008-04-11 Home Front: WoT

Powerful new military communications satellite to debut over Pacific

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Posted by gorb 2008-04-11 04:28|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 More bandwidth for more remotely operated UAVs?

Seems fine enough for use in conflicts with third world countries but might be dangerously vulnerable in one with China or similar ('too many eggs in one basket?')

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-04-11 07:58|| 2008-04-11 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Been sorely needed. Bandwidth demand for/from overhead things had jumped massively.

Bet Indian Ocean is next geosync to come online. Lots of action there.

Notice the origination date: 2001. It takes a while to put things like these on-line up in the sky.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-11 09:13|| 2008-04-11 09:13|| Front Page Top

#3 When you're out of Schlitz, you're out of beer

When you have Schlitz, you are out of beer...

Glad to see more bandwidth coming online. My p0rn downloads were getting slow.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-04-11 09:16|| 2008-04-11 09:16|| Front Page Top

#4 Satellite vulnerability is an issue, but note that there will be a constellation of them worldwide. Plus there are other comms capabilities that can be brought to bear on the tactical battlefield.

Posted by lotp 2008-04-11 09:40|| 2008-04-11 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 Lotp,
If these satillites are in geostationary orbit, they will be too high up to be vulnerable to anti-satillite missles.

Al

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-04-11 11:21|| 2008-04-11 11:21|| Front Page Top

#6 shout out to RB 'Puter Wizziards!

Will our new Mil-Sat use WinDowz? [ima hope not]
~:>

Posted by RD">RD 2008-04-11 11:45|| 2008-04-11 11:45|| Front Page Top

#7 gorb: "I'm not sure where to put this because it's very military"

sheech gorb, it'sa s'posed to go in geosynchronous orbit! ~:)
/muttering under his breath

Posted by RD">RD 2008-04-11 12:21|| 2008-04-11 12:21|| Front Page Top

#8 there are other comm sats supposedly out there in HEO or other orbits.

My pref would be the "gnat cloud" in LEO of beach ball sized single purpose "grid" sats.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-04-11 12:53|| 2008-04-11 12:53|| Front Page Top

#9 Does it have the gigawatt laser like I asked for?

Posted by Chief Running Gag">Chief Running Gag 2008-04-11 13:18|| 2008-04-11 13:18|| Front Page Top

#10 If these satillites are in geostationary orbit, they will be too high up to be vulnerable to anti-satillite missles.

But not to other kinds of attack, ranging from earth-based lasers that cripple them to on-orbit suicide sats.

Posted by lotp 2008-04-11 13:22|| 2008-04-11 13:22|| Front Page Top

#11 They have already put the satellite into orbit, at least judging from the 7.5 "test" earthquake it caused yesterday in the Loyalty Islands.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-04-11 13:24|| 2008-04-11 13:24|| Front Page Top

#12

It's about time...

Posted by Taylor Dane 2008-04-11 13:45|| 2008-04-11 13:45|| Front Page Top

#13 Do they still brew Schlitz?

Posted by Zorba Sletch9834 2008-04-11 18:27|| 2008-04-11 18:27|| Front Page Top

#14 it was brewed? I thought horses figgered into the production process

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-04-11 19:03|| 2008-04-11 19:03|| Front Page Top

#15 Lest we fergit, the USDOD = USA is already working on MOON-BASED SPAWAR + COMWAR options. SKYNET as we + GOVERNATOR DA ARNUUULD know it could be obsolete, or more likely consolidated, before its even officially implemented or acknowledged.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-04-11 19:49|| 2008-04-11 19:49|| Front Page Top

#16 I resent that, Frank G. I'm certain my horses can deliver something that tastes better than Schlitz.

Posted by Deacon Blues">Deacon Blues 2008-04-11 19:52|| 2008-04-11 19:52|| Front Page Top

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