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USAF Launches Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite

Posted September 22, 2013 3:13 PM

From Space News From SpaceDaily.Com:

The third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communication satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, was successfully launched today at 4:10 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. Lockheed Martin confirmed signal acquisition at 51 minutes after launch. The AEHF system provides vastly improved global, survivable, highly secure, protected communications for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on ground, sea and air platforms. The system also serves international partners including Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

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Re: USAF Launches Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite

09/23/2013 2:50 PM

Great ... One MORE piece ....(!)

?) Did they think-ahead, to building-in a self-disposal mechanism...?

There are all sorts of proposals out there (Recycle-in-place-in-space sounds like the best "floating-debris" solution), but ... prior-to the release of GTA_VI , somebody oughtta figure out how to let kids with the time and money on their hands "make-a-game" of it....

[What kind of records might THAT break...?!]

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Re: USAF Launches Third Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite

09/23/2013 4:52 PM

$100 per shot

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