Tromso–this is not your father’s Ikea furniture

Well actually, it’s not any kind of furniture made of “some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen” (although listening to Jonathan Coulton’s song, it sounds like it could be), but it is another ground station. It’s time to write about the Tromso Satellite Station (however, if you want to start with a smile, […]

Troll: leaving the bridge behind

Trolls–remember when only billy goats had to deal with them?? Now humans have to worry about Trolls’ tolls, not just in snarky, crude comments, but in space operations. Actually, it’s only a select group of humans, and Troll, while it deals with space, is on Earth–specifically on ice (well, 300 kilometers (187.5 miles) from the […]

Why space matters: Imaging Satellite Operations, part 4

Okay, you’re holding the orange in your hand again (I hope you haven’t been holding it all this time—it’s been a few days). Again, there’s a line drawn around the orange that is parallel to the ground. The line represents…(you should be thinking the words “the Earth’s equator”). Now, roll the coin perpendicular to the […]