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@nicolas_pillet @planet4589 @RussianSpaceWeb To make it even more confusing, an amateur observer found a single object using the TLE provided by R4UAB, not a trail of 16 satellites. #msg2771551" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topi…

@nicolas_pillet @planet4589 @RussianSpaceWeb Thanks, this was new for me - before going to sleep I read somewhere, that no separation of the 4 stage 1 Blocks was observed and r4uab reported receiving signals from the OBZP1 microsatellite, so I thought it would have been not a Soyuz launch.

OK, we will try to chronicle the curious case of an unprecedented/unannounced orbital launch from Plesetsk on the linked page (work in progress, of course): russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-202…

@nicolas_pillet @planet4589 @RussianSpaceWeb The observed trails of this launch looked IMHO like a solid fuel rocket. Perhaps this was the maiden launch of Start-1M, which was expected for 1st quarter 2026?

@planet4589 @RussianSpaceWeb Hmmm... I think the Strela launches were not announced too...

@nicolas_pillet @planet4589 @RussianSpaceWeb At least only with some delay, IIRC.

@TerribleMaps I think, two things will prohibit this: Topography and the Duttons!

Why has the US not built a canal here to rival the Panama Canal?

Trump has just declared about half of the US people (i.e. the 48.3% who voted Democratic -likely to be more now) to be the enemy! @realDonaldTrump/posts/116272810363139207" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTru…

Sad to report the death of Mike Melvill, pilot of 1st commercial suborbital spaceflight. He flew 1st SpaceShipOne mission above the Kármán line & with SS1 spinning I didn’t expect him to return alive. He stayed calm, returned safely & flew a 2nd time. youtube.com/watch?v=gl3YcA…

@Charles07788205 @sentdefender Iran has had the capability to put satellites into orbit already since 2009, when they put the Omid satellite into orbit. space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/safir.…

It only took the US about 3-4 years to go from a missile capable of 2,500 mi flight to orbiting the earth. That was with slide rules, number 2 pencils, and 1950's engineering principles, knowledge and all that was known to materials science at the time. We literally had to do it from scratch, they have all the benefits of what has been learned since including access to nuclear and missile tech from NK and RU.

According to the Wall Street Journal, citing multiple U.S. officials, Iran has targeted the joint U.S.-UK base at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean with two intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBM). According to the report, one missile failed in flight whilst the other was engaged by a U.S. destroyer utilizing an SM-3 interceptor, but a successful interception was not confirmed. None of the missiles hit the base. This is notable as Iranian long-range precision fires have not previously been publicly assessed as having the range to hit such a target as Diego Garcia, as the base is some 4,000 kilometers from Iran proper.

@planet4589 @DundeeSat I suspect a launch from the Indian ocean, somewhere between Iran and Diego Garcia. At least, if this capability was expected, it would be wise to position a DDG to protect Diego Garcia.

@DundeeSat I also wonder where the Aegis interceptor used was - presumably in the Arabian Sea rather than the Persian Gulf

Can SOMEBODY, ANYBODY (@planet4589?) provide ANY KIND of verifiable numbers on this "wunderwaffe" weapon, because all we getting is wild "surmisals"...

Sometimes social media algorithms work better than expected... Today, the keyword "TACO" gives me this as the first result.

@thehowie @Osinttechnical Trump is an universal ignoramus - he does not understand anything.

@Osinttechnical Tell me he doesn't understand global oil markets without telling me "he doesn't understand global oil markets. "

Trump floats the idea of the U.S. abandoning the Strait of Hormuz.

@tommysantos14 Unfortunately several of Trump's actions are not simply reversible: e.g. the fired experts have already new jobs, the damaged relations to friends and allies will take decades to rebuild, etc. The damage has already been done and Trump's legacy will haunt the USA for a long time.

When Trump leaves office: The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department. The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center. The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico. The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom. Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired. The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president. Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference. The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies. The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists. Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it. The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters. U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators. And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.

@XFreeze Somehow I think it may be a very bad idea to upload confidential files. It might get you fired. Also be careful with personal, private and medical data.

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@AndrewYang Frankly, Trump and his cronies have done EVERYTHING possible to convince us, that we are not wanted! What do you expect, if the USA start acting like a**holes to their friends, partners and allies?

It makes me sad when friends who are not American decide not to visit or are curbing travel here because they don’t think they’re wanted.

@Jordan_W_Taylor Reminds me of my work for my atomic physics diploma at the particle accelerator.

Free molecular flow! In high vacuum, the mean free path of an air molecule is so large that normal flow breaks down and starts to behave like an infinite pinball machine... so you need a turbomolecular pump! And if you want to lower pressure even more, it gets even weirder.

@planet4589 Trump and his administration are the equivalent of a wrecking ball in so many fields - especially in the scientific field. I fear, the damage they have done (and are still doing) can't be undone for many, many years. And I think, that it won't end in a good way...

Appalling : nytimes.com/2026/03/13/cli…

@drunkonrumraisn @LeoSat248 @heospace @AST_SpaceMobile Did I say anything about a surprise? It is really a nuisance of social media that I need to explain everything. But frankly, I am not in the mood to explain the difference between marketing output and actual design.

@LeoSat248 @Skyrocket71 @heospace @AST_SpaceMobile Been invested in ASTS for 3 years. This satellite design is a surprise to no one. An expert he is not.

HEO (@heospace) has imaged @AST_SpaceMobile 's Bluebird 6 satellite in orbit. It looks significantly different from the illustrations on AST Space Mobile's website. x.com/heospace/statu…

@LeoSat248 @heospace @AST_SpaceMobile Huh? Do you have any issues in comprehending this post???

@Skyrocket71 @heospace @AST_SpaceMobile significantly? LOL. From "illustrations" LOL. Aren't you supposed to be an expert?

Firefly Alpha successfully returned to flight. The last flight of the Block 1 version tested systems for Block 2 and put a Lockheed Martin Technology Test payload (possibly similar to the one lost in the last launch failure) in orbit. space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau/firefl…

@hvgoenka A typical tanker carries 2 million barrels of oil. This equals to 8,000 to 10,000 truckloads. The historical average of 138 ships per day. This would equal 1,104,000 to 1,380,000 per DAY! Judge for yourself, if this would be a solution!

Can this be a solution?