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Tuesday, February 06, 2007

6th SOPS assumes DMSP satellite control authority

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by 1st Lt. Jeremy Cotton 6th Space Operations Squadron 2/6/2007 - SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- The 6th Space Operations Squadron here ...

Milair Nationwide Frequencies Part 11

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This is part 11 of our exclusive nationwide milair assignment list. MT Subscribers can get my complete UHF nationwide list and other goodies...

Stennis CSG Enters Guam OpArea

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The USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) Carrier Strike Group (JCSSG) entered the Guam Operating Area (GOA) Feb. 4, and will conduct several days of...

Orbiting Junk, Once a Nuisance, Is Now a Threat-Update

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For decades, space experts have worried that a speeding bit of orbital debris might one day smash a large spacecraft into hundreds of pieces...
Saturday, February 03, 2007

ISS Orbit Moved to Avoid Fengyun 1C Debris

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And as mentioned previously on these pages, the ISS could be threatened by debris from the Chinese ASAT test on the Fengyun 1C satellite. Th...
Friday, February 02, 2007

ABC News Story on Chinese ASAT Test

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Link to ABC News story: China's Space-Weapon Test Could Endanger Astronauts and Satellites - Engineers Say Ring of Debris Is Forming in ...

More Fengyun 1C Debris Cataloged - 594 Pieces Now

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View of LEO Satellites (green) and Debris Ring (red) from Chinese ASAT Test. (Graphic courtesy of Dr. T.S. Kelso and the Celestrak website, ...

Stennis CSG Joins the 7th Fleet

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The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) Carrier Strike Group entered the 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility on January 31, 2007.
Thursday, February 01, 2007

Sailors and Marines Training to be Blue Angels

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The March 2007 MT is in final production and it will include my new 8th annual air show guide, articles on attending/monitoring the Andrews...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007

PRC-148 JEM: First Tactically Deployed JTRS Radio

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From Defense Industry Daily: The AN/PRC-148 MBITR is the hand-held radio for USSOCOM, the most widely fielded multi-band portable radio in t...
Tuesday, January 30, 2007

NORAD fighters to patrol Super Bowl XLI

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1/29/2007 - TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNEWS) -- The Continental U.S. NORAD Region is stepping up its air patrols in the Miami-Dade area...

New UK RAF Volmet Frequency

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This morning I tuned in a new UK Royal Air Force Volmet (MASO Shanwick) transmission frequency - 4807 kHz USB. The transmission was quite au...
Sunday, January 28, 2007

Fengyun 1C - Now we have over 500 pieces cataloged

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The worst fear of military and civilian space analyst has been realized. Yesterday and early this morning the U.S. Space Command released o...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Navy Weeks 2007 - Calendar Across America

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Don't look now, but the Navy may be coming to your town real soon. I have posted below the 2007 schedule for the Navy Calendar Across Am...

USAF ACC Aerial Events Schedule Jan/Feb 2007

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Here is the latest schedule for the ACC Aerial Demo Teams for January/February 2007. We are still working to get the complete schedule for 2...

Thunderbirds to kick off Super Bowl XLI

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Blog Editor Note: If you need T-Bird frequencies for the Super Bowl flyover we have our annual air show column from Monitoring Times online...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group to Surge Deploy

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SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Carrier Strike Group (CSG), with more than 5,000 sailors, will surge deploy Jan. 27, while USS...
Thursday, January 25, 2007

Canforces CF-18 Hornet Demo 2007 Team Sked

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The Canadian CF-18 Hornet flight demonstration team has released their 2007 show schedule. They will attend one air show in the U.S. and one...

Chinese ASAT Test Update 3

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My old friend and former Satellite Times colleague, Dr. TS Kelso, has put up some nice static shots with some pretty cool animations relate...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

NORAD exercise planned for Washington D.C.

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Regarding a previous article on this blog, we still have not seen the name change that public affairs officials at NEADS said was coming aft...