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Sunday, September 1, 2013

What big eyes you have Delta IV. All the better to see you with, my dear!


The latest in satellite spyware, the mega huge, mega powerful Delta IV was launched  a few days ago. 

From Independent:
A 235-foot-tall rocket  that’s more than twice the height of the Granada Theatre is scheduled to take off from Vandenberg Air Force Base at around 10:50 a.m. Wednesday and deliver what analysts say is a massive spy satellite into low orbit.

The Delta IV-Heavy rocket, the biggest in the country, was built by privately held United Launch Alliance in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force. According to Vandenberg officials, the rocket will deploy a “national security payload for the NRO [National Reconnaissance Office],” but authorities have not elaborated on what the payload is.........

From LATimes:
 ...Although little is publicly known about what exactly the rocket will be carrying into space, analysts said it is probably a $1-billion high-powered spy satellite capable of snapping pictures detailed enough to distinguish the make and model of an automobile hundreds of miles below.......

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