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Post by pegleg on Dec 9, 2007 5:54:00 GMT -5
The Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite was launched from Vandenberg last night, on a Delta II launch vehicle. Video at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfX2K7ZLhU8Still photo at: www.flickr.com/photos/pegleg000/2099685991/The COSMO-SkyMed is a radar imaging satellite (the 2nd of 4 planned satellites) that will monitor the Mediterranean region (storms, flooding, ship traffic, etc) for both civilian and military purposes. The French will launch 2 optical imaging satellites by 2009 to complete the observation system. I also added some new photos to: www.flickr.com/photos/pegleg000/
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2007 0:28:49 GMT -5
Wow, very cool pegleg -- at first i didnt think that was ur video, until I saw that it was under ur acct... Nice video & great pix as always
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Post by pegleg on Dec 10, 2007 2:05:22 GMT -5
Thanks Jimbo! The clouds made for some interesting effects, but also cut the imaging short. I hope to reprocess the still photo to see if I can improve it somewhat.
I think that the next launch from here is in January or February. I hope to try again.
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