Hostile hostels, hotels and Chinese satellites

This is a weird article, and I’m trying to figure out if part of the reason for the weirdness is if it’s a language thing. But according to the article, Chinese military analysts think China needs stealth satellites. And there’s really no good reason for stealth satellites other than military purposes. The article states the […]

Now the Russians are worried about Chinese “Terminator” satellites

I just caught this on Twitter from @prchovanec. It seems the Russians think the Chinese satellite I mentioned in this aside could pose a problem for them, too. The twittered article mentions a few other sources, such as Bob Christy, for their suppositions too, but I urge you to read it. We all were made […]

New Chinese Launch–another three satellites in one.

The Chinese launched another three satellites from Jiuquan (map below), China, according to this article. One supposedly has a electro-optical payload, another has synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and the third has possibly a ELINT/SIGINT payload. All are suspected, according to the NASA Spaceflight.org page, to be used for maritime vehicle tracking. I don’t know, but suspect these are probably going […]

Wait, what did they do??? Terminators are in orbit and Skynet is the victim.

No, not British SkyTV–I mean Skynet, from the “Terminator” movie series. So don’t worry, UK citizens, your TV is safe (not necessarily a good thing) and still over-hyped. But China has made some interesting moves in the past few days. China has a very aggressive space program. They’ve stated more than a few times how […]