Nerd stuff

[Molzy]

There's a guy I've been going back and forth with on IG, for the better of 2 years and he works at SpaceX. I may go for it if he gives me a tour.

Are ye gonna play with his rocket?

Quite possibly.

[CaptQuint]

There's a guy I've been going back and forth with on IG, for the better of 2 years and he works at SpaceX. I may go for it if he gives me a tour.

Are ye gonna play with his rocket?

Quite possibly.

[WestTexasCrude]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

In January 2017, Iridium began launch next-generation satellites through its $3 billion launch campaign, Iridium NEXT. The new satellites were sent into space on SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicles from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 4 in California over the course of 8 launches between January 2017 and January 2019.[26][27] On January 14, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched 10 of the new Iridium satellites into orbit.[28] The second launch of Iridium NEXT satellites took place on June 25, 2017 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket out of Vandenberg Air Force Base. This was the second of eight scheduled launches.[29] The third launch of 10 NEXT satellites took place on October 9, 2017. On December 22, 2017, ten additional satellites were deployed after a successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. On May 22nd, SpaceX successfully launched an additional five Iridium NEXT satellites from Vandenberg Air Force Base[30]. On March 28, 2018, the obsolete satellite IRIDIUM 23 [P], space junk, reentered the atmosphere close to north of Brazil.[31]

Check out "Eccentric Orbits- The Iridium Story" by John Bloom. Pretty good read (available on Kindle). History of the project from the mid-90's. The court cases when the corp is trying to buy it out of bankruptcy gets pretty tiresome, but overall a good read.

[WestTexasCrude]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

Geosynchronous orbit.

Thanks

[Animal]

Sending up 12,000 satellites, 60 at a trip. That's 200 space launches for SpaceX. Not a bad contract. I wonder what they have to pay for each launch?

[Reservoir Dog]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

[Wut]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

Fuck the Southern Hemisphere, bunch of assholes anyway.

[Wut]

Sending up 12,000 satellites, 60 at a trip. That's 200 space launches for SpaceX. Not a bad contract. I wonder what they have to pay for each launch?

Three-fiddy.

[Reservoir Dog]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

Fuck the Southern Hemisphere, bunch of assholes anyway.

Australia is on line one .....

[WestTexasCrude]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

[Reservoir Dog]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

[WestTexasCrude]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.

[Reservoir Dog]

Those iridium satellites are all being shut down and taken out of service.

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.

Make no mistake about it... you entertain me.

[WestTexasCrude]

Nope, well maybe due to age. Read the whole history of Motorola's Iridium 1990's project. Totally brilliant engineering- 66 satellites in geo-centric (sp) orbit covering 100% of the earth with cell phone service. North Pole to the Equator. Motorola screwed the pooch on the logistics/ land based hardware. Went bankrupt and bought on the cents by a corporation. Still the preferred means of communication by shipping companies worldwide.

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.

Make no mistake about it... you entertain me.

Good. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?

[Reservoir Dog]

North pole to the equator = 100% of the earth. Got it!

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.

Make no mistake about it... you entertain me.

Good. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?

Dude, now you're just making shit up.

[WestTexasCrude]

And this, by his own actions is what RD has become. A nit-picking cunt who follows me around everywhere. Not the kinda experience on any site I would be looking for and term "fun". Priorities seem totally out of wack. I've tried to point this out to him.

It's not my fault you say stupid things.

Go somewhere else, lapdog. You are embarrassing yourself. You do realize that just about everybody that visits this site, is here to be entertained, right? Your posts are like the opposite. Get your shit together and go get your head together. Come back and be welcomed. Your choice.

Make no mistake about it... you entertain me.

Good. I see you don't understand. With your CQ lapdog routine, nobody in UJR is entertained in the least. Get your shit together before it's too late. What happened to our virgin RD appalled at bad language around here?

Dude, now you're just making shit up.

RD