Posted on Sep 2, 2019
Amateurs Identify U.S. Spy Satellite Behind President Trump's Tweet
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Amateur satellite trackers say they believe an image tweeted by President Trump on Friday came from one of America's most advanced spy satellites.
The image almost certainly came from a satellite known as USA 224, according to Marco Langbroek, a satellite-tracker based in the Netherlands. The satellite was launched by the National Reconnaissance Office in 2011. Almost everything about it remains highly classified, but Langbroek says that based on its size and orbit, most observers believe USA 224 is one of America's multibillion-dollar KH-11 reconnaissance satellites.
The image almost certainly came from a satellite known as USA 224, according to Marco Langbroek, a satellite-tracker based in the Netherlands. The satellite was launched by the National Reconnaissance Office in 2011. Almost everything about it remains highly classified, but Langbroek says that based on its size and orbit, most observers believe USA 224 is one of America's multibillion-dollar KH-11 reconnaissance satellites.
Amateurs Identify U.S. Spy Satellite Behind President Trump's Tweet
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What they can't identify is how the Iranians had their rocket fail, which I suspect is a more carefully guarded secret.
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SGT (Join to see) - Something like that, I'm thinking. Perhaps we have a little directed energy or EW action involved.
Then again, it is a distinct possibility that the Iranians bought their rocket from Acme and just Wile E Coyote'd it.
Then again, it is a distinct possibility that the Iranians bought their rocket from Acme and just Wile E Coyote'd it.
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