X-37B spaceplane 'spying on China'(bbc.co.uk)

33 pointsby jotvor 15 Jahren4 comments

bbc.co.uk

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16423881

5 comments

pohlvor 15 Jahren

Some of the comments on this article are interesting, in that they note that the respective launch dates of the two missions would have to mean that USA-226 either anticipated Tiangong-1's orbit, or manoeuvred to track it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA-226

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong-1

davidklemkevor 15 Jahren

I did some rough calculations using some online tools to determine the distance between the X-37B and Tiangong-1 and as far as I can tell they're on opposite sides of the earth to each other. I'd also hazard a guess that the USA has far better tools both on the ground and in orbit to track Tiangong-1 than the X-37B, especially with its rather limited payload capability.

Full blog post if you're interested: http://www.therefinedgeek.com.au/index.php/2012/01/06/is-the...

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ck2vor 15 Jahren

Funny how we both fully fund China and spy on them at the same time.

But no commerce with Cuba except leasing land for a prison.

Oh and billions for secret military space shuttles is fine but no more civilian space program.

cfwebdevelopervor 15 Jahren

agree