Threat as 10-ton satellite set to crash back to Earth

[Polly]

I'll bet there will be a whole lot of telescopes trained on this event. Maybe even Space Weather will post some shots from readers if all goes according to plan. Think I am asking too much? If so, Sily, you will be right about the public being imprinted.

[Sily]

Well.... you're right Polly, I just got back from Stewart's News section and he does say "This missile attack on the satellite is practice for something else that is related to both a staged and real alien invasion."

I left out the "real" part, the most important part of an invasion.  My old grey mind, she ain't what she used to be... ain't what she used to be... ain't what she used to be.....  :)

Well, Wednesday's almost here.

Speaking of my old grey mind.. I can't for the life of me get the image of Slim Pickens out of my head, riding that missile cowboy-style at the end of the movie Dr. Strangelove.  YEEE-haw.

[Polly]

Sily, if that doesn't give me the heebie jeebies, I don't know what does!  My buddy and I were just talking about Slim Pickens a few days ago!  It started out because I had used the term slim pickings and it went from there to Slim Pickens.  LOL!  :D  I had little or no awareness of this actor until the other day and the chances of him coming up in a conversation are about nil to none.  I guess I will have to tip my hat to Slim.

[Polly]

Space Weather News for Feb. 19, 2008
http://spaceweather.com

LUNAR ECLIPSE: On Wednesday night, February 20th, the full Moon will turn a delightful shade of red and possibly turquoise, too. It's a total lunar eclipse—the last one until Dec. 2010. Sky watchers in Europe, the Americas, parts of the Middle East and Africa are favored for good views of the two-hour event. Visit http://spaceweather.com for full coverage including maps and timetables, live webcasts and discussion.

SPY SATELLITE UPDATE: The US Navy's first attempt to hit malfunctioning spy satellite USA 193 with a missile could come on Wednesday night during the lunar eclipse. This is based on an air traffic advisory warning pilots to steer clear of a patch of Pacific Ocean near Hawaii just when USA 193 is due to pass overhead. Until the satellite is shot down, it remains visible to casual sky watchers during evening passes over US and Canadian towns and cities; experienced observers say the decaying satellite is sometimes as bright as the stars of Orion, making it an easy target for unaided eyes and off-the-shelf digital cameras.

Details, photos and more information are available at http://spaceweather.com.

Subscribers to Spaceweather PHONE (http://spaceweatherphone.com) will receive email and telephone alerts when the spy-sat is about to appear over their backyards.
 

[Polly]

Love this from Space Weather:

Amateur astronomers: If you're planning to attempt photography or other observations of the Navy's ASAT attempt on USA 193, NBC News would like to interview you before 5 pm EST today. For more information please contact NBC News producer Scott Foster.

[Richard]

Interesting how the satellite was passing 130 miles over the Pacific. There’s that 13 again.  ;)

Navy missile hits spy satellite

By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer
7 minutes ago

A missile launched from a Navy ship struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, the Pentagon said.

It was not clear whether the operation succeeded in its main goal of destroying a tank aboard the satellite that carried a toxic fuel that U.S. officials said could pose a hazard to humans if it landed in a populated area.

"Confirmation that the fuel tank has been fragmented should be available within 24 hours," the Pentagon said in a written statement.

The USS Lake Erie, armed with an SM-3 missile designed to knock down incoming missiles — not orbiting satellites — launched the attack at 10:26 p.m. EST, according to the Pentagon. It hit the satellite as the spacecraft traveled at more than 17,000 mph.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A missile launched from a Navy ship successfully struck a dying U.S. spy satellite passing 130 miles over the Pacific on Wednesday, a defense official said. Full details were not immediately available.

It happened just after 10:30 p.m. EST.

Two officials said the missile was launched successfully. One official, who is close to the process, said it hit the target. He said details on the results were not immediately known.

The goal in this first-of-its-kind mission for the Navy was not just to hit the satellite but to obliterate a tank aboard the spacecraft carrying 1,000 pounds of a toxic fuel called hydrazine.

U.S. officials have said the fuel would pose a potential health hazard to humans if it landed in a populated area. Although the odds of that were small even if the Pentagon had chosen not to try to shoot down the satellite, it was determined that it was worth trying to eliminate even that small chance.

Officials said it might take a day or longer to know for sure if the toxic fuel was blown up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/dead_satellite&printer=1;_ylt=AsGSChaEURpCTcioKezj82qWwvIE

[Anu-021413]

It's funny. The news segment I just watched on it said "They think they may have hit the fuel tank, but are unsure." Though they hit it at around 10pm est or so IIRC...

[Richard]

US ‘Bending’ Of Atmosphere In Satellite Shootdown Raises Russia-China Concerns

By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
 
A most frightening report is circulating in the Kremlin today that states that the ongoing swarm of earthquakes occurring near the giant US Naval Base in San Diego, California, and the giant 7.6 magnitude earthquake hitting in Indonesia today, are ‘direct consequences’ of the United States effort to ‘bend’ our Earth’s atmosphere in an effort to destroy one of their spy satellites.

According to these reports from the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics in Siberia, and where Russian and Chinese scientists monitor the activities of the United States The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) in Alaska [pictured top left], the American’s intend upon their becoming the first Nation in the World to use the abilities of the potentially catastrophic quantum particle beam accelerators now being developed, but never tested, in ‘real-time’ experiments.

The exact ‘plan’ of the United States, these reports state, is to use what is termed as a ‘triangulation’ of quantum particle beams originating from their HARRP facility in Alaska, their vast Naval Base in California, and their secretive Indian Ocean base on the Diego Garcia atoll, to ‘alter the space-time continuum’ of our Earth’s electro plasma sheathing in order to ‘lift’ the magnetosphere into the orbit of their orbiting spy satellite so that it will cease its space orbiting and be destroyed.

It must be understood that the complexities of these new quantum weapons systems stagger the human mind in trying to understand them, but to their potential to cause horrific destruction there is no doubt, and as previously warned about by the former United States Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, and who stated in his book, "Between Two Ages", that:

"Technology will make available, to the leaders of major nations, techniques for conducting secret warfare, of which only a bare minimum of the security forces need be appraised... Techniques of weather modification could be employed to produce prolonged periods of drought or storm."

To the success of this United States attempt to use these new types of quantum weapons systems it is not in our knowing, but many Chinese Scientists are already blaming these American experiments with these weapons as being responsible for the catastrophic snow storms to hit their Nation, and which many of them state were in retaliation for China’s threat to dump all of their US Dollar holdings.

Chinese and Russian Leaders have also issued ‘warnings’ to the Americans against conducting these tests, but with both of these Nations knowing that their own quantum weapons systems, though not tested, could be used against the US in retaliation should the Americans not heed their growing concerns.

It is also interesting to note that the exact timing of this quantum weapons test, by the Americans, is coinciding with the last Total Lunar Eclipse until 2010, and which these reports state the US is dependent upon in their belief that the ‘pull’ being exerted upon our Earth from the Moon during this eclipse will ‘mitigate’ any potentially catastrophic effects that may occur.

It is also being reported in the United States that their Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued to all of their local police and fire departments, Nationwide, a "First Responder Guide for Space Object Re-Entry”, though these reports state that the ‘most likely’ catastrophic effects of this quantum weapons test would be earthquakes, volcanic activity and strange storms.

http://www.whatdoesitmean.com/index1073.htm

[Polly]

Someone thinks they captured an image.  It's hard to tell for sure:

http://spaceweather.com/submissions/larg...580632.jpg

 

[Sily]

Why... there's Sorcha Faal!  icon_2kaffee

So much for my numbers theory of 1+5, 5+1, 2+0, or 0+2... hehehehe...

But there is lots of 13's!