B Dav

USSF; AeroEng, Eisenhower school; NATSEC & space nerd; USAFWS, ICBM, 609 AOC, sq/cc, spacelift, SBIRS Msl Warning, speechwriter, OSW; SLU Parks grad

[SpaceNews @SpaceNews_Inc]

Space Force experiment uses HawkEye 360 satellites to listen for signals in orbit https://t.co/YeG654n1IX

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

Great, now FP can estimate how long it will take to repair the existing site.

[Richard Seymour @leninology]

Had seen unconfirmed reports that Iran destroyed a huge, expensive radar system central to Patriot/THAAD in Qatar: here Foreign Policy casually confirms it, says it will take 5-8 years to rebuild, and that another destroyed in Bahrain will take 12-24 monthss to replace.

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@OPTester_Chris I thought they were upgraded from the initial 80s-era PAVE PAWS (which replaced the fence-type 60s era radars). That said, the bottom line you stated is still valid

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@Harry__Stranger I’m glad they seem to be leaving the original launch control centers (the circular structures). Historical sites, those. Hope some companies restore them, use them as social spaces maybe? With reverence of course

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@GinieSigonney Yes

[Neutralious @Neutralious]

One of the coolest videos from the meteor yesterday in Portugal

[Planesanity @planesanity]

An aerospace engineering company has designed a glass pod with a pair of seats inside that can be installed on existing aircraft, giving passengers a 360-degree view during flight.

[Bryce Shelton @BryceShelton01]

Tornado just crossed i-80 Northeast of Lincoln, Nebraska.

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@devil_n_details @aaronbateman22 I’m talking building versus buying, and I’m fine with a CCMD buying their own kit… though I bet it coords thru their USSF service component, which I’m fine with too

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@devil_n_details @aaronbateman22 Think we’re saying the same thing. For a CCMD to do some joint warfighting, the services need to provide capabilities and forces to do that. This isn’t just imagery, it’s a fight about normalizing the space domain and how/what USSF fields wrt forces.

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@halbritz @OrenCNN SSGNs are not ballistic missile capable. https://t.co/lwL8QNa4qi

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@CNN Important correction, the USS Florida is an SSGN, meaning it was converted from SSBN (Ballistic) to (G) Guided missiles... i.e. tomahawks.
https://t.co/dE9qXoQyqF

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

Bummer. Let's go anomaly resolution team, you got this.

[Astrobotic @astrobotic]

An Update on Peregrine Mission One:

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

So, that orange cloud is bad....

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

Wake up babe new Chinese Long March booster just dropped

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Falcon 9 B1058 🫡🇺🇸🚀🪱

A portion of the record-setting Falcon 9 booster remains on board the Just Read the Instructions droneship. After its 19th launch and landing, the vehicle tipped over in rough seas during the transit back to Port Canaveral, and its top portion broke off.

On May 30, 2020, B1058 launched Demo-2, the mission that returned orbital human spaceflight to the United States after the retirement of the space shuttle. It went on to fly hundreds of Starlink satellites and other payloads into orbit over its roughly 3.5-year flight history. It brought back the iconic NASA worm logo, and in the time since became a notable and sentimental booster for much of the spaceflight community.

While its loss is disappointing, it’s worth remembering that it flew 18 more missions than every expendable rocket that’s ever flown, and the lessons learned from B1058 will contribute to further learnings about Falcon 9 and its recovery and reflight operations. Its 19 flights contributed to an incredible track record of over 250+ orbital class rocket landings, unparalleled by any other entity in the industry.

Hopefully some of what remains can be put on display!

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@MikeBlack114 @PalmerLuckey No, as I read it, not instantaneously…more like constant small-scale production that would end up being stored in the thousands of gallons only at the end of the process.

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

Pictures of the first Dreamliner on ground in Antarctica.

📸 Sven / Norsk Polarinstitutt

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@saraherixson @VSamson_DC ... just because the nuance matters to some of us. The Department of the Air Force published this. Not the USAF.

[B Dav @SpaceBDav]

@DerekdotSpace I did see this one. First time I saw a launch in personal actually