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I musta been out of the loop.
It’s not very often I lay out while evening turns into dark skies, and my reference point for living under dark skies is Africa 30 years ago,
Holy crap it sure seemed there were a bunch of satellites, one every few minutes, all moving at geostationary orbit speed. Had a flash from one which was pretty cool,
Far more than I recall from thirty years ago when there often weren’t much to do other than watch the sky.
A good many this evening seemed to be moving south to north. Looked at em through binocs, just points of light no aircraft navigation lights.
How many satellites can you see in an evening anymore?
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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How many satellites can you see in an evening anymore?
I usually fall asleep before counting them all......sometimes I lose count and have to start over.
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"Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!"
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Some, at least, are identified as "Rocket" this or that by Skyguide; booster sections I suppose.
Skyguide is an amazing app. I've learned a bunch just by pointing it then poking the bright spots on the screen.
What fresh Hell is this?
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
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About a month ago I found a weather station.
The floater setup.
Mailed it back. (science)
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
Ain’t it past your bedtime there Grampa?
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Skyguide, I’ll look it up.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
Ain’t it past your bedtime there Grampa? Did ya check out yet that you was 100% wrong in your terminology Teach? Or ya trying to deflect. Just admit you was wrong Teach It is no biggie Teach. You should just stick to nautical mile dead reckon estimations of distance traveled insted Teach. Fugging with ya man. Be careful on your bike trip birdwatcher.
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you need to quit smokin dat shît
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
Ain’t it past your bedtime there Grampa? Things sure were calm and peaceful here those couple of weeks Rene was gone, werent they, Birdy.
Ecc 10:2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
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Depends on how much I have had to drink??
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Wear NVG's.
You'll see more.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Which reminds me, how’d Gus make out with the probing?
If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Which reminds me, how’d Gus make out with the probing? Seemed cool with it.
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Which reminds me, how’d Gus make out with the probing? Probably under the scope now.
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
Ain’t it past your bedtime there Grampa? Things sure were calm and peaceful here those couple of weeks Rene was gone, werent they, Birdy. ????? Huh??? I ain't been gone a couple of weeks, even though it would probably lower some peoples blood pressure on here.
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Hey teach.... You are seeing geosynchronous satellites zipping across the sky. Not geostationary which appear to only hover. Just letting ya know while you franctically Google fu to see if I'm wrong...
If it’s geosynchronous orbit, you won’t see it move. Definition:"A geostationary orbit, often referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit[1] (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit 35,786 km (22,236 mi) above Earth's equator and following the direction of Earth's rotation. An object in such an orbit appears motionless, at a fixed position in the sky, to ground observers”.
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